Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Brentwood, Essex
Photos
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Maps
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Books
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Memories
28,746 memories found. Showing results 5,261 to 5,270.
My Mum And Her Brother Were Evacuees In Pilton In Around 1944
My mum, who is now 74, has just told me she was evacuated to Pilton from Surbiton in 1944. Mum remembers Mrs Eaterbrook and some very well-to-do ladies who were part of a Guild, ...Read more
A memory of Shepton Mallet by
My Mum And Dad Lived In Surrey Lane
Hi, my dad grew up in Surrey Lane, Battersea and my mum in Earlsfield. They were both born in 1950, my dad talks of Bolingbrook school (probably not spelt correctly). Dad is a big Chelsea FC fan and used to ‘jump’ ...Read more
A memory of Battersea by
My Mum
Hi My mum lived at no 19 Derlyn Road. Her family lived there since the house was built. George, dad Ada, mother, three boy Derek, Des and Brian also three girls, Vera,Edna ( my mum ) and Rita. They owned the house until my grandma Ada died ...Read more
A memory of Fareham
My Mum
My mum worked as a telephonist at the Davis Theatre, probably in the 1960s, and I used to go and meet her there. I remember watching 'Giselle' performed by Galina Ulonova and Nikelei Fediachev (sp?) of the Bolshoi Ballet. I think it was on ...Read more
A memory of Croydon by
My Mother’s Family
My mother was born to a family named Waters in Balcombe, I only know that she had brothers, one named Norman, the family owned a store, they would date from late 1800 to early 1900. My mother was Rosina Mary Waters born in Balcombe ...Read more
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My Mother’s Edna Shires Memory
My mother remembers the Bearsted maternity hospital well, in spite of her being dreadfully unwell when she was there, being pregnant, with as it turns out, twins in 1951. Unfortunately, only one twin survived(me). ...Read more
A memory of Hampton Wick by
My Mothers Story
My mother Irene was born in 1927 in London. In the 1930’s she and her parents, Charles and Ada Moore, lived in Chingford. On the evening of 30 Sept 1940 a bomb was dropped on their home on Normandshire Dr. My grandfather, a member of ...Read more
A memory of Chingford by
My Mothers Childhood
My mother was born 29th of March 1909 in hut no.8 Pontllan.llangyfelach.R. D. .Her father was a railway blacksmith so I can only assume it was a rail line camp for the great western railway during construction to the coal ...Read more
A memory of Llangyfelach by
My Mother's House
I could not believe it when I discovered this photo of 1 Fernville Terrace as it belonged to my Mum's parents George & Marion Pickup. My sister and I spent every Christmas and Easter there when we were growing up. We ...Read more
A memory of Stacksteads by
My Mother Was Evacuated To Lydham Manor With Her School (The Beehive)
The Beehive School was evacuated from Bexhill to Lydham Manor. The School closed in 1964 but I have a book about the school published as a tribute. My mother always spoke fondly of her time in Shropshire.
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The village pump was possibly introduced to improve water quality after the typhoid epidemics of the late 19th century.
This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.
One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.
In the distance, the tower of St Paul's church peers above the roof of the Globe Hotel.
The open-air bathing pool was a new attraction, opened in time for the long hot summer of 1914.
Not very far from this spot lies the Rufus Stone, which marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell while out
Maidstone Museum occupies the former home of the Wyatts, Chillington Manor House, a splendid red brick Tudor house.
Like its twin castle of Pendennis on the opposite side of the river mouth, St Mawes was built on the orders of Henry VIII to guard the entrance to Carrick Roads.
Covered in ivy, the imposing and ancient structure of Norton parish church stands above the Green in a peaceful churchyard.
The black and white marks on the kerbstones indicate the junction.
This is one of Newbury's most attractive streets, Northbrook Street, depicted at the beginning of the 1960s.
Here we see the English side of the De Brus Cenotaph.
Further west along the A30, Chard is a market town laid out in 1234 by Bishop Jocelyn of Wells.
A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.
The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view.
Underneath the stained glass windows of the council chamber we can see the arcade of shops leading to the Market Hall, flanked by Marley Modes, a ladies' dress shop, and Bradleys, a gentlemen's outfitters
Just a couple of miles from Haywards Heath railway station is the attractive and ancient village of Lindfield, named after the lime (or linden) trees which flank the village High Street.
In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.
Formerly the prime harbour for the export of Welsh slate for shipment round the coast, Porthmadog is now a thriving holiday resort.
Fortuneswell 1894 The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.
The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.
The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.
Agriculture in the 1950s had not changed much since the 19th century, and horses were still commonly used on the land.
This railway town was some two miles north of the original village of Old Woking.
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