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Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Maps

1,865 maps found.

1920, Clapton Park Ref. POP669450
1919, Stow Park Ref. POP841081
1925, Tong Park Ref. POP849911
1924, Trafford Park Ref. POP851384
1920, West Park Ref. POP864834
1925, Skerne Park Ref. POP831998
1919, Roath Park Ref. POP818809
1920, Sandown Park Ref. POP825141
1923, Sheffield Park Ref. POP829473
1919, Crowder Park Ref. POP684869
1920, Dartmouth Park Ref. POP688832
1920, Eden Park Ref. POP699132
1919, Farnborough Park Ref. POP703523
1921, Foley Park Ref. POP707305
1921, Gatacre Park Ref. POP712177
1920, Gidea Park Ref. POP713431
1920, Grange Park Ref. POP719035
1920, Digswell Park Ref. POP690755
1925, Doxford Park Ref. POP692869
1925, Knowle Park Ref. POP750567

Books

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Memories

4,383 memories found. Showing results 521 to 530.

I Lived In Bredbury 1958 1977

I used to walk through "The Woods" to get from Sandiway to Arden Park. I grew up with George, Peter and Geoffrey Roarke. I loved walking to the Black and White farm or Vernon Park on weekends. At Arden Park I played ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by Janet Markowiak

Uxbridge, Windsor Street

I had forgotten Suiters 'quirky' cash system but I do remember another store called Manettas which was to the right of Uxbridge station. In 1966 it caused an uproar in town as it displayed a topless dress, which was the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Kathy Mc Nally

Park Hospital

A little bit of history here, folks! Famous for being the location where I had my tonsils out in 1955 (or6?). Also famous (or it should be) for being the very first hospital incorporated into the National Health Service on (I ...Read more

A memory of Flixton in 1955 by Roger Hare

Growing Up In Buildwas

I was known as Katie Baker, I lived at No.4 Park View. Looking back life was simple, enjoying the changes of the seasons knowing you would be snowed in in winter, and flooded out in the spring. Watching the boar come up the ...Read more

A memory of Buildwas by Catherine Kendra

25 Parkgate Road

I was born in Battersea 1950, son of Mr & Mrs Redpath (Wally & Edith) I had two other brothers Terry & Garry. Fond memories of Battersea Park and of spending many days in and around the park with other kids from ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Allan Redpath

Memories Of Cannock

These photographs remind me of Cannock and how it was when I was a child, ten years old in 1965. It's an odd thing to remember and I wonder if anyone else remembers the public toilets that were downstairs beneath the ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1965

Goodworths, Worcester Park

My grandfather (who I never met) Clarence Bartels lived with his wife Grace and two sons Adrian and Roland in Kingshill Avenue. My father (Adrian) tells me his father worked in a shop called Goodworths in ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1955 by Sally Anne Eade Nee Bartels

Thatcham 1951 1962

The shop opposite the White Hart public house, owned by Simonds, was called Lays Stores. My mother and father bought it in 1952 and ran it till it closed in 1962. Before that, they owned the fish and chip shop which has now ...Read more

A memory of Thatcham by Trevor Collins

Haydon Hall

I lived in Haydon Hall from 1947 until 1967. I was ten months old when we moved there and left home when I was 18 yrs old. My mother was the caretaker of the old house, and the new building after the house was ...Read more

A memory of Eastcote by Lucinda Barrett

Washington Road

I lived as a child at 49, Washington Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, which I learnt to relate parrot fashion as a 5 or 6 year old in case I got lost. We had a black dustbin with the Number 49 on it, a monkey puzzle tree in ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1954

Captions

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Caption For Chasewater, Pleasure Park C1965

Chasewater is a large reservoir with an amusement park at its southern end, where people enjoy water sports such as sailing and water-skiing, or just paddling.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Park, Bracebridge Pool C1960

Sutton Park is a National Nature Reserve, which puts it among the top rank of our protected areas.

Caption For Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park 1897

Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the river Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

Caption For Bradford, Lister Park Bandstand 1923

The park occupies the original site of Manningham Hall, which was demolished; the land was given to the city by its owner, Samuel Cunliffe Lister.

Caption For Tring, Zebra Room, Tring Museum C1955

In buildings immediately west of Tring Park is housed the Sir Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, based on his enormous collectoin of stuffed and mounted animals from every corner of the world.

Caption For Leicester, De Montfort Hall, Regent Road C1955

Designed by architect Shirley Harrison, the building is well-sited close to Victoria Park, and to Lutyens' War Memorial, dedicated to those who fell in the First World War.

Caption For Kettering, Pleasure Park C1960

The path through the park was supposed to follow the route of a Roman road.

Caption For Whitby, From Boghall C1886

The collection of houses on the left were built after the advent of the railway in the 1830s, and though named Fishburn Park, in honour of the local ship building family, they are known

Caption For Exmouth, The Strand Gardens 1938

The waters of the Exe estuary once lapped the edge of what is now a pleasant town centre park.

Caption For Ynyshir, The Pit C1965

A final view of the Park with plenty of activity around the paddling pool, but with no one in it.

Caption For Redruth, West End 1902

Notice the tram (advertising the Cornish Post newspaper) parked at the terminus of the newly opened Camborne and Redruth Tramway - this small operation lasted until 1927.

Caption For Normanton, The Library C1955

The library was in the grounds of Hawhill Park - a perfect place for learning and recreation. Books were issued here for the final time on Friday 26 October 2001.

Caption For Abergavenny, Frogmore Street C1955

On the right, next to the last parked vehicle, was the town's main post office before the current one was built in St John's Square.

Caption For Aberdare, View From Top Of Craig C1960

The area on the right, opposite the lower entrance to the park, was known as `Commin Bach`.

Caption For West Hanney, Lamb Inn C1955

The drainage ditch on the right has now been filled in and paved over as a footpath, and the area in front of the pub is now entirely a tarmac car park.

Caption For Preston, Avenham Park And The Park Hotel 1893

At that time, around 1860, it was considered bad for your health to attempt the whole journey without an overnight stop half-way, which happened to be at Preston.The Park Hotel cost £46,000 to

Caption For Clitheroe, View From The Castle C1950

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress. The bandstand has arrived.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Marine Parade 1898

The foreground is now the east part of Peter Pan's Adventure Island amusement park.

Caption For Morfa Bychan, Garreg Wen Lake 1925

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

Caption For Cardiff, The Promenade, Roath Park C1955

Prior to the advent of mass car ownership cycling to the park was an even more popular option than today. With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.

Caption For Cardiff, Was County Hall Now Part Of The University 2004

The opening in 1912 of the County Hall in Cathays Park provided a much-needed centrally contained administrative centre for Glamorgan.

Caption For Selsey, The Beach 1930

Today the remains of Bishop Wilfrid's Saxon cathedral and the Bishop of Chichester's deer park lie submerged a few hundred yards offshore.

Caption For Yardley, Bakeman House C1965

This is part of the Tivoli Centre on Coventry Road. Erected in the 1960s, it neatly sums up the building trends of the time.

Caption For Barton Mills, The Bull Inn C1965

Two of the windows have become doors, while the grass to the left has become a car park.