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Maps

1,865 maps found.

1946, Park End Ref. NPO800507
1946, Park End Ref. NPO800509
1946, Park End Ref. NPO800510
1940, Park Farm Ref. NPO800519
1945, Park Gate Ref. NPO800923
1945, Park Gate Ref. NPO800924
1947, Park Hall Ref. NPO800950
1947, Park Head Ref. NPO800976
1946, Park Hill Ref. NPO800999
1945, Park Royal Ref. NPO801219
1947, Park Village Ref. NPO801263
1947, Park Villas Ref. NPO801265
1946, Park Wood Ref. NPO801331
1896, Claremont Park Ref. RNE669500
1898, Clarence Park Ref. RNE669505
1899, Clumber Park Ref. RNE671293
1896, College Park Ref. RNE675510
1895, Camden Park Ref. RNE660188
1896, Carpenders Park Ref. RNE662722
1898, Costessey Park Ref. RNE678285

Books

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Memories

4,383 memories found. Showing results 551 to 560.

Ormside Isolation Hospital

My grandmother, Isabella Brown developed TB in the mid 1950's and went to stay at the Ormside Isolation Hospital. I believe she had quite a lengthy stay. My parents, Harold and Marian Brown used to drive from ...Read more

A memory of Great Ormside in 1957 by Marcia Kell

Family Holiday In Nefyn

My parents took me for a fortnight 's holiday to Nefyn in 1957. We stayed with Mrs. S. Jones in Maes -y-Fynnon, Well Street from 20.07.1957 to 03.08.1957. The apartment cost 15 shillings. Our car was parked overnight in the ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn by Gillian Hodges

2 Clutterbuck Rd

We moved to 2 Clutterbuck Rd in 1954 by the little grass island and moved out in 1965 to Methuen Way,great memories of playing around the estate, back fields community centre Corsham park and stone quarries,my friends lived ...Read more

A memory of Corsham in 1954 by Leonard Brokas

I Do Remember This

I did not usually come in this way but the back way, over the park by the lido.

A memory of Solihull in 1965 by Vivienne Watson

'lozells', Such An Exotic Sounding Place.

We lived in Gerrard Street, Lozells, until I was about 6. My father had an allotment where we would go and play, I still have a photo taken when I was about 4 of my father, older brother, and myself at the ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1952 by Paul Carney

Kilburn Lane

We moved to Kilburn from Chapter Road Willesden in 1947 and I lived there until I left home in 1965. I have clear memories of walking through the old market to St Mary's school in Granville Road and my favourite stall ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1947 by Margaret White

School And Work In Fareham

I attended Fareham Secondary School at Southampton and Harrison Roads from 1950 to 1954. Then I started work as an apprentice at Croker and Farrell, who was the Ford dealer, which was situated right next to Trinity ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1959 by Harry Crook

Brentford

What wonderful memories of Brentford. My name was Dorothy Pearce I lived in Netley Road with sisters Beryl and Hazel and brothers Richard and Philip. My Nan lived in Potteery Road next door to Edie Joyce. The Shepherds lived ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1943 by Dorothy Hill

Return To Aveley With Glenda

Hello Glenda, my dear. I remember that name - Lighten. Where is Eastern Ave? Is it the road where Trevor Johnson and David Warren lived? Michael Cox there too. Remember him? Now I remember our dads - good mates - ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1940 by Colin Newberry

Park Huts

we lived at 44 park place we had great fun in the old air raid shelters but still sends shivers down my spine no hot water no electricity taking the battery to the garage to be charged so that we could listen to the radio

A memory of Crewe in 1959 by Susan Lee

Captions

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Caption For Battle, High Street 1927

The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1909

Outside Constance and Ward's, the ironmongers (right), carts are parked at an angle, just as cars are today.

Caption For Rochdale, Broadfield Park 1895

Councillor Edward Taylor and Alderman George Leach Ashworth, who was twice mayor of Rochdale, were largely responsible for acquiring the 16 acres that form the park.

Caption For Frodsham, Overton Church C1965

The present St Laurence's church dates from the 12th century but was restored and partly rebuilt in the 1880s.

Caption For Cookley, The Square C1950

The trees have gone, sad to say, and the road is framed with yellow lines telling us where we can (and more often cannot) park.

Caption For Prestbury, Deep Street C1960

Cheltenham's famous racecourse is named Prestbury Park after the village that is situated at its outskirts. Prestbury was home to Fred Archer, the most celebrated jockey of his age.

Caption For Clee Hill, The Village C1955

The main shop in the town is the one beyond the parked cars - then a branch of the Co-op, it is now a combined store and post office.

Caption For Aveley, The High Street C1955

Aveley is a small village situated a few miles to the east of Rainham and close to the Thames and Essex Marshes.The parked bicycles on the right, no cars to be seen and the crowd waiting for the bus

Caption For Seaton, Seafront 1922

A group of local lads, one with a delivery bicycle, congregate for a chat by the parked van.

Caption For Preston, Tram Bridge C1955

It is now the only footbridge over the River Ribble here, and a great asset to the parks and recreation facilities of Preston.

Caption For St Annes, The Pier C1955

An increasing use of motor vehicles means that a car park is needed.

Caption For Huntingdon, Town Hall And Market Hill C1965

The whole square was pedestrianised and paved in 2001, so parked cars are now a memory.

Caption For Marton In Cleveland, The Shopping Centre C1965

Many more housing estates have now been built in Marton, and the car park is much busier today.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Corporation Offices C1955

It still stands, with the surrounding grounds transformed into a park; the house is now used by numerous clubs and societies. The ivy has been stripped off, and a café is now situated round the back.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

The few people with motor cars park them at will. The ball finial of the Obelisk looks new; it had been replaced in 1907.

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

The mile-and-a-half-long Esplanade, overlooking a beach of sand and shingle and with its adjacent amusement park, continues to attract visitors.

Caption For Stroud, Stratford Park, The Childrens Playground C1965

Set in open land, with mature oaks nearby, Stratford Park playground has always proved a popular magnet for parents with young children, who now mostly travel there by car.

Caption For Bude, Canal From The Bridge 1890

The quay to the right belonging to Hockin & Co is now a car park. In the right distance, the building that used to be a blacksmith's shop is now a museum. Houses line the left hand bank.

Caption For Boscombe, From The Pier 1906

The delicate ironwork tracery of the pier seating, and a solitary bathing machine parked by the pier pavilion are further examples of Boscombe`s Victorian origins.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For Sheffield, The Winter Garden 2005

The City Hall is being re-furbished at a cost of over £12-million, the money coming mainly from the European Union and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing

Caption For Hunmanby, The Church 1895

The archway, dating from 1870, is in memory of Admiral Robert Mitford, who lived in Hunmanby Hall with its 56-acre park. His will provided coal and clothing for the poor of the village.