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Maps

1,622 maps found.

1921, Lower Street Ref. POP769777
1920, Lower Street Ref. POP769779
1921, Reading Street Ref. POP814037
1920, Reading Street Ref. POP814038
1919, North Street Ref. POP793952
1919, North Street Ref. POP793954
1920, Nash Street Ref. POP787948
1920, New Street Ref. POP790360
1921, Mill Street Ref. POP780558
1921, Silver Street Ref. POP831364
1920, Sole Street Ref. POP833960
1922, Upper Street Ref. POP857824
1922, Upper Street Ref. POP857825
1919, Thorley Street Ref. POP846907
1921, Wickham Street Ref. POP869869
1901, High Street Ref. RNC733551
1897-1898, Dunn Street Ref. RNC695587
1897-1898, Dunn Street Ref. RNC695588
1898-1899, Hare Street Ref. RNC727053
1898, Hare Street Ref. RNC727054

Books

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Memories

6,666 memories found. Showing results 591 to 600.

Ex Garw Man

I was born in 193 Oxford Street, Pontycymer in 1935. I left to go into the army for National Service at the age of 18 in 1954. I returned for just 1 year in 1956 when I returned to the Midlands, to Birmingham. The house I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1945 by Eric Morris

Music And Dancing At The 2009 Oxford Folk Festival

One of the many items on the Oxford "tourist trail" is a weekend long folk festival which is supported by dozens of morris dancing sides from all over England. This year Whitethorn Morris appeared ...Read more

A memory of Oxford in 2009 by John Howard Norfolk

When Dad Came Home

There was a knock at the door, and there he was, this tall man wearing a bush hat who grabbed my mom, giving her a great big smacker of a kiss. Of course I wasn't having this strange man doing this to my mom, so I promptly got ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick in 1945 by Patricia Taylor

Childhood Days

I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952

Uncle Cecil''s Farm

My brother and I would stay with Granny during the holidays, she lived at 'Cregeen' in a row of houses on Princess Street, near the railway crossing. Granny's brother Cecil had a farm out along the lane in this picture, my ...Read more

A memory of Strensall in 1958 by Barrie Griffiths

Beckley Parade

This view from Downs Way shows Beckley Parade and my uncle's shop which was next to the houses, the first house belonged to Councillor Turville Kill. My uncle's shop was a greengrocers and he and my aunt moved from here to the ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1961 by sue.rainer

Barking

If I remember rightly, coming round the corner from Ripple Road into East Street, there was a hole in the ground courtesy of the German bombers. Later, Timothy Whites was built there. Anyway, as youngsters, we used to head for the Capitol ...Read more

A memory of Barking by John Willats

Elmsleigh School St Polycarp School

Born in Aldershot in 1939 my father worked for a builder in Farnborough, Chuter, and eventually moved to a rented house on Folly Hill. I initially went to St Polycarp but moved to Elmsleigh where both myself and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1945 by Mike Archdeacon

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

A Family Business

To anyone local to Dorchester this was a familiar scene day in and day out for almost 50 years. My grandfather Ben Courtney started selling 'fruit and veg' in 1947 from hand-carts on the roadside. His son Doug started in 1950 ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1955 by Trevor Courtney

Captions

5,435 captions found. Showing results 1,417 to 1,440.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1907

We are further eastwards on Clifton Street, and the majority of people are shopping on the sunny side. On the right of the picture is the Talbot Hotel.

Caption For Witham, Newland Street 1900

Another turn-of-the-century view of Newland Street, looking towards the Collingwood Road junction, bustling with pedestrians.A few onlookers, including two dogs, watch the photographer at work.

Caption For Melbourn, High Street C1965

Further up the High Street is the newly built Co-op, where a mother and father are perhaps sharing out the 'sweety money'. The Baptist Church is opposite.

Caption For Brading, High Street C1969

This lovely old building, the town museum and waxworks when this photograph was taken, adorns Brading High Street.

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1906

This view of the High Street is taken five years later, and shows little change and even less wheeled traffic. The double bow-fronted house has acquired an awning.

Caption For Aberdeen, The South Bridge 2005

Carrying Holburn Street over the Ferryhill Burn, South Bridge is an essential part of the great developments of the early 19th century. It gets no recognition from the bureaucracy.

Caption For Ellesmere, Scotland Street C1955

Here we see the same street five years later and seen from the other direction. Notice that the porch at the entrance to the Black Lion Hotel has disappeared.

Caption For Bletchingley, Almshouses 1907

These 19th-century almshouses stand in Bletchingley High Street. Bletchingley became a borough in the early 13th century and returned two MPs until the 1832 Reform Act.

Caption For Tiverton, Old Cottages, Little Silver 1920

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 20th century, when they made way for council housing.

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Caption For Tiverton, Old Cottages, Little Silver 1920

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 29th century when they made way for council housing.

Caption For Brading, High Street C1969

This lovely old building, the town museum and waxworks when this photograph was taken, adorns Brading High Street. Note the early appearance of double yellow lines prohibiting car parking.

Caption For Ipswich, Museum 1896

In 1881, this new museum, designed by Horace Cheston, was built in the High Street.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate C1965

Still the principle street for shopping, Briggate's retail outlets included Henry's, Fosters, Paige & Co, and Boots.Also along here were Willerbys and G M Brown's, formerly Lawrence's International

Caption For Newmarket, High Street 1922

This photograph looks north along the High Street. As the main road from Norwich to London, it was a popular stopping off point for travellers in need of refreshment.

Caption For Salisbury, Queen Street C1950

This view looks towards Endless Street to the large vertical Bus Station sign in the distance.

Caption For Middlesbrough, Corporation Road 1901

The electric street tramway system operated on 3ft 6in gauged track, and opened in 1898, the same year as similar systems in Bradford, Glasgow, Halifax, Liverpool, Stockton, Cork and Kidderminster.

Caption For Dublin, College Green 1897

This bustling scene shows a horse-tram snaking over the cobbled street.

Caption For Hatfield Peverel, Post Office C1965

This view looks eastwards along the former Roman road to Colchester, which forms the main street of this village. The church, whose spire can be seen, is the Methodist church.

Caption For Pontrhydfendigaid, The Memorial C1950

Here we have a view of the broad main street, with St David's Church and the church hall on the left. In front of them stands the fine war memorial.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

A meeting house was established in West Street in 1719, which survived until 1834.

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmunds Church C1955

The view is from the end of the Market Place, with New Street to the left and Fisher Street to the right.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Harvard House 1922

The house is situated in the High Street, and was completed in 1596 for Thomas Rogers. Rogers' daughter married Robert Harvard, and it was their son who founded Harvard University.

Caption For Loughborough, Baxter Gate C1950

The arrival of motor traffic in Loughborough in considerable numbers meant that the town's centuries-old narrow streets were no longer sufficient to accommodate the volume of cars and lorries

Caption For Leeds, Briggate C1965

Still the principle street for shopping, Briggate's retail outlets included Henry's, Fosters, Paige & Co, and Boots.