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Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1897, Lindrick Common Ref. HOSM51265
1901 - 1929, Netherthorpe Ref. HOSM54647
1884 - 1897, Scofton Ref. HOSM58678
1901 - 1948, Wallingwells Ref. HOSM63292
1896 - 1909, Findon Ref. HOSM45513
1881 - 1901, Alderley Ref. HOSM35860
1881 - 1882, Rockstowes Ref. HOSM38468
1881, Bradley Green Ref. HOSM38603
1880 - 1881, Cromhall Ref. HOSM42355
1880 - 1881, Falfield Ref. HOSM71281
1881, Hall End Ref. HOSM47395
1881 - 1901, Hillesley Ref. HOSM48554
1881 - 1882, Damery Ref. HOSM53571
1898 - 1910, Brymbo Ref. HOSM39286
1909, Cross Lanes Ref. HOSM42415
1897 - 1914, Ffrith Ref. HOSM45366
1898 - 1899, Penley Ref. HOSM56422
1909 - 1910, Penycae Ref. HOSM56591
1898 - 1909, Ponciau Ref. HOSM56831
1898 - 1910, Summerhill Ref. HOSM60917

Books

442 books found. Showing results 18,361 to 18,384.

Memories

29,073 memories found. Showing results 7,651 to 7,660.

Burrow Hill School 1952 1953

Dear friends of Burrow Hill School, has anyone got a picture of Mr and Mrs Rees's red sports car, I think it was an MG open top, can you help me please? Regards, Eric

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Eric Morris

Moving To Shevington

My first memories of Shevington were moving to the council estate on a very wet day and trudging through deep brown clay which served as the road.  At that time there was only one grocery store opposite the entrance to ...Read more

A memory of Shevington in 1952

Happy Childhood Memories By Maria Lonergan

I stayed at Heswall Children's Hospital from Janurary 1980 to June 1980. I really enjoyed my time while there so much, that when my mum decided it was time for me to leave, I was so upset. I wanted to ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1980 by Maria Lonergan

Milton The Blacksmith At Withypool Somerset

A friend in the USA has asked me to make contact with anyone in Withypool who may recall his ancestors. John and James Milton. One was a blacksmith there way back possibly in the mid 1800's is there ...Read more

A memory of Withypool by Bonny Cother

A Long Time Ago

My Godmother Ruth Pallister came from Shildon. Her father and mother owned a shop there, and she would recount the story of a bull or steer that escaped from the local slaughter house, and pushed its head through the shops front ...Read more

A memory of Shildon in 1910 by Iain Chapman

Semon Emergency Maternity Hospital

I was born at the Semon Emergency Maternity Hospital in 1943 even though my parents lived in Bradford at the time. I have always assumed this was because of the threat of bombing during the war, though I have ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley in 1943

Machen Forge Blackweir Cardiff

My grandmother ran a pub called the Machen Forge in Blackweir and my mother has told me about when she was a young girl growing up there. The canel ran along the side of the pub. I would love to know if there are any photos of it.

A memory of Blackweir in 1920 by Jenny Horner

Gasworks

I affectionately remember regularly visiting my grandparents Horace and Ethel Wilson who lived at "Oakleigh' on the corner of Albert Street and Carlton Road. When I was about 6 I remember my brother and I venturing to the gasworks, which ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1960 by Dave Wilson

Ryse Farm Hatfield Heath

Does anyone have any memories of Ryse Farm in the 1950s? I have looked for information on it recently and cannot find anything. Apparently my dad lived and worked there in the 1950s, and I think a William Bird was a cowman there?

A memory of Hatfield Heath in 1956

Church Street

I was born above the barber shop and Chronicle office on Church Street, if anyone knows it please reply. I would love to talk to anyone who lived there. I was born in 1949 and went to Walker R.C. School, I can't find any photos of ...Read more

A memory of Walker

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 18,361 to 18,384.

Caption For Wimborne, High Street 1904

A few feet to the right, a couple of early motor vehicles hint at the transport revolution to come. Meanwhile, far left, a mother pushes a pram with a penny-farthing wheel arrangement.

Caption For Witchampton, Mill 1904

Witchampton's flour mill closed before the Second World War, but the remains of the huge mill wheel, including its tree trunk shaft, can still be seen outside Flour Mill House.

Caption For Upton, The Village And Church C1950

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

Caption For Fordingbridge, The Village C1960

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Caption For Holybourne, Main Road C1960

Underneath this main road flows a stream that rises from a spring under the church of the Holy Rood, built in the 12th century.

Caption For South Tidworth, Old Cottages C1962

These thatched cottages are by the old Reading Room on the North and South Tidworth borders. In front of the Reading Room is a red telephone box.

Caption For Waltham Chase, Post Office And Stores C1950

A number of Victorian redbrick houses survive, intermingled with more modern housing. Notice how quiet the road is. Is the lady making her way to the post office?

Caption For Wickham, Bridge Street C1950

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.

Caption For Heckington, The Church C1960

The large village of Heckington has two great buildings, the mill and the church of St Andrew, which is most unusual in that it was totally built in the same architectural style, Decorated, in a very few

Caption For Spilsby, Market Street C1955

The name of the pub on the left is still the same - Nelson Butt – but it is now a Free House and no longer belongs to Bateman's.

Caption For Frocester, The Village From Frocester Hill C1960

The second Roman villa referred to earlier lies beneath the furthermost of the large fields in the foreground, known as Great Stanborough.

Caption For Thornaby, Mandale Road And Five Lamps 1957

This photograph was taken on the same occasion as T122001. Trams used to run along Mandale Road between Norton and North Ormesby, but that was more than seventy years ago.

Caption For West Hartlepool, Catcote Road C1960

Here we see modern post-war housing development in what was known as West Hartlepool until the two Hartlepools merged to form the County Borough of Hartlepool in 1967.

Caption For Warrington, Manchester Ship Canal C1965

Having negotiated Latchford's locks, the viaduct and the swing bridge, the 'Salford City', about to pass under the High Level Bridge, moves on to close the bridge carrying the busy A49 London Road, which

Caption For Lakenheath, High Street C1965

The 1922 war memorial (left) stands on a small green, where there were also trees and a pond until c1950. The shop front beyond belongs to Callis & Sons, a butcher's.

Caption For Saxmundham, High Street C1955

Ely's fish and chip shop (left) on the corner of Chantry Road has a Dutch gable. Beyond is the sign for Clarke's Tea Room, and then the Co-op, built in 1932.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

The ball finial of the Obelisk looks new; it had been replaced in 1907. At least one household living upstairs in the Toll Booth has lit a fire.

Caption For Farningham, High Street C1955

In the 18th century, Farningham was a stopping place on the main London-Dover road, but was by-passed with the construction of the A20.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 2004

A safe haven for cyclists on a sunny day - some manage to ride two abreast toward the photographer.

Caption For Cardiff, Park Hotel 2004

The upper level façade is almost identical to that in 32679 (above) - a design strikingly similar to that of the Louvre gallery in Paris.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1895

Many of the buildings can be recognised today, but they are now separated from the water in the harbour by walls supporting a road and a walkway.

Caption For Great Dunmow, Market Place C1965

Lewis`s (left) has a fine array of braziers, bins and barrows outside. This was an old-fashioned ironmonger`s that kept its nails and screws in small drawers behind the counter.

Caption For Rayleigh, High Road C1955

The Post Office building is solidly built of brick.

Caption For Burnham On Sea, The Promenade And Beach 1913

From the plain late Georgian- character stuccoed terraces, the architecture gets more seaside Victorian, with a profusion of bay windows and the use of various building stones; the four gabled houses