Places
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Photos
283 photos found. Showing results 141 to 160.
Maps
50 maps found.
Books
1 books found. Showing results 169 to 1.
Memories
271 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.
Hill House Sizewell
I remember Fred and Jack Fryer, and a son if I remember correctly who went in the navy. I would often wait on the beach at night beside their lantern which would guide them back to shore after an evenings fishing. Did Jack ...Read more
A memory of Sizewell in 1954 by
Childhood In Brentford
My name is Carol Dawson (nee Thomas), I lived in Kenley Road with my mum Ellen, dad Len & my brother John. I went to St Georges School in 1951, I remember Mr Allen & Mr Church, there was a dishy teacher there also ...Read more
A memory of Brentford in 1946 by
Better Times
Great Britain is in disarray, I've never seen the likes. Worse than when Thatcher telt us Geordies, to get on wa bikes. They closed the yards and factories, we had them by the score, These places now just memories, of better ...Read more
A memory of Wallsend in 1985 by
My Life In Fishersgate And Southwick.
I was born in Southlands hospital in 1932. In 1935 I moved into 14 West Road Fishersgate and (when old enough)went to Fishersgate Infant school. In 1943 we moved into 21 Fishersgate Terrace, which at that time ...Read more
A memory of Southwick by
The Tatling Arms
The Tatling end is one of four locations that I seldom last three hours without thinking about. Nothing impresses me more than a community that keeps it's aesthetic more or less as it was fifteen years ago. Especially in an age of ...Read more
A memory of Tatling End by
The Kidd's Alright
THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more
A memory of Moston in 1972 by
Sea Water Bathing & Paddling Pools, Between Chelsea Ave And Elizabeth Rd.
No doubt at all about this location. The Facility was renovated after the neglect of 5 years of war, but was never very popular. One had to pay to use the swimming pool, but ...Read more
A memory of Thorpe Bay by
Growing Up
I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1930 by
Assemblies Of God Pentecostal Church
In the 1932 The A O G was to rent a piece of land within Sheffield. It was intended to buy the land from the landowner should all go well. A marquee was put up and decked out with basic chairs. Prior to the ...Read more
A memory of Sheffield in 1900 by
Captions
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The mound in the middle of the estuary is called Ynys y Brawdd; the current that developed between it and the shore at full tides was extremely dangerous, and claimed many lives until a barrier was built
The man and group of boys in front of the centre ground boat are typical of visitors to any sea shore, and form the kind of scene that has not changed over the years.
On shore it was the Blackpool Tower, closely followed by the big wheel.
Well placed to attract passing motorists, it also served the visitors who came to enjoy a day on the shore, where a fine sandy beach borders the sea.
This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.
Built in 1901, it replaced the former Bell Tout Light on the top of the cliffs, and was itself replaced by the Sovereign Lightship anchored off-shore.
The fortress, named Anderida, was built in the 4th century AD as one of the Saxon Shore Forts to defend Roman Britannia from Saxon raiders.
extends from the west shore for nearly half a mile; in a big swell and falling tide it becomes a vicious mass of white water.
If we turn left at the junction and cross the railway line, we find ourselves on the shore, from where stagecoaches began their dangerous crossing of the bay to Lonsdale North of the Sands.
The northern (Staffordshire) shore is quieter, and attracts wintering waterfowl and gulls.
Hardly a stone's throw from industrial Preston, Lytham's shore and pier were popular destinations for a day-out.
On the other shore of the river, the railway continued west to Bideford, which it reached in 1855; from there it was extended south to Torrington (1872) and west to Westward Ho!
She must have been very shallow-drafted to get right in to the shore with her passengers.
A little back from the shore in the older part of the village, we see a rural-looking scene along a dusty, unmetalled road.
Here, we see sailing barges beached on the far shore.
The blockhouse on the shore to the right was the castle from where a chain was stretched across the river for protection in times of war.
St Ives Island, on which the Chapel of St Nicholas stands, is actually a headland joined to the shore.
Torquay is a town of charming villas, which, amphitheatre-like, stretch upwards from the shore in terraces to the higher ground overlooking the sea.
A couple of decades later, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth writing in 1136, King Arthur fought his adversary Modred on this shore.
It is difficult looking at this view to imagine that it was ever once covered in woodland with small fisheries along the shore.
Both shores are packed with people enjoying the sunshine.
It seems a little odd to see a windmill so near the shore. The author and aeronautical engineer Neville Shute lived here between 1934 and 1940 when he worked at Portsmouth Airport.
Spectators in up-to-the-minute fashions look on from the shore and from punts.
The lake is over three miles long and 100 feet deep; it stretches north-east towards the edges of the town, its borders wooded and its shores gravelled.
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