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Maps

729 maps found.

1899-1900, Llansannor Ref. RNC759075
1899-1900, Llantrithyd Ref. RNC759112
1899-1900, Pen-Y-Lan Ref. RNC804960
1947, Marcross Ref. NPO774474
1947, Peterston-Super-Ely Ref. NPO805438
1947, Prisk Ref. NPO811190
1947, Monknash Ref. NPO782574
1947, Morristown Ref. NPO783929
1947, Pen-Y-Lan Ref. NPO804960
1947, Llanmaes Ref. NPO759009
1947, Llantrithyd Ref. NPO759112
1947, Ogmore-By-Sea Ref. NPO796102
1947, Nurston Ref. NPO795041
1919, Lavernock Ref. POP753404
1947, Llandow Ref. NPO758678
1947, Gileston Ref. NPO713547
1922, St Donat's Ref. POP823779
1922, St Mary Church Ref. POP824101
1919, St Nicholas Ref. POP824213
1922, The Herberts Ref. POP846410

Books

37 books found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Memories

721 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

Sevenoaks Scouts Go Youth Hostelling In Wales

I remember taking the patrol leaders from my scout troop, the 3rd Sevenoaks (Riverhead), on a visit to Wales as we wanted to check out posiible sites for a summer camp the following summer. "Skip" ...Read more

A memory of Crickhowell in 1973 by John Howard Norfolk

Sedgmore's Grand Colliery Exhibition

The Bull Ring, Sedgley, that is the location where on a fateful night in April 1906, The Sedgmore’s Grand Colliery Exhibition Travelling Show, set up in Sedgley on its way to the Wolverhampton Annual Suntide ...Read more

A memory of Sedgley in 1900 by John Sedgmore Blundell

Growing Up In Dartford

I lived in Dartford from 1955 (born in West Hill Hospital) til 1977 when I moved to Wales. My dad was manager of the"Bacca Pouch" next to the old Post Office , and opposite the back entrance to the Co-op. He then had the ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1955 by David Hillman

Paddock Wood Huts

Not sure how long I went with my grandparents, then when they passed away my parents, but I was born in 1941 and I know we were still going there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. We 'lived' in the first hut on the ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood

My Visit To Llanelli 1958

Hi, My name was Christine Pakenham, and my mother took me over to Lannelli Wales by boat to meet my grandparents in 1958. My mom was a war bride, from 31 New Dock road. Her mom was Mary Jane Williams (nee Jones) and her ...Read more

A memory of Llanelli in 1958 by Christine Mackie

Happy Days In Heswall (Rlch)

I guess I was on the same bus as Gina and her life long friends who I also remember. The Liverpool girls would meet up on a Sunday night to catch the ferry to Birkenhead and the bus to Heswall. If the girls from the Isle ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1969 by First Name Last Name

Missing Home

I was born in Wales and lived at 3 Bailey Street until moving to Canada at age 10. All of my memories of Cwm are wonderful ones, sliding down the mountain on cardboard, wading in the river behind our house, climbing the hill to play at the ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1966 by Debbie Turner

Wooden Bridge

My uncle Bill Wright lived & worked in Chester from the war period to 1963. He was a widower and had a damp old ground floor of a rather grand house beside the wooden bridge across the Dee. My Aunts , his sisters would go up from ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1958 by Charles Wright

Maelog Lake Hotel

A schoolfriend of my former wife (now sadly deceased) married a Rhosneigr man and lived in the village. In order to visit them  my wife, I and our year old daughter visited Rhosneigr first in 1971, again in 1973 and for the last ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1971 by Colin Carey

Clifton Park

I used to live in tree-lined Lister Street. All I had to do was climb over the back wall to the rear of my house to get into Clifton Park. I remember Sunday School held at the Bandstand: 'Sunshine Corner always jolly fine, is for ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1940 by John Wigglesworth

Captions

411 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Margam, The Castle 1936

Mansel-Talbot was a noted collector of works of art and amassed what was perhaps the finest private collection in Wales.

Caption For Andover, From North West 1898

The first building in the picture is the Anton Laundry; today by appointment to His Highness the Prince of Wales.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1919

His grandson, the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, stayed here on a boyhood walking tour with his tutor. The building survives as the Royal York and Faulkner Hotel.

Caption For Glengarriff, Eccles Hotel 1897

Glengarriff was a favourite tourist spot from the mid-nineteenth century when visited by Edward VII as Prince of Wales.

Caption For Chepstow, The Bridge 1950

It marks the official border between England or Wales in its ironwork. Note the double-decker bus entering Chepstow via the bridge.

Caption For Runcorn, Higher Runcorn, Highlands Road C1955

Many of these houses were originally built in the 1800s as housing for immigrants coming to the area from Cumbria and North Wales to work in the local quarries.

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Caption For Lynmouth, C1890

Ships from South Wales carrying lime and coal were once regu- lar visitors to the town.

Caption For Llanvetherine, White Castle C1950

Edward I was renowned for his military strong- holds, especially in North Wales.

Caption For Bala, The White Lion Hotel 1913

Some 60 years earlier George Borrow had stayed here on his tour through 'Wild Wales'; here he drank 'the finest glass of ale he had ever tasted in his life'.

Caption For Bala, The White Lion Hotel 1913

Some 60 years earlier George Borrow had stayed here on his tour through 'Wild Wales'; here he drank 'the finest glass of ale he had ever tasted in his life'.

Caption For Newmarket, The Grandstand, Rowley Mile Racecourse 1922

Newmarket's connection with the sport dates back to the time of Charles II, although it was not until the reign of Victoria that horse racing received its biggest boost, promoted by her son the Prince of Wales

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1929

But this picture does give us an uncluttered view of the Grosvenor Hotel, while on the right, Brown, Holmes & Co, silk mercers to both Her Majesty and HRH The Princess of Wales, sport the royal

Caption For Cheltenham, Queen's Hotel 1901

The 70-bedroom hotel has been a temporary home to a glittering array of notables including Prince Louis Jerome Napoleon, the Rajah of Sarawak and the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.

Caption For Emsworth, The Harbour And South Street C1955

Caroline, Princess of Wales, bathed in the sea here while staying at Emsworth in 1805, and the town had thoughts of becoming a royal watering place.

Caption For Warrington, Park Gates 1901

Councillor Frederick Monks of the Monks Hall Iron Foundry presented the Town Hall Gates to Warrington on Walking Day, 28 June 1895.

Caption For Metfield, Post Office C1965

The house to the right has a panel with the Prince of Wales feathers.

Caption For Restormel, Castle Front 1891

This photograph shows the ivy-smothered shell keep and gatehouse of Restormel Castle at a time when the ruin was still a titular possession of the Prince of Wales.

Caption For Knighton, High Street C1955

A small girl prefers her umbrella to the shade under the shop blinds on this warm-looking day in post-war Wales.

Caption For Abergavenny, Cross Street C1965

On the opposite corner of Monk Street the agricultural merchants has gone, to be replaced by the new South Wales Electricity Board building.

Caption For Southport, Neville Street 1924

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly more

Caption For Penmaenmawr, The Sands 1887

The prosperity of the North Wales coastline grew steadily during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Caption For Chepstow, The Second Severn Crossing 2004

Referred to locally as the `new bridge`, it was opened by Prince Charles the Prince of Wales on 5 June 1996; it was built by a Franco-British consortium.

Caption For Scarborough, The South Cliff Tramway 1890

The tramway runs up the face of the cliff on a gradient of about one in three, and terminates opposite Prince of Wales Terrace.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, The Royal Entrance 1887

The Queen had declined the invitation to open this celebration of her 50 years on the throne, but Prince Edward agreed, and the Prince and Princess of Wales did the honours.