Places

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Maps

10 maps found.

1916 - 1919, Bridgehill Ref. HOSM38890
1919, Bridge Ball Ref. POP649809
1898, Bridge Ball Ref. RNE649809
1900, Bridge Ball Ref. RNC649809
1901-1904, Bridgehill Ref. RNC650037
1925, Bridgehill Ref. POP650037
1947, Bridgehill Ref. NPO650037
1898, Bridgehill Ref. RNE650037
1903, Bridge Ball Ref. HOSM38852
1946, Bridge Ball Ref. NPO649809

Books

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Memories

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Childhood In Addlestone

I have many memories of Addlestone having lived there from 1940 to 1964. My family lived in Bourneside Road, at the far end was Coxes Lock Mill and the mill pond. We knew almost everybody that lived on Bois Hall estate. I ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Jacqueline Parsons

Childhood In The Village!!

I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained ...Read more

A memory of Mollington in 1961 by Vanda Godwin Marriott

School Days

Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames in 1960 by Mandy Lester

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

Combe Florey Primary School

The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

The Hub Of My Young Universe

London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great ...Read more

A memory of London in 1959 by Dylan Rivis

Mixed Feelings

I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more

A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by Bob Boyd

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

Where I Grew Up

I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962.  I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham in 1962 by Anne Elder

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

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Captions

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Caption For London, London Bridge C1900

To the left of London Bridge is Fishmongers' Hall, which opened in 1834.

Caption For Bakewell, Dorothy Vernon's Bridge C1955

This photograph focuses on the actual bridge, a pretty little footbridge a few yards south of the main bridge from the A6 trunk road into Haddon Hall. Dorothy Vernon's tomb can be seen in the church.

Caption For Godmanchester, The Chinese Bridge C1950

The first Chinese Bridge on this site was built in 1827. Since then it has been replaced twice; the current wooden bridge dates from 1930, and was refurbished in 1979.

Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds.

Caption For Sheffield, The Town Hall C1955

This photograph shows The Town Hall from the Peace Garden.

Caption For Eccleston, Excursion Steamer C1886

Here we have a small paddle steamer on the Eccleston Ferry/Eaton Hall run.

Caption For Sheffield, The Town Hall C1955

This photograph shows The Town Hall from the Peace Garden.

Caption For Great Haywood, River Trent C1955

Looking downstream, below the narrow Essex Bridge, this iron bridge was a continuation of one over the canal, built to allow residents of Shugborough Hall access to the village by horse

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down house constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

Caption For Ambleside, Bridge House 1912

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down building constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

Caption For Penny Bridge, 1921

Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, High Level Bridge 1949

Trams are no longer crossing the bridge at the time of this photograph, but cyclists and pedestrians are well in evidence, and cars have now started to appear.

Caption For Steeton, The River And Bridge C1960

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

Caption For Slaidburn, Hammerton Hall 1921

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds.

Caption For Ribchester, The New Bridge C1955

Known locally as Dinkley Bridge, this elegant suspension bridge across the River Ribble was opened on 10 October 1951.

Caption For Colne, Wycoller, The Pack Horse Bridge C1960

The mechanisation of weaving in the early 19th century robbed the village of both its industry and population, and the hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, was

Caption For Pontrhydfendigaid, The River And Bridge C1960

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge. By it is the village shop.

Caption For Bakewell, View From The Bridge 1923

The photographer took up his position on the 13th-century road bridge and pointed his camera south towards Haddon Hall.

Caption For Churchtown, The Swing Bridge And River Wyre C1955

The wooden swing bridge appeared on maps in 1847.

Caption For Bridgend, The Old Stone Bridge 1898

This photograph was taken from the new bridge looking towards the old bridge, which is built of the local Quarella stone and dates from the early 15th century.

Caption For London, London Bridge 1904

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

Caption For Great Haywood, Trent Lane C1955

They were built in 1806 to re-house workers from the Shugborough estate and thereby ensure privacy for the Hall's residents.

Caption For Godalming, Bridge Street C1955

East along the High Street with its many good buildings, including ones with ornate 17th-century brickwork or Georgian facades, Bridge Street bears left to descend towards the bridge of 1783 over the

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village 1924

Around the charming green we can see the old school (centre), later a billiard hall, now restored as a private house. Behind are High Hall and the Temperance Hall (1910).