Places

5 places found.

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Maps

28 maps found.

1920, Brook Street Ref. POP652009
1946, Brook Street Ref. NPO652008
1940, Brook Street Ref. NPO652010
1898, Brook Street Ref. RNC652009
1898, Brook Street Ref. RNC652010
1920, Brook Street Ref. POP652008
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652007
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652006
1896, Brook Street Ref. RNE652009
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652010
1921, Brook Street Ref. POP652006
1920, Brook Street Ref. POP652007
1921, Brook Street Ref. POP652010
1946, Brook Street Ref. NPO652006
1895, Brook Street Ref. RNE652008
1940, Brook Street Ref. NPO652007
1946, Brook Street Ref. NPO652009
1898, Brook Street Ref. RNC652007
1897-1898, Brook Street Ref. RNC652008
1899-1901, Brook Street Ref. RNC652006

Books

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Memories

144 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

We Lived In Flimby At This Time

we lived in public hall cottage at the top of brook street john burrow

A memory of Flimby in 1953 by John Burrow

The Brook In Bull Lane

I remember a narrow brook in Bull Lane running along the bottom of the houses left hand side walking from the high street. My schoolfriend and I used to jump over it and try to push each other in. I sometimes think this is something I ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh by lamolossi

The Brook In Bull Lane

I remember a narrow brook in Bull Lane running along the bottom of the houses left hand side walking from the high street. My schoolfriend and I used to jump over it and try to push each other in. I sometimes think this is ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh by lamolossi

Swimming At Flag Bottom

I remember as a little kid in the 50's going through Borsdane Wood with my mam n' Aunty Liza - we'd take egg n' tomato butties with us and always head for the Flag Bottom. This was our cheap holiday / Wigan week, I think ...Read more

A memory of Hindley in 1951 by Ray Mac

Schools

I lived in Beaufoy Road for a number of years, I went to Falcon Brook Primary School, then Lavender Hill girls school. Had great times. Lavender Hill School now gone, does anyone have memories of it, the snow would be terrible coming down Amies Street, I had a great uncle uncle iving there.

A memory of Battersea by Janice Richardson

My Heart Belongs To Corwen

I was born in Brook Street, the bottom end of town. I started school at 3 yrs old, loved the old bottom school. We then moved to the big house at the top of Pen y Bryn. I went to top school. I loved singing and dance, ...Read more

A memory of Corwen by Blodwen Jacques

Mmm Fish And Chips

My memory of Rugeley was going to town and having fish and chips from Florie's chipshop in Brook Street, they were the best I have ever tasted. Wrapped in newspaper with fish bits in there too, those were the days.

A memory of Rugeley

Mellow Street Wash Brook Chadderton

I grew up in chadderton born in 1945 mellow street then moves to Leslie ave bus driver with Oldham Corp then to Canada played drums in a oldham band in the 60s toured with the Hollies Kinks Moody Blues as a ...Read more

A memory of Shaw by Kevin Clarke

Fishing Under The Arches

I was born Marilynne Thompson at 17, The Lynch, Polesworth in January 1952. My mam and dad, Peg and Geoff Thompson both worked at Ensor's brickyard. When I was about two or three years old we moved to a cottage ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth in 1961 by Marilynne Connolly

Evacuated During World War 11

I was evacuated to my Grandparent's house "Hope House" The Street Radstock during the war years - they were Mr and Mrs H.D.Plummer and lived in Hope House with their Daughter Gwendoline Edwards and her three sons ...Read more

A memory of Radstock by Brenda Hacker

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Captions

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Caption For Manchester, Brooks Bank C1873

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Benson, Brook Street C1965

The old coaching inn, half way down Brook Street on the left, had the unusual name of the Farmer's Man.

Caption For Blaenavon, Broad Street C1955

This street was once called Heol-y-Nant (Brook Street) from the brook which ran through Blaenavon.

Caption For Ilkley, Moor C1965

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

Caption For Manchester, Market Street 1889

We are looking from the Cross Street / Corporation Street corner.

Caption For Wethersfield, The Green 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For Benson, High Street C1965

Brook Street c1955 Bensington is Benson's proper name; it was once an ancient British city.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

'Slaid' means 'flat marshy ground', 'burn' is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Ilkley, The Grove 1921

We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

Caption For Raunds, Brook Street C1960

Further south, the High Street becomes Brook Street as it heads towards the unromantically named Hog Dyke.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1965

The Daventry Civic Society was formed to preserve this historic street from demolition.

Caption For Great Bardfield, Brook Street 1903

The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Caption For St Neots, River Terrace C1955

Even Brierley`s boatyard on the corner of the Hen Brook (right) is back in business.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This view looks up Olde Barn Passage past Brookes Court.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

The Horse and Gate pub (left) has been redeveloped into shops, the Lion Hotel (right) is now flats, and parking is only allowed on the left-hand side of the street.

Caption For East Budleigh, The Waterfall 1928

A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.

Caption For Oakham, The Fire Station C1955

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street 1911

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

Caption For Ilkley, Brook Street C1965

This view shows Brook Street with its cantilever railway bridge, removed after the line closed between Ilkley and Morecambe.

Caption For Torquay, Fleet Street 1906

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally