Maps

321 maps found.

1946, Hole's Hole Ref. NPO737892
1919, Hole's Hole Ref. POP737892
1896, Hole's Hole Ref. RNE737892
1899-1900, Hole's Hole Ref. RNC737892
1919, Hole Ref. POP737743
1900, Hole Ref. RNC737743
1895, Hole Ref. RNE737743
1946, Hole Ref. NPO737743
1947, Hole Ref. NPO737741
1898, Hole Ref. RNE737741
1925, Hole Ref. POP737741
1905, Cotts Ref. HOSM48705
1922, Three Holes Ref. POP847698
1945, Gobley Hole Ref. NPO717010
1946, Fox Holes Ref. NPO708789
1923, Sots Hole Ref. POP834157
1947, Chaceley Hole Ref. NPO665984
1900, South Hole Ref. RNC834914
1925, Hoo Hole Ref. POP739845
1925, Ousel Hole Ref. POP798396

Books

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Memories

636 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

The 50s At School

I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

The Fairway

I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by David Jagger

Golf In St Chads Park

I remember playing golf in St Chads park, it had a 18 hole, well kept course. There was a paddling pool, were I sometimes sailed my model boat. I also remember the Council run playleader scheme, were you could borrow ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell Heath by peterphelps06

Happy Childhood Holidays

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

Low Bradley Farm

I lived in Low Bradley Farm in the late 60's early 70's with my dad Peter Dominey, Mam Dorothy Dominey and brother Christopher. I was only just over a year old when we moved onto the farm and left when I was 7. The farm was owned ...Read more

A memory of Medomsley by Hazel Wilson

Those Were The Days

I moved to Ireland Wood from Portsmouth when I was 4 years old with my Mum and dad who was in the navy. We lived at 42 Raynel Way. The house was built by the Council. Most of the houses like ours were made of prefabricated ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge by Robert Morris

Going Down The End Of The Road !

I have quite vivid memories from the late 1950's of Woodhall Parade or "The End of the Road" as those in Woodhall Crescent called it. Harry Skeeles the cockney greengrocer, always with his hat on and mostly with a ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Rebecca Paul

Schooldays In Dearne

It's incredible how one can recall memories from a remarkably long time ago. In fact, I still remember that on my fourth birthday, I received two identical birthday cards from different people. I can even remember the ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Dennis Ford

Leaving A Mark On The Landscape

It was 1966 myself and 2 colleagues were bouncing across the downs in a Landrover when I first saw Imber. What a beautiful little village nestled in the bottom of the valley. It's red brick manor house next to the church ...Read more

A memory of Imber by Chris Scott

Hamilton Secondary & Cole Street Infant School

It used to be in a nunnery in Birkenhead just off manor hill nr entrance to the park ..it was called Nazareth house ? I went to Hamilton middle school in the juniors ? I was 8/9 at the time ?? A few kids ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by Mark Farrow

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Captions

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Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

The newsagent's to the left of the picture is Billy Hole's.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks probably belongs to the Neolithic period.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks may belong to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age period.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks may belong to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age period.

Caption For Bebington, Brackenwood Gardens 1936

In the 1970s, a large 18-hole golf course was built to replace a small 9-hole course, and part of the house became a golf club.

Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Golf Links 1914

By the early 1920s Bishop Auckland was one of only a handful of 18-hole courses in County Durham; many, such as Barnard Castle, Felling, Ravensworth, Fence Houses (Lambton Collieries), and Durham City

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Village 1957

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

Caption For Wookey Hole, 'the Witch' 1896

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

Caption For Tiverton, Blundell's New School 1890

For instance, the hole at the top of the tower was left to allow a clock to be fitted.

Caption For Exmouth, The Sands 1925

These children are clearly delighting in making sand castles, digging holes in the beach for the sea to fill, or just engaging in a spot of amateur beachcombing.

Caption For Tetbury, Market House 1956

Legend relates that the lord of the manor of Tetbury was sailing across the Irish Sea when his ship was holed and began to sink.

Caption For Thaxted, Bolford Street C1955

this was the church- builders` watering-hole of choice.

Caption For Quethiock, The Celtic Cross 1908

This ancient four-hole cross was restored and placed at the edge of the churchyard in 1881.

Caption For Abbotsbury, Market Street C1955

Inside the church is a Jacobean pulpit, which is pierced by two bullet holes, remnants of the Civil War.

Caption For Launceston, White Hart Hotel Door 1890

The gas lamp that lit the entrance is now gone, but the holes for its bracket are still visible.

Caption For Launceston, White Hart Hotel Door 1890

The gas lamp that lit the entrance is now gone, but the holes for its bracket are still visible.

Caption For Abbotsford, Abbotsford House 1897

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

Caption For Kingswinford, Our Lady Of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church C1965

Kingswinford has an interesting Roman Catholic connection in Holbeche House, the home in 1605 of Stephen Lyttelton, a friend of Robert Catesby of Gunpowder Plot fame.

Caption For Wiswell, Village 1906

The nearby medieval vicarage has a priest hole, often used during the Catholic persecution that followed the Reformation, as this, like many other villages in Lancashire doggedly clung onto the Old Faith

Caption For Boscobel, House 1898

Hiding in the tree by day, he hid in a priest's hole in Boscobel House at night until the Roundheads abandoned their search and he was able to make his way to safety.

Caption For Aberdeen, St Nicholas's Street And Queen's Corner C1899

There is some activity around the base of the statue - are the two ladies selling flowers and button-holes?

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Childrens Boating Pool C1955

Miniature golf was another attraction, with a round of eighteen holes costing the princely sum of 9d.

Caption For Newquay, On The Sands 1912

The rocky cliff faces are scored and pitted by wind and waves, causing sizeable blowing holes and fissures.