Places
26 places found.
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- Nook, Cumbria (near Kirkby Lonsdale)
- Barrow Nook, Lancashire
- Moss Nook, Merseyside
- Agar Nook, Leicestershire
- Pickering Nook, Durham
- Heads Nook, Cumbria
- Wornish Nook, Cheshire
- Salendine Nook, Yorkshire
- Sour Nook, Cumbria
- Urlay Nook, Cleveland
- Wall Nook, Durham
- Acres Nook, Staffordshire
- Donna Nook, Lincolnshire
- Hale Nook, Lancashire
- Windy Nook, Tyne and Wear
- Daisy Nook, Greater Manchester
- Nimble Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pocket Nook, Greater Manchester
- Pudding Pie Nook, Lancashire
- Water's Nook, Greater Manchester
- Greetland Wall Nook, Yorkshire
- Moss Nook, Greater Manchester
- Water Garth Nook, Cumbria
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Prees)
- The Nook, Shropshire (near Childs Ercall)
- Bleak Hey Nook, Greater Manchester
Photos
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Maps
247 maps found.
Memories
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Harrow Driving School Rayners Lane 1985 1986 Approx
Memories of getting the tube from Arnos Grove to Rayners Lane and then the long walk up Imperial Drive - until reaching the driving centre. The set up included traffic lights, zebra crossings, ...Read more
A memory of Harrow by
Caravan Holiday In 50s
My parents had a caravan at The Old Coastguards close to Seasalter Sailing Club from 50s to 70s. It had only 3 caravans on it. I regularly got up early as a child to accompany the site owner, a super guy, while he followed the ...Read more
A memory of Seasalter by
Shops
I suspect this is a little earlier than 1960 (but after 1956) the first building on the right was the offices of "Waugh Brummell and Barron" later Waugh & Co Solicitors and still going strong. The original Waughs were prominent in the ...Read more
A memory of Haywards Heath
Family Day Out Clerkenwell To Caterham 1925
The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from ...Read more
A memory of Caterham by
My Early Years
On the 2nd September 1952 I was born at Manor Farm. I lived there with my parents, my maternal grandfather and two older brothers. I know my grandmother was alive when I was born but, unfortunately died soon after. My ...Read more
A memory of Yealand Conyers in 1952 by
Stepping Back In Time
It started when my mother was dying, when we asked her about the family history, and she gave us names and dates. Her family came from France in late 1500. They were Hugenots and they were Puritans, and were chased out of ...Read more
A memory of Cinderford in 1995 by
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
The Sompting General Supply Stores.
I have a photocopy of a photograph of the General Supply Stores, Sompting, dated around 1913, showing the owners, J and A White, proudly standing outside, one with a little dog at his feet, the other holding his ...Read more
A memory of Sompting in 1910 by
52 The Meadows
My sister, Joan, lives at No.52, and several years ago she gave me a copy of a book prepared and published by one of her (recently deceased) neighbours. This man, with friends and acquaintances all suffering from the postwar housing ...Read more
A memory of Ingrave in 1947 by
Reminiscing
I was born in NW London. My first visit to Woburn Sands was about 1950 when my Uncle Ted and Aunt Ada moved here. They lived at the 'Dene' Aspley Hill. Aunt Ada did the housework for Mrs Russell the owner of the 'Dene' and my uncle ...Read more
A memory of Woburn Sands in 1950 by
Captions
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Once famed for bluebells, Nicky Nook remains a favourite part of the countryside, within easy reach of Garstang. The wooded ravine of Nicky Nook draws botanists and sketchers.
Nestling in the hillside below the Promenade, we see, to the right, The Cottage (or 'Teddy's Nook') and, to the left, The Spa.
This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.
is basically little changed, apart from the loss of the National Provincial Bank on the right (it was replaced by an archetypal building of the 1960s or early 1970s, larger but of lesser merit), the Nook
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
In this picture we see farmer Bob Metcalfe closing the door of Nook Cottage. His farmhand Bill Holderson tends the horse with its milk cart.
Next to the front door on the left is a baking oven that projects outside the cottage from the ingle-nook fireplace.
Just below Marine Parade can be seen a house known as The Cottage but also affectionately known in the town as Teddy's Nook, a reference to visits to Saltburn by Edward, Prince of Wales
Taken from outside St Mary of the Angels, the village's Catholic church, this view looks along The Nook past 17th- and early 18th-century houses.
In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
But the pond and the wooded nooks around Bonchurch are as great an attraction as they were for the Victorian visitor.
Two million bricks went into the New Victoria Theatre, which opened on 22 September 1930 with the film 'Rookery Nook'. It was the city's supercinema, complete with ballroom and café.
She recalled Pudding Pie Nook, thatched cottages knocked down and replaced by bungalows. In 1910 Mr Tod Hull was the oldest resident.
This photograph, looking towards The Nook, highlights the frustration of what could have been.
Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.
Shop fronts include those of the Tudor Cafe, Eastmans, and The Nook. The Royal Lion Hotel and New Inn are followed by Middle Row (centre).
The house was silent and no one seemed to be about … It was one of the loveliest mornings that ever dawned upon this world … The clear pure crisp air of the early morning blew fresh and exhilarating
Leander took part in the regatta from 1840 on, winning very frequently indeed; from 1890 it had an enclosure on Temple Island, at the Regatta start.
The house was designed by the eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison's
In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison
The George and Dragon is first mentioned as a tavern in the court book of St Albans Abbey in 1279. The half-timbered building dates from the 17th century.
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