Places
36 places found.
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- Poole, Dorset
- Canford Magna, Dorset
- Broadstone, Dorset
- Sandbanks, Dorset
- South Pool, Devon
- Pool, Cornwall
- Longfleet, Dorset
- Dozmary Pool, Cornwall
- Canford Cliffs, Dorset
- Rossmore, Dorset
- Merley, Dorset
- Waterloo, Dorset
- Branksome, Dorset
- Branksome Park, Dorset
- Canford School, Dorset
- Knighton, Dorset (near Wimborne Minster)
- Sterte, Dorset
- Hamworthy, Dorset
- Oakdale, Dorset
- Alderney, Dorset
- Bearwood, Dorset
- Lake, Dorset
- Stanley Green, Dorset
- Hillbourne, Dorset
- Newtown, Dorset (near Poole)
- Turlin Moor, Dorset
- Wallisdown, Dorset
- Ashington, Dorset
- Canford Heath, Dorset (near Poole)
- Oakley, Dorset
- Turbary Common, Dorset
- Bourne Valley, Dorset
- Creekmoor, Dorset
- Lilliput, Dorset
- Lower Hamworthy, Dorset
- Talbot Heath, Dorset
Photos
2,129 photos found. Showing results 41 to 60.
Maps
304 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 49 to 3.
Memories
1,638 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
1965
1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more
A memory of Market Harborough by
Talke A Forgotten Village
As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more
A memory of Talke in 1959
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I Part 2
Like everyone else growing up in Newarthill, life wasn’t easy, as times were tough in the 50s and 60s and I suppose in many ways it is today. But back then people really had nothing, but one thing I do remember - ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
Noddy's Shop
I moved to Elm Park in 1960 when I was 4 years old with my mum and dad, from Hackney, East London. My dad owned and ran the Newsagents in Station Parade and we lived in the flat above the shop. I remember it was next to the green grocers, ...Read more
A memory of Elm Park by
Early Days.
I was born in1942 at a maternity home in Honeypot Lane and came home to Heber Road in Cricklewood. My parents worked at the big Smiths factory at the top of Temple Road. I went Mora Road school , one of the teachers called Miss Gibbs also ...Read more
A memory of Cricklewood by
The Oriel, Racecourse And The Later 60 S
The racecourse was pretty much my home all my life, Kempton Avenue. Sorry, a bit of a personal ramble here mixed with my remeniscing about me to put into context; I was born in Ealing in 53 of Welsh family (5 older siblings + ...Read more
A memory of Northolt by
So Many Memories
My family arrived in Wargrave just after the war. We moved into a flat above the Post Office/ Telephone Exchange. Dad was a caretaker operator. Things I remember about the village were of course the nearby river, the houses so ...Read more
A memory of Wargrave by
Time For A Rest
We used to go on bike rides from Meopham and always went through Longfield Hill on our way. I do remember my brother entering in to a pool contest there with adults and winning the contest and getting a new two piece cue. It was ...Read more
A memory of Longfield Hill in 1977 by
Captions
404 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.
Wallasey Docks were built on what was known as Wallasey Pool, a once wild and beautiful tidal creek.
The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.
The building occupied by Routley's Stores is Poole House, once the home of Thomas Poole.
A strict notice says that 'bathers must remove oil from their bodies before entering the pool.
Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships' captains.
The pool had a length of just over 50 yards and a width of just 20 yards.
This pool was to the east of the pier.
Originally known just as Pool, 'Welsh'; was added to differentiate it from the English Poole in Dorset.
The next two views were taken around the swimming pool north of Overstone Manor.
This view looks towards Barker's Pool, where Sheffield's first reservoir was built in 1434 to collect water from several springs on the hillside above West Bar.
Bracebridge Pool was formed around 1420 and leased to Sir Ralph Bracebridge at a yearly rent of £10 or 120 bream.
The cellars are situated in one of the oldest parts of town; we see it here on a busy day at the height of Poole's mercantile past.
Yateley Common, one of the largest commons in Hampshire, has long been famous in the area for Wyndham's Pool, an 18th-century fishpond reservoir.
Within the last twenty years a new pavilion has been built, a large sports hall added, and an indoor swimming pool provided.
As can be seen, the Eastleigh swimming pool was very popular.
It has served visitors to Matlock Bath for 200 years, and is fed by a warm water spring which supplies a basement plunge pool and an outdoor swimming pool.
Its original name was 'Pool', with the 'Welsh' prefix added to distinguish it from Poole in Dorset.
The open-air swimming pool in Market Drayton was built in the 1930s; it attracted people from a large area around the town, even from as far away at Stoke on Trent.
This swimming pool building was designed by Neville Player, who also designed the College across the road.
Originally the park had an open-air swimming pool.
Outdoor swimming pools were a feature of the concern for health and fitness in the 1930s.
The paddling pool in front of it is a precursor of the modern day Sun Centre, perhaps.
The site chosen for the swimming pool was a natural suntrap on the western side of Monkton Park.
Poole's population grew substantially during the 20th century as new industries arrived to supplement the declining merchant trade.
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Social Life At The Pool!
I was five years old when this photograph was taken and would have occasionally been taken to the pool by my mother. My older sister would have come too. As we got older it was a great place to hang out as teenagers and we ...Read more
A memory of Brentwood by