Places

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Maps

9 maps found.

1903, Three Bridges Ref. RNC847645
1920, Three Bridges Ref. POP847646
1899, Three Bridges Ref. RNE847645
1940, Three Bridges Ref. NPO847646
1896, Three Bridges Ref. RNE847646
1946, Three Bridges Ref. NPO847645
1923, Three Bridges Ref. POP847645
1909, Three Bridges Ref. HOSM71182
1898-1909, Three Bridges Ref. RNC847646

Books

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Memories

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Barbers

I had many a dodgy haircut, and a few good ones, at De Sallas (?) In Darkes Lane. And my father and mother used to love the Embassy Club. My father used to take me wrestling at the Ritz. I saw Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo ...Read more

A memory of Potters Bar by Stephen Walker

Francis Frith Murderer Of Eyam

I am astonished that this collection is Francis Frith and I am assuming it is a coincidence that I found it when looking up Francis Frith of Eyam. Francis Frith was a resident of Eyam in Derbsyhire. He and his wife were ...Read more

A memory of Eyam by Lesley Beeley

Matthews Opticians

To the left of this photo, the first shop you can see was Reg Matthews opticians. You can just make out the entrance and the window above which is a V shape. As a trainee dispensing optician working there around 1971, I used to sit ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1971 by Sue Houghton

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 roam ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

Geddes The Chemist

In the late 1950's I had an after school/Saturday job with Geddes. I had a pushbike with a basket and used to deliver medicines around Three Bridges & Worth; In addition I used to wash bottles, as in those days liquid ...Read more

A memory of Three Bridges by David Randall

Lancing In The Fifties And Sixties

My family moved to Lancing when I was six months old, living first in Orchard Avenue and then Tower Road, which had a bad reputation - totally undeserved! I liked the fact that there were always children to play with, ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Avril Boyd

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 evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

Penton Camp Club

The Penton Camp Club started in about 1903. Its members included the Manager of Martin's Bank, London, the manager of the Drury Lane Theatre and many other rich men. They would come by train to Staines, the old station at the ...Read more

A memory of Penton Hook in 1900 by Su Knight

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Captions

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Caption For Burton On Trent, Ferry Bridge C1960

The River Trent at Burton is now crossed by three bridges: Burton Bridge, built in 1864, the iron Angelsey Bridge and the Stapenhill Viaduct, which is in fact a footbridge.

Caption For Crawley, Church 1907

horse and cart behind a small girl pushing a pram outside the church of St John the Baptist, belies Crawley's mid 19th-century expansion into a railway town, following the construction of the line from Three Bridges

Caption For Three Bridges, The Flood Gates 1906

The millpond for the old Hazlewick mill was fed by the River Mole, which flowed close to Three Bridges railway station (on the left through the trees).

Caption For Bristol, The Docks 1953

Though it was less than one mile long, it was expensive to build, requiring three bridges, a viaduct and a 282-yard-long tunnel under a burial ground, the cutting of which entailed the digging up of numerous

Caption For Three Bridges, 1905

Over the years, Three Bridges has been swallowed up by the expanding suburbs of Crawley, but originally it was a very small village.

Caption For Burton On Trent, Ferry Bridge C1960

The River Trent at Burton is now crossed by three bridges: Burton Bridge, built in 1864, the iron Angelsey Bridge and the Stapenhill Viaduct, which is in fact a footbridge.

Caption For Three Bridges, The Fox 1905

Three Bridges derives its name from its bridges over the River Mole.

Caption For Devils Bridge, The Falls C1940

The English name associates the bridge with a story in which the devil is tricked, while the Welsh name (Pontarfynach) suggests that it was built by the monks of Strata Florida.

Caption For Widnes, The Bridges C1961

This is an interesting photograph showing all three bridges crossing the Runcorn Gap.

Caption For London, Albert Bridge C1900

Until 1878 all but three of the bridges over the Thames were owned by private companies who levelled tolls on foot passengers.

Caption For London, Albert Bridge C1900

Until 1878 all but three of the bridges over the Thames were owned by private companies who levelled tolls on foot passengers.

Caption For Wallingford, Church And Bridge 1899

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

Caption For Rotherham, The Bridge Chapel 1895

The Chapel of Our Lady standing on Rotherham Bridge dates from the 1480s, and is one of only three such chapels in England.

Caption For Runcorn, Runcorn Bridge And The Transporter Bridge C1961

The new single-span 1,082ft road-bridge built between the railway viaduct and the transporter.

Caption For Staines, The Bridge 1907

The graceful three-arched bridge over the Thames was rebuilt in 1832 by John and George Rennie, close to the site of the many bridges that have crossed the Thames since the Romans first spanned it.

Caption For Wimborne, Canford Bridge 1904

Construction work on Canford Bridge began in 1793 and was completed 20 years later.

Caption For Pateley Bridge, The Bridge 1893

Pateley Bridge, in Upper Nidderdale, lies on the road between Grassington and Ripon, and was once an important crossing point over the river.

Caption For Baslow, Bridge C1870

Riverside beeches frame Baslow's three-arched medieval bridge at Nether End, as it strides across the River Derwent with elegant ease.

Caption For Runcorn, Transporter Bridge C1906

One of only three such bridges in the country, the transporter bridge connected Runcorn with Widnes on the north shore of the River Mersey.

Caption For Brockweir, The Village C1955

The little hamlet of Brockweir, straggling along the floor of the Wye Valley and with a utilitarian bridge spanning the river itself, lies on the county border with Gwent.

Caption For Runcorn, Widnes Bridge C1965

This is a fascinating photograph, because it shows both the railway bridge (built in 1868; it even had a pedestrian walkway along it) and the transporter bridge in front.

Caption For Dartmoor, River Dart, New Bridge 1890

New Bridge is the starting point for canoe- ists embarking on the stretch of the river known as 'The Loop'— a three-mile white- water run downstream to Holne Bridge, tackled in winter when the

Caption For Harlow, Market House C1955

There were to be three types of shopping: the open-air market, a variety of shops on three sides, and a first-floor row of shops that did not need a window display, such as hairdressers, opticians, photographers

Caption For Staines, Boating 1907

Staines's High Street leads down towards this bridge over the Thames.