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My Memories Of The Red Lion Area

Roger... After reading your recollections of the Woodsend Road I hope you don't mind me adding to your list of memories. It fair to say before I start to write we do know one another and by now we both have a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Flixton by yumapair6

My Bexleyheath In The 40 60s And How I Ended Up In Oz

Life began on 29th January 1944 in Bexleyheath. We lived in a small conjoined house at number 12 Rowan Road. Born to parents Leonard George and Dorothy Beresford just before the end of WW11. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Paul Beresford

Memories Of Greenford

My parents home was in Costons Avenue in Greenford, I was born there in 1937 and lived there for 30 years. The rear of our house looked out to trees which grew on the boundary of Perivale Park some eighty yards away across ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by vincentlees

The Braunston Tunnel

A short distance north-west of Daventry is Braunston. The village lies on a hill overlooking the Grand Union Canal, one of Britain’s most famous inland waterways, and is a hub of the canal network. This photograph (D83014) ...Read more

A memory of Daventry in 1955 by Julia Skinner

Fleetwood Grammardistrict Bank

I too went to Fleetwood Grammar, about 1948-51. Dr Grieve was headmaster & Miss Lumsden headmistress. Latin master was Mr Terence Huss who ran a troop of Scouts. He must have been very keen to have taken the ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Bryan Shaw

Happy Days What Happened

I was born in Darlington in 1944, and in 1958 I moved to Newton Aycliffe with my mum, dad and two brothers.  We moved into a lovely brand new 3 bedroomed house at 38 Macmillan Rd which was heaven compared to the two ...Read more

A memory of Newton Aycliffe in 1958

Working In Stonegate

My first real job, not counting student employment, was working in Godfrey's Book Shop, Stonegate, York. The shop was at that time the largest antiquarian bookstore in the North of England - unfortunately it no longer exists. It ...Read more

A memory of York in 1961 by Hilary Cass

I Am Seeking Old Images Of Chapel St Leonards In The Early 1950s

My grandfather had a holiday home that was washed away in the 1953 floods, it was a very unsual property from what I have been told, but have never seen an image of it. ...Read more

A memory of Chapel St Leonards by John Alcock

Canada Bound

While working in the Lake District as an hotel assistant manager I reached such a point of frustration that I up and quit my job and applied to emigrate to Canada. Five minutes later, after hearing of my decision, the head accountant ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1966 by Dylan Rivis

My Beautiful Grandmother

My beautiful grandmother was just that and hailed from Woodhouse Eaves or so I think. I am trying to find history regarding my family and found this site which may be useful. I remember Grandma talking of her past, ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves in 1947 by Doreen Stone

Captions

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Caption For Bispham, Palm Court Methodist Holiday Home C1955

Bispham lies just a little to the north of Blackpool's bright lights and seemingly non- stop amusements, and its sea-front hotels and guesthouses attracted holidaymakers seeking a more

Caption For Seaford, Lullington Hill 1894

On the east bank of the Cuckmere River opposite Alfriston, Lullington is very much a shrunken medieval village, with its isolated church a good quarter of a mile north of Lullington Court, the farm complex

Caption For Stanwell, St Mary's Church 1895

A little to the north of the Thames and beyond Staines is the village of Stanwell.

Caption For Slinfold, The Post Office C1955

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

Caption For Midhurst, The King Edward Sanatorium 1907

The ladies gardening are patients in the King Edward Sanatorium, which is situated on Great Common about two miles north of Midhurst.

Caption For Headingley, Otley Road C1955

Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.

Caption For Headingley, Otley Road C1955

Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.

Caption For London, Covent Garden 1900

Covent Garden Market was the main fruit and vegetable market for the area north of the Thames until 1974.

Caption For Gunnislake, Devon Great Consols Mine 'wheal Emma' 1893

This mighty copper mine scarred the slopes north of Gunnislake on the Devon side of the River Tamar.

Caption For Happisburgh, Dogers Point C1955

Such was the concern in 1791, that two beacons were erected, illuminated by lanterns holding many candles; one became the lighthouse, and another stood about 400 yards north of Cart Gap.

Caption For Lakeside, The Y.M.C.A National Camp From The Lake C1960

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

Caption For Charlcombe, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1907

A total contrast is Charlcombe, a tiny hamlet on a minor road a mere half mile north of the Bath suburb of Fairfield Park.

Caption For Peak Dale, Small Dale C1955

We are high on the limestone White Peak plateau with this photograph of farm buildings and cottages in the hamlet of Small Dale, north of Peak Dale, to the north east of Buxton.

Caption For Alsager, Sandbach Road C1960

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

Caption For Anna Valley, Little Ann Village C1955

Anton Mill 1906 A child gazes wistfully into the tranquil waters of the River Anton, a tributary of the Test, which rises to the north of Andover and runs through the heart of the town.

Caption For Sudbury, St Bartholomew's Church 1904

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130.

Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1960

Half Moon Bay, which lies north of Heysham Docks, was a popular destination for a day on the sands.

Caption For Fittleworth, Upper Street 1921

A mile or so to the north of the village is a house where Edward Elgar spent his summers between 1917 and 1921.

Caption For Reading, The Abbey C1955

The abbey was built on the high ground north of the River Kennet, which in this view is behind the photographer.

Caption For Chipstead, The Cottage C1960

A wealth of timbers, tiles, gables, chimney-stacks and a thatched gateway make another attractive High Road house north of Ruffetts Cottages.

Caption For Easington, Seaside Road From Church C1955

Easington is set alongside the coast of the North Sea, some five miles north of Spurn Point.

Caption For Hawkshead, Bobbin Mill 1896

Bobbin manufacture for the wool and cotton mills of the north of England was once an important industry in the well-wooded Lake District.

Caption For Hayburn Wyke, Hotel C1960

Hayburn Wyke is situated about six miles north of Scarborough, and thanks to its tranquil beauty it was popular in the 19th century as a picnic area.

Caption For Hawkshead, Bobbin Mill 1896

Bobbin manufacture for the wool and cotton mills of the north of England was once an important industry in the well-wooded Lake District.