Places

1 places found.

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Maps

255 maps found.

1896, Grange Ref. RNE718675
1947, Grange Ref. NPO718675
1925, Grange Ref. POP718662
1895, Gang Ref. RNE711062
1897, Grange Ref. RNE718668
1896, Grange Ref. RNE718674
1895, Grange Ref. RNE718688
1924, Grange Ref. POP718666
1947, Grange Ref. NPO718662
1940, Grange Ref. NPO718681
1946, Grange Ref. NPO718688
1898, Grange Ref. HOSM46743
1946, Grange Farm Ref. NPO718707
1946, Grange Hill Ref. NPO719006
1946, Churnet Grange Ref. NPO668711
1925, Murton Grange Ref. POP786208
1946, Oulton Grange Ref. NPO798349
1902, Churnet Grange Ref. RNC668711
1922, Grange, The Ref. POP719174
1947, Preston Grange Ref. NPO810666

Books

3 books found. Showing results 25 to 3.

Memories

625 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Yesterday's Birch

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

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

Hms Ganges

Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Gate in 1964 by Phil Smith

Growing Up In Temple Fortune

I grew up in Temple Fortune between 1959 and 1974. There was a school outfitters called Pullens in Temple Fortune, in Finchley Road near the junction with Temple Fortune Lane. We always bought our school uniforms ...Read more

A memory of Temple Fortune by Michael Zucker

Early Memories Of Southwick

I was born in Steyning in 1954. My father was a police constable and at only 2/3 months old we moved to the 'police station' in Whiterock Place in Southwick. The station consisted of 2 large semidetached houses with large ...Read more

A memory of Southwick by Liz Burchell

Andrew Duncan Home For Boys

At the age of 13 I suffered a nervous breakdown due to problems at home. It was decided by my doctor to send me away from home to give me a break. My mother took me to a mainline station in London where I was handed ...Read more

A memory of Shiplake by Wi Taylor

When The Reverend Nichols Was The Rector

Sadly, I believe St Michael's Church is little more now than a ruin of it's former self, nothing like it was in the 1940's when it seemed to stand proudly on the hill watching over and protecting the small ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea in 1940 by Thelma Hurly

Elm Cottage

My family used to stay at Elm Cottage on Trewoon Road in Mullion for many of our summer holidays during the 1970's. The cottage belonged to a Mrs Kent, known to us affectionately as Aunty Ellie, who at that time lived in Caerleon in Wales ...Read more

A memory of Mullion

Stubbington 1955 1960

I arrived accompanied by my father in 1955 not really knowing what to expect as I had been born and brought up in Jersey, which in those days was rather different to the mainland. My father, uncle and grandfather had all ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by paul.mercer01

Burcot Grange

I went to Burcot Grange School in Mere Green. From 1961-1964 or there about. Mrs Keates was the Headmistress and her husband was the vicar. Mrs Shinner was deputy head. I got told off for dangling my legs out of the top floor ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield by Lorraine Gaunt

Captions

381 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Dorchester, Cornhill 1891

A splendid variety of architecture, ranging from medieval through Georgian to Victorian, greets the visitor to Dorchester.

Caption For Brading, High Street C1960

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Caption For Littleham, The Caravan Site, Sandy Bay C1960

In the distance is Straight Point, a firing range much used by the Royal Marines, who are stationed at nearby Lympstone.

Caption For Ilkeston, Bath Street C1955

The range of shops is interesting, from Gunns the newsagents, selling the local Nottingham Journal and Evening News on the left, to the larger chain stores and building society offices.

Caption For Inglesham, Little Holme Yha C1955

From cottage to mansion, the Youth Hostels Association adapted a wide range of buildings for use by their increasing membership.

Caption For West Lulworth, The Pond C1955

West Lulworth is a good starting point for a ramble along the Dorset coast, much of which remains unspoiled once you get beyond the range of the motor car.

Caption For Staintondale, The Village C1960

During the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century, the original owners of Bell Hill Farm, Staintondale, rang a bell or blew a horn every evening to act as a guide to travellers.

Caption For Astwood Bank, Western Hill Close C1965

A wide range of architectural periods is represented in Astwood Bank, though Victorian buildings are particularly numerous.

Caption For Newick, The Green C1955

A range of different building styles is seen in the picture, including the Bull Inn, whose sign stands on the green in front.

Caption For Trumpington, War Memorial C1960

Alas, the public house opposite has long gone, to be replaced with a whole range of modern dwelling houses.

Caption For Westcott, Village Sign 1922

Now on the A25, this village lies between the north downs and the Leith Hill sandstone range.

Caption For Staithes, High Street C1955

Mr Manship's Central Café, seen in the centre of the photograph, no doubt offered a good range of refreshments, whilst gifts could be bought at the gift shop on the right of this view.

Caption For Ludham, Main Street 1931

This range of 18th- and 19th-century cottages, some thatched, look across to the parish church, whose churchyard wall can be seen on the left.

Caption For Dullingham, The School C1955

Many village children will remember this school; the bell rang from the small gable bell turret calling them to lessons.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1965

The range to the right of the Post Office has been rebuilt as Lipton House.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1896

A similar view to 33362, looking towards the old market square two years later, highlights the range of architecture in this fine ancient thoroughfare.

Caption For Blackpool, The Palatine Hotel 1890

The County, Clifton, and Palatine were in a similar price range, and in 1906 their daily pension rate (room, meals and all services) was 8s 6d a day.

Caption For East Wittering, Church Road Corner C1950

An interesting range of cars and vans occupy the car park.

Caption For Beachy Head, The Lighthouse 1910

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, The Castle 1892

He commissioned the building of the south range, which was completed during the reign of his successor Bishop Egerton.

Caption For Colchester, The Sign Of The Old Rose And Crown C1955

A range of 15th- and 16th-century timber- framed houses, some jettied, the Rose and Crown follows the curve of a lane linking Ipswich Road and East Street.

Caption For Cilcain, Village C1955

This small village, set amongst the Clwyddian Range of hills, once boasted seven pubs; the shop we see here is a grocer and butcher.

Caption For Worbarrow, Bay C1930

The view is south- eastwards from the slopes of Flower's Barrow hill fort, inside the area taken over for D-Day tank training on the Lulworth Ranges in 1943.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Westerby Corner C1955

This attractive village retains its quiet rural atmosphere; it is ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.