Maps

459 maps found.

1919, Treswithian Downs Ref. POP852908
1919, Winterbourne Down Ref. POP871609
1946, Fleet Downs Ref. NPO706646
1946, Higher Downs Ref. NPO733997
1946, Lelant Downs Ref. NPO754953
1919, Perran Downs Ref. POP805213
1919, Quintrell Downs Ref. POP812469
1920, Terrible Down Ref. POP846095
1940, Earl's Down Ref. NPO696540
1945, Bishop's Down Ref. NPO641126
1946, Combe Down Ref. NPO675958
1946, Broadwater Down Ref. NPO651191
1898, Waldron Down Ref. RNC859673
1900, Tolvaddon Downs Ref. RNC849468
1925, Hetton Downs Ref. POP732019
1919, Higher Downs Ref. POP733997
1946, Mithian Downs Ref. NPO781684
1945, Sandy Down Ref. NPO825292
1895, Mithian Downs Ref. RNE781684
1895, Waldron Down Ref. RNE859673

Books

47 books found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Memories

8,130 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

Read Brothers

My mother and father worked for Mr Read between 1966 and 1987, most of the time around the Hall Road shop but later in the mid to late 1980's also up in the High Street shop, which has been pulled down and a new shop built. Mr Read ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1970 by Chris Brown

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

98 & 100 High Street

These two shops in the High Street in Crowle were owned by my grandmother Rose Raper. They were handed down to my father and aunt. My dad Raymond Raper had the grocers shop at number 98 and we lived above the shop until I was ten ...Read more

A memory of Crowle by Rachel Ross

Ackroyd Coffee Bar

Just down the road from the Shoulder of Mutton pub was Ackroyds coffee bar. In the 60s we young ones would meet, listen to the juke box, drinking frothy coffee. The horse and cart outside the pub belonged to Herman Wood the local milkman. The cart was a daily sight outside the pub.

A memory of Clayton West in 1966 by David Johnson

The Shore Of Wood And Glass

Eynort shore is not the prettyist in the west, but it's washed up some odd things from time to time, Both myself and my brother have found messages in a bottle, and a least half a dozen bombs or old test missiles which ...Read more

A memory of Eynort

My Early School Years In Mill Hill 1943 1950

I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

Student Days

Was an accountancy student from 1969-1971. As a foreign student so far away from home (Singapore), i was able to settle down very quickly as everyone I met was so friendly. After I completed my accountancy studies, I tried to find a ...Read more

A memory of Wednesbury by Ham Lee

Two Days Full

My husband and I were visiting the UK in 2019 and checking out areas ancestors had lived in. One of these was Corfe Castle, specifically Ower Farm. When we arrived in Corfe we noticed the visitor center, went in and I asked if ...Read more

A memory of Corfe Castle by Sara Renee Soule Chapman

Nurses Hostel

Started out as isolation hospital for scarlet fever(?) Used as nurses hostel for nurses from Cliveden, they were taken by coach, was at the back of site, backed onto Aspros( later Sara Lee?) factory, they built Westgate School on e ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill

Learning To Swim On The Rye

I was born in Amersham Hospital in 1956. It should have been the Shrubbery, but it was full on the day I decided I had had enough of the womb. Cut to the mid 60's and I'm a student at Crown House Primary in London ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Hugh Bristow

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

The third shop down was John Cole, a furniture shop that is now an interiors shop.

Caption For Somersham, The Cross C1955

This view was taken standing against the old Butter Cross looking down the St Ives road.

Caption For Coverack, 1911

The lane winds gently down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of white-washed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Caption For Osmotherley, High Street C1960

Looking down High Street we see, right, North End Cottage, now the post office.

Caption For Wellingborough, Midland Road C1955

From the Hind Hotel we walk down Market Street and turn right down Midland Road.

Caption For Alton, Crown Hill C1960

The second shop down on the left at 55 High Street is Stoodley & Sons, the jewellers, established in 1861 and still trading in Alton today.

Caption For Gloucester, Southgate Street 1891

Two doors down is the Old Blue Shop (which eventually became a tea warehouse) which was painted bright blue.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Market Street 1906

A busy scene looking down towards the High Street.

Caption For Wimborne, Minster, North Side 1899

Like many other churches, the minster sacrificed its railings in the Second World War, when they were cut down and sent to munitions factories to be melted down and recycled.

Caption For Hemsworth, The Parish Church C1955

Rebuilt in 1867 by John Loughborough Pearson, the architect of the eastern extension of Wakefield Cathedral, the parish church of St Helen looks down on the town's market place.

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down!

Caption For Horncastle, Market Place C1965

One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down!

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.

Caption For Barry Island, Whitmore Bay 1899

The old coastguard building stands out further down the point and gave panoramic views of the Channel both up and down, which was essential before the advent of radio.

Caption For Delabole, Medrose C1949

Medrose is a small hamlet within the famous slate-quarrying village of Delabole, down a lane off the main street.

Caption For Rockingham, The Village C1960

This photograph was taken about five years after R353020 (pages 62-63) and further down the hill towards the centre of Rockingham.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

Down the slope is the sign of the Royal Oak Hotel (above the hand-cart) and the shop window of butchers W and R Fletcher Ltd (two ladies passing), with a painter on a ladder further down the hill.

Caption For Coverack, 1911

Gently winds the lane down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of whitewashed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 1899

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Caption For Cocking, The Church 1906

A pair of late 19th-century farm labourers' cottages with slate roofs is on the right, and in the distance is the steep escarpment of the South Downs at Harting Down.

Caption For Findon, Post Office Corner C1960

Findon is on the top of the Downs, just north of Worthing, and was noted for an annual sheep fair.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Lancaster, From Castle Hill C1950

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.