Maps

13 maps found.

1919, West Bank Ref. POP863677
1947, West Bank Ref. NPO863676
1897, West Bank Ref. RNE863677
1923, West Bank Ref. POP863676
1899-1900, West Bank Ref. RNC863677
1947, West Bank Ref. NPO863677
1896, West Bank Ref. RNE863676
1902-1903, West Bank Ref. RNC863676
1898, Hest Bank Ref. RNE731958
1947, Hest Bank Ref. NPO731958
1924, Hest Bank Ref. POP731958
1889 - 1911, Hest Bank Ref. HOSM48334
1903-1904, Hest Bank Ref. RNC731958

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Memories

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Brixham

Coming to Brixham from just outside of London as an 11 year-old was a real culture shock. New smells (fish!) new sounds (seagulls) and new faces (the inhabitants of the south west certainly have distinct facial features...to say nothing of ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1880 by Stephen Jeffery

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

Memories Of Market Drayton

This once sleepy hamlet was first home to me, a better place for childhood there could not be. Little Drayton church and it`s `olde` Sunday school. fishing excursions with Uncle to Buntingsdale pool, Dalelands ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Wentworth County Primary School

As far as I can see, no-one has left a memory of my old primary school. So, let me start this off (if I may?): Living in nearby North Road, I attended this school from 1962-68. When I started at the Infants' School, ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Stuart Hall

Manchester Road

Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1955

The Gardeners Arms

My name is Peter McGuire and i lived at the Gardeners Arms Pub in 1971-1972. I worked at Selo's Film factory on shift work. Reg who owned the pub back then let me arrive at odd hours which made live easier. I shared a house in ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by Peter Mcguire

Chisholm Cottage

My great-great-great grandparents lived opposite Wesley Chapel in the late 1800s, behind the trees on the right-hand-side of the 1901 Wesley Chapel photo. During the 1830s, Richard JACK (b1813) and some of his brothers moved to ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1880 by Vivienne Hooper

The Only Television Set In The Street.

I don't suppose that many of my friends will have watched the last Coronation on TV, partly because it was 70 years ago, but mainly because very few people had a television. My father, Frank, had a Radio and ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow by Howard Hill Lines

Hounslow In The 80s

I was born in 1974 and grew up in Rosemary Avenue. I went to Alexandria Infants school until 1980 when I started Hounslow Heath Infants school and then junior school. My teacher at the infants school was Mrs Crump, I think there was ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...

Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1947 by David Imisson

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Captions

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Caption For Widnes, West Bank 1923

We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around the castle was on the east bank.

Caption For Bakewell, The Bridge And River C1955

Here, the excellent footpath on the west bank of the river can be seen.

Caption For Bakewell, The Bridge C1955

This view of the bridge was taken from the west bank, nearest Bakewell.

Caption For Newnham, The Clock Tower C1955

The clock tower dates from 1875, by which time Newnham had long ceased to be the most important Gloucestershire town on the west bank of the river.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1899

Behind the pony trap on the right we can glimpse Hiley's Restaurant (now the Nat West Bank), noted for its shilling dinners.

Caption For Islip, The Bridge C1960

This view of the bridge was taken from near Islip House, on the west bank.

Caption For Oxford, 'the Eights' 1922

Here, we are on the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow; it is the end of May, and the annual Eights Week, when the college boats race each other, is in full swing.

Caption For Uppingham, Stockerston Road C1960

On the right, hidden by bushes, is West Bank; further down West Deyne protrudes.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road C1955

To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.

Caption For Uppingham, West Bank C1965

Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.

Caption For Ludham, The Mill 1934

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Broads C1926

Here we see sailing boats and dinghies alongside the River Thurne, with G Applegate's boatbuilding sheds on the west bank.

Caption For Reading, River And Promenade C1955

This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.

Caption For Rochester, The Castle And Cathedral From Strood 1894

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

Caption For Rochester, The Castle And Cathedral From Strood 1894

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

Caption For Worcester, The Cathedral From The River Severn 1891

This tranquil view, taken from the west bank of the Severn, includes not only the cathedral but also All Saints' Church and St Andrew's.

Caption For Hythe, School Of Musketry 1903

Standing in Military Road, north-west of Red Lion Square, is the School of Small Arms, the main school of army musketry, founded here in 1854.

Caption For Retford, Trinity Hospital C1955

The village of West Retford, with its own medieval parish church, St Michael's, lies on the west bank of the River Idle, and has long been absorbed into the town.

Caption For Maisemore, Bridge 1906

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn.

Caption For Marnham, The Ferry 1913

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.

Caption For Holme, St Giles' Church 1909

During floods in 1600, the Trent changed its course and Holme, formerly on the west bank, became an east bank village.

Caption For Richmond, Messums Boatyard 1899

As we approach Richmond, this view from the west bank looks towards the Petersham Road across to the former Messum's Boatyard.

Caption For Worcester, River Severn And Grand Stand 1906

The photographer is standing on the west bank looking across to the original 1823 grandstand on the edge of Pitchcroft.