Black Bull
I will always remember nights sat outside the Black Bull with my parents and 2 sisters. Although it was August, the weather was chilly. There was a juke box out back on a sort of covered terrace and every time I hear 'Johnny Remember Me' by John Leyton, I am transported back to Barmston. We stayed in a tiny caravan on what is now the huge Barmston Beach Haven site and there was just one tiny shop.We had to walk into the village for certain things and as it rained plenty,the road was covered in huge slugs!! We did have the odd sunny day and have photos of us near those huge conrete blocks that sat on the beach.I remember the corn stooks in the fields,so much nicer than the rolls of it you see nowadays.I now have a caravan at Ulrome and visit the Black Bull when we are over but as us children were never allowed inside,I can,t say whether it has changed or not but the back terrace has and alas,the jukebox and 'Johnny Remember Me'are long gone.Happy days that I will always remember.
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RE: RE: Black Bull
Yes I remember the old caravan park at Barmston. My Dad had 3 uncles, who all had caravans there (tourers to start with).
From memory, the site was owned by someone called Guy Simms (or Sims.
My memories begin about 1965, but my Dad's uncles were there earlier than that.
I remember the Headland stores, Tom Watson's amusements/bingo, Wynston's cafe, the boat storage compound (near the slipway), the yacht club (towards Bridlington), the filling pumps, and a vague memory of a sort of lean-to building with plants inside.
I can't remember the name of the man who owned the shop. I think it might have been Roy, or Roger, or something beginning with R. He took on a new shop, in the club building for a while, after the old one was unsafe.
I also remember rows of cliff-top bungalows. As the cliffs eroded, the bungalows were eventually abandoned, one by one, and just left to collapse onto the beach.
The yacht club compound (now gone) used to be quite big, and the original track went round the front of it, so there's quite a bit of land gone from there, over the years.
Comment from Dave Hartley on Tuesday, 30th January 2007.
RE: RE: Black Bull
It is very funny that when I read the memories of Barmston how my memories are so very similar. The comment about the slugs on the road to the village - how well I remember them. I holidayed in Barmston in the 1950s and I remember the old caravans - no inside toilets for us - the morning trail to the toilet block - with bucket. The cricket matches on the field by the Church, the duck pond facing the Bull. Does anyone remember the gypsies who arrived in gaily coloured vans? Are the old Pill Boxes still on the beach?
Comment from Jackie Bryan on Tuesday, 6th October 2009.
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I've just come across this thread whist searching for information regarding to Barmston. I am the youngest son of Guy Sims, both my dad and mum owned the Barmston Beach Caravan site in the 1960s, as a youngster I have many of the same fond memories as you people. It was the site on the cliff edge, the Black Bull had a caravan site too. School holidays lasted forever, as kids we were on holiday there full time, we had our chores to do of course, but what a brilliant childhood we experienced. No sitting in front of a computer or game consoles, outside from dawn until dusk. My father retired in 1970/71 to Nafferton near Driffield then moved to the Isle of Man where I live now and have done since 1975. Unfortunately both my mum and dad have past away now, but they worked hard and gave us a great upbringing at Barmston. Funnily enough my wife and I and our dogs are towing our tourer over to Barmston next week (Eastyer 2011), we will be visiting my brother who still lives in Bridlington. I haven't visited Barmston in many years no doubt it will be a very nostalgic trip.
Comment from Ian Sims on Friday, 15th April 2011.