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Freshwater Bay, Isle Of Wight
Freshwater Bay photos
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Freshwater Bay maps
Historic maps of Freshwater Bay and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Freshwater Bay maps
Historic map of Freshwater Bay
Illustrated Victorian map of Isle Of Wight
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Freshwater Bay books
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Isle of Wight Living Memories
Paperback
£14
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Memories of Freshwater Bay
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In 1960, when I was 6, we moved into Longhalves, a detached house on the left of Hook Hill going up, and just on the brow of the hill. The road then was narrow and dangerous, and in about 1964 they took 3 - 4 yards off our front garden to widen the road and make a footpath. Opposite the main... [more]
Shared on 14 November 2008
My great uncle Frank and his wife Fan Sampson and their partner Chip Wright owned this park then. My grandfather Bert Sampson helped out there too. We used to come for family holidays from our home in London. I loved it. The Island was magical. I never wanted to go home. We visited all our family and had great holidays. There... [more]
Shared on 18 April 2008
I walked past these houses every day to and from school from 1956 to 1959 when my family lived at Marsh Green.
Shared on 10 May 2008
Our house is the second left and I was about 8 when this was taken. The field in front of the houses is now the site of the Methodist Chapel.
Shared on 10 May 2007
Extracts From Freshwater Bay & Isle Of Wight books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Freshwater Bay, inspired by Frith photos.
Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album
Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times. He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.
This is an extract from Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Isle of Wight Photographic Memories
Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times. He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.
This is an extract from Isle of Wight Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album
The esplanade at Freshwater Bay is a favourite place to stroll on long summer days, though in the winter it serves as a sturdy defence against wild weather and channel gales. A few hotels line the sea front, with the rest of the village a little way inland.
This is an extract from Isle of Wight Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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