Margate Memories Of The 60s
A Memory of Margate.
I was very fortunate to be able to spend three wonderful holidays in Margate 1960-1962.
My friend's family took me along on their family holidays staying at the Salvation Army boarding house in Cliftonville, on the sea front, it was wonderful.
We travelled down from Liverpool in their large family car, it was a great adventure for an 8 year old. The first thing we used to do when we arrived was run along the promenade and buy a sun hat. We spent long days on the beach playing in the sand whilst adults sat in deckchairs sunning themselves, only stirring to make a pot of tea in the beach hut. From memory the sun seemed to be shining everyday and we all went home with faces like beetroots. At the end of the day we headed back to the boarding house for dinner which was announced by the banging of the dinner gong, following which we all charged down the stairs to the basement dining room. The highlight of the holiday was a trip to Dreamland! Happy Days!
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