The Popular Cafe
A Memory of Seaburn.
My memory is of living and working at The Popular Cafe which belonged to my parents Jim and Evelyn Arkle. The cafe can be seen on the photo of the Esplanade, it is the first building on the right of the archway. I can see the windows of the room in which I was born. They had the cafe built inthe 1930s and we lived above the business till my parents sold it in the 1960s. It was, as the name explains, a popular spot for people to meet. Many a night it was full of courting couples looking into each others eyes over a cup of coffee. Mam and Dad always had a coal fire brightly burning and there was always a dash for the tables next to the fireplace. Mam was well known for her embroidery pictures which lined the walls of the cafe, she even appeared on Tyne Tees Television in the 1960s on a Magazine programme of the time. Does anybody remember this venue? Sadly my mother died last year at the grand old age of 99 years and 6 months. I still have many of the pictures in my home and they help to keep my memories alive.
Ann Hughes.
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