Lyme Regis, Broad Street c.1905
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Photo of Lyme Regis, Broad Street c.1905

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Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme. Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Memories of Lyme Regis, Broad Street c1905

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Lyme Regis, Broad Street c.1905

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When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not accept that fact and insisted it was a Devonshire resort. It was MY seaside town, and I lived in Devon - therefore Lyme Regis was in Devon - that's infant child logic for you. Before I could ...see more