Nostalgic memories of Reighton's local history
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Displaying Memories 11 - 19 of 19 in total
My Dad was brought up at Reighton Gap where my Grandad built their home. From the time I was born up until 1988 we had our family holidays as Reighton and we loved every minute of it. We very much remember the Sea View Stores when we were young and spent many of our pennies buying ice-cream. We are most sad when the bungalows had to go as we had many happy memories there. We never returned after 1988 ...see more
I spent many happy weeks at Reighton Gap in the early 1960s. My grandparents, John and Pat, lived in Sandsdown on Boatcliffe Road. They also owned four further bungalows at Reighton Gap which they rented out to holidaymakers in the summer. Many people returned year after year, rebooking immediately after their week's holiday ended. The four bungalows were Brineton, Cremond, Windcliff and Goosecliff. I ...see more
In the 1950s we had relatives who had a bungalow on the cliff top at Reighton, this was an old railway carriage that had been converted into a holiday bungalow, I can still remember the leather seats. I believe my parents, Tom and Edna Watson of Bradford, had the first ever caravan at Reighton. Dad built the caravan himself, and as far as I know he asked Mr Bayes, the farmer who owned all the land if they could put the ...see more
During the mid 1960s I spent many a happy childhood holiday staying at the Crows Nest Bungalow at Reighton Gap. This bungalow was sited near the cliff edge, by the gorge overlooking the distant caravan site. (One of the farthest bugalows pictured in the view towards Filey). Each year we would notice that part of the garden had disappeared due to cliff erosion. Gradually, by the 3rd year, the ...see more
Re this photograph, I recall the scene in 1948 when I lived there. Everything was still wrapped in barbed wire as there were many mines in the area The life saving hut was restored about 1950 and was very smart with the St Johns Ambulance logo on the side. The part that intrigued me the most was the brass bell used for raising the alarm for a swimmer in trouble, which was from the ship HMS Indefatigable. ...see more
I lived at Reighton Gap from early 1948 to 1951. The picture of the shop brings back many memories as I worked in it aged 11 during the summer school holidays. My jobs were to handle the dirty jobs, handling of potatoes, paraffin, and fetch the soft drinks from the back of the store. It was a very busy cafe in summer so I had to also wash up and dry the dishes, my reward was 2 meals a day and 7/6 per week ...see more
My family used to rent a bungalow just off Boat Cliffe Road called 'Sunny Dawn'. It had a big verandah all around it and flies used to stick to the windows after it had rained! We always went to Reighton for holidays and my brother always went to the Sea View Stores to buy his Marvel comics. The shop was owned by two very distinctive ladies! I still go to Reighton and own my own caravan now - things have ...see more
The road down to the shore was built for gravel extraction with the washing plant on the level ground just below where this shot was taken from. The building shown was a cafe. On the other side of the road there was a small hut with lifesaving equipment, blankets and telephone erected by parents of a boy who died in the sea there. It was destroyed by vandals. I remember the gravel being taken ...see more
My grandparents (Alan and Doris Hartley) used to have a bungalow on Boat Cliffe Road, this shop was at the bottom of the road. We used to go to Reighton Gap every school holiday and had some fantastic times there. I think I recall a couple of ladies owning the shop and they had a black and white sheepdog called Meg. It is great to see the photo of the shop and some old photos of the bungalows and surrounding area. ...see more