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Bridlington, Limekiln Lane Camp c1955

The caravan site on Lime Kiln Lane in Brid is still flourishing - I had no idea it had been there so long!
We are fortunate enough to have a place there for our grandchildren to enjoy the full benefits of the sea-side. Its a very happy place.

The Yorkshire Belle

Bridlington, the Yorkshire Belle 1955

I spent many holidays in Bridlington as a child, my aunt and uncle lived here in a prefab near the Priory Church so each summer this is where we came. I have fond memories of the Yorkshire Belle, it seemed much bigger somehow then but perhaps it was me who was much smaller! I have now retired to Bridlington and the Yorkshire Belle still does it's sailings to Flamboro Head and back.
A memory of Bridlington contributed by Susan Peel

Black Bull

I will always remember nights sat outside the Black Bull with my parents and 2 sisters. Although it was August, the weather was chilly. There was a juke box out back on a sort of covered terrace and every time I hear 'Johnny Remember Me' by John Leyton, I am transported back to Barmston. We stayed in a tiny caravan on what is now the huge Barmston Beach Haven site and there was just one tiny shop.We had to walk into the village for certain things and as it rained plenty,the road was covered in huge slugs!! We did have the odd sunny day and have photos of us near those huge conrete blocks that sat on the beach.I remember the ...read more here
A memory of Barmston contributed by Sylvia Richardson

Wynton cafe, on the clifftops

I would love to hear from anybody that remembers WYNTON CAFE that was situated on the south cliffs at Barmston. My parents, Terry & Ida McGuire owned & ran the cafe from approx 1966 to 1970. I was just a boy at the time and have very fond memories of Barmston, the hot summers and the cold, isolated snowy winters. I remember standing and watching several bungalows and chalets disappear over the cliffs, my mum would always tell me off for what seemed to me at the time a very exciting adventure. I would go on 'expeditions' alone except for our alsatian 'Zena' and lurcher 'Sheba', and me -  equipped with a catapault, a fishing line and a bag of sweets... ...read more here
A memory of Barmston contributed by Tony McGuire

Extracts From Boynton Hall & Lincolnshire books

Launceston, Greystone Bridge c1875

Greystone Bridge is ‘the fairest bridge in the two shires it links together’, according to Charles Henderson and Henry Coates in ‘Old Cornish Bridges and Streams’. Today it carries the A384 to Tavistock.
An extract from from"Hull Town and City Memories".

Launceston, the Chain Bridge 1906

‘Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren’t allowed to. We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards. We used to build bridges from island to island or spend hours killing vipers which abounded in a limestone tip heap. Daft we were; why we weren’t bitten I don’t know. Occasionally we made 6d by bringing home a basket of blackberries or elderberries for someone. Such was the summer holiday of a working-class boy’. Mr Cecil Cole, talking of his childhood in the early years of the 20th century, quoted in Arthur Bate Venning and Arthur Wills’ book ‘Yesterday’s Town’.
An extract from from"Hull Town and City Memories".

Launceston, Polson Bridge, River Tamar 1911

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30. Today it carries only local traffic, such as visitors to Launceston Rugby Club, whose ground is nearby.
An extract from from"Hull Town and City Memories".

Launceston, St Thomas' Bridge c1960

This beautiful old bridge still stands next to the ford, and although often called a packhorse bridge, it was probably built to allow the priors to travel between St Stephens and St Thomas; hence its more correct name of Prior’s Bridge.
An extract from from"Hull Town and City Memories".

Launceston, from St Stephens 1935

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls. There were as many types of wagon, cart or carriage as there are models of cars today, and a toll board for 1835, now on show in Launceston Museum, refers to ‘any Coach, Chariot, Stage Coach, Barouch, Sociable, Phaeton, Breal, Diligence, Omnibus, Berlin, Landau, Chaise, Curricle, Calash, Chair, Caravan, Hearse, Litter Car, Gig or any other such like Carriage’. Tollkeepers were paid the princely sum of 5s a week.
An extract from from"Hull Town and City Memories".