Knott End-On-Sea
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Map of Lancashire
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Knott End-On-Sea books (13 available)
Lancaster Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Lytham St Anne's Town and City Memories
Paperback
Heart of Lancashire Pocket Album
Paperback
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Knott End-On-Sea memories
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Crabbing
Iam not sure how close Iam on the date, however when we where kids, me and my friends would spend most of the day in the summer holidays with string and safety pin, stick some muscle meat on it from the muscle bed from the other side of the jetty, and then we'd tie a stone to the string and then lower this down the side of the jetty to catch an unexpecting crab, you had to be very careful pulling it up from the water as sometimes the crab would fall back in the water, then you'd have to start again, but we would have great fun watching the crabs running all over the place, especially when the tourists where ...read more here
Contributed by Eric Butler
Lancashire memories
Crabbing
Iam not sure how close Iam on the date, however when we where kids, me and my friends would spend most of the day in the summer holidays with string and safety pin, stick some muscle meat on it from the muscle bed from the other side of the jetty, and then we'd tie a stone to the string and then lower this down the side of the jetty to catch an unexpecting crab, you had to be very careful pulling it up from the water as sometimes the crab would fall back in the water, then you'd have to start again, but we would have great fun watching the crabs running all over the place, especially when the tourists where ...read more here
A memory of Knott End-On-Sea contributed by Eric Butler
Roundhouse
I went to what we used to call the school on the hill. I lived in Knott End and sometimes when we were rich we'd go to school on the bus, but if not it was your two feet that got you there, anyway my memory relates to the roundhouse, it was a toffee shop when we were kids, things you could get for a penny and when you had tuppence, well I guess you were rich, anyway when I had bus money for coming home after school and depending on the weather, if it was nice I would give in to temptation and nip into the roundhouse. Trying to make a selection from all the toffees and treats was a ...read more here
A memory of Preesall contributed by Eric Butler
Days gone by
I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young man who was unfortunate who used to dig very deep holes in the sand and chase us kids with his shovel when we taunted him (how cruel are kids). I went to Fleetwood Grammar School for a year before we moved south. I lived in Queens Terrace for awhile and loved looking out of the bedroom window at the cottages on Knott End. My name then was Ann Varley, and ...read more here
A memory of Fleetwood contributed by Ann Levers
Extracts From Knott End-On-Sea & Lancashire books
Knott-End was once a fishermen’s village with a small white customs house, and brave attempts were made to turn it into a resort renamed St Bernard’s-on-Sea with an improved promenade and a high-walled dyke with sea defences, but the new name was never accepted. A teashop and a cinema are on the right, opposite the Post Office and Methodist church.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
This old inn was a haven for sailors and those who lost their way on Pilling sands. Four survivors from the wreck of the ‘Utility’ in January 1878 staggered here after an appalling night spent in the rigging of the ship. The youngest sailor, William Quinn, did not survive. The storm was so violent that the front door of Gornall’s farm at Winmarleigh was blown in.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
The ‘Wyresdale’ is ready to depart from the slade to Fleetwood across the river Wyre. Two people are fishing at high water. Across is the old lifeboat house, frequently damaged by rough seas, and now no longer in existence. Far left is the silhouette of the North Euston Hotel at Fleetwood.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
E J and D Cartwright’s newsagent’s and tobacconist’s shop is the building with the sun blinds, whilst further along Garner’s baker’s shop (fresh Hovis and pies daily) was doing some good trade; but little in the way of traffic is around. Beyond the village is the historic Parrox Hall.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".
Wide open skies and the Irish Sea beyond the Wyre estuary make this club a favourite with golfers. The sea air and exercise encourage appetites. It is thought that the name Knot came from the sea bird, as there used to be flocks of them here—Knott End assumed the extra ‘t’ only in recent years. Others believe that the word refers to the groups of stones that were removed when harbour improvements were effected in 1840. The stones were Scandinavian in origin, and a certain Haakon (who gave his name to Hackensall Hall) had a settlement here at the time of the Viking raids, approximately AD800.
An extract from from"The Fylde Photographic Memories".