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Fleetwood books (21 available)
- 25 photos on Fleetwood appear in 9 Frith books - View photos of Fleetwood
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Fleetwood memories
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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
Contributed by Ann Levers
Holidays
My mother was born in Fleetwood and lived in Pharos Street, just below the
lighthouse. I was born in Lancaster but I remember having holidays at
Fleetwood when I was a child just after the end of the war. I particularly remember being fascinated by the marionette shows which took place in the gardens near the Pier.
In 1894 my grandmother worked as a Stewardess on the Duke of York when it first
sailed between Fleetwood and Belfast - possibly she was one of the first women
to work on these newly-built steamers.
Contributed by Maureen Bezzant
Fleetwood ferry
My great-grandfather, Thomas Newton Croft, a member of the family that founded the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry, managed it for the local council from c.1896 to his death in 1915. I am told that my grandmother, Alice, used to do cartwheels to entertain the passengers waiting for the boat to come in. The service was re-privatised a few years ago. Being involved in marine business myself I like to refer to it as "the family shipping line"!
Contributed by John Dearing
My Grandfather
My grandfather, John Wilson, is entered as being Captain of Steam Boat Ferry in the 1901 census of Fleetwood. Although the ferry boat pictured does not appear to be steam, this sight must have been very familiar to him and his family who lived in nearby Pharos Street.
Contributed by wendy holden
Extracts From Fleetwood & Lancashire books
Then, as now, the beach was popular with children, who here play at the water’s edge whilst older boys admire the moored fishing boat. Fleetwood was a busy cargo port too, and the small building above the beach was for the customs officials, who kept tally on the boats moving in and out of the docks.
An extract from from"Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
Although pictured only a century ago, the styles of ladies and children’s dress and the high-wheeled pram firmly place the scene in an historical era. The Chinese-style tea-room above the promenade has changed too, being replaced in 1902 by the Mount Pavilion, to which a clock was subsequently added commemorating those killed during the First World War.
An extract from from"Lancashire - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
Fleetwood became England’s principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners. The trawlers were carvel built, with an oak keel and frames and pine planking. Usually crewed by four men and a boy, they trawled for plaice, sole, haddock, and cod. The Morecambe Bay prawner, also known locally as a half-decker, shrimper, or nobby, was a cutter-rigged smack. They were fast and possessed excellent sea-keeping qualities.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Fleetwood became England’s principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners. The trawlers were carvel built, with an oak keel and frames and pine planking. Usually crewed by four men and a boy, they trawled for plaice, sole, haddock, and cod. The Morecambe Bay prawner, also known locally as a half-decker, shrimper, or nobby, was a cutter-rigged smack. They were fast and possessed excellent sea-keeping qualities.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
It was here in 1847 that Queen Victoria first set foot in Lancashire, when she arrived at the harbour having travelled from Scotland by sea. The remainder of her journey was by train. Prince Albert had travelled by train in 1839, but it was not until 1842 that Victoria could be persuaded to take the train from Windsor to London.
An extract from from"Blackpool Pocket Album".