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Saltfleet, view from Tobys Hill c1955 (ref: S479007)
is this the watch tower
I wonder if anyone can tell me if the tall black object in the distance in this photo is the coastguard watch tower which was at the top of Sea Lane throught the war and into the sixties or seventies. My grandfather was an auxiliary coastguard at Saltfleet during the war before moving to Donna Nook. My sister and I spent many holidays with my grandparents in South Somercotes and for some reason the coastguard tower remains an abiding image for us but we have no pictures of it. When I returned to Saltfleet a few years ago after an abscence of nearly 30 years I was struck by how the once sandy beach has changed totally and is now green!

Posted: 30/07/2008 22:17 by Janice Edwards  

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  Year: 1964 happy days
my husband and i were tenants of the old hewitts brewery at the crown inn ror about two years in the sixties we had some marvellous characters as regulars the appleby brothers what jokers, herman the butcher len the baker jim the estate agent strum the plumber whacker from the garage and lots of caravanners from sheffield and nottingham mainly in the summer when business was really brisk salt fleetwas the terminus for applebys buses and the drivers would usually have a break at the crown before returning to grimsby i remember gerry derek arnold ted and tom all good fun fellas! we had some hectic times withe the darts team very good losers usually ! i loved the walks on the beach when the pub was closed we had dogs and they thoroughly enjoyed the freedom of there runs and when the sea lavender was out it was like a littlle bit if heaven. I,ve been back a few times and it seems just as lovely and unchanged. dot a

Posted: 29/11/2007 19:18 by Dorothy Atkinson  

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