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Memories
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Living In Littlehampton
I was lucky to be born in Littlehampton in Manning Road, before moving to Howard Road with my two brothers and two sisters. We have lots of memories about growing up on the river bank, west beach and the main beach, ...Read more
A memory of Littlehampton in 1968 by
Completely Changed!!
My father took my mother and I on holiday to Woolacombe every year in the 1950's. At that time, in the height of the Summer months we would be the only family on the main beach (as well as the Barracane Beach where we searched ...Read more
A memory of Woolacombe in 1950 by
Memories
We (me and older brother and sister), stayed in a relatives bungalow really close to the sea several years.. disjointed but strong memories :- - pebble dashed walls - those garden walls made of preformed concrete blocks with patterned ...Read more
A memory of Jaywick
Happy Days In Newquay
My parents were friends of the Lukes and as my father was in the war, and Birmingham was getting more bombing, it was decided to send me down to auntie Dorothy. I enjoyed down there, although I was only 4yrs old I still ...Read more
A memory of Newquay in 1943 by
My Oldham
I was born in Oldham in 1946. Lived in Norfolk Street, Chadderton until 1953 then moved to the Isle of Wight. My mother, Marjorie Bolton, lived in Hollinwood and represented Oldham as Cotton Queen in the 1930's. Have always loved the ...Read more
A memory of Oldham in 1946 by
Severn Beach 1937 To 1956
I was born in Severn Beach in 1937 and lived in number 11 Ableton Lane, later to become Church Road! I remember the Stockham family very well and the Scrivens, Mrs Lukins, and all along the road, Vowles, Grimes, Tudors, ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1930 by
Pontins
I worked in Pontins as a waitress, the best job I ever had. I remember going to the beach after work with jam n' yorkshire puddings and having a blast with the holidaymakers. Chalet parties....!! I remember the closeness of the staff, ...Read more
A memory of Bracklesham Bay by
Camp & Fish
Beach Path c1950 What a wonderful place to camp and fish in the 1950's and 60's. Plenty of fish and sea birds and so very peaceful. In recent years the old railway track Hooton-West Kirby line, which ran alongside Thurstaston shore, ...Read more
A memory of Thurstaston in 1950
Morfa Nefyn Post Office In The 60s And 70s
Howel (?) Davies was the post master when I was a child growing up in Morfa Nefyn. His daughter Rhian Wilson Davies was in the same class as me at Pwllheli Grammar School, later amalgamated with Frondeg ...Read more
A memory of Morfa Nefyn by
No.1 Jetty And The Tsmv New Prince Of Wales 1, S.M.N.Co.
This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by
Captions
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The main street is still peaceful in character, and the many visitors would have been crowded onto the red pebble beach at the far end.
Inevitably, the major change has come from traffic and its management, with an extra lane of carriageway (centre) having been purloined from the beach.
Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort.
This view is taken from Saunton Down over the popular holiday beach at Croyde.
This site is close to a sand and shingle beach.
Busy with vendors and visitors and strewn with small boats and sailing craft, Southsea's beach is alive with activity in this Victorian photograph.
The greatest attraction of Perranporth is its extensive beach of golden sand backed by dunes.
Only five minutes from the beach, they are on the coast road which used to be known as the King's Highway - this was a 15th-century common way or track to the local villages.
The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.
The sand-dunes along the east coast of Norfolk can rise to heights of ten metres or more, making access to the beautiful sandy beaches relatively difficult.
These, at Saunton, were riddled with tiny beach chalets.
A typically busy picture of Dawlish beach.
Here the minstrels seem to be collecting money from the crowd standing on the beach waiting for the show to begin.
A number of beach huts and sales stalls served holidaymakers on Exmouth's sands in the heady days before the Second World War.
A typically busy picture of Dawlish beach.
Plymouth never quite achieved the status of being a major seaside resort, though tourists have always bathed from its beaches and promenaded across the famous Hoe.
On the beach sandcastles are built, and happy families enjoy the carefree
Cattle can be seen resting on the beach.
Changing times - instead of a schooner on the beach, there is a fine parade of classic cars - but look carefully and the old telephone box is still there.
One longer tunnel is said to have run down to the beach.
A memorial to him can be found just above the beach.
The white building close to the beach is the Rashleigh Arms; just to the right is a short slipway up to the old lifeboat house, which was used until 1922 but is now converted to a café and shop.
The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity.
The Harbour, or Sands, station dominated Ramsgate beach from the time it was constructed.
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