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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 ...Read more
A memory of Barmston in 1962 by
Barry Island In The 50s And 60s
I traveled to Barry Island every summer because it was the nearest seaside to Brynmawr where we lived. The excitement of seeing the sea was overwhelming, and every time I would be sick on the old coach taking us ...Read more
A memory of Barry Island in 1953 by
Happiness
Hi in the seventies every summer my late husband, myself and our three children stayed in an old caravan on Plas Hen farm,and they were the happiest of times. We could walk down Lon Geod to go to Afon Wen beach,and a more lovelier walk is ...Read more
A memory of Chwilog by
Happy Days
I, Allen Rix, was born and grew up in Jersey Marine from 1933 to 1951 when I left to join the RAF. Living through World War 2 was hard for a lot of people but for us it was a gat time, even though we had to endure the bombing of ...Read more
A memory of Jersey Marine by
From The Pews Of The Church In Kilinian To Pioneers In Colonial Australia. The Patterson Clan.
The Church at Kilinian during the 18th and 19th century, if not earlier, was a Celtic Presbyterian Church where my ancestors, the Patterson and McClean ...Read more
A memory of Kilninian by
Sun Trap School
I was at sun trap at the age of about 7 or 8 years old .I was. born in 1943 and was sent there after having a very serious. Illness.some happy memories but mostly remembering how hard it was for a small little girl .How hard it ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island by
Wonderful Times
Having spent many happy holidays in Hemsby, my friend Avril and I decided to sign up for a season in Seacroft, we were just 18 and up for what was then an adventure away from home. It was a very happy time, we made many friends with both ...Read more
A memory of Hemsby by
East Horsley In The Sixties
I grew up in East Horsley, where I attended St Martin's C of E Primary School. We had no car and we lived nearby so we always walked to the primary school and my mother walked to the shops on Bishopsmeade Parade. When Mum ...Read more
A memory of East Horsley by
Living Opposite The Beach
I was born in Ramsgate in 1953 where we lived for 6 years. We lived in a top floor flat next to the Granville Hotel right opposite the beach. Flat 5, Victoria Mansions, Victoria Parade! Lovely place for early childhood. I ...Read more
A memory of Ramsgate by
Memories Of Hartford
I went to The Little School which was by the crossroads in Hartford. Part of The Grange School. Housed the kindergarten and the 1s. I was there 1964 - 1966. My teachers hers included Mrs Wood, Miss Hatton. The playground seemed ...Read more
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Captions
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A shingle beach with sandy soil and grass forming the shoreline.
Most folk, however, came to enjoy the beach, which offered the simple charms of beach huts and occasional donkey rides, and was far less crowded than its neighbours at Cromer and Sheringham
Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.
This view shows St Ives' smallest beach bursting at the seams at a time when beach holidays were at the height of their popularity.
Southsea's long shingle beach is crowded with trippers.
The WB&SSPCo paddler 'Victoria' disembarks trippers on to the steep-shelved beach in Lulworth Cove.
There are more bathing tents; by now the St Ives' beaches were being managed as tourist attractions.
A feature of beaches in the 1950s was the religious gatherings.
Pictured from the beach, the sheer extent of the Grand Hotel becomes plain.
Another view of the beach at Canvey Island shows children busily playing around the many deckchairs.
Visitors enjoy the beach at Dymchurch whilst a boat waits to take people on a cruise.
The beach is seen at low tide, with dramatic crumbling cliffs towering up behind.
Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys.
The sand dunes and beach make Greatstone the ideal place for families.
The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.
The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.
The Beach 1894 Two youngsters are digging for shrimps in the sands of the beach at Arnside, where the River Kent enters Morecambe Bay, while in the background three adults sit on the seawall.
Note the boys in the centre.
A small wooden bridge across Hayburn Beck leads to the rocky beach, where the stream cascades over large gritstone boulders into a pool on the beach below.
The Island stands at the western end of Porthmeor Beach, visible behind the ruined mine building.
Apart from the clothes that these three youngsters are wearing on the beach, little has changed here.
The extensive remains of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summer time view of Scarborough's South Beach.
The shingly and sandy beaches of Bonchurch have always drawn a great number of bathers, and can get crowded on hot summer days.
Here we see a very crowded Ramsgate beach, with the pier in the distance on the right beyond the massed bathing machines.
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