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1,359 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.

Simply The Best

My parents took us to Kilchattan Bay every year from the mid 1960s. As far as my sister and I were concerned we didn't want to go anywhere else but KB. Used to love climbing the Suidhe which was a ritual for all Glasgow ...Read more

A memory of Kilchattan Bay by David Roach

Wyke Regis

My wife Christina Armstrong's (nee Brown) mum Phylis was born and raised in Wyke Regis, both of Phylis's parents along with many of her relatives are buried at this church. Chris's mum was raised at Park Mead Road, her name was ...Read more

A memory of Wyke Regis by Robert Armstrong

Fishing Off The Pier

My memories of the area around the Castle are of fishing both off the pier and from the beach at the other side of the castle from this picture, it would have been around 1978/9 while I was still an apprentice at Timex and ...Read more

A memory of Dundee by Derek Cole

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Do You Know Lilla Allan Bryant

I am looking for my paternal grandmother or her relatives. Her name is Lilla Allan (nee Bryant). She was married to my grandad Haydon Fraser Allan who owned Allans Bakery at 147 Windsor Road in Neath. They married in ...Read more

A memory of Neath by Nicky Brown

Birthplace And Never Forgotten When Asked

I was born in Dysart to a mining family of 5 brothers, me being in the middle. My mum watched over us all and used to take us walks by the man in the rock along to Wemyss and back via the castle estate. ...Read more

A memory of Dysart by Sandy Stewart

Amser Gorau Yn Ei Bywyd

1950s and 1960s in Malltraeth... The summers were always long and hot,  we went swimming on the beach when we were younger, and as we got older in the 'corbwll'. We went out collecting birds eggs, the odd apple or pear ...Read more

A memory of Malltraeth

Living In Seaton 1950s 1960s

My parents owned Mount Brioni in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was just a baby, I had 5 sisters and 3 brothers who all lived there. I remember the Doneys who owned the cafe on the beach and spent many happy days on our beach.

A memory of Seaton by Duncan Hendry

Holidays In The 1950s

My parents and I used to stay in a bungalow owed by a Mr & Mrs Tidy and I was made to keep it tidy! I loved the sandy beach and remember playing deck tennis on the sand. Next door was a family with three girls, ...Read more

A memory of St Mary's Bay by Bette Schoots

The Beach

When I look at these old photos, Sheringham has not changed that much, it's very strange though seeing the old Grand Hotel.  I used to take the ponies round the roundabout as a young child to earn money during the summer. The water trough is still there but full of flowers instead of horses' noses.

A memory of Sheringham by Claire Williamson

Captions

1,121 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach 1907

Here we see a very crowded Ramsgate beach, with the pier in the distance on the right beyond the massed bathing machines.

Caption For Anderby Creek, The Beach C1960

Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Beach C1950

Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Crown Hotel From The Sands 1934

Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times.

Caption For East Runton, The Beach C1955

The beach is for pleasure too, with beach huts and deck chairs, both offered for hire by W Green and Son.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Felixstowe, From The Beach 1899

By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

Caption For Bournemouth, East Cliff 1897

This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.

Caption For Dovercourt, The Beach And New Promenade C1955

Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall.

Caption For St Ives, From Coastguard 1890

This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station.

Caption For St Ives, Porthmeor Beach 1908

This view shows the beach complete with bathing tents.

Caption For Southsea, The Beach And Pier 1898

Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers.

Caption For Hunstanton, The Beach From Pier 1927

This crowded beach beautifully illustrates the beach fashions of the 1920s: ladies wear summer dresses with straw hats, while the boys and gentlemen retain flat caps, jackets and trousers (rolled up

Caption For Barry Island, Whitmore Bay 1899

On the right is the path leading to Friars Point from the beach.

Caption For Trebarwith, The Valley And Gull Rock 1935

The narrow Trebarwith valley emerges at the north Cornish coast; here Trebarwith Strand presents a good beach of golden sand, but all vanishes at high tide.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

The Beach c1960 With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.

Caption For Barry Island, Sands 1910

Iron railings have now been erected, with a path from the promenade leading to the beach.

Caption For Falmouth, Pennance Point 1895

This photograph was taken from Gyllyngvase Beach.

Caption For Southwold, North Cliff 1893

Close to the point where the cliffs begin to rise from the beach at Southwold is the Sailor's Reading Room.

Caption For Carbis Bay, General View 1901

This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Esplanade 1898

The photographer has moved in closer to the beach to take this picture, although still concentrating on the same area as the former one.The Shrubbery Gardens, above the sun shelter, are well used

Caption For Bucks Mills, From Beach C1890

The little sea wall on the beach is topped by a fine selection of winches and windlasses, all essential for hauling boats up the beach and clear of storms.

Caption For Exmouth, The Sands 1890

People from Exeter used the sea and sands, the only good bathing beach in the east, back in the early seventeenth century.

Caption For Whitby, The Sands 1927

Beside Beach Villa with the Metropole just behind, the new cliff lift was in process of being constructed; it was eventually to make access to and from the beach much simpler.