Places
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Memories
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A Frightening Incident
In 1969 we visited St Ives in Cornwall for our annual summer holidays but on this occasion due to it being a last minute decision we had not booked our accommodation. Travelling from Bedfordshire in those days was considered by ...Read more
A memory of St Ives by
A Glimps Of My War Years
Born Cecil Nixon @ 131 Morrison St.Gatesgead County Durham. Went to Rose St school,Prest St. Victoria Road, Marske by the Sea and Reeth schools. Kicked out of school before war began by the Black Watch & Tyne-side ...Read more
A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by
A Holiday In South Street, Seahouses March 2004
A friend let me stay in her wee fisherman's cottage in Seahouses for an early holiday in March 2004. My wife Elizabeth and I drove up from our home in Watford through the unseasonal snow and we were ...Read more
A memory of Seahouses in 2004 by
A Lifetime Of Abersoch Memories
Family holidays were great but the fun really started in the mid-60's when I could holiday their with my friends. Lunch in the Tarantella coffee bar usually presided over by Rob Jones (not the restaurant, too ...Read more
A memory of Abersoch in 1965 by
A Long Happy Association
My family has had a long association with Dymchurch since the 1890s, first at Barn House and later at Grantchester Cottage in Sycamore Gardens. Six of my family are buried in the churchyard and two are named on the war ...Read more
A memory of Dymchurch in 1946 by
A Lovely Devon Village
We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more
A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by
A Picnic At Exmouth Cricket Club
Last week we had a really lovely day out with our granddaughter Anna Norfolk. It was a beautiful sunny July day and far too hot for staying at home so my wife and I went in search of a beach and a cooling sea ...Read more
A memory of Exmouth in 2008 by
A Recorder And A Rolls!
It was August 1955. School summer holidays and when they were over, it would be time for me to begin junior school back in my Midlands home town. My mother had been preparing for that big event, purchasing embroidered cloth ...Read more
A memory of Penzance by
A Seaside Holiday At Allhallows
My earliest memories of the seaside are from the 1950's. We lived in Bexleyheath and - like most people - did not own a car in those far off austerity years after the war. For this reason our summer holidays were ...Read more
A memory of Allhallows in 1954 by
A Seaside Holiday By Manorbier Beach
Although this view of Manorbier Castle dates from 1890 it is the only photo in the Francis Frith collection which shows the nearby beach. I am happy to record our family's day on the beach here and it is ...Read more
A memory of Manorbier in 2011 by
Captions
1,131 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.
The beach at Spiddal has always been popular with Galway folk and other tourists.
Here we see a very crowded Ramsgate beach, with the pier in the distance on the right beyond the massed bathing machines.
Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys.
Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.
Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times.
The beach is for pleasure too, with beach huts and deck chairs, both offered for hire by W Green and Son.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
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.
Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall.
This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station.
This view shows the beach complete with bathing tents.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers.
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
On the right is the path leading to Friars Point from the beach.
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.
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.
Iron railings have now been erected, with a path from the promenade leading to the beach.
This photograph was taken from Gyllyngvase Beach.
Here you can see the wide range of entertainment on offer on the beach.
Close to the point where the cliffs begin to rise from the beach at Southwold is the Sailor's Reading Room.
This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.
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
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