Stokes Bay, The Pier From The Beach c.1960
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Has the sulky-looking girl on the left been told off by her mother? To the right a bikini-clad lady carries a sun umbrella. There are not many bikinis to be spotted here. A typical pram of the day sits on the pebbles. A year later, Britain's finest frogman was to disappear here (see p. 87). Stanley Park is next to the beach. There is a railway station nearby.
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A Selection of Memories from Stokes Bay
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Stokes Bay
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I was born in Gosport in 1929, my father was a long serving seaman in the Royal Navy and so our family life was all things navy - so Stokes Bay was a big part of our lives.
I had three elder sisters who were frequently given the job of taking me off down to the beach in my pram, those days of course I cannot remember but I was never allowed to forget about, it particularly the day they were frightened ...see more
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