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Happiest Time Of My Life
Me and my family would always come to Fairbourne for our summer holiday, staying for weeks at a time with friends. Friends of mine would ask what there was to 'do' there and I would answer 'nothing'. Fairbourne is so ...Read more
A memory of Fairbourne in 1990 by
Summer Of 1990
I was lucky enough to go abroad for our family holiday every year. Towards the end of the 1980s my second holiday around August time would be to go to Treyarnon Bay with my best friend Becci and her parents, and I fell in love ...Read more
A memory of St Merryn in 1990 by
Fantastic Township
I have very fond memories of Coldbackie. It’s one of those fantastic undiscovered gems in Sutherland. My grandparents bought a croft there in the 1950s and I spent much of my childhood playing at the beach, in the woods, or ...Read more
A memory of Coldbackie in 1990 by
The Shack
We as a family stayed in what we called 'the shack', it was situated next to the Amroth Arms. The shack was on a large piece of land. A stream ran through the grounds, it went under the road into the sea, and often when the tide was high ...Read more
A memory of Amroth in 1988 by
Reighton Gap Fond Memories
My Dad was brought up at Reighton Gap where my Grandad built their home. From the time I was born up until 1988 we had our family holidays as Reighton and we loved every minute of it. We very much remember the Sea ...Read more
A memory of Reighton in 1988
Holiday Home
We had the use of a 3 bed detached home down here for 10 years, it was right at the top of the hill and we could see for miles in all directions. We would come down with suitcases and chill, our youngest was 1 and eldest 13, we had ...Read more
A memory of Kingsbridge in 1987 by
Silver Wedding
Bob and I have spent many a holiday in Cornwall, but nothing match the way we felt when we discovered the magic of Porth. It happened just under the bridge, which I now call our rock. We have spent many hour waiting for the waters to ...Read more
A memory of Porth in 1987 by
Crab Cottage
In l984 my sister, Christine Ramsey/Taylor wrote to me at my home in Texas asking if I would like to share a holiday cottage with her and her three children. She had booked in at Cromer and had rented an old fisherman's cottage, ...Read more
A memory of Cromer in 1984 by
The Home Of English Bowls
Beach House Park in Worthing used to be the home of the English Bowling Association and I first went there in 1983 to watch a tournament featuring the legendary David Bryant. It was and still is very popular with the ...Read more
A memory of Worthing in 1983 by
Our Time In Spinkhill
When we moved to Spinkhill in 82 there were many people who had lived in the village for quite some time. Gerard Cross and his two sisters Beryl and Agnes were one family. Beryl was a teacher at Spinkhill School for many ...Read more
A memory of Spinkhill in 1982 by
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The hotel served both the community (which had grown greatly in the 19th century after the colliery was opened) and railway travellers, for it stands near where the pre-Beeching station was.
On the apocryphal 'clear day' it is possible to see the Malvern Hills, Bromsgrove, the Lickey Hills, Frankley Beeches, Clent, Abberley and the Clee Hills.
As the railways since Lord Beeching's cuts do not visit Louth, the sign (left) pointing to the station has also gone.
It is also unusual (in this region) in being composed mainly of beech trees, though there are other species too, notably oak and sweet chestnut.
Up to the time of Dr Beeching's 'axe', its station at nearby Mardock was served by the single track Buntingford Branch railway line which also ran through the villages of Widford, Hadham, Standon, Braughing
The Beeching plan axed the Otley to Skipton line via Ilkley with the final through train on Saturday 20th March 1965.
The fine lawn in front of the house was often the venue for tennis tournaments in the inter-war period, and the fine copper beech tree (right) still stands.
In the distance we can see Sambourne Hospital, formerly the Union Workhouse, built in 1836; it is now a residential development called The Beeches.
The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed.
In this north-western sector of a remarkable parish it is possible to go back two thousand years at a glance, from the ancient trackway to an abandoned railway line, courtesy of Dr Beeching.
side by side, but the Bute Street link to Dunstable was closed during the short-sighted Marples era at the Transport Ministry in the 1960s - Ernest Marples employed his scientist friend Dr Beeching
On each hill grow beeches, junipers, wild clematis and box, which delight the eye.
Steep cliffs and sandy beaches characterise this beach as they do so many others in the county.
Popular beaches for family picnics were the beaches at Rhoose and Fontygary.
Compared with the view of Porthminster Beach taken in 1890, this view indicates how much the holiday industry had taken over the St Ives beaches.
Known as Shell Beach because of the number of sea shells to be found here, this beach's real name is Barricane Beach.
This fine beach of golden sand is seen in its early days as a bathing resort.
Porthminster Beach, almost in the town and just below the railway station, was extremely popular even a century ago.
This beach in tidal Poole Harbour was handy for campers here in the northern part of Poole, who were some distance from the extensive beaches at Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs.
This is the view south along the beach from Rockley Point.
Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on
The north coast resorts have beaches of pebbles, unlike the sandy beaches of the east coast.
Wildersmouth Beach - named after Wilder Brook - was the main beach before the cutting of the tunnels.
This view looks north along the beach.
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