Westgate On Sea, From The Air c.1955
Photo ref:
W280313
Photo ref:
W280313
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Memories of Westgate on Sea, from the air c1955
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As a member of the 6th Brockley Scout Group, I visited Westgate 3 or 4 times during the early 1950s for the annual 2-week camp in August, our tents being pitched in the grounds of the then Catholic Church on the London Road. I remember that we loved buying jam-doughnuts from the Devonshire Bakers, often burning our mouths on the hot jam, as the doughnuts were usualy just made! I saw the film, "Reach for the Sky" at ...see more
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 always on the nearby north Kent coast and we would travel by train! Our family had two summer holidays in Westgate-On-Sea - each of them a fortnight staying in a hotel. I ...see more
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