Caister On Sea, The Lifeboat 'jose Neville' c.1960
Photo ref: C450110
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Holy Trinity Church, built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, has a register dating back to 1563. After falling into disrepair, it was restored in 1894. The most poignant memorial in the church is the east window, erected in 1903 in memory of the nine men who 'never turned back' and lost their lives in the Caister Lifeboat disaster of 1901.

A Selection of Memories from Caister-on-Sea

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 Caister-on-Sea

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Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone might have old photos from Caister Holiday Park in 1987, back when it was owned by Ladbroke. I went there with my mum and brother for my very first holiday — I was 5 at the time — and although Mum didn’t take any pictures, I’ve never forgotten it. I remember: • A kids playground built like a fortress right by the ...see more
This is the plane I had my first flight in during the 1950s. My father had done some work for the owner/pilot , so as a reward we had a flight along the coast, I remember the pilot always used to dive bomb a large dune near where Caister Holiday Camp is .
During the summer of 1979 I worked at Ladbrookes Holiday Centre with my friend Tina, we had a wonderful summer full of laughter, I even met my husband there, he was on holiday, 37yrs later we're still married and twice a yr we go back to scratby on holiday wonderful place wonderful memories
My father was a milkman, for Home Counties Dairy, the horses were stabled in Hodeson road, the bottling dairy was opposite the Eardley arms pub. The livery was green, and the trade mark a gold triangle. Milk then was in glass pint and half pint bottles with cardboard caps. They also sold small items beside milk.