Charmouth, The River Char c.1960
Photo ref: C66069
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Photo ref: C66069
Photo of Charmouth, The River Char c.1960

More about this scene

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary. The stream from the Marshwood Vale seeps out through the shingle bank. Sometimes, however, the weather does breach the pebbles, notably once with a flash flood, when this tranquil scene became a graveyard of floating caravans.

A Selection of Memories from Charmouth

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 Charmouth

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I was delighted to find this photograph as the Edward Archer Vince who owned the shop shown and mentionned in the text was my Great Great Grandfather and my Great Grandfather Frederick Harold Vince grew up here.....