Knott End On Sea, The Bourne Arms c.1950

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My mum dad and I spent our summer holidays at Knott end stayed with my god parents, Chris and Mona henshall who lived at 14wesbourne road I got to no a girl whose name was Yvonne and lived at 10 Barton road we kept in touch I would like to get in touch again but she has moved from this address now. My name is Chris Evans and I live at 123 Underhill crescent Abergavenny Monmouthshire np7 6du, if anyone knows ...see more

I lived about 3 minutes from the beach and down the steps and on to patches of grass we used to go jump on. The tide came in and out and used to leave behind seawater puddles collected by the green patches of grass. Of course, as kids we used to love overturning the rocks in the puddles and trying to find any sea life there might be, but our biggest fun was racing over these puddles trying to land on ...see more

My parents visited Knott-End-on-Sea many times, particularly in the September before I was born in March 1932. We used to stay at a house in Lune View with a family called Butler and Mrs. Butler nursed me many times when I woke during the night! They were a lovely family - I think the daughter was called Eva but cannot remember the name of their son. They moved to Fleetwood. My parents and I visited ...see more

We, that is my father Norman, mother Ethel and my Auntie Peg, moved to Knott End in 1948 and lived at 15 The Esplanade. As well as being a boarding house (as it was called in those days) it doubled up as the doctors' surgery. For those with a good memory you might remember Old Dr Taylor Young, Dr Taylor and Dr Allen Pilling from one practice and Dr Stewart, a GP on his ...see more