Reculver, The Municipal Camping Site c.1955
Photo ref: R14012
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Photo ref: R14012
Photo of Reculver, The Municipal Camping Site c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Reculver

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 Reculver

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I remember camping with my family down in the field just inland from the Towers. The site is now just for caravans, I think. My father would catch eels in the small streams which ran across the field down to the sea, and mum would cut them up on a chopping board and the bits would be wriggling about all over the place - that was our breakfast…….! The Towers were open then and there is a photo of my eldest ...see more
I joined the 4th Bexleyheath Cubs in 1953 and remember a Summer Camp to Birchington in 1953 when the highlight was a coach outing to Reculver Towers. We travelled to Birchington in the back of an old removals lorry and the "Health and Safety" people would have kittens if they had seen all us eight year olds standing on our kitbags to lean over the lorry tailboard as we drove along!! I ...see more