Saltwick Bay, Holiday Park Composite c.1965
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Photo of Saltwick Bay, Holiday Park Composite c.1965

A Selection of Memories from Saltwick Bay

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 Saltwick Bay

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I fell from the campsite at saltwick bay onto the rocks and survived. It was in about 1961 whitsun holiday. We were staying there from Middlesbrough. Does anyone have any recollection of this and any reports? I have been back and it still looks the same.
Not a week goes by when I do not think about Whitby, the lure of Saltwick Bay is like a magnet. The moment you drive down the narrow lane that leads to the cliff tops and the club house, you start to feel a sense of urgency. A feeling like you have just come home and all your family will be there waiting for you. As you climb down the path down to the beach memories start flooding back. Finding fossils, ...see more
I was on ths caravan site from 1964 to 1978, my parents Billy and Audrey Bilclough had site number 45. There was me and me sister (Suzanne). What a place to have your childhood, is there anyone out there who was there at the same time? I have been back but the clubhouse isn't as good as it looked when our parents were in and we were looking in from outside the big bay window ... So where's all the old gang at? - ...see more