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I would love to know if this cottage still exists and if it does, exactly where it is. I have a watercolour of it from 1950s (or earlier), showing this exact view. I also have ...Read more

A memory of Studland

Looking at this photo, The Angmering Court Marine Club is seen in the background behind the Blue Peter Club. Also, the beach huts appear to be made of wood.

A memory of Angmering-on-Sea by anthony_booty

Oh, my goodness, the memories come flooding back when I started to read some of the stories. Yes, mine was very much the same as most of yours was. I was taken to Victoria Station and put on the train with a nun. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Adrianne Jansen

My mother, Queenie Grounds, was the headmistress of Lynfield House School from 1946 until 1953, when we moved from Lynfield to The Homestead at the top of Sandringham Road, where it met Lynn Road. When ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1946 by Valerie Curtiss (Grounds)

I lived in Belgrave Rd, Loughor from 1946 to 1957 and would often visit the sandy beach near the bridge with my mam and dad, David Howell Evans and Jenny Evans. I remember my father's brother, Uncle Elfed, diving off the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Loughor in 1952 by Hywel Evans

My father’s family moved to Rhyl in 1891 and my mother’s family in 1925. My parents fell in love on Rhyl Golf Links. Even though they settled in Portsmouth after their wedding, family bonds held fast and we spent every summer ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1940 by Anne Joseph

I have wonderful memories of the camp when I was young. I remember my father, Jack Quant, and a Mr Gardner had something to do with the clubhouse like one of the memories I have just read. It was ...Read more

A memory of Humberston in 1947 by Barry Quant

I was born in North Seaton in 1943, very fond memories of the time growing up and of the beach at the mouth of the Wansbeck. Memories also of Ashington as a teenager, I left the area in 1962 but still return regularly to visit .

A memory of North Seaton in 1954 by Bill Kinnaird

I spent many very happy holidays at my uncle's house, number 8 Beach Street directly behind the pub in the photo. It was an old house with very steep stairs with large ropes instead of handrails. It had no electricity although gas was fitted ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1954 by Anthony Lock

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952