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''''burnham Beeches''''
.... as a little girl, I always remember going here with my Mum, my Aunt Edith and my cousin Dick. Mum would say we are going to 'Burnham Beeches today'. I could never quite understand when we got there, where the sand and sea was ...Read more
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Memories Of A Convalescent Home
I am interested about a children's convalescent home called, 'Birds Nest and Grange House, 41 Brunswick Square, Herne Bay, Kent. In about 1958/59 as an 8 or 9 year old, my 10 year old sister, ...Read more
A memory of Herne Bay by
Dobson Ancestors
I don't know if this message is relevant to this website. My story is about my Dobson ancestors who lived in Selside, Cumbria for the first half of the 19th Century. My GrGrGrGrandparents lived in the same house in ...Read more
A memory of Selside by
Grandparents' Seaside Vacations
My grandparents would take their annual holiday in Worthing with my father in the 1950s and subsequently we moved down here from up north to be by the sea.
A memory of Worthing
We Were First!!
I can't see what all the fuss is about, about having an 'inland seaside', its a bit 'old hat'! US LOCALS had a real one, well over 50 years ago, it was great, wherever you dug there was almost pure white sand, where was it? BEACON ...Read more
A memory of Bletchley in 1957 by
Best Time Of My Life
My Father Bill Owen made a lovely little caravan and pitched it on Gorselands caravan park in the mid to late 1950's through to 1966 and I enjoyed the most magical time of my life spending lots of long summer holidays with ...Read more
A memory of Swyre in 1960 by
The Chapel Mill Street
In 1950 my parents moved to Hospital Farm between Gislingam and Mellis. I lived there until 1959, my parents remained there until 1962. I went to the old village school from 1953, Mrs Chilvers was the Headmistress. I ...Read more
A memory of Gislingham in 1950
My First Flight With Cunard Eagle To Meet My French Penfriend
I had never previously flown so at the age of 15 I went on an aeroplane for the first time. It was a flight from Heathrow Airport to Dinard in northern France which I ...Read more
A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1961 by
Seaside Lane
I love this picture. It was taken at the 'top of the street'; Nannie and Grandad (Emma and Joe Lawson) lived on Byron Street from the 1950s to the 1970s. My favourite shops were Robinsons (the source of many birthday cards ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1956 by
A Summer Outing To Dawlish Warren
It seems to be a wet summer this year but at long last a day when it wasn't actuially raining at breakfast time! We set off from our home in Tiverton to give granddaughter Anna a day at the seaside. The ...Read more
A memory of Dawlish Warren in 2008 by
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Further east is the seaside resort, built soon after 1800 in stucco terraces with Waterloo balconies. Not until late Victorian times did the two parts merge.
Shingle was still being removed from the wide shingle beach (bottom left), and the branch line had been extended to the seaside at West Bay Station (centre right).
This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.
The town is a stereotype of the genteel middle- class British seaside town with its sweeping promenade, pier, grand hotels and public spaces.
As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.
Westgate developed as a seaside resort during the 1870s—previously, there was only a farmhouse here.
Many seaside piers began life as landing stages for pleasure steamers. Thrusting out into the sea they encapsulated the Victorian passion for exotic feats of engineering.
The ruins of the castle still dominate the earlier fishing settlement that is now a modern seaside resort.
Situated on the mouth of the Avon, it is a popular seaside resort, and boasts a harbour with the deepest berthing facilities in the British Isles.
A visitor noted that 'in town boys are limited in their mischief, but at the seaside they command another element and keep you in a state of nervous fever'.
The construction of a substantial sea wall, seen here in section to the right, led to Exmouth's prosperity as a seaside resort.
This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.
Weymouth became popular as a seaside resort thanks to the patronage of King George III, who came to bathe here for the good of his health.
Seaside piers were unique to Britain. They initially consisted of a jetty leading to a landing stage for boats, but they soon became fashionable promenades extending over the sea.
Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye
The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.
This is an archetypal late Victorian seaside scene.
No seaside resort was complete without its Victorian bandstand.
Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye
From the inter-war years its fine sandy beaches attracted visitors who wanted a sea-side holiday without the distractions that resorts such as Aberystwyth provided, even though it was close to the Ministry
Many seaside piers began life as landing stages for pleasure steamers. Thrusting out into the sea, they encapsulated the Victorian passion for innovative feats of engineering.
Clevedon's immunity from the heavy excursion element which affects many seaside towns renders it a veritable haven of rest.
This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.
Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.
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