Places
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Photos
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Maps
115 maps found.
Books
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Memories
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Childhood Memories
I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be ...Read more
A memory of Alderley Edge in 1954 by
Holidays At Sandilands
My late father used to rent an apartment in a large house opposite the 'pullover' where we would stay for some 2-3 weeks each summer from about 1949-1955. I remember that the lady who owned the house had a large black ...Read more
A memory of Sandilands in 1950 by
A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s
It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr Lacey, ...Read more
A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by
High Street
I worked in Wheatley village in 1963 in John Bull's butcher's shop opposite Sam's butchers with Ted! and a lady bookkeeper. After living in Waterstock on John Bull's farm during the terrible winter of 1963 we moved into his bungalow at 17 ...Read more
A memory of Wheatley in 1963 by
Amser Gorau Yn Ei Bywyd
1950s and 1960s in Malltraeth... The summers were always long and hot, we went swimming on the beach when we were younger, and as we got older in the 'corbwll'. We went out collecting birds eggs, the odd apple or pear would ...Read more
A memory of Malltraeth
Living In Seaton 1950s 1960s
My parents owned Mount Brioni in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was just a baby, I had 5 sisters and 3 brothers who all lived there. I remember the Doneys who owned the cafe on the beach and spent many happy days on our beach.
A memory of Seaton by
Holidays And Work For My Dad
Our family used to have our holidays (from Birmingham) in Llwyngwril and my dad tuned pianos in the village during our stay. We used to stay over a village shop and the lady owner would present my brother and I with a ...Read more
A memory of Llwyngwril in 1947 by
Summer Holidays
When we were kids we used to holiday at East Runton nearly every year. We stayed with George and Mabel Bonney (and Trixie the dog) at Shepherds Cottage on the common. I think it was called Top Common. My Dad hired two beach huts ...Read more
A memory of East Runton in 1962 by
High Benthamlooking For Info On Relatives
Julie CoatesRoyal Palm Beach, Florida, USA I am trying to find some information about my great gradfather. He was the postman in High Bentham for many years. His last name was Coates. I don't know his first name.He had a son (William Dabbot Coates) and three daughters Annie, Ethel and Gertie.
A memory of High Bentham in 1900 by
Kirkcaldy Castle Near The Beach
I used to play in the castle and what we thought were dungeons in the middle to late 1950s. It was our playground for many years. We went to the beach nearly every day summer or winter. Loved the place to bits. My ...Read more
A memory of Kirkcaldy in 1957 by
Captions
1,131 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.
Another view, this time looking south along the beach towards Carrickfergus.
This evocative beach scene shows be-hatted little girls in wind-blown skirts digging the sand, watched by two boys with heavy nets - possibly two fisher-lads?
The only section to be built was a 1,100-yard single line from the terminus at Lytham to East Beach.
The safe beaches and plentiful accommodation ensured Sandown's popularity as a family resort throughout the 20th century.
Here we have a good view of the beach, sea wall and the grassed-over area where trippers could sit and relax.
E J Beach, Proprietor, boldly announces the board above the pony and trap, apparently hired for a drive during one of those Edwardian summers that never seemed to end.
The low white cliffs at Broadstairs shelter this bay, and people are making use of the tents on the beach to change for a dip in the sea.
Here the 'minstrels' seem to be collecting money from the crowd standing on the beach waiting for the show to begin.
This picture shifts the scene down to the beach; we are looking east to the castle and the chalk cliffs.
Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach.
A solitary child enjoys the beach while a group of men stand in front of the Cod and Lobster Inn, looking on.
Summers days on the beach, sand castles, swimming in the sea ... all timeless British preoccupations ... and fine views across the Milford Haven.
A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.
For many years it was the famous antiquarian bookshop Beach's, which survived until 1999.
The attraction of Studland is not only the attractive beach and picturesque coastal scenery, but also the wild heathland around the village.
We can see tents in the distant field, and although there has been more housing since, the beach and its surf remain as magnificent as ever.
The Porthminster Hotel, overlooking Porthminster Beach, was opened in 1894 to accommodate the increasing number of visitors arriving in St Ives since the opening of the railway.
Beach huts and bathing tents cater for those who love to bathe or just lie on the sands in the sunshine.
This splendid view shows part of the fishing fleet and a spritsail sailing barge beached in the shallow waters at low tide.
The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.
A typical late Victorian beach scene, with donkey rides, a complete absence of skin exposed to the sun, and a photographer's equipment - a tripod and a cart for storing the glass plates - to the left of
The bathing huts of the Ladies' bathing beach can be clearly seen in the bottom left of the picture.
Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.
We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic
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