Books

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Memories

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I Was There

After being de-requisitioned and restored at the end of WW2, the Overstrand Hotel was a massive building standing only yards from the cliff edge, it opened, then closed, then re-opened with a new bar called “Bubbles Bar” to cater for ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand by ronaldjackson08

The Warren

From about 1930 to 1939 my family had a shack/bungalow on the Warren. Every summer we loaded the car at our home in Exeter, drove to Exmouth, and were ferried to our shack by a boatman, Bill Hocking. My brother John became an ...Read more

A memory of Exmouth by Anthony Westell

Re: The People Of Kilfinan

It was lovely to see the Ferguson’s mentioned in David Goodman's article. I was born in 1947 and spent many happy summer holidays there, in the 50’s and early 60’s. We got the post van from Tighnabruaich. My father James ...Read more

A memory of Kilfinan by Ruth Canning

Camp & Fish

Beach Path c1950 What a wonderful place to camp and fish in the 1950's and 60's. Plenty of fish and sea birds and so very peaceful. In recent years the old railway track Hooton-West Kirby line, which ran alongside Thurstaston ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston in 1950

Nurses In Tilbury Hospital

I used to attend the dances in Tilbury Hospital in early '60s - they were great fun. Does anyone remember them or any of the nurses from that time? I worked in Grays and played darts in the pub that was,Ii think, in ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1960 by Gerry English

Hilton House, Western Shore

Does anyone have any pictures or information relating to Hilton House set in Westwoods? It's demolished now. The story goes... an old lady lived there and the house was pulled down 1935 (ish); Watneys aquired the site ...Read more

A memory of Woolston

The Angel

I was about 13 or 14 and was deeply in love with the daughter of the pub. They had a table tennis room behind the pub, very narrow and small. I was terrible at tennis so I used to keep score on a small notepad. One time my pencil ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1958 by Nicholas Haffenden Baldwin

Holbeach Bank School Indebted

We didn't have modern technology, it wasn't invented then anyway when arriving at our village school to learn our lessons each day. We didn't need endless classrooms with miles of corridor to walk, just a desk ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach Bank in 1957 by Sheila Parker

Recollections Of St Gorran School

I attended in the late 1950's. I understood it to be mainly for children whose parents were abroad. There were 2 teachers - one I cannot remember the name of and the other was Miss KR who always wore corduroy ...Read more

A memory of Manaccan in 1958 by Penny Poole

Illy Owley

My name is Andrew Tate, I was born in Thornlaw South at my grandparents house in 1944. I was a twin and my brother was called Alexander [Aleck]. I have quite a few memories of Thornley, I remember watching a cricket match in the Illey ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1949 by Andrew Tate

Captions

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Caption For Rock, 1933

Rock lies opposite Padstow (background) on the shore of the Camel estuary.

Caption For Port Navas, The Post Office C1960

On a creek on the north shore of the Helford, Port Navas was once the shipping place for granite from the quarries around Constantine.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, From Britannia Pier 1899

A few children are paddling in the sea, but there no swimmers, although rows of bathing machines are set up along the shore.

Caption For Portland, Breakwater 1890

The great breakwaters around the eastern shores of Portland entirely enclose Portland harbour.

Caption For Lydstep, Caldey Island 1890

From Tenby, Lundy is obscured by Caldey Island (which we see here off shore), but beyond lies Lundy, some 25 miles off and clearly visible on a clear day, rising 400 feet up out of the Bristol Channel

Caption For Holywell, The Ferry 1914

On the far shore is the renowned Ferry Boat Inn, which has been selling beer since 1068 - in fact there are documents which suggest it was an inn as early as 980, which makes it one of the oldest licensed

Caption For Donington, Market Place C1955

Beyond the Black Bull inn sign are the three gables of No 2, Pointz House, in which captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australian shores and seas, was born in 1774.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Halfpenny Bridge C1885

Hazelgrove, the valley between the two cliffs, was laid out to provide a picturesque walk from the shore to the western side of the town.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, From Noss Mayo 1890

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

Caption For Kirby Muxloe, The Castle C1965

Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV, lived here after his death.

Caption For Skegness, From The Pier 1910

From the sand hills along the shore there are extensive views over the German Ocean. Fine sunsets may be watched hence.

Caption For Netley, The Castle C1955

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.The original castle, built by Henry VIII in 1542 as part of his many coastal defences, has all but disappeared, and

Caption For Beachy Head, Lighthouse 1912

Built in 1901, it replaced the former Bell Tout Light on the top of the cliffs, and was itself replaced by the Sovereign Lightship anchored off-shore.

Caption For Dawlish, Blenheim Hotel 1925

The sweep of the sandy bay and the railway along the shore are clearly visible here. The Blenheim Hotel, shown in the centre, is now converted to holiday flats: a sign of the times.

Caption For Derwent Water, Ashness Bridge 1893

The tiny hump-backed bridge at Ashness on the narrow road which leads up from the eastern shore of Derwent Water to the Norse hamlet of Watendlath has been seen on countless Lake District calendars,

Caption For Gainsborough, Market Place C1955

Here we see the 1891 Town Hall with its tottering facade shored up. A year later, in 1956, it received its present insipid Neo-Georgian frontage.

Caption For Coniston, The Parish Church 1929

He lived for nearly 30 years at Brantwood, opposite the village on the eastern shore of the lake, and preferred to be buried here, rather than to have a grander tomb in Westminster Abbey.

Caption For Lakeside, The Y.M.C.A National Camp From The Lake C1960

The YMCA outdoor activities centre on the western shore of Windermere a little distance north of Lakeside occupies 240 acres, with a lake frontage of half a mile.

Caption For Bursledon, The River C1960

Despite the heavy industry and the sprawling suburban reaches, the shores of the Hamble conceal hidden pockets of pretty countryside, with the local villages retaining the air of unspoilt river communities

Caption For Lytham, The Northern Lantern Hotel C1960

The walls were constructed from cobblestones from the shore, each stone a uniform man's hand span in size; building these walls was a local skill.

Caption For River Dart, Paddle Steamer 1889

Sharpham Point and nearby Bass Rock were important fishing spots - Stoke Gabriel, on the opposite shore, had twenty salmon boats working at the end of the 19th century.

Caption For Buttermere, 1893

These elegant Scots pines on the shores of Buttermere are among the most photographed of any in the Lake District, but this must be one of the earliest pictures of them.

Caption For Buttermere, Haymaking C1955

This scene showing the loading of a hay wagon on the shores of Buttermere, with Honister Crag and Fleetwith Pike prominent in the background, shows that timeless way of life.

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.