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Hill House Sizewell
I remember Fred and Jack Fryer, and a son if I remember correctly who went in the navy. I would often wait on the beach at night beside their lantern which would guide them back to shore after an evenings fishing. Did Jack ...Read more
A memory of Sizewell in 1954 by
Revistiing
I revisited Edern & Morfa Nefyn after my last visit which was in 1954 with my Mum and Dad as a 12 year old child. I remembered everywhere and my husband was worried I would be disappointed as things would have changed, but they had not. ...Read more
A memory of Nefyn in 2005 by
Those Were The Days
July early 60's you could not move on the beach for holidaymakers, all the deck chairs would be sold out and Bill & Pat Ramsay would be playing music over the speakers. The Spartan club - weight lifters would be there - Dave ...Read more
A memory of Aberdeen in 1960
Lime Grove
I was born in Buchaven in Fife. I stayed in 93 Lime Grove and have great memories of the cul de sac. An old Polish couple, the Rhodes, stayed next door, then there was the Murray's, the Capes, the Livingstones, the Wipers, the Fentons, ...Read more
A memory of Methilhill in 1973 by
Goodrington
I was born in 1948 in Wallasy Cheshire, now Merseyside. As my maternal grandparents lived in Plympton, we used to spend two or three weeks with them every year. A day out to Goodrington was very popular, travelling by train from Plympton ...Read more
A memory of Paignton by
Searle The Boatbuilder
In the row of cottages on Pill Creek mentioned by Malcolm Macmeikan lived "old Searle" who built small boats in a shed on the quay on the opposite side of the creek. At age 11 or 12, I painted one of them, a rowing boat called ...Read more
A memory of Feock in 1930 by
Childhood Freedom
My brother and I spent very important years in Theydon Bois. We were only there for 5 years but they were probably the most formative. It was a very simple village. There was the school, far too small for the many children born ...Read more
A memory of Theydon Bois in 1953 by
No.1 Jetty And The Tsmv New Prince Of Wales 1, S.M.N.Co.
This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's Boatyard, ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by
Completely Changed!!
My father took my mother and I on holiday to Woolacombe every year in the 1950's. At that time, in the height of the Summer months we would be the only family on the main beach (as well as the Barracane Beach where we searched ...Read more
A memory of Woolacombe in 1950 by
Memories
We (me and older brother and sister), stayed in a relatives bungalow really close to the sea several years.. disjointed but strong memories :- - pebble dashed walls - those garden walls made of preformed concrete blocks with patterned ...Read more
A memory of Jaywick
Captions
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Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.
The photographer has moved in closer to the beach to take this picture, although still concentrating on the same area as the former one.The Shrubbery Gardens, above the sun shelter, are well used
Still a popular beach today, particularly with locals, the Pebble Ridge is a long low expanse protecting the entrance to the Taw and Torridge estuary.
On the right is the path leading to Friars Point from the beach. Within a few years a beach inspector's/lifeguard's hut, ladies' changing rooms and a small paddling pool would be built near the path.
This crowded beach beautifully illustrates the beach fashions of the 1920s: ladies wear summer dresses with straw hats, while the boys and gentlemen retain flat caps, jackets and trousers (rolled up
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.
Bathing has not always been the family pastime it is today. 'Tommy's Pit', built at the end of the breakwater, was strictly men only, while women used Crooklets beach, then named Maer Beach.
Cadgwith is an important fishing cove, especially for shellfish; boats are hauled up the beach – there is no quay.
Bathing tents dot the beach at Viking Bay, while two bathing machines stand at the water's edge.
The Beach c1960 With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.
Iron railings have now been erected, with a path from the promenade leading to the beach. As the season got under way, more and more attractions appeared.
The narrow Trebarwith valley emerges at the north Cornish coast; here Trebarwith Strand presents a good beach of golden sand, but all vanishes at high tide.
Wildersmouth Bay was the original bathing beach of the town; those beaches to the west only became accessible after the drafting in of Welsh miners to dig the tunnels by which they are now reached.
Then, as now, the beach was popular with children, who here play at the water's edge whilst older boys admire the moored fishing boat.
The timber-framed Tudor Moot Hall is situated next to the beach.
This is a remarkable view—not least because of the 'kreemy toffee' advertised on the left, showing that incorrect spelling has been used in advertising for many years.
The 'Droch' or Cave of Beauty is regarded as the finest at Lydstep Cavern Beach.
Studland has one of the best and least tampered-with beaches in Dorset - a real reminder of those halcyon days when such luminaries as George III promoted the merits of sea bathing.
While a group of children on the beach greet the photographer, others visit the sweet shop (left), whilst a group wait with suitcases to be collected at the end of their holiday (centre).
The Beach c1955 Totland Bay is a good starting point for a long coastal ramble past The Needles to Alum Bay - some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.
Townsend Farm overlooks a junction where the lane to East Quantoxhead leaves the main road.
During the first quarter of the 20th century Worthing's beach was very popular with visitors and inhabitants alike.
This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.
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