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Memories
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Holidays
We came to Pembrokeshire on family holdiays all through the 1960s and early 1970s. This beach was our favourite although we called it, mistakenly, 'Barry Island Beach' as to reach it you had to go through Barry Island Farm and a toll of ...Read more
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Granddads Donkeys
I was most surprised to see my late grandfather William Mannall and possibly my uncle Paul with granddads donkeys ,which he had for many years on the beach at Hemsby and also later at Newport (uncle Paul). I had many gratis rides ...Read more
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Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road
As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road. I don't think this is ...Read more
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Days Gone By
I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young ...Read more
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East Front Road In The Sixties
My Grandparents, George and Ella Ashford, had retired to Pagham in 1958. They lived at number 12 East Front Road. Their bungalow was very comfortable with a great view out over the channel. The original railway ...Read more
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Growing Up Years
I was born in Old Argent Street 1945 (VJ Day), only one in Grays as my old mum used to tell everyone, she was so proud of that, living in a 2 up, 2 down, mum, dad, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, overcrowded, nah, we got by. We spent summers ...Read more
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Memories Of A Childhood In Southwick
I went to Southwick Primary School. I remember being picked as a 'flag flyer' and welcoming the Duke of Edinburgh when he opened the new lock. I think it was in about 1955. We were unable to use the locks ...Read more
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Living In Llanddona
My childhood years were fantastic. I loved the hot summer months, especially the walks to the beach, just being free. The smell of the sea air, and the fresh air. I spent most of my time outside playing. I loved going to ...Read more
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Raf Tern Hill And St Josephs College
From 1946 till 1951 we lived at RAF Tern Hill and every day my brother and I travelled by bus (Butters Bus Company as I remember!). We were dropped off near the lovely ivy-covered hotel in the square, and ...Read more
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Childhood Memories In The Mumbles
I was born in London, but my Mother came from the Mumbles, so several times a year we took the train from Paddington on our journey to Swansea. With a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, ...Read more
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Captions
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The large extension at the back of the inn (right) contained seven bedrooms with doors onto the beach.
It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here. Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort.
Until the 1840s Paignton was a farming village half a mile inland, producing cider and the then famous Paignton cabbage, but it became popular with convalescents and its beach - longer and better than
The beach is seen at low tide, with striking clouds and the sun glinting on the surf.
This was originally built as stabling for the gentry who would trot up the mile of embankment in their carriages to visit Wells beach.
The old boathouse is selling beach balls, lilos, straw hats and so on, but most important from the parents' point of view is that the shop is offering teas and beach trays.
The beach is lined with numerous beach yawls; these did all the fetching and carrying for the cargo-carrying ships which plied the North Sea, as well as competing for lucrative salvage prizes when they
Duporth Beach is just around the corner from Charlestown, and is separated from it by the headland and Polmear Island offshore.
Here we have a wonderfully evocative sign of the times: a beach scene in high summer and not a glimpse of bare ?esh. Cleethorpes liked its helter-skelters, as it had another on the beach.
This view shows Front Beach and Railway Street, now the Strand. In the foreground is Craig-y-Mor or Rock Villa. The small building in the garden was originally a boathouse.
The Beach House Temperance Hotel (to the right in photograph No 44204) is apparent on the left in this view of the broad Esplanade, looking towards the centre of the town.
Note the beach café and swings on the beach and, on the bottom right of the picture the glazed fronted café, designed to take full advantage of the sea views but to protect from the unpredictable
Lying north from Liverpool were continuous golden sandy beaches.
At this time there was not a lot for the children to do, other than paddle, dig trenches and make castles on the sandy beach.
This was a typical holiday scene on the beach in the 1940s: none of the visitors are sunbathing, and the children are not wearing swimming costumes, and yet in the background there are dozens of beach
Shoeburyness East Beach Tent Site
The beach was where the unlicensed traders set up, and where the cheaper end of the entertainments went on, including the boxing booths and the travellers' fairground.
Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road. The sandy rocks of Burton Cliffs project towards Lyme Bay (left).
A similar gap to the one at West Runton provides reasonable access to the beach.
Middle Beach (foreground) at Studland, is overlooked by the 1943-built Fort Henry on Redend Point (right-hand clifftop), which Canadian Engineers named for their home base in Ontario.
A fun fair can be seen in the foreground, and the beach entertains many visitors in this view of old Saltburn, with the Ship Inn just visible over the shoulder of Cat Nab (right).
This seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast shelters behind its sand dunes and wide sandy beach. Its reputation as a watering-place was founded on the exceptional purity of its air and water.
The huts are arranged just above the high tide mark along the length of Par Beach. Much of the sand has been derived from waste entering the bay from mines and china clay works inland.
This is still a sandy beach on the Solent shore; many beaches in Hampshire are now pebble, possibly due to erosion. There are stunning views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight from here.
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