Places
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Memories
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Chestfield Kent During Ww2
I was born in Bromley, Kent in 1940.My childhood was spent alternating between my mother and father's house called, from memory, either Stafford or Stratford House, on the right hand side proceeding from the Chestfield ...Read more
A memory of Chestfield by
Chestfield And Swalecliffe. The War Years,
Have many memories, some happy, some sad, culminating in the death of my mother, Ivy Maud Smith on the 16th August 1944 when a V1 destroyed a railway bridge causing the train she was on to crash. Had two ...Read more
A memory of Swalecliffe by
Childhood
I have many happy memories of my childhood in Stambridge. I lived there with my family for 17 years until I married. Along with my brothers and sister, we all went to Stambridge Primary school and in the summer we used to go to ...Read more
A memory of Great Stambridge
Childhood At Grain
After WW2 my father was posted to the firing range at Yantlet , Grain. When he left the army he was a caretaker at Grain Fort before working at the new oil refinery. My brother and I spent our pre teen years at Grain. It ...Read more
A memory of Isle of Grain in 1950 by
Childhood Days
I went with my parents, brother and sister to live at Beech Cottage in the grounds of the big house named The Villa. We went there to escape the bombing at Wallasey (Liverpool). I was four at that time and we stayed ...Read more
A memory of Crosby Garrett in 1930 by
Childhood Holidays
My gran bought 3 caravans in 1957 which were on the caravan site at Lower Largo. My parents, brother, me, my aunt, my uncle and their 2 children all spent all our holidays there - summer, easter, bank hols, etc. Us children ...Read more
A memory of Lower Largo in 1957 by
Childhood Holidays
I will never know why, but we used to take the train to Lundin Links, and then taxi to Lower Largo. I don't know when these holidays started (I was born in 1957 and there are certainly photos of me around 3 years old). ...Read more
A memory of Lower Largo in 1965 by
Childhood Holidays
I have very fond memories of family holidays spent in the Elmwood Hotel, Lundin Links in the 1970's. My dad is/was a keen golfer and a group of like minded golfers went to the golf course in the mornings, whilst the mums ...Read more
A memory of Lundin Links in 1970
Childhood Holidays
My family started to have our annual holiday in Ilfracombe in 1964, and virtually every day we made the trip to Woolacombe to sit on the beach and have a go at surfing. After years of south coast beaches, Woolacombe was a ...Read more
A memory of Woolacombe in 1964 by
Childhood In The 1950s
Life for a child in the village of Worle in the 1950s was exciting, parochial and safe. Our parents did not lose sleep over thoughts of us being molested. Children were more likely to be in danger from their own recklessness ...Read more
A memory of Worle in 1956 by
Captions
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Hired deckchairs occupy much of the space on the beach. Although many of the older people enjoying the sun are well wrapped up, the boy on the right digs happily without a shirt.
The coastline bulging out around the Wish Tower affords a vantage point for views north-east along the beach; this view shows the horse-drawn bathing machines on their large wheels plying their trade
One man and his dog stand looking out to sea (bottom centre) on the sandy beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough.
A splendid view of the full length of the pier and again a very well used beach. The long queue by the pier entrance suggests an ice cream kiosk!
Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.
Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.
One reason for Bournemouth’s success as a holiday resort has been that the shops are available if the weather is too wet and windy for the beach.
Then again, with the sea being so far away, these vehicles might well be the forerunners of the beach buggy.
These days, happily, the only active defences to be found at the resort are sand castles on the beach.
When this picture was taken, fishermen would have to wait for high tide before launching their boats from the beach.
Most of the men gathered here on the beach are not fishermen - their bowler hats and shooting sticks suggest they are far more well-to-do.
holiday village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide goes out for over half a mile, leaving a wide sandy beach
From Castle Hill we look down on the Esplanade, with the Beach Hotel in the middle distance.
Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade. The foreshore buildings near to the pier include a small bandstand, suitable for open air concerts.
Local fisherman work on their boat; the large piece of material on the beach is probably the sail.
A row of white beach huts trims the foot of the cliffs like a cuff. In the distance is Cromer pier.
Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade. The foreshore buildings near to the pier include a small bandstand, suitable for open air concerts.
Down the hill to the left lie the delights of the Logan Rock Inn, while turning right after the telephone box leads to a beautiful campsite high above Porthcurno beach.
Lobster or crab pots lie on the beach awaiting the next fishing trip, in a scene typical of many small fishing coves around the Cornish coast.
A good bathing day beneath Appley Cliffs, which give shelter to Shanklin's southern beaches. A very steep climb leads up the cliffs above the line of bathing tents.
Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.
The streets are deserted, so everyone must be down at the beach enjoying the sun and sea breezes.
The tea house, which still functions today as a delightful cafe-restaurant, stands at the near end of the beach. There are no surviving traces of the once major industry of seine net fishing.
Tennyson's gaunt figure could often be seen walking the beach in Victorian times.
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