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Memories

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The Atlantic House Hotel

Back in 1971, I joined a friend from London on a surfing trip to Polzeath. I'm from America, and was in the middle of a year-long jaunt around Europe and North Africa. I hadn't gone surfing in several months and was ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1971 by Joel Sanoff

The 50's In Cullercoats

We lived in 6 Promontory Terrace, which was on the border of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay, that was 1950 a time when the Fishermen's Cottages were just around the corner and we would have their Dressed Crab or the Wilecks as ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by arnoldlee44

The 1950s

I well remember what seemed like an age, the summer holidays of the early 1950s. My brother and I would spend all day on the beach or after the harvest playing stage coaches with the bales of hay in the field in Stocks Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay

The 'fence' On The Beach

As a very young child, probably aged about 3 or 4, my family rented one of the cottages close to the cliff side at Sea View Crescent on two consecutive years. I remember the drive down Ostend Road, where lots of the ...Read more

A memory of Walcott in 1967 by Tracey Whitcher

That's Not Sandy Cove

That's the beach at Combe Martin, Sandy Cove is round the coast from there. In 1965 I was living in that building you can see in the middle of the picture. Note from Editor: Thank you for the information - we are now changing our records.

A memory of Combe Martin in 1965 by Paul Swann

Tettenhall Junior School

I remember starting Tettenhall School. I remember playing hide and seek and hid in the coal shed at the back of the school then being dragged in front of the whole school at assembly for having a black face and clothes ...Read more

A memory of Tettenhall in 1943 by Alfred Hesketh

Teenage In Pilning.

Leaving school / starting work... grown up at last! Joining youth club at the Zion chapel, Gordon Ellis taught us to dance, and Auntie May Holbrook was always at hand with refreshments, a chat anything! My first boyfriend was ...Read more

A memory of Pilning in 1951

Teenage Holidays

From 1961 through to 1964 I would (with friends) come down to Pett Level initially camping but then in a disused beach hut. We would spend at least three hours a day drinking coffee and soft drinks in this café. It was owned by a ...Read more

A memory of Pett Level by John Jones

Tea Times At Beadnell

My name is Sean Sweet. I have many memories of Beadnell. My Grandparents owned a cottage near the harbour called Sandy Dell and later my parents had a static caravan on the links. Every summer seemed to be hot and sunny and ...Read more

A memory of Beadnell by Rosemary Sweet

Tarpots

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

Captions

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Caption For Beer, Fishing Boats 1918

A memorial to him can be found just above the beach.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, Madeira Cove 1887

In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk, while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state.

Caption For Saundersfoot, The Beach 1949

Six years before this picture was taken, the beaches at Saundersfoot witnessed secret military activity with Operation Jantzen, the full-scale rehearsals for the D-Day landings.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

Here we see the central beach in the last years of the 19th century. Southend has seven miles of 'front'.The old pier is visible on the left.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Beach 1887

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

Caption For Margate, The Sands 1906

This crowded beach scene shows minstrels performing on the sands.

Caption For Swanage, Station Road 1925

It was a popular street for local shoppers, with a large selection of family retailers, though even as long ago as 1925 shops were catering for tourists with beach goods and souvenirs.

Caption For Charmouth, The River Char C1960

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary.

Caption For Mundesley, Fisherman's Gangway C1955

Originally a rough roadway through the cliffs to the beach known as Cart Gap, the Gangway was constructed in concrete in 1898 by Steward & Patteson brewery, the owners of the Ship Hotel.

Caption For Clarach, 1921

Having made the energetic walk, visitors were greeted by a café and a secluded beach. At the far end is a farm whose land was once owned by Welsh princes and Norman kings.

Caption For Blackpool, From The South Jetty 1890

The sea wall had not been built either, and the promenade is bordered by cobbles sloping to the beach, with wooden piles providing some protection against the breaking waves.

Caption For Bournemouth, Undercliff Drive 1922

Chalets and beach huts were crammed into every available space at this time to fulfil the demand for them. Some were privately owned, and others rented out to holidaymakers.

Caption For Paignton, Preston Sands 1918

In the background are the buildings of the Preston Railway 'stop off' for visitors to the beach.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1904

The sea wall was constructed in 1835 and the shingle beach can be clearly seen. Overlooking the sea are some fine old cottages, exuberant in design and with bulging thatch.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Pier And Steel Stella 1958

This sandy beach was obviously popular with both children and adults. A Punch and Judy show always drew the crowds (centre), and many visitors enjoyed a trip on one of the pleasure boats.

Caption For Harwich, The Recreation Ground C1960

Beach huts line the edge of the green. The small shop on the right still opens to serve summer visitors.

Caption For Holkham, The Beach 1950

The beach is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and the dunes form a National Nature Reserve.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

Abbotsbury, situated at the western end of Chesil Beach, is most famous for its swannery, the waters of the Fleet often being turned white with hundreds of birds.

Caption For Penarth, The Beach 1896

The esplanade Hotel (left) stands on the north side of the Promenade; horse-drawn brakes wait for passengers from either the beach or the hotel, bound for the railway station in the town centre.

Caption For Crackington Haven, 1931

Specimens of 'Little Trees', a species of deep water coral so named because of its shape, are sometimes washed up on the beach at Crackington.

Caption For Carbis Bay, The Beach C1955

The refreshment hut has now been overtaken by a more substantial establishment, which offers outside seating and car parking on the beach.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Thames Barges On West Beach 1912

Two Thames sailing barges discharge cargo at low water on the beach, whilst drawn higher up are some bathing machines.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

Disturbed water at the cliff base indicates the power and force of the seas as they surge into the bay and crash against the beach.

Caption For Kynance Cove, 1895

The long Asparagus Island on the left can only be reached across the beach at low tide.