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Maps
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Memories
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Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp, Corton, Suffolk
I was just putting in "Rogerson Hall" on search and came across this site. Wonderful. I went to Rogerson Hall with my Mum and Dad in 1956 and 1957. In 1956, when I was 6, Dad booked the holiday and within one ...Read more
A memory of Corton in 1957 by
Seascale And The Scafell Hotel
I was 9 and My mother Vi worked part time at the Hotel doing afternoon teas. Phil and Betty Roddis managed the Hotel. They had just had a young daughter, Phillipa. I spent many a day within the hotel. I remember the ...Read more
A memory of Seascale in 1957 by
Tanker In The Mud
Around that time we had 3 or 4 holidays at Jaywick Sands and St.Osyth's. Although I think we nearly didn't go back after this adventure! 'The Sands' at Jaywick opened at low tide to miles of shifting mud! Well very waterlogged ...Read more
A memory of Jaywick in 1957 by
Childhood Memories
My family moved to Great Bookham in 1957, and were the first owners of 1 Allen Road, part of a small Close of bungalows built by New Ideal Homes of Epsom. The 1904 photograph shows the beautiful beech trees by the Leatherhead ...Read more
A memory of Great Bookham in 1957 by
Funland Penny Arcade
My late mum was part owner of the Funland Arcade and I worked there evenings, doing repairs to the 'Allwins' penny amusements and counting pennies etc. I worked on her deckchair stand on the beach and also sold ice cream on the ...Read more
A memory of Pagham in 1957 by
Bottle Alley
I can also remember Bottle Alley which was the St Leonards side of the pier during the 1950's. My Mum sometimes used to take me to the Sun Lounge near Bottle Alley when I was a very small child where she would have a coffee and I would ...Read more
A memory of Hastings in 1957
90 Albion Street
How exciting to see this photo. In the early 1950s my nan had a sweet shop at 90 Albion Street (I think the building on left with drug sign). At around 1956 -57 my mum, dad, sister Trude and myself moved in. We built up the garden ...Read more
A memory of Southwick in 1957 by
Only The British
This is about the place on the pebbled Southsea Beach where our family always established their bit of 'turf'. There was a whole ritual to it ...setting up the blanket so it wouldn't get blown out to sea..the baskets of delicious ham ...Read more
A memory of Southsea in 1957 by
On Our Way To Three Cliffs Bay
For my sister, Carol, and I, Parkmill meant only one thing - Shepherd's Shop. The only place to buy ice cream and sweets and even the new 'Coca Cola'. We always stopped here on our way to and my aunt's wooden bungalow ...Read more
A memory of Parkmill in 1957 by
I Was There!
I was/am the lad on the right! I discovered this picture a few years back in a superb Frith's book on Kent. Alongside me is my mate Ray. I think the year is more like 1957 or it could the summer of 1956. It was during those lovely days ...Read more
A memory of Sheerness in 1957 by
Captions
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Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal. Caesar is said to have landed in this vicinity in 55BC.
Since its grounds were bisected by the redevelopment of Beach Road, the council initiated plans to purchase it in 1947.
Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.
or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the lanes, admiring the views across to Bournemouth, the Needles and the Isle of Wight as they went.The attraction of Studland is not only the splendid beach
Note the white areas on the beach - these are piles of linen from nearby hotels being aired and dried.
The building on the left is the lifeboat station, erected in 1885; it is unusual that it is set at right angles to the beach.
'Hence Rhyl has become noted for the number of children that visit it, and these little ones find an inexhaustible fund of pleasure on its beach'.
at all of this watering-place to those who have never visited it, one must mention that there are noble tree-planted streets and shady avenues, an imposing sea-front of about three miles, an excellent beach
This view shows the fairground on Coney Beach.
Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth
A colourful throng is being entertained by pierrots on the beach.
The shop sold postcards, and displays model yachts in the doorway for sailing on one of the pools on the beach.
They would arrive on an early ferry with their wicker baskets and 'set up shop' along the promenade or on the beach.
They appear to be deciding which way to go, as there is a choice of two esplanades: one is virtually on the beach, where dogs have total freedom, and the other is along the top of the cliffs, where
including 50 bedrooms, bedside lights in all rooms, electric fires in first-floor rooms, a tennis court, a putting green, television, a ladies' hairdressing saloon and a private path to the beach
It is a strange fact that many old laws remain on the statute books; one still standing forbids bathing on Ramsgate beach.
Fishermen's cottages indicate that inshore fishing and shrimping was a part of the scene, and there was still some golden sand on the beach.
The railway viaduct crosses the little valley behind the beach, and the station platform is just beyond. Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland.
The following morning the beach and rocks were littered with wreckage and bodies.
It occupies an excellent defensive position overlooking the sea and the beach beyond, where Giraldus Cambrensis played as child.
In earlier days a beach community existed: numerous bungalows were built on the sands of the Exe estuary, particularly on the long spit of land known as Dawlish Warren, which stretches to
New Swanage (centre right) is beginning to cluster around Ulwell Road and the 1898-built Grand Hotel (centre) at the northern end of the beach.
In the happier days of the last century it opened its beaches to all, and a holiday in Bournemouth became an enduring event in many a Briton's memory.
Fishermen have to be tough, not only to ply their trade at sea, but also to have the strength to haul their heavily laden boats by hand up the steep shingle beach.
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