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My father, Charles Axford, found a mine on the beach in the morning. As it was a hot summers day he carried it into the back room upstairs of the Watch House as he knew many people would be coming & informed the ...Read more

A memory of Porthpean in 1944 by Christine Dodgson (Nee.Axford)

I remember falling off a bike on Millfield Crescent when I was about 7 or 8 and I had a really bad knee injury, there was no going to hospitals in those days though, it was Kit Bateman, a first aider at the pit, who mended me and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1960 by Norman Dunbar

In the 1950s we spent several family holidays in the South Hams, staying at the Dairy in Stoke Fleming. We lived in south west London and travelled overnight on the A30 in my Dad's wet fish van, my brother and I sleepiing on a ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming

I recall walking from Elmer Sands to Middleton in the 1950's and 60's. The sun was always shining. My Uncle Frank and Aunt Elsie from Morden in Surrey purchased a small timber chalet at Elmer Close in the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by Martin Newell

My family found a bottle washed up on the beach with a letter from an American boy who had tossed it overboard from a cruise ship off the Irish coast. We wrote to him and he came and stayed with us when his family were on holiday in London. His family were originally from Hungaria.

A memory of Mwnt in 1966 by Marie Faint

I first attended this camp in 1954 as a baby of 10 months of age and my first experience of the sea was with my father at that tender age. I attended for at least the next 10 years and learned to ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1960 by David Styles

Born on Mersea island- what a haven we school children had to live and grow in. Endless poppy fields and bluebell woods, golden beaches and primrose banks flanked the leafy lanes. Greedy land grabbers have ...Read more

A memory of West Mersea in 1956 by Kay Quigley

I was with a group of 8 friends who walked the Cleveland Way some years ago in June. Unfortunately, it was the wettest June for years! The plan that day was to walk from Runswick Bay to Whitby, some 8 miles. We had booked to ...Read more

A memory of Runswick Bay by julie.thompson52

On a bank holiday my mother would take us to Barry on the train. We would spend lots of time in the beach then go on the shows, we'd have a great time. My dream was to go in to Butlins, I'd see the kids playing in the outdoor pool, I ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island by Pat Andrews

My mother, grandmother, great grandmother and g.g.grandfather, and so on were born in Rippingale. As a child in the 1950's we spent every holiday there. We had lots of relatives living there and still do have one ...Read more

A memory of Rippingale by Pamela Haswell