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Birthplace And Never Forgotten When Asked
I was born in Dysart to a mining family of 5 brothers, me being in the middle. My mum watched over us all and used to take us walks by the man in the rock along to Wemyss and back via the castle estate. ...Read more
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Amser Gorau Yn Ei Bywyd
1950s and 1960s in Malltraeth... The summers were always long and hot, we went swimming on the beach when we were younger, and as we got older in the 'corbwll'. We went out collecting birds eggs, the odd apple or pear ...Read more
A memory of Malltraeth
Living In Seaton 1950s 1960s
My parents owned Mount Brioni in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was just a baby, I had 5 sisters and 3 brothers who all lived there. I remember the Doneys who owned the cafe on the beach and spent many happy days on our beach.
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Holidays In The 1950s
My parents and I used to stay in a bungalow owed by a Mr & Mrs Tidy and I was made to keep it tidy! I loved the sandy beach and remember playing deck tennis on the sand. Next door was a family with three girls, ...Read more
A memory of St Mary's Bay by
The Beach
When I look at these old photos, Sheringham has not changed that much, it's very strange though seeing the old Grand Hotel. I used to take the ponies round the roundabout as a young child to earn money during the summer. The water trough is still there but full of flowers instead of horses' noses.
A memory of Sheringham by
Youthful Pranks In Binstead! 1958 1962
I am a 67 year old British citizen and have lived for over 40 years as a rock musician in Germany. I went to Ryde School in the 60s. After I left I was lonely living in London and used come back to the island ...Read more
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Fond Memories
I first visited Borth as a toddler in the early 60's, with my Uncle Dai from Machynlleth. I used to visit him and his wife to stay with them for holidays. As he had worked the railways he used to take me from Mach to Borth on the ...Read more
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Happy Days In The Sun
This was my idea of heaven. For 7 years during my early childhood we went to Nefyn for 2 weeks during the summer. Dad always rented a beach hut to "brew up in" and hold the deckchairs and swimming stuff. The highlight of the ...Read more
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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
A memory of Llanrhian by
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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Captions
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Cadgwith is an important fishing cove, especially for shellfish; boats are hauled up the beach – there is no quay.
Bathing has not always been the family pastime it is today. 'Tommy's Pit', built at the end of the breakwater, was strictly men only, while women used Crooklets beach, then named Maer Beach.
Bathing tents dot the beach at Viking Bay, while two bathing machines stand at the water's edge.
The people flocked back to the beach after wartime defences had been cleared. The Royal Engineers warned that dangers remained but town traders eagerly declared the town safe.
Many a local will remember learning to drive for the first time on this huge beach near Porthmadog, although summer access is now a little more restricted than we see here.
Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.
This is the longest beach in Pembrokeshire (two miles end to end), lying below a shingle storm ridge.
By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach. Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.
Unlike many Norfolk beaches, which allowed the erection of permanent wooden beach huts, Gorleston offered a few temporary huts for weekly hire and a 'village' of square tents.
Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay. Here the few visitors that could make their way here enjoy a lazy day on the beach.
Pwllheli possesses perhaps the finest sandy beach in Wales; and there can be no doubt it will become one of the most attractive seaside places in the kingdom.
While a group of children on the beach greet the photographer, others visit the sweet shop (left), whilst a group wait with suitcases to be collected at the end of their holiday (centre).
The Beach c1955 Totland Bay is a good starting point for a long coastal ramble past The Needles to Alum Bay - some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.
Townsend Farm overlooks a junction where the lane to East Quantoxhead leaves the main road.
This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.
At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
Clevedon's immunity from the heavy excursion element which affects many seaside towns renders it a veritable haven of rest.
For many years hoards of revellers would descend on the beach from Cardiff via cheap ferry trips.
Recovering nicely after the 1953 floods, new huts on the promenade replace the old ones which stood on the beach and were smashed up in the storm along with the original Beach Cafe.
This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.
Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey.
The beach huts show that this was and still is a popular beach. Most of the larger houses have been converted to hotels to cater for the hundreds of tourists that arrive every summer.
This settlement probably got its name from Andrew Wysmon, a tenant knight at the time of Edward II's reign.
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