Skipsea, The Village c.1955
Photo ref:
S399001
Photo ref:
S399001
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The village store faces the war memorial on the green, which appears to have been fenced off. Surely this was not protection from vandals! These people had been the scourge of Skipsea Castle in earlier times, so much so that Henry III had to demolish the castle in 1220.
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A Selection of Memories from Skipsea
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Skipsea
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My grandma had a chalet on green lane at skipsea for many years from 1950s and can remember when there was old train and tram carriges used as holiday lets all along the cliff top,my mum practicaly grew up there,as did i and can remember when there was the old Teddys amusments with swingboats outside, and the old pavillion club,and pool.we all spent many happy years there and have the best of memories ,In the 80s,we ...see more
1954-55 we used to stay in a Wooden Bungalow on the cliff top, it was called Bay View and there was also a small, (Tiny) chalet in the front garden . At that time , the cliff edge was possibly 15 metres or so from the bungalow and there were steps cut into the cliff face to get down to the sands below.
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