Holidays In The 60s

A Memory of Pevensey Bay.

We went to Pevensey Bay every year when I was a child. We stayed in one of a row of 3 houses along Coast rd, which were set right on the beach. They were owned by a man named Mr Piddock. A lot of time was spent at the Bay hotel, sitting outside on ancient red leather seats, at cream painted metal tables if I remember right. There was a weighing machine at the entrance and a fruit machine just inside. Along a little was a shop that sold glass animals and other bits and bobs. At the corner of coast rd was a shop which sold ice creams, buckets and spades etc. From the house we used to go along the beach a little to the steps which led down to the kiosk. There was also a little estate not far on the opposite side which had a couple of shops.
The tide would go out really far and you could walk all the way to Norman's Bay then.
I remember we would sometimes visit the castle and also the Mint House.
Pevensey was a special place.