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Memories

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Days Gone By

I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Ann Levers

Caesar's Camp 1948

Hi Su, I also have happy memories of playing on the hills behind Cheriton when visiting my grandparents. Much more fun than going to the beach. We (my sisters, brother and myself) would cut through the allotments and raid a ...Read more

A memory of Cheriton in 1948 by Sylvia Mulley

The War Years

I now reside in New York but during the war I was evacuated from London to Fairbourne. It was the first 5 years of my life but I still remember much of it. I went to school there as well as Barmouth. The vicar was called Mr Hopkins ...Read more

A memory of Fairbourne in 1940 by David Nutter

The Rubble On The Beach

I spent my teenage years in Dunwich, and in retrospect they were wonderful. Freedom, long walks, the beach and sea, cliffs, marshes and the old tank defences from WWII. My best friend Justin North, who lived at 'Marshside' ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1966 by James Ritchie

Dunwich Monastery Gateway

My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in Scotland, ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by James Ritchie

Fred And Dorcas

My Great Grandparents were Fred & Dorcas Beeching, and both died in 1915, they lived in Dunks Green, and two of their sons Sydney and William were killed in the Great War, their names appear on the memorial stone in Plaxtol i think. Does anyone have memories of Dunks Green from any years. Brian

A memory of Dunk's Green in 1910 by Brian Beeching

Happy Days

my husband and i were tenants of the old hewitts brewery at the crown inn ror about two years in the sixties we had some marvellous characters as regulars the appleby brothers what jokers, herman the butcher len the baker jim the estate ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1964 by Dorothy Atkinson

Bathing In The River

Montague terrace was home to many children. I remember the Allen's, John, June, Barry, Hazel, Ivan & Valerie. The White's, Maurice and Barbara, The William,s and Smith,s, Joan, Roy, Margaret, Jeffrey, and at least three ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1949 by Barbara R Bryan

East Front Road In The Sixties

My Grandparents, George and Ella Ashford, had retired to Pagham in 1958. They lived at number 12 East Front Road. Their bungalow was very comfortable with a great view out over the channel. The original railway carriage ...Read more

A memory of Pagham by John Ashford

Holidays

I stayed here with my mother and sisters when I was 5 and later when I was 11. Then it was owned by the Holiday Fellowship (now HF Holidays) who ran walking holidays for families. I have very fond memories of the house and the area. ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1958 by Jean Berry

Captions

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Caption For Ingoldmells, Moores Holiday Estate Camp C1955

This is now Coral Beach, with made-up roads and caravans that look more like mobile homes.

Caption For Exmouth, The Miniature Railway C1960

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.

Caption For Arnside, From The Beach 1894

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach at Arnside.

Caption For Salisbury, Old House In High Street 1928

For many years it housed the famous antiquarian bookshop Beach's, which survived until 1999.

Caption For Hastings, The Beach 1890

This view shows the sea-front and beach, looking towards the pier.

Caption For Sandgate, Radnor Cliff 1906

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Moores Holiday Estate Camp C1955

This is now Coral Beach, with made-up roads and caravans that look more like mobile homes.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1908

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach.

Caption For Newquay, The Sands And The Island 1907

The suspension bridge across to a house on the Island is still a feature of Newquay's Towan Beach.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour From West Cliff 1887

Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach.

Caption For Margate, The Beach And Seafront 1906

Holidaymakers enjoy themselves on Margate Beach.

Caption For Weymouth, The Esplanade 1899

, unlike many south coast resorts, faces east; it is therefore possible to sit on hot sunny days without the glare of the afternoon sun in the face.This accounted for the popularity of the long beach

Caption For Borth, The Beach 1925

Children play at the south end of the beach.

Caption For Cayton Bay, The Beach C1960

Even the dog looks as though it is enjoying itself, and the donkeys are certainly keeping busy on this beautiful beach.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach 1907

Serried ranks of bathing tents and a crowded beach spell out summer fun at Broadstairs during the early twentieth century.

Caption For Hemsby, The Beach C1965

It was during this time that most of the wooden cottages and shops along Beach Road became the concrete amusements and shops we know today.

Caption For Penally, Giltar Point And Sands C1955

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

It was for many years the haunt of Dorset smugglers, who landed their cargoes on the nearby beach of Seatown.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Thames Barges On West Beach 1912

Industry and leisure mix in this beach scene.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From Capstone Hill 1899

In the foreground on the beach is a Punch and Judy show, an evergreen attraction which here appears in danger of being swept away by the boisterous Bristol Channel swell.

Caption For Littleham, Sandy Bay Beach C1960

Sandy Bay is Littleham's beach, offering some of the finest bathing on the East Devon coast.

Caption For East Runton, High Street 1921

East Runton offered visitors the same spectacular cliff scenery and ample beaches as its close neighbour, Cromer, but less of the noise and bustle.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, 1901

Neither the promenade nor the gardens by it have been built, and the stone facing of the railway embankment slopes right down to the beach.

Caption For Lavernock, St Mary's Well Bay C1955

The beach is one of the nearest to Cardiff and was very popular with parents and young chiuldren and those who thought Penarth too commercialised.