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439 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Paignton Was My Crucible 1947

My mother gave life to me in Paignton hospital (now a hospice I believe) in July of this year (1947) and I spent much of my early years in and around this lovely little town. Not so lovely or little now but still grand ...Read more

A memory of Paignton in 1947 by Peter Chave

Great Days And Fond Memories

It was with great warmth that I read the memory about the O'Dells at the Cross Keys Pub. I too spent some great times with young Cliff at the family garage and at the X Keys. My mother also worked for many years with Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham

Growing Up In Holbeach St Marks (The Marsh)

Although I was actually born in Holbeach Bank, and spent the first 3 1/2 years of my life in Holbeach St Matthews, I spent my childhood in Holbeach St Marks. My mother and father Ray and Greta Gray, ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach St Marks in 1955 by Alan Gray

Rye Grammar School

I have a great-grandfather and several of his brothers who went to this grammar school in the 1830s and 1840s and they all had very nice writing with perfect copperplate. So maybe the severity on the outside was reflected in the ...Read more

A memory of Rye

Hill Head Doctors

I worked at Stubbington Surgery from 1973 and in those days the senior partner was Doctor Loughborough. He was a larger than life character who lived at Cliff House Hill Head, moving in later years to a new house he had built next ...Read more

A memory of Hill Head in 1973 by Linda Sexton

Pittock Wraight Family

In Studdall Street, Little Mongeham in 1881-91, Henry Pittock a wagonner lived with his wife & daughter both called Frances. Henry was born about 1856 in Kingsdown, Kent, the son of Henry Stephen Pittock & ...Read more

A memory of Little Mongeham in 1880

My House My Home

This is Southcombe Terrace, Axmouth. 6-13 Southcombe Terrace was designed by the architect Frederick Kett and built by Bert Warren around 1937/8 for the Stedcombe Estate. My parents, Rock and Olive Real, then in their mid ...Read more

A memory of Axmouth in 1955 by Pauline Morgan

Mevagissey Museum

I have many childhood memories of Mevagissey. My parents bought a cottage in Cliff Street, Mevagissey during the late 1950s. We used it as a holiday home until 1965 when my father retired from designing Colt Houses (all timber ...Read more

A memory of Mevagissey in 1969 by John Hilder

Wreck At Hordle Cliff

As a young boy of 9 or so, living in Barton on Sea, sometime around 1952, I remember a ship washing up in a storm on the beach at Hordle Cliff. During the time before it was re-floated, the local youth had the opportunity to ...Read more

A memory of Hordle in 1952 by Edward Williams

Barton On Sea New Milton Hants Dorset

My parents moved from Bournemouth to Barton-on-Sea around 1947, and purchased a business at 18 Whitefield Road, New Milton, and a home at 24 Barton Court Avenue which was our childhood home for ten years - ...Read more

A memory of Barton on Sea in 1947 by Edward Williams

Captions

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Caption For Porthpean, Cliffs And Blackhead C1884

Although the photograph was originally captioned 'Porthpean Cliffs & Blackhead', the distant headland is in fact Gerrans Point, which obscures Black Head from this viewpoint.

Caption For Broadstairs, View From The Cliffe 1962

We are looking from the Cliffe; Bleak House is prominent in the centre of the photograph.

Caption For Runswick, The Village 1927

Artists and painters also appreciated the vistas and light in this village, perched on the edge of the cliffs.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, From The Pier 1913

A lovely view taken from the end of the pier, looking back towards Saltburn and showing the buildings of the Marine Parade and the cliff lift leading up to them.

Caption For Filey, Fishing On The Brigg C1932

The cliffs and rocks on either side of Filey form a sheltered bay.

Caption For Port Isaac, 1895

The Victorian school stands right on the edge of the cliff above the fishing harbour.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

Most of those enjoying the sea air do so from the comfort of the long line of wooden seats below the cliffs.

Caption For Douglas, From Near Derby Castle 1894

The Falcon Cliff Hotel is little more than a dot on the landscape on the left of the picture.

Caption For Broadstairs, Viking Bay C1956

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.

Caption For East Runton, Beach Entrance 1921

East Runton cliffs were noted for their unusual 'contorted' strata containing huge masses of chalk.

Caption For Littleham, Sandy Bay Beach C1960

The few scattered caravans on the cliff top mark the site of what has now become a vast 'caravanopolis' with hundreds of caravans, a car park, a restaurant and a shop.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Clifton Terrace 1898

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

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 West Runton, The Village C1960

The most famous inhabitant of West Runton died some 600,000 years ago: the skeleton of a giant elephant was found in the cliffs after erosion in the 1990s.

Caption For Littleham, The Cliff Path C1955

Once the cliff paths around Littleham were used by coastguards, who were on constant watch for smuggling activities.

Caption For Sheringham, High Street 1901

This grand view extends over the town beyond West Cliff as far as Blakeney Point in the distance.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Westcliff Gardens C1955

Close to the band stage and above the tree- covered cliffs are wide expanses of grass, ideal for picnics.

Caption For Lavenham, The Church 1895

Cliff Richard performed here at a Mission in 1972, and the author and his wife Dorothy were married here in 1973.

Caption For West Rasen, The Church C1955

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

Caption For West Rasen, The Church C1955

Moving east off the Limestone Cliff, our route descends towards the clay vale that runs along the western edge of The Wolds.

Caption For Southwold, The Lighthouse And Sole Bay Inn C1965

The strangely landlocked lighthouse was safely positioned away from the cliff edge but not too central in the town, where the smoke from coal fires might have obscured the light.

Caption For Porthgwarra, Cove And Caves 1908

There is just space to bring a few open fishing boats between the rocks to a slipway at this little cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, 1927

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

Caption For Beachy Head, The Lighthouse 1910

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.