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Memories

1,374 memories found. Showing results 311 to 320.

Revistiing

I revisited Edern & Morfa Nefyn after my last visit which was in 1954 with my Mum and Dad as a 12 year old child. I remembered everywhere and my husband was worried I would be disappointed as things would have changed, but they had not. ...Read more

A memory of Nefyn in 2005 by Iris Bland

Those Were The Days

July early 60's you could not move on the beach for holidaymakers, all the deck chairs would be sold out and Bill & Pat Ramsay would be playing music over the speakers. The Spartan club - weight lifters would be there - Dave ...Read more

A memory of Aberdeen in 1960

Lime Grove

I was born in Buchaven in Fife. I stayed in 93 Lime Grove and have great memories of the cul de sac. An old Polish couple, the Rhodes, stayed next door, then there was the Murray's, the Capes, the Livingstones, the Wipers, the Fentons, ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1973 by Anne Watters

Goodrington

I was born in 1948 in Wallasy Cheshire, now Merseyside. As my maternal grandparents lived in Plympton, we used to spend two or three weeks with them every year. A day out to Goodrington was very popular, travelling by train from Plympton ...Read more

A memory of Paignton by Edward Godfrey

Searle The Boatbuilder

In the row of cottages on Pill Creek mentioned by Malcolm Macmeikan lived "old Searle" who built small boats in a shed on the quay on the opposite side of the creek. At age 11 or 12, I painted one of them, a rowing boat called ...Read more

A memory of Feock in 1930 by Philip Woodward

Childhood Freedom

My brother and I spent very important years in Theydon Bois. We were only there for 5 years but they were probably the most formative. It was a very simple village. There was the school, far too small for the many children born ...Read more

A memory of Theydon Bois in 1953 by Lesley Parry

My First Memories Of Saltfleet

My first visit to Saltfleet was as a 12 year old in 1956. A relative , Kitty Scherdel was managing the Sunnydale site for local farmer George Tuxworth and had recently moved a converted bus there from South Yorkshire and ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by pegasusgr3

My Life In Fishersgate And Southwick.

I was born in Southlands hospital in 1932. In 1935 I moved into 14 West Road Fishersgate and (when old enough)went to Fishersgate Infant school. In 1943 we moved into 21 Fishersgate Terrace, which at that time was ...Read more

A memory of Southwick by colinwadey1

Elmshot Corner

Mr.Cox had the hardware shop on the corner,. Left hand side. Went to school with hisson Nigel Marion Turnbull if your out there. I still think of you. Burnham Beaches???????

A memory of Cippenham by n.furlong.com

Elmshot Corner

Mr.Cox had the hardware shop on the corner,. Left hand side. Went to school with hisson Nigel Marion Turnbull if your out there. I still think of you. Burnham Beaches???????

A memory of Cippenham by n.furlong.com

Captions

1,131 captions found. Showing results 745 to 768.

Caption For Gillingham, The Strand C1955

The Strand was named in 1924, extended in 1930, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, summer found the foreshore as crowded as any seaside beach.

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, Chapel Point C1955

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

Caption For Salthouse, Cross Street C1955

This scene is characteristic of the North Norfolk coast: the walls and houses are built of whole flints found in the fields or on the nearby beach.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Capstone Hill And Parade 1911

The small beach to the left is at Prechers Rock.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

Children playing on boats and beach evoke a scene typical of the fascination of British people with maritime matters from an early age.

Caption For Skegness, From The Beach 1899

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

Caption For Exmouth, View From The Beacon 1925

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort. Tourists came for the bracing air and social activities.

Caption For Kinmel Bay, Sandy Cove C1955

Here, recently-built chalets shelter residents and visitors to the beaches, and these shops sold all the requisites, from groceries to postcards, to satisfy their needs.

Caption For Dunwich, The Beach 1909

A substantial shingle beach this may be, but it offers no protection to the sandy cliffs. All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave.

Caption For Thorpeness, The Benthills 1929

At one stage the residents of Benthills enjoyed exclusive use of the beach area in front of their houses - 'The Benthills Enclosure'.

Caption For Torcross, The Sands 1896

More Americans died training here than were killed on Utah Beach on D-Day.

Caption For Barry Island, Whitmore Bay 1900

The erection of iron railings by the Windsor Estate to enclose and prevent access to the beach except by gates is already under way.

Caption For Barry Island, 'paddling' 1925

These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

Caption For Clevedon, The Pier 1892

In late Victorian tour guides, Clevedon was noted for its good beach, its pier, and the surrounding countryside, which was considered to be exceptionally beautiful.

Caption For Newlyn, Fish Market 1906

The Newlyn School numbered among its luminaries Henry Scott Tuke, Edwin Harris and William Wainwright, but the leading light was undoubtedly Stanhope Forbes, whose masterpiece 'Fish Sale on Newlyn Beach

Caption For Redcar, The Beach C1955

Redcar's popularity for the past 150 years has largely depended upon the attractions of the sea and the beach. A group of roundabouts and swings offers entertainment for the children.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1890

The whitewashed Fore Street Methodist chapel is to the right, likewise built onto the harbour beach.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, New Promenade 1897

Extensive and beautiful sandy beaches brought ever- increasing numbers of visitors to the North Wales coast.

Caption For Blue Anchor, The Village 1936

It is rumoured that the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret once stayed at the summerhouse he built for his wife above the beach.

Caption For Landewednack, Church Cove C1900

Church Cove was a pilchard fishing place, with boats hauled up the steep beach, and there was also a lifeboat station here for a while until 1899.

Caption For Scarborough, The South Cliff Tramway 1890

The tramway offered holiday-makers an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade, other than by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens, and all for just 1d.

Caption For Margate, Marine Parade 1908

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Caption For Criccieth, And Cardigan Bay 1931

Its unspoilt beach, fine coastal vistas and village atmosphere drew the more discerning visitor.

Caption For Watermouth, Harbour With Vessels C1871

Trading schooners are beached, waiting for their cargo to be taken ashore by horse and cart.