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Places
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Memories
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Happy Days In Newquay
My parents were friends of the Lukes and as my father was in the war, and Birmingham was getting more bombing, it was decided to send me down to auntie Dorothy. I enjoyed down there, although I was only 4yrs old I still ...Read more
A memory of Newquay in 1943 by
My Oldham
I was born in Oldham in 1946. Lived in Norfolk Street, Chadderton until 1953 then moved to the Isle of Wight. My mother, Marjorie Bolton, lived in Hollinwood and represented Oldham as Cotton Queen in the 1930's. Have always loved the ...Read more
A memory of Oldham in 1946 by
Severn Beach 1937 To 1956
I was born in Severn Beach in 1937 and lived in number 11 Ableton Lane, later to become Church Road! I remember the Stockham family very well and the Scrivens, Mrs Lukins, and all along the road, Vowles, Grimes, Tudors, ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1930 by
Falmouth Fishstrand Quay C1960s
Ah yes, I remember going with my mother to Fishstrand Quay ice house to buy mackeral and crab. It was like a huge walk-in freezer with lots of large fridge doors and had massive latches on them with lots of ice blocks ...Read more
A memory of Falmouth in 1960 by
Ty Gynn Caravan Site
Hi, My family used to holiday in a caravan on Ty-gynn (sorry unsure of the spelling) camp site, we holidayed there from the late 1960's to about 1974. The caravan belonged to the mother of a work mate of my late father, the ...Read more
A memory of Towyn in 1968 by
Lost Village Of East Holywell
I was born in East Holywell in 1946 and lived at 24 North Row. By then there were only 2 rows of houses left. We lived with my grandmother, Eva Barnfather, who had been there since the turn of the century. Like my ...Read more
A memory of East Holywell in 1950 by
Happy Memories
I worked in the Hotel Continental in the very hot summer of 1976 with 3 friends. It was a glorious summer season and the sun shone endlessly, so we spent many lazy days (between work shifts!) on the beach. We danced into the early ...Read more
A memory of Mundesley in 1976 by
Childhood Memories
My grandparents lived in Bryn Mynach Avenue (Beach family) and later my Uncle Fred & Aunty Doreen. My own mother had moved to London shortly after leaving school. My brother spent the war years in Ystrad and I have spent ...Read more
A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1958 by
Visits To Captain Digby In 1960s
I remember our annual holiday to Kingsgate in the 1960s. We stayed in various guest houses in Percy Avenue and often walked down to Kingsgate Bay for a day on the beach. In 1965 I was aged 7 and remember the pub ...Read more
A memory of Kingsgate in 1965 by
Childhood Memories Of Penrhyn Bay
My grandmother and grandfather lived at "Oaklands", in Maesgwyn Road, opposite a corrugated iron church. The road was unmade and beyond the church to the sea was a large meadow where cattle and sheep grazed. On the ...Read more
A memory of Penrhyn in 1930
Captions
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Townsend Farm overlooks a junction where the lane to East Quantoxhead leaves the main road.
During the first quarter of the 20th century Worthing's beach was very popular with visitors and inhabitants alike.
This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.
The people flocked back to the beach after wartime defences had been cleared. The Royal Engineers warned that dangers remained but town traders eagerly declared the town safe.
Sidmouth's pebbly beach has never deterred sea bathers and paddlers, though building sandcastles was a harder task.
At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
These boats up on the pink shingle beach are probably rowing boats for hire - they were painted red, white and blue.
Few people can now remember how crowded the beach became on a warm summer day - the scenes here were comparable with Blackpool Beach.
At low tide Porth Beach becomes a sandy inlet on the east side of Newquay, but here the tide is in, with Porth Island and Trevelgue Head seen across the water.
Outdoor holidays are being pioneered here, with just a few tents and caravans on the edge of the beach at Sconhoe Farm.
Recovering nicely after the 1953 floods, new huts on the promenade replace the old ones which stood on the beach and were smashed up in the storm along with the original Beach Cafe.
This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.
Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey.
The beach huts show that this was and still is a popular beach. Most of the larger houses have been converted to hotels to cater for the hundreds of tourists that arrive every summer.
This settlement probably got its name from Andrew Wysmon, a tenant knight at the time of Edward II's reign.
This parade of large shops and houses are just round the corner from the station. The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.
Many a local will remember learning to drive for the first time on this huge beach near Porthmadog, although summer access is now a little more restricted than we see here.
Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.
This is the longest beach in Pembrokeshire (two miles end to end), lying below a shingle storm ridge.
Unlike many Norfolk beaches, which allowed the erection of permanent wooden beach huts, Gorleston offered a few temporary huts for weekly hire and a 'village' of square tents.
Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay. Here the few visitors that could make their way here enjoy a lazy day on the beach.
Pwllheli possesses perhaps the finest sandy beach in Wales; and there can be no doubt it will become one of the most attractive seaside places in the kingdom.
By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach. Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.
The beach is seen at low tide, with striking clouds and the sun glinting on the surf.
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