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The Passing Of Trixie Olding.

Mabel (Trixie) Olding passed away on the 14th January 2012 at Two Beeches Nursing Home Wallis Road, Waterlooville at nearly 96 years of age. Prior to her being admitted to Two Beeches NH, Trixie lived for many ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville by Melvyn Griffiths

Eden Hall School

I was sent to Eden Hall as a 9 year old as my asthma was causing me to miss school. My brother Brett Imray had gone a few years earlier and I have awesome memories of the school and Bacton. I only stayed about 18 months. It was such a ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1974 by Daryll Imray

Manchester Residential School Bollin Cross

I went to this school in 1977-80. I started in Hawthorn House and Mr Holland's class, he was a good teacher. Then moved next door to Beech House and Mrs Bowcock's classs. I know I wasn't abused there or ...Read more

A memory of Styal in 1977 by Sharon Harrop

1960s Whitburn Memories

I have some lovely memories of staying with my auntie Madge Dale in Adolphus Street in Whitburn in the 1960s with my mum and dad. As a small child I used to sleep in a tiny attic bedroom where my mum Doris Goodall (who ...Read more

A memory of South Shields by Christine Warwick

Ice Cream On The Way To The Beach In The Early 1960s

My grandparents moved to Frinton-On-Sea in 1959 and for the whole of my childhood I spent a week or so of every school summer holiday with them in their bungalow. I clearly remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Frinton-On-Sea by Margaret Drinkwater

Training

I trained racehorses on this beach from 1967 t0 1970. My stable was behind Beadnell House Hotel and I and my family lived just off Swinhoe Road in a cottage which was just behind the Dunes. Happy days. I also spent many a family holiday in ...Read more

A memory of Beadnell in 1967 by Bill Mather

Evacuee

My Grandmother rented a cottage (Era Goch) during the war and I went to live with her as a sort of evacuee. I used to attend the one room school in Dwyran. I played with my friends on the beach. I don't know how we did not drown as we would go ...Read more

A memory of Dwyran in 1940 by Joyce Sheard

Argent Street Grays

I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1958 by Mike Walker

Forty Years Ago.

Sept 1971, and Ventnor became the place of our honeymoon. We had a fabulous week, the weather was good, a lovely hotel just up the hill from the beach. At the end of it, we were very brave and returned to the mainland by hovercraft - ...Read more

A memory of Ventnor in 1971 by Susan Moore

Stambridge Mill And Rochford Beach

When I was a kid about of about 10 we used to swim from the sluice at the mill. It was great for swimming as the current was strong at the gates. Also the beach was more popular, we used these sites till we had ...Read more

A memory of Rochford by Mark Wilson

Captions

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Caption For Mundesley, Fisherman's Gangway C1955

Originally a rough roadway through the cliffs to the beach known as Cart Gap, the Gangway was constructed in concrete in 1898 by Steward & Patteson brewery, the owners of the Ship Hotel.

Caption For Clarach, 1921

Having made the energetic walk, visitors were greeted by a café and a secluded beach. At the far end is a farm whose land was once owned by Welsh princes and Norman kings.

Caption For Blackpool, From The South Jetty 1890

The sea wall had not been built either, and the promenade is bordered by cobbles sloping to the beach, with wooden piles providing some protection against the breaking waves.

Caption For Bournemouth, Undercliff Drive 1922

Chalets and beach huts were crammed into every available space at this time to fulfil the demand for them. Some were privately owned, and others rented out to holidaymakers.

Caption For Paignton, Preston Sands 1918

In the background are the buildings of the Preston Railway 'stop off' for visitors to the beach.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1904

The sea wall was constructed in 1835 and the shingle beach can be clearly seen. Overlooking the sea are some fine old cottages, exuberant in design and with bulging thatch.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, The Pier And Steel Stella 1958

This sandy beach was obviously popular with both children and adults. A Punch and Judy show always drew the crowds (centre), and many visitors enjoyed a trip on one of the pleasure boats.

Caption For Harwich, The Recreation Ground C1960

Beach huts line the edge of the green. The small shop on the right still opens to serve summer visitors.

Caption For Holkham, The Beach 1950

The beach is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and the dunes form a National Nature Reserve.

Caption For Abbotsbury, The Tithe Barn 1890

Abbotsbury, situated at the western end of Chesil Beach, is most famous for its swannery, the waters of the Fleet often being turned white with hundreds of birds.

Caption For Penarth, The Beach 1896

The esplanade Hotel (left) stands on the north side of the Promenade; horse-drawn brakes wait for passengers from either the beach or the hotel, bound for the railway station in the town centre.

Caption For Crackington Haven, 1931

Specimens of 'Little Trees', a species of deep water coral so named because of its shape, are sometimes washed up on the beach at Crackington.

Caption For Carbis Bay, The Beach C1955

The refreshment hut has now been overtaken by a more substantial establishment, which offers outside seating and car parking on the beach.

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

Two Thames sailing barges discharge cargo at low water on the beach, whilst drawn higher up are some bathing machines.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

Disturbed water at the cliff base indicates the power and force of the seas as they surge into the bay and crash against the beach.

Caption For Kynance Cove, 1895

The long Asparagus Island on the left can only be reached across the beach at low tide.

Caption For Seaton, The Beach 1935

Holidaymakers and day trippers have been drawn to the sandy beach at the mouth of the Seaton valley.

Caption For Dawlish Warren, Mount Pleasant 1906

One longer tunnel is said to have run down to the beach.

Caption For Scarborough, View From North Cliff C1955

At the moment the tide is in, but later on the beach will be thronged with people.

Caption For Trebarwith, 1895

This is a good view of one of the few places with access to a good beach for many miles of slate coast, although even then the sand is covered at high tide. Gull Rock is offshore.

Caption For Holford, From Firs 1897

A path leads from the tiny village across the fields to low cliffs above this quiet beach.

Caption For Bacton, Sea View Cafe C1955

1940s and early 50s caravan and camping sites saw the village embrace the holiday trade with an amusement arcade and new shops like Sea View Café, which were conveniently sited near the beach

Caption For Croyde, Bay And Baggy Point 1936

Despite that, this is still the preferred beach for locals, and laver seaweed (the edible kind) is harvested here whenever the month has an 'R' in it.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Pier 1910

Fishermen also benefited from this extra demand for entertainment, as they were still able to supplement their income by offering pleasure boat trips from the beach.