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Barry Island
I remember the Donkeys in Barry Island very well some times i used to go for a ride on a donkey on the beach at Barry. That was many years a go when i was young we used to go to Barry Island quite often on day or afternoon trips as we ...Read more
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Eccles Boys Choir
I was a member of the Eccles Boys Choir which was founded by Allan Warrington who was a teacher at Beech Street School he was also the choir master at Eccles Parish Church and also a part time organist at Manchester Cathedral . I ...Read more
A memory of Patricroft by
Wonderful Days
We spent all our warm summer holidays at Westgate. We lived in South London. My Grandmother lived in Quex Road and we had a caravan on St Crispens caravan site. I loved getting fish heads from the fish monger to go crabbing. I ...Read more
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The Original Beach Cafe
When I was a boy in the 1950 to 1970 period my Mother was employed as the cook/manager of the what I assume was the original substantial brick built Cafe/Restaurant. It was rented out to a Mrs Esme Elley whose family owned ...Read more
A memory of Hunmanby Gap by
1960s & 70s
My grandparents (McNaught) lived in Henrietta Street, and my parents & I stayed with them for many holidays in the 60s and 70s. An uncle & aunt lived in George Street - they were retired teachers from Barrhill school. Another aunt ...Read more
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Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
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Tyn Y By The Sea
First stayed there in 1951. My dad rented the chalet opposite the green corrugated Chapel aside of the sandy path which lead to the beach. Apart from the shop and chippy there was a Welcoast ice cream kiosk on the corner that closed a ...Read more
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Blue Bird Café
I grew up in Lee, from 1948. My parents owned the bakers in the High street. We first lived in the flat above, with the bakery behind. We then moved to a flat on Marine Parade, not as posh as they are now! We owned the BlueBird ...Read more
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Idyllic Holidays Pre Ww2
We camped at Littleham, with only my immediate family in the farmer's field. We collected straw from the farmer, and stuffed our palliasses for beds. The straw was returned to the barn when we left. Each morning ...Read more
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My Memories
I was born in Littlehampton in 1950. My Grandad had a grocers shop in Maxwell Road and my Father had a green grocer / sweet shop in Church Street,next to the Palladium cinema. both shops were called Bere & Son. I went to Connaught ...Read more
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The sprawling seaside bungalowdom of Camber - the holiday village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide
With large trips to the seaside organised by youth groups, it was always a challenge to find different ways of entertaining large numbers of youngsters on the beach.
The beach is still a popular area, but now the coast road with its traffic runs in front of the sycamore tree on the left.
Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.
Babbacombe's beaches were popular with early visitors to the resort, such as Oscar Wilde and Edward VII.
By this time, the two-mile-long concrete promenade at Felixstowe had been constructed, offering a pleasant walkway between the gardens of the hotels on the left and the shingle beach on the right of this
Most of the men gathered here on the beach are not fishermen - their bowler hats and shooting sticks suggest they are far more well-to-do.
This narrow road is still the main highway along the north Norfolk coast. The caravan site on the right is on top of the Runton cliffs.
On this bright summer's day, the car park in the heart of the village is packed full of cars.
The village of Sea Palling was changed irrevocably by the east coast floods of 1953.
Two miles west of Margate, Westgate on Sea has two bays; sea walls built along the curves of the bays form two promenades with steps down to the beach, and gardens are laid out for the benefit of visitors
Courtenay Terrace is the only group of houses in Hove with long gardens backing onto the beach.
Fishing nets hang out to dry along the esplanade of Filey's North Beach, while a 'coble', as the old-fashioned fishing boats are called, waits above on the left.
Chesil Beach, seen here from the Isle of Portland, is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long, with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.
Narrow streets, pretty cottages (some of them thatched), fishing boats on the beach, and all in a beautiful setting on the Lizard peninsula, put Cadgwith on the list of places to visit once road transport
H Absalon offered bathing huts, but only for the use of ladies and children. This was where they could discreetly enter the water, hidden from prying eyes. There were other huts for men.
Chesil Beach, seen here from the Isle of Portland, is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long, with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.
One could not be any nearer the sea than when you stayed at the Lanzarote Boarding House, the large building on the right of the photograph.
Here we see a splendid prospect of the Promenade and the Zetland Hotel, viewed from the beach.
The sand-dunes along the east coast of Norfolk can rise to heights of ten metres or more, making access to the beautiful sandy beaches relatively difficult.
This view is taken from Saunton Down over the popular holiday beach at Croyde. In the field below, the wheat is harvested and placed in stooks to dry. This was before combine harvesters were used.
These are few of the popular village shops which provide everything that the locals and visitors require.
The row of houses on the left-hand side are known as Cliff Terrace; they look across the sands and coastline towards Saltburn.
The greatest attraction of Perranporth is its extensive beach of golden sand backed by dunes.
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