Places
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Memories
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Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
Do You Know Lilla Allan Bryant
I am looking for my paternal grandmother or her relatives. Her name is Lilla Allan (nee Bryant). She was married to my grandad Haydon Fraser Allan who owned Allans Bakery at 147 Windsor Road in Neath. They married in ...Read more
A memory of Neath by
Birthplace And Never Forgotten When Asked
I was born in Dysart to a mining family of 5 brothers, me being in the middle. My mum watched over us all and used to take us walks by the man in the rock along to Wemyss and back via the castle estate. ...Read more
A memory of Dysart by
Amser Gorau Yn Ei Bywyd
1950s and 1960s in Malltraeth... The summers were always long and hot, we went swimming on the beach when we were younger, and as we got older in the 'corbwll'. We went out collecting birds eggs, the odd apple or pear would ...Read more
A memory of Malltraeth
Living In Seaton 1950s 1960s
My parents owned Mount Brioni in the late 1950s to early 1960s, I was just a baby, I had 5 sisters and 3 brothers who all lived there. I remember the Doneys who owned the cafe on the beach and spent many happy days on our beach.
A memory of Seaton by
Holidays In The 1950s
My parents and I used to stay in a bungalow owed by a Mr & Mrs Tidy and I was made to keep it tidy! I loved the sandy beach and remember playing deck tennis on the sand. Next door was a family with three girls, their ...Read more
A memory of St Mary's Bay by
The Beach
When I look at these old photos, Sheringham has not changed that much, it's very strange though seeing the old Grand Hotel. I used to take the ponies round the roundabout as a young child to earn money during the summer. The water trough is still there but full of flowers instead of horses' noses.
A memory of Sheringham by
Youthful Pranks In Binstead! 1958 1962
I am a 67 year old British citizen and have lived for over 40 years as a rock musician in Germany. I went to Ryde School in the 60s. After I left I was lonely living in London and used come back to the island ...Read more
A memory of Binstead by
Fond Memories
I first visited Borth as a toddler in the early 60's, with my Uncle Dai from Machynlleth. I used to visit him and his wife to stay with them for holidays. As he had worked the railways he used to take me from Mach to Borth on the train ...Read more
A memory of Borth by
Happy Days In The Sun
This was my idea of heaven. For 7 years during my early childhood we went to Nefyn for 2 weeks during the summer. Dad always rented a beach hut to "brew up in" and hold the deckchairs and swimming stuff. The highlight of the ...Read more
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Captions
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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.
Few people can now remember how crowded the beach became on a warm summer day - the scenes here were comparable with Blackpool Beach.
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.
Bathing tents dot the beach at Viking Bay, while two bathing machines stand at the water's edge.
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 c1955 Totland Bay is a good starting point for a long coastal ramble past The Needles to Alum Bay - some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.
While a group of children on the beach greet the photographer, others visit the sweet shop (left), whilst a group wait with suitcases to be collected at the end of their holiday (centre).
Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.
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.
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.
At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
It also had nearby coal-pits, which sent out some of their produce from the beach here.
Only a mile from a pleasant and unspoilt beach, the area attracted holiday- makers, and the occupiers of Townsend House helped satisfy their needs by offering meals and accommodation.
The most popular and fashionable part of the promenade is that known as the Green Beach.
For many years hoards of revellers would descend on the beach from Cardiff via cheap ferry trips.
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.
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 view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.
Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.
The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.
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