Littlestone On Sea, The Parade c.1955

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Photo of Littlestone On Sea, The Parade c.1955

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To give the patients the benefit of the healthy sea breezes, a convalescent home for women and girls, with a wing for mothers and infants, was built in Nether Avenue in 1902. It contained 45 beds and 5 cots. It cost £6000 and was called Littlestone Convalescent Home. The sandy beach stretched for miles in each direction, and the seafront road ran for two miles.

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My Years In Greatstone

I lived in Meehan Road for eight years in the fifties and have many great memories. My husband worked for Marshalls the Butchers and later at Ferryfield. I enjoyed working in the Caravan stores and my in-laws café on the sea front. We used to go to dances at the hotel in Littlestone and went to a dance there a few weeks before we sailed to New Zealand. I had a dog called Poppy and we always enjoyed that great beach. What happy times they were and I recall them with nostalgia. Thelma Sears

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Added 16 April 2014

Grand Hotel, Littlestone, 1963

I remember attending my aunt's 21st Birthday Party at the Grand Hotel in 1963. I was 3 years old. They had strung a fishing net from the ceiling of the ballroom and filled it with balloons. Every now and again one of the balloons would get loose and float down to the dance floor where the people would do their best to stamp on it. I loved balloons and my cousin and I collected up the pieces ...see more