Lyme Regis, Marine Parade c.1955
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Frith's photographer originally titled this as 'The Walk', which was the old Lyme name for the upper length of Marine Parade long into the 20th century. A plaque records that it was the inspired idea of the Corscombe libertarian philanthropist Thomas Hollis (1720-74) in 1771. He also endowed Harvard University's library. The familiar K6 telephone kiosk (left), a 1930 design by architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, adds a misleading touch of continuity. Just a decade before, fortified lookouts and pillboxes guarded this scene, and a mass of girders and wires bristled above a mined beach. By 1955 The Bay Private Hotel (centre) is catering again for civilians. The distant view is north- eastwards to Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill, above Charmouth.
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