Saltfleet, Sea Lane c.1955

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My first visit to Saltfleet was as a 12 year old in 1956. A relative , Kitty Scherdel was managing the Sunnydale site for local farmer George Tuxworth and had recently moved a converted bus there from South Yorkshire and we stayed in that. There was one other converted bus and 3 caravans on the site and a chicken hut.. The old lookout tower om the beach was still in good condition then, and the tide ...see more

I spent many happy years at Kingswood Caravan Site (now Tuxworth Holiday Park). My nanna & granddad (Henry "Sailor" & Nellie Toyne) started using the site in the 1960's until the 1990's, althrough my granddad died in 1988, my nanna continued until her mobility let her down. Facilities at Kingswood would have been considered "primitive" today. No electricity, other than the ...see more

My father was Rev R G Cowie, who was before Rev Reece Jones. We came to North Somercotes in 1939 from Newcastle and I had an idyllic childhood in the vicarage. I remember a bomb fell in South Somercotes, I also remember picking up silver foil from the lawn in the mornings. Tank traps on the beaches.I too, remember the Clayton brothers who delivered coal, and I think a Mr Stones who was a farmer. There ...see more

Following on from my cousin Mick Packwood's memories of Saltfleet in the 1970s, I would like to add mine. Life there was pretty simple as I guess most places were during that period. Fishing was the main pastime during the day with the usual catch being eels. We did used to eat them once you managed to actually hold them and skin them. Grandad used to stew them in milk, but to be honest the only way I ...see more