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Memories

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Speeton Cliffs With Cafe In Foreground

The road down to the shore was built for gravel extraction with the washing plant on the level ground just below where this shot was taken from. The building shown was a cafe. On the other side of the road ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1955 by Bill Rice

2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment Married Quarters

My earliest memories are of the married quarters, well into the interior of the barracks of the Dorset Regiment. My father had escaped the poverty of the East End of London in 1923. By 1937 he was ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1930 by Peter Giles

My Early Chidhood

I was born at 32 Pisgah Road which was the bottom end cottage of a row of three opposite Pisgah Chapel. The cottages had no back entrances. There was a pathway running in front of the three cottages with an outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of Talywain in 1945 by Brian Smith

Fountain Road And Upper Tooting

I was born and first lived in Fountain Road. My first memory is the nursery at Amen corner in and old fire station they had stairs that went in a spirol and I hated them. I went to Defoe School and then on to ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1971 by Ann Jones

My Days At East Quinton School

I went to East Quinton School in September 1978 and was one of the first pupils to enter the school after it had been refurbished. Mr Smith was the headmaster at the time, I was then at the school three weekends out ...Read more

A memory of Seaford in 1870 by Owen Spence

223 High Street

I lived with my family (Matthews) at 223 High Street from 1955 until 1963, brother David, sisters Cynthia and Jackie, parents Rene and Reg. I think my parents bought the house in 1952 as my brother was born in the back ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1955 by Kathy Browne

Grand Stand Demo

Lived in Doncaster Gardens - No.43 in the flats then No.49 in the three storey houses which are still there, before they filled the green in where we played football, with houses. Used to help run the Oriel Youth Club from its ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1960 by Rob Macormac

1956 1960

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

A Kids Heaven And Hell

A St Marychurch boy, I lived at Hampton Farm Cottage, St Marychurch... and I can still smell the tar and the salt from old fisher and other boats pulled up on Oddicombe beach... and I can still feel the beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Oddicombe Beach in 1940 by Frederick Watson

Moving To Aberbargoed

My parents (Eirwen & Haydn Williams) moved to Aberbargoed from Gilfach to take over the newsagents in 1967 next to the New Duffryn pub when I was 11. Being a Bargoed lad I was very apprehensive about moving over to ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1870 by Gareth Williams

Captions

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Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1955

The Rashleigh Arms stands above the rock-cut cliff at the back of the dock.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Clifton Terrace 1898

Although there are well- defined paths, the cliff gardens have yet to be laid out in a formal way. The pier and Pavilion can be seen on the right with many boats close by.

Caption For Budleigh Salterton, Golf House 1906

Budleigh Golf Club was created on what had been common land on the cliffs to the west of the town, and is now known as East Devon Golf Club.

Caption For Shanklin, The Entrance To The Chine 1913

Shanklin Chine is a geological fissure in the cliffs, with a spectacular ravine and pretty waterfall.

Caption For Colwell Bay, The Front C1955

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

Caption For Bidford On Avon, Marlcliff 1901

About a mile from Bidford, the hamlet of Marlcliff sits snugly below the eponymous marl cliff beside the River Avon.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Lift C1885

In common with the larger seaside resort of Scarborough, Saltburn has a cliff lift still operational to this day.

Caption For Inveraray, Falls Of Cruachan C1955

hugely impressive mountain of Ben Cruachan—its summit 1126m above sea level—boasts two Munros, and it is one of the most celebrated mountains in Scotland, with its dramatic ridges and steep, soaring cliffs

Caption For Penarth, The Cliffs 1893

As we move further eastwards, the vista concludes with this dramatic portrayal of Penarth Head and its cliffs.

Caption For Downderry, St Germans Hut 1890

The balconied St Germans Hut was a shooting box belonging to the Earl of St Germans, set high on the cliffs about a mile east of Downderry.

Caption For Laugharne, The Boat House C1965

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.

Caption For Highcliffe, Lymington Road C1955

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Pier 1887

In the foreground is a 'stack', a pillar of rock isolated from the cliff by erosion. On the spur of rock a wooden ladder can just be seen. This gave access to the cove for bathers.

Caption For Llandudno, Pier 1890

The 1,400 ft-long structure, tucked beneath the cliffs of the Great Orme, gives excellent views back to the promenade and its hotels.

Caption For West Bay, From The West 1902

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

Caption For Seatown, Village And Beach 1922

The view is westwards from East Cliff to Golden Cap, with Langdon Hill (top right) forming the inland horizon on what is now National Trust land.

Caption For Overstrand, The Sands 1906

Its church disappeared from the cliffs into the ever-encroaching sea in the reign of Richard II. Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years - it has since been restored.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

We are looking at the medieval Cobb harbour (centre) from the tennis ground on the cliffs south of Langmoor Gardens.

Caption For Pegwell, Village 1907

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.

Caption For Porthgwarra, Cove And Caves 1908

There is just space to bring a few open fishing boats between the rocks to a slipway at this little cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, 1927

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

Caption For Walton On The Naze, Coronation Camping Ground C1955

The town is well known for its fossil-bearing cliffs.

Caption For Beachy Head, The Lighthouse 1910

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.

Caption For Eastbourne, Western Lawns 1912

The view looking beyond the Lansdowne Hotel and the Grand Hotel is now dominated by South Cliff Tower, an eighteen-storey block of flats about which the words 'sore thumb' come unbidden to mind: an example