Maps

162 maps found.

1921, Cliff Ref. POP670512
1947, Cliff Ref. NPO670510
1946, Cliff Ref. NPO670512
1896, Cliff Ref. RNE670510
1899, Cliff Ref. RNE670512
1906-1908, Cliff Ref. RNC670507
1903, Cliffe Ref. RNC670585
1925, Cliffe Ref. POP670584
1896, Cliffe Ref. RNE670585
1889, South Cliffe Ref. HOSM59637
1895 - 1896, Cliffe Woods Ref. HOSM41165
1919, Gold Cliff Ref. POP717199
1924, North Cliffe Ref. POP793056
1920, West Cliffe Ref. POP863888
1919, Canford Cliffs Ref. POP660581
1919, Beechen Cliff Ref. POP636434
1898, Telscombe Cliffs Ref. RNC845808
1898-1899, Beechen Cliff Ref. RNC636434
1899-1909, Canford Cliffs Ref. RNC660581
1895, West Cliffe Ref. RNE863888

Books

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Memories

439 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

Reighton Gap. Speeton Cliffs.

Re this photograph, I recall the scene in 1948 when I lived there. Everything was still wrapped in barbed wire as there were many mines  in the area The life saving hut was restored about 1950 and was very smart with ...Read more

A memory of Reighton by Frank Archer

The Police Station & Cinema Advertisements

The memory from 1948 reminded me of my first and ALMOST ONLY experience of a cell. My parents were friends of Cliff Hayward of Bolton on Dearne and his family. Cliff was a Police constable on the ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by Terence George Flinders

My Time At The Camp.

I was born in Minehead, and have also lived in Kitswell, Dunster, Williton, Timberscombe and Rodhuish, and attended all the schools. My first job after leaving Minehead School in December 1958, was at the fruit and salad farm ...Read more

A memory of Minehead in 1962 by P Aden

The Rubble On The Beach

I spent my teenage years in Dunwich, and in retrospect they were wonderful. Freedom, long walks, the beach and sea, cliffs, marshes and the old tank defences from WWII. My best friend Justin North, who lived at 'Marshside' ...Read more

A memory of Dunwich in 1966 by James Ritchie

Tina Carrol

Hi Tina. I also have good memories of Cliffe, I can remember going to your house for one of your birthday parties  and I think at one time you were my girlfriend! I was always down the marshes on old motorbikes and scooters, and I used ...Read more

A memory of Cliffe by k_beagley

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

Memories Of Growing Up In 1940s Tideswell

Memories of visiting Uncle Bernard at his cobbler's shop, and smelling the leather and sweaty feet. Uncle Bernard makes crisps, peeling potatoes so thin with the knife he uses to cut leather, and the ...Read more

A memory of Tideswell in 1940 by Elsie Hollis

Holidays In Laugharne

I and my family stayed at the Ferry House, next to the Boat House from 1965 to 1973. The house was then owned by the wife of my dad's boss and we used to be able to go for a fortnight each summer. We used to park our car, ...Read more

A memory of Laugharne in 1965 by Julia Hammonds

Raf Radar At Inverbervie

I was based in Inverbervie from March 1957 till March 1958 with 977 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. 977 SU operated radar from an underground site on the hill a couple of miles north of the village. Height finding ...Read more

A memory of Inverbervie in 1957 by Martin Dilly

Relations Of John Wraite Mary Post

In 1841 John & Mary Wraight's son William married Sarah Curling Baker the daughter of Thomas Baker & Eleanor Hunt from St Margarets at Cliffe. Her stepsister, Eleanor Hunt's daughter by her first marriage ...Read more

A memory of Guston in 1860

Captions

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Caption For Dawlish, The Beach 1922

The rich variety of reds in the sandstone cliff are a delight to the eye.

Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

This view looks south-eastwards from the bungalow and chalets below West Cliff (foreground) to Pier Terrace (centre right) and East Cliff and Burton Cliff (upper right).

Caption For Cromer, The Sands 1906

Cromer stands high and bracing on its breezy cliffs, from which stairs and zig-zag paths lead down to the sands. On undeveloped tastes Cromer would be thrown away.

Caption For Whitby, From Tate Hilll 1885

Above them the newly built Royal Hotel (right) and Kirby's Hotel, erected to accommodate the growing number of visitors, dominate West Cliff.

Caption For Eype, Cliffs 1922

The sun sets over Lyme Bay, silhouetting the cliffs.

Caption For St Margarets Bay, The Undercliff 1918

The chalk cliffs are part of the White Cliffs of Dover. In the 1930s, St Margaret's most famous resident was the playwright and actor Sir Noel Coward.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach 1900

The coastal footpath from Charmouth (left) crosses to a shelter on Evan's Cliff (centre), but is then subject to recurrent problems as it crosses the landslip zone at Cain's Folly (central skyline).

Caption For Seaton, The Sands 1920

The cliff on the right now has a row of houses at the top.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff Parade 1898

They overlook the cliffs and the photograph is taken towards the east. Nearby, to the west, a large private house called Shorefields once stood. Now,The Cliffs Pavilion stands on this site.

Caption For East Runton, Looking East 1933

Poorly compacted, and composed of glacial drift, the cliffs of the north Norfolk coast have been compared to 'dirty tallow', being unstable and liable to erosion.

Caption For Calver, Cliff College C1950

This ivy-fronted view of Cliff College is an altogether softer image than photograph C399130. The college, owned by the Methodist church, is home to some 70 lay students who study evangelism.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach C1960

Evan's Cliff is to the east (centre), followed by the higher cliffs of Cain's Folly and Golden Cap (top right).

Caption For Cliffe, High Street C1955

Its full name is Cliffe-at-Hoo. The 19th century brought many labourers to Cliffe, who worked on the Strood canal or the cement works.

Caption For Lewes, Cliffe High Street 1894

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

Caption For Malham, Village C1877

The limestone cliffs, crags and scars make the setting for Malham a delight for urban eyes. The beck that flows over the cliff separates the village into western and eastern sections.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

Caption For Heysham, The Village 1895

This charming view of the village of Heysham was taken from the cliff walk leading to Sandylands and Morecambe.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Westcliff C1960

The West Cliff was one of the hotels in the Westcliff area and was always a popular venue for wedding receptions. Overlooking the Cliff Gardens, many of its rooms had excellent sea views.

Caption For Bournemouth, Club House C1871

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

Caption For Ramsgate, Sands Station C1920

It covered the site that had once been the coastguard station, which was transferred to the East Cliff.

Caption For St Audries, Waterfall 1903

East and to the left of this view, the St Audries Bay Holiday Club occupies the cliff tops at the end of a winding lane that descends from the main road.

Caption For Runswick, Bay 1929

Jet mining was a large industry here, and involved cutting into the cliff. Craftsmen who manufactured it into beautiful ornaments and jewellery bought the jet.

Caption For Ipswich, The Docks 1921

This view looks across the Entrance Lock towards Cliff Brewery, behind the trees, with Cliff Quay to the right. The eight spritsail barges wait to bring their cargoes into the dock.