Maps

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Books

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Memories

439 memories found. Showing results 191 to 200.

Walking To Walton In The Early 1960s

My grandparents lived in Frinton-on-Sea from 1959 and as a child I would regularly stay with them in their bungalow for a week or so each school summer holiday. Every holiday my brother and I looked ...Read more

A memory of Frinton-On-Sea by Margaret Drinkwater

Coffee Bars

I was born in Croydon in 1945 and lived in Victoria Place near Duppas Hill Lane. I went to the Howard School, then on to St Andrews School. My friends and I used to go to a coffee shop in South Croydon, I think it was it was in Lower ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1959 by Clifford Carver

Schooldays

I was lucky to live in Portpatrick - my father came to HM Coastguard Station in 1953. We had come from Australia, and it took my mother some time to settle in, I think: she was a town girl through and through. My sister and I felt ...Read more

A memory of Portpatrick by Shiela Mac Lean

Winter Sport

The school bell would be rung around the playground. Dinner time. The children taking school lunch would cross to the church hall. My best friend and I would race away up the school brae and further on till we reached 'the ...Read more

A memory of Kinnoull Hill in 1951 by Winifred Lilian Macdonald

My Childhood Memories Of Caswell Bay

I apparently spent my early years during WW1 in the Mumbles where my mother came from. She had moved to London before the war to find work and married a Londoner. Our holidays when I was a child (in the ...Read more

A memory of Caswell Bay in 1950 by Roger Newman

The Top Woods And The Tunnel Beneath The Wittingto Estate

My Dad was a sergeant in the RAF; along with Mum (Jean), brother Robert, and sister Carol we lived in married quarters in Medmenham. I remember Roddy Banks and Chris Waillin and the big ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1959 by Chris Carr

Early Childhood

I went to school in the village at the top of the brae, it's been knocked down and houses built. The harbour used to be full of local fishing boats, now its full of leisure boats. There used to be a station there but thats gone. ...Read more

A memory of Findochty in 1952

Fazeley In The 1970s

I remember the beach-like atmosphere at Bourne brook off Brook End, Fazeley in the summer months (early to mid 1970s). Whole families would sit and watch their children swim in the brook. I learned to swim and fish here. I ...Read more

A memory of Fazeley in 1974 by Stjohn Moore

Adelphi Ballroom

I was an apprentice at the Rheostatic Co (later Satchwell Controls) from 59 to 64 and I was the apprentice's entertainments organiser from around 60 to 63 and I organised quarterly dances at the Adelphi Ballroom; they were always ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1958 by Jim Bowens

Nightingale Road

I was born in 1935. My father, Fred Pritchard, had a couple of shops on the corner of St. Mary's and Nightingale. Our family lived in a flat above them until 1947. Around 1953 he converted one of them to a Launderette and sold ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Brian Pritchard

Captions

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Caption For Westgate On Sea, From Cliffs 1892

We are looking westwards to the Victorian skyline of Westgate and along the cliffs to Ledge Point.At the time this picture was taken,Tower House Retreat at Westgate, founded in 1879, was the only

Caption For Cheddar, Gorge, High Rock C1873

The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an underground cavern whose roof has collapsed, leaving soaring cliffs and crags of

Caption For Doniford, 1927

This attractive view from just behind the hamlet of Doniford looks along the bay towards the low Lias cliffs that partly conceal Watchet.

Caption For West Bay, 1930

Looking eastwards from the cliffs above Black Rock. The largest building, hip-roofed and dating from the late 19th century, is Pier Terrace (left of centre).

Caption For Dover, Marine Parade 1892

An assortment of small fishing and rowing boats has been hauled safely above the high water mark in this picture of the eastern end of the Marine Parade; the famous white cliffs are visible beyond the

Caption For Ravenscar, The Camping Coaches C1955

This pair of old railway coaches parked on the cliff top at Ravenscar, the eastern terminus of the Lyke Wake Walk, served as basic accommodation for campers in the mid-Fifties, but they have long since

Caption For Sidmouth, The Esplanade And Beach 1934

In the distance we see the great cliff of High Peak - one of the highest points along the Devon coast.

Caption For East Runton, Beach Entrance 1921

At East Runton you could walk out along broad stretches of beach and enjoy digging for fossils in the soft cliffs, a pastime made popular by the Victorians.

Caption For Freshwater Bay, C1955

The high cliffs and startling rock formations - perhaps the most dramatic scenery on the Isle of Wight after The Needles - brings visitors back again and again.

Caption For Boscastle, Harbour 1894

Its narrowness and the fact that it is surrounded by high cliffs make it very difficult to spot from the sea, and a winding inlet has to be negotiated before the harbour can be reached.

Caption For Mullion, Cove 1890

A contemporary guide book offers a poetic description: 'Above rise on all sides hoary, lichen-covered cliffs, rocks piled on rocks, tunnelled, ribbed and groined, with chasms and natural arches, like

Caption For Ramsgate, From Albion Place C1920

We are looking towards the West Cliff. On the left is the cupola of the old Customs House.

Caption For West Bay, Looking Towards Bridport 1937

This view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.

Caption For Sandsend, The Beach 1925

During a violent storm in 1829, the cliff fell into the sea taking most of Kettleness with it.

Caption For Charmouth, 1890

Few have described the scene as well as Jane Austen in 'Persuasion': 'Charmouth, with its high grounds and extensive sweeps of country, and, still more, its sweet retired bay, backed by dark cliffs

Caption For Scarborough, Belmont 1890

A family group takes the opportunity to admire the view over the Spa Cliff, or catch up with the latest news. The spa, by this time, was long gone, having been destroyed by fire in 1876.

Caption For Clovelly, Lane To Hobby Drive 1908

Hobby Drive was completed just before his death in 1829 by Sir James Hamlyn as part of his project to landscape the cliffs to the east of the village.

Caption For Overstrand, Churches, Old And New 1891

Built in 1832 in anticipation of the old lighthouse being lost in a cliff fall (which occurred in 1866), it was originally lit by oil lamps.

Caption For Cromer, The Lighthouse 1933

Built in 1832 in anticipation of the old lighthouse being lost in a cliff fall (which occurred in 1866), it was originally lit by oil lamps.

Caption For Beer, Beach 1898

The many caves in the cliffs offered smug- glers discreet hideaways. One of Devon's most notorious smugglers, Jack Rattenbury, lived locally two centuries ago.

Caption For Lynmouth, The Harbour 1899

Here in the little town, hemmed in all sides by majestic cliffs and headlands, the twin rivers of the Lyn join together and race noisily out into the sea.

Caption For Cadgwith, The Beach 1899

Cadgwith is one of Cornwall's prettiest fishing villages, and huddles between steep cliffs a few miles north of the Lizard. The beach is a clutter of boats and fishing paraphernalia.

Caption For Scarborough, Belmont 1890

Here, a family group takes the opportunity to admire the view over the Spa Cliff.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach From The Cliffs 1897

It has quaint streets, a promenade, cliffs and a harbour, together with a fine old church.