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The Three Leaps By Ross Davies
A PENTRAETH LEGEND Most people driving past the entrance to Plas Gwyn manor house, on the outskirts of Pentraeth, might well be surprised to learn that they are passing a commemorative monument that has stood there ...Read more
A memory of Pentraeth by
Woody Bay
I have a lot of information about Woody Bay from the 1880's to the 1980's. I lived there myself from 1968 to 1971 and had connections with the place after that. Rather than ramble on for ages and ages, the simple answer is for me ...Read more
A memory of Woody Bay Sta by
Wading In The Bristol Channel
It is quite possible that the the little boy to the right in this picture is me at age six. My family used to stay at a friend's caravan in the park above the cliffs. During the summers of 1954 through 1958 we ...Read more
A memory of Lavernock in 1955 by
Our Picnic While Boscastle Flooded
On the day of the Boscastle flood I went with my wife Carmela, and our kids Molly, Libby and George for a walk up to the lighthouse on Trevose head above mother Iveys Bay. The sun was shining beautifully ...Read more
A memory of Mother Ivey's in 2004 by
Castle Rock
My Great Aunts Martha, Sarah & Elizabeth built the Castle Rock Hotel for around £3000. It then became a nursing home and somebody was heard to say that it was the closest place to Heaven as the view over the sea to Lundy was ...Read more
A memory of Mortehoe by
Happy Holidays
My husband, myself and 2 daughters have spent many happy holidays camping in Penally in the 1970s and early 1980s. We camped in a field near the pub owned by a farming family, the sun always shone, we spent hours on the beautiful ...Read more
A memory of Penally in 1976 by
I Received A Royal Humane Society Award For Bravery For This
I lived in Barbaraville (Alder Cottage) from roughly 1982-1987 with my parents before I moved away to work. I loved this village and had many, many memories but one which is a big ...Read more
A memory of Barbaraville in 1986 by
Fun In The Park
1960. As young lads most of us had started work and Friday/ Saturday night was our gang meeting night. Summer hols were good fun as the bay used to get a lot of girls, swap girls as we called them, on holiday from Sweden, the ...Read more
A memory of Colwyn Bay by
Springhead Terrace
I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more
A memory of Loftus in 1930 by
Memories Of Holkham And The Victoria Hotel
Whilst I lived at Mattishall near Dereham in the early 1960's I became a regular visitor to the area in Summer and Winter, having use of a small boat at Burnham Overy Staithe. Fishing and full days out at ...Read more
A memory of Holkham in 1960 by
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Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park
Gone are the sailing vessels, and in their place are the fishing smacks of the town.
The post office, now Swan Cottage, displayed advertisements for Walls ice cream and Bird's Eye frozen foods.
Prior to the development of the coastal resort at Colwyn Bay in Victorian times, the old village, lying to the east and just inland from the coast, was known merely as Colwyn.
Looking up to the Granville Temperance and Commercial Hotel in Pump Square, several establishments that did provide alcoholic drinks may be seen among the 18th and 19th century buildings
As we look north towards Market Square, Hutchinson's tobacconist shop is at the corner of Langton Street.
The triple gables of the early 17th-century house form the centrepiece, with flanking wings. John Ely, a Manchester architect, added the Tudoresque bay window to the right in 1894.
Exmouth has no pier in the traditional sense of the word, but this landing stage served as an embarkation point for tourists wishing to take to the water.
This is now the Butley Oysterage, and the bay window has been removed. The earlier Oysterage, next door, has become an antiques shop.
This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.
This was once the town's market place. The later brick frontages here often conceal 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings that had been plastered for preservation.
The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.
A delightful study of people taking the sea air and enjoying the view over South Bay. It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period.
The five square miles of Plymouth Sound provide a fine safe anchorage.
The pier is pictured with its grand pavilion, during the year it opened.
Water-skiing was just one of the many new sports offered to guests at Rockley Sands. Behind is Bay Hollow: there are now some trees on the cliff, and the path to the right has become steps.
Begun in 1618 for Sir Thomas Holte, Aston was not completed until 1635.This picture shows the east front; it comprises a main block of seven bays topped by a clock tower and two-stage cupola, and
Jet mining was a large industry here, and involved cutting into the cliff. Craftsmen turned jet into beautiful ornaments and jewellery.
This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.
This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.
The sun sets over Lyme Bay, silhouetting the cliffs.
Once a sleepy Devon backwater, Croyde's beach and bay was discovered by holidaymakers in the 19th century. With two huge caravan parks, this area fills up dramatically in the short summer season.
To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.
Overlooking the bay is the magnificent Grand Hotel, built in 1867.
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