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Memories

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Happy Holidays.

I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Dhoon by pandcvenour

My Golden Years At Stokes Bay

I was born in Gosport in 1929, my father was a long serving seaman in the Royal Navy and so our family life was all things navy - so Stokes Bay was a big part of our lives. I had three elder sisters who were ...Read more

A memory of Stokes Bay by Ronald Bennett

Rhiwbina Square

I have lovely memories of summers spent at my parents' rented house in Rhiwbina Square, a suburb of Cardiff between 1957 and circa 1961). Wonderful neighbours (I particularly recall the Shepherds who had a son about my age), piano ...Read more

A memory of Rhiwbina by gouran.mina

Manor Park

How many happy hours I spent in this park as a child, teenager and young woman. The gardens by the tennis courts were so well kept and I remember sitting on the benches there with my mother when we walked back from town. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by jokelly015

Escric Station

I was born on the 13 February 1957 at No2 Station cottage Escrick. No.2 was the middle cottage of 3. My father (Kenneth Hudson) was a fireman/driver on L.N.E.R. steam locos. For along time we had no electricity in the house, Lighting ...Read more

A memory of Escrick by g0tog

Summers At The Warren

My mum and dad and I spent many summers at the Talacre Warren. My father was a Co-op branch manager in Woodley, Cheshire and knew a couple, Mr & Mrs Taylor who had a wooden chalet on the Warren. In addition to the Chalet ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by terencegraham275

Best Childhood Ever

I was born in Easington Coliery in December 1940. Grew up in Canada In Dene Avenue. My dad worked At the pit as a wagonwayman in the Hutton Seam. Grandparents were from Cornwall Stret, East.I had a tha best childhood ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery by joanbattiste

Dalby Square.

My Mum and Dad bought a guest house in Dalby Square at the end of the war. It had 10 bedrooms and he built a chalet in the back garden for me and my brother & sister to sleep in to free up extra rooms for guests. I was 3 years at ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville by Peter Saunders

Where Is St. Patricks Open Air School?

Did you go to St. Patricks Open Air School? I was sent in 1957 as I had very bad asthma and I left in 1965. The school was open to about a hundred girls who suffered from a range of chest conditions. The ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1957

Happy Days

My memories of the caravan site go back to the 1940s when my parents had a caravan there. It was situated at the edge of the site where there is an open field and a footpath. I went back last July for the first time in about 60 ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1940 by Keri Green

Captions

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Caption For Torquay, Oddicombe Beach C1881

The beach may have been home to bathing machines by day, but at night there were other things going on - in 1853 a raid by customs men revealed 153 casks of smuggled rum and brandy.

Caption For Instow, From Appledore 1890

In an effort to keep out the riff-raff, local children were banned from the beach, although they have presumably been allowed back since.

Caption For Weymouth, Punch And Judy Show On The Beach C1955

From early Victorian times, Punch and Judy shows moved away from the fairgrounds and streets and on to the beach in pursuit of lucrative new audiences.

Caption For Torquay, Abbey Sands 1924

Styled as the English Riviera, its beaches are in fact somewhat smaller than might be imagined. This crowded scene looks south along Torbay towards Paignton.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1925

Buildings facing seawards from above the beach include the Victorian Custom House, the Coastguard Watch House, the Old Bonded Store - built as a boarding house in 1832 - and clapper-boarded Wings.

Caption For Ferring, Church Lane C1960

The pebble and sandy beach provides views along the coast to Worthing pier; just a short distance inland are the grassy slopes of Highdown Hill, which has long been a popular recreational

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 Brighton, West Pier Pavillion From King's Road 1894

Pleasure boats were still available from the beach; these competed for trade with the paddle steamers that had been introduced in the 1880s, after their initial function had been superseded by the railways

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Quay C1965

Beyond the trees are sandy but dangerous beaches, where the tide comes in faster than a man can run.

Caption For Hartlepool, Town Wall Road C1955

Children play on the beach below the sea wall.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

There is no beach here, but the Victorians were determined to make the most of the warm waters. The bathing machine, sunk to its axles in the shallows, allowed decorum to be preserved.

Caption For Falmouth, Cowlands Creek River Fal 1912

Behind is a typical ramshackle scene: a heap of firewood, a tumbling-down boarded building advertising 'good stabling' to visiting riders, and a trio of beached row-boats for hire.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

There is no beach here, but the Victorians were determined to make the most of the warm waters. The bathing machine, sunk to its axles in the shallows, allowed decorum to be preserved.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Capstone Hill And Parade 1911

The small beach to the left is at Prechers Rock.

Caption For Dolybont, The Village C1940

small village had a café, the Dolybont Café (centre), whose sign was visible from the road between Talybont and Borth – the proprietors hoped that holidaymakers would stop on their way to or from the beach

Caption For Beer, Sea Hill C1965

There is no harbour at Beer, so the boats are drawn up on the beach at the end of each fishing trip. The BP garage (right) no longer exists.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

In fact changing on the beach was officially forbidden until 1948, although, by that time, the regulation had long been ignored.

Caption For Barry Island, The Promenade And Gardens 1925

Rows of bathing huts line the beach, with bathing costumes (which could be hired) drying in the wind on lines behind them beside the newly-built promenade.

Caption For Silloth, Criffel Street C1955

The peak of Criffel in Dumfries can easily be seen across the Solway Firth from the stony beach-front. The spire of the parish church of Christ Church punctuates this photograph.

Caption For West Bay, 1907

Further south, on the beach, there was an older thatched Watch House which became Old Watchouse Cafe.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands C1955

Weymouth's beach has gently sloping sands and is mostly sheltered from the storms and swells of the English Channel, making it suitable for the youngest and most inexperienced of bathers.

Caption For Seaton, White Cliff From Beach 1898

The shingle beach here is showing the beginnings of a tourist industry, but in the late 19th century fishing was still important.

Caption For Staithes, C1885

Disturbed water at the cliff base indicates the power and force of the seas as they surge into the bay and crash against the beach.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, The Beach 1887

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.