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We were one of the early families to have a caravan at Bovi. This was what the campers called it back then. Caravans were positioned randomly before terraces were excavated in the field over the fence from the green above ...Read more

A memory of Bovisand Bay in 1949 by Jeffrey Smith

I remember queueing on a Saturday morning in the lane between the smell of the corner bakery and the Saturday morning flicks at the Regal when mum could afford it, old school friends Len Meek (his dad worked on the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1946 by John Scott

This photograph illustrates all too well the erosion of the cliffs. The profile of Beeston Bump seen in the background of this photograph compared with to day shows just how much ...Read more

A memory of Sheringham by Rchard Harvey

I came to Parracombe regularly as a child (born Oct 1942) with my parents. We stayed at "Fernlea" with Mr and Mrs George Court and their daughter Mary (about my age). My father George Pickering, and my ...Read more

A memory of Parracombe in 1952 by Brenda Noel

1964: While working here we would go to two different pubs in Southgate, one at each end of the high street, it was in these pubs we met a local group of lads and lasses who were from very wealthy backgrounds, and they all took a shine to ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1964 by Jimmy Burrows

The summer of 1959 goes down as the hottest in my memory. It started at the end of April and continued right through until the end of September. I was ten years of age that year and I spent most of that glorious summer hanging out ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1959 by Chris Bowers

I remember visiting Fontigary Bay Caravan Site with my family during the late 50s and early 60s. The caravans used to cost about £3 a week to hire. They didn't have toilets, of course, and we had to use the site's communal ...Read more

A memory of Rhoose in 1950 by Susan Benwell

A few of my happy memories of living here in Kirkley Cliff opposite the Putting Green, went to school at was Alderman Woodrow Sec/School helped paint a fishing boat scene in the entrance, days on Trawlers /Drifters as ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft in 1948 by John Carr

Westgate Carnival - Coronation fancy dress competition and party in the rec - church parades and Remembrance Service on the cliffs by the war memorial, singing 'Eternal Ruler Strong to Save' as the North ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1953 by Sandra Dudley

Sometimes in those early days we went on holiday to Mam’s mother and father in Brotton. This was a small village about two miles from Saltburn, a Victorian holiday resort on the North Yorkshire coast. I recall the pier ...Read more

A memory of Lingdale by Andrew Bebb