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Lancing, Sussex.
When I was 5, my family moved to Lancing in 1952, from a flat above Elliott's Shoe shop, Brighton Road, Purley (London), to a rented a shared home "Suva" on the Brighton Road, Lancing - a stones throw from the beach. In 1953 we moved ...Read more
A memory of Lancing by
I Remember The Fear.
I do not have that many clear memories from my stay there, I have a defence mechanism of blotting things out from my mind. I do not know exactly when I was there some time between 1974 - 1977. The only name I remember from that ...Read more
A memory of Barwick by
Growing Up In Seaton Sluice In The 1960s
I moved from Blyth to Seaton Sluice into a newly built house in Cresswell Avenue in 1957. Life as a child in the village was exciting; most days we would either play on the beach and harbour or the new ...Read more
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Happiest Time Of My Life
Me and my family would always come to Fairbourne for our summer holiday, staying for weeks at a time with friends. Friends of mine would ask what there was to 'do' there and I would answer 'nothing'. Fairbourne is so ...Read more
A memory of Fairbourne in 1990 by
All Uphill
Our Dad used to take us for a walk up to Mow Cop Castle on a sunny Sunday. We would set off from Talke with our bottle of pop and a jam butty and walk along the canal for a while then through the lanes in Scholar Green past the Three ...Read more
A memory of Kidsgrove in 1973 by
West Wittering In The 1940s And 50s
My first memories are of playing on the huge expanse of sand at West Wittering and the bombing tower which used to be there after the war. We stayed on the beach till late and were put to bed in the back of ...Read more
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Parade Cafe & Amusement Arcade
The Parade Cafe & Amusement Arcade is on the left in your picture, My Father bought it for 5000.00 in 1956. It stayed in the family until my brother-in-law Billy Burrows sold it in the mid 1980's. Business-wise it ...Read more
A memory of Mundesley in 1956 by
Summer Holidays
Many of my childhood summer holidays were spent at Sandown. We usually stayed at Mrs. Woodnutt's hotel in Carter Street. Mr. Woodnutt hired out the deck chairs on Sandown Beach. He also kept ferrets and I was allowed to go and ...Read more
A memory of Sandown in 1950 by
Bubbles Up Your Bum!
Just look closely at the picture, sitting on top of the fountain was half the fun & excitement of coming to the pool. Water wings under my arms and the supervision of Granddad Russell I made my first attempt at learning to ...Read more
A memory of Plymouth in 1958 by
Yh294 Pandora
I spent all my younger July and Augusts at East Runton in my grandad's caravan on Stewarts caravan site. My sister Gaynor and I made good friends with brothers Mick and Graham Kilsby from Kettering. I have many happy memories of ...Read more
A memory of East Runton in 1977 by
Captions
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From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
This view shows the beach bungalows which were built right behind the top of the beach.
The beach at Spiddal has always been popular with Galway folk and other tourists.
Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times.
Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys.
The concrete slipway is for fishing boats, which are dragged to the water by the tank-like vehicle.
These colourful beach huts provide a place to change into swimwear or to have a welcome brew-up of tea.
Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.
By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.
Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers.
This crowded beach beautifully illustrates the beach fashions of the 1920s: ladies wear summer dresses with straw hats, while the boys and gentlemen retain flat caps, jackets and trousers (rolled up
This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station.
This view shows the beach complete with bathing tents.
On the right is the path leading to Friars Point from the beach.
The Beach c1960 With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.
Iron railings have now been erected, with a path from the promenade leading to the beach.
The narrow Trebarwith valley emerges at the north Cornish coast; here Trebarwith Strand presents a good beach of golden sand, but all vanishes at high tide.
Exmouth is reputed to be the oldest seaside town in Devon.
This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.
As at Clovelly, donkeys were much in use here, ferrying herrings and lime from the kiln (centre) up the hill.
Beside Beach Villa with the Metropole just behind, the new cliff lift was in process of being constructed; it was eventually to make access to and from the beach much simpler.
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