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Kennack
I have been coming to Kennack since I was a toddler. But 1972 was the first of many years that stand out to me. My family met another family and we are still in touch now, 36 years and more later. My memories are so many, borrowing ...Read more
A memory of Kennack Sands in 1972
Summer Of 67
I won the Cornish longboard championships at Constantine Bay in 1967. I was the profesional lifeguard at Treyarnon Bay in 1967 and 1968. Friendships established then and still true include Anhtony Richards, Robert Ede, David ...Read more
A memory of Constantine Bay in 1967 by
Holidays In The 1950s
My parents and I used to stay in a bungalow owed by a Mr & Mrs Tidy and I was made to keep it tidy! I loved the sandy beach and remember playing deck tennis on the sand. Next door was a family with three girls, ...Read more
A memory of St Mary's Bay by
Childhood Holidays
We spent three years in perfect holidaying mood in Mrs Greig's caravan, the first time ever having a jelly mould, 1955!!!. Caravan site run by the Philps, had Yates round salted butter every day on our rolls, had fruit in our ...Read more
A memory of Lower Largo in 1955 by
Childhood In Bryn Y Maen
As far as I was concerned there was nowhere else, only what I read or what my parents told me, my life centred around the post office, church, vicarage and Bryn Eglwys, and the neighbouring farms, the lovely views to ...Read more
A memory of Bryn-y-maen in 1930 by
Family Holidays
My dad always ensured that we had a "fortnight's" family holiday each year. A fortnight was 2 weeks - ie fourteen nights. These holidays started in 1949, when I was seven and continued to up to 1958 when I was 16. In 1949 and ...Read more
A memory of Bournemouth in 1949 by
Power Boats
The wooden clinker built boat, painted white in the lower right of the picture, was one of a pair of fast boats that the late Arthur Shippey and Tom Louis ran from coffee house end steps. They would call loudly ""half hour trips round ...Read more
A memory of Whitby in 1953 by
Wooden Bridge
My uncle Bill Wright lived & worked in Chester from the war period to 1963. He was a widower and had a damp old ground floor of a rather grand house beside the wooden bridge across the Dee. My Aunts , his sisters would go up from ...Read more
A memory of Chester in 1958 by
Lydia And Wendy
I worked in the big hotel in Sandown, and a couple of hotels on the very seafront with two girls from Binstead, what fun we had, laughter and tears went together. I've lost touch with them but would love to hear what they are up to ...Read more
A memory of Binstead in 1973 by
The Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Tramway In Old Colwyn
What an interesting photograph of a grey painted tram heading for the 'Queens Hotel' terminus which was just over half of a mile away. It would take just over five minutes and three tramstops to ...Read more
A memory of Old Colwyn in 1920 by
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There is a spring in the step of the young soldiers who have just been dropped off at the bus station.
The bay windows make this a striking block alongside the main road from Truro to Falmouth.
East Runton offered visitors the same spectacular cliff scenery and ample beaches as its close neighbour, Cromer, but less of the noise and bustle.
This dramatic rock formation lies just south of Whitby, on the Cleveland way, along the old railway track.
A marvellous view looking west from an old farmstead across the bay to the village. In the distance, clouds are enveloping the Menawn. On the left, turf is stacked drying in the sun for the winter.
Trawlers still go deep-sea fishing and keelboats pot fishing from here as they have done for longer than anyone can remember.
In the shadow of St Mary`s church, Hotel Mariners on the right was established in 1625. The building to the centre is now without its bay window.
Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.
A perfect natural harbour, Lulworth Cove has been hollowed out by the swirling waters of the English Channel into its present almost circular form, creating one of the most distinctive bays on
The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.
This fine terrace of houses is another indication of improved housing design and of the spread of St Ives onto the higher ground overlooking St Ives Bay.
Here we see the broad sweep of the sandy bay to the west of the harbour area on a quiet day.
Whalers, fishermen and smugglers were once regular visitors to the bay. Erosion has always been a problem here. In 1682, a landslide destroyed every dwelling except one.
As well as the development along the seafront, we can see the awnings on the shops along Station Road, the station, and the terrace known as Athol Park.
A small fishing boat sails out to the fishing grounds in St Austell Bay past the lighthouse on the end of the South Breakwater.
Swanage may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the naval battle between Saxons and Danes in 877.
Every south coast town had to have its 'Steyne', copying the name from Brighton.
Morfa Nefyn is a holiday village on the Lleyn peninsula; it is situated near Porth Dinllaen on Caernarfon Bay. With barely enough wind to keep under way, small craft lie just offshore.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
A small party is enjoying a game of tennis on the rocky beach. Despite the warm weather they are sweltering under their many layers of heavy clothing.
The esplanade at Freshwater Bay is a favourite place to stroll on long summer days, though in the winter it serves as a sturdy defence against wild weather and channel gales.
The Nothe Gardens have always been a much-frequented viewpoint for the vista across Weymouth Bay. This
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
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