Places

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Maps

14 maps found.

1946, Sandy Bay Ref. NPO825279
1899, Sandy Bay Ref. RNC825279
1898, Sandy Bay Ref. RNE825279
1919, Sandy Bay Ref. POP825279
1903 - 1904, Sandy Bay Ref. HOSM58512
1895, Sandy Way Ref. RNE825351
1899-1909, Sandy Way Ref. RNC825351
1946, Sand Bay Ref. NPO824802
1945, Sandy Way Ref. NPO825351
1899-1900, Sand Bay Ref. RNC824802
1903, Sandyway Ref. HOSM58529
1919, Sandy Way Ref. POP825351
1919, Sand Bay Ref. POP824802
1898, Sand Bay Ref. RNE824802

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Memories

19 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea

During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by ducatee

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 Bette Schoots

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 Roy Beiley

Caravan Holidays

Ahhh, glorious Penmaenmawr where I have spent some lovely holidays.  The sunsets over the bay to Puffin are really something to see, the Fairy Glen and Dwygyfylchi pubs to stay awhile and drink in the atmosphere.  The walks ...Read more

A memory of Penmaenmawr by Susan Jones

Family And Friends 1942 To 1961

I was born Cramlington 1942, my sister 1940. l have some happy memories of Blyth, lived with mam and dad and sister Betty in Cowpen Row. Dad was in the army so did not see much of him then, when he came ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1964 by Anne Hayes

Grantchester School  1953 1955

Grantchester School 1953-1955: Mrs Alice Freeman was the Headmistress, in charge of the Juniors, whilst Miss Chatterton took the Infants class. We had regular visits from a lady from the British Red Cross who ...Read more

A memory of Grantchester by Brian Goodliffe

Childhood Memories

I first visited Weymouth as a small child during the second world war to see my rather strict widowed maternal grandmother who lived at 10 Carlton Road South, within walking distance of the beach. I particularly recall the ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 1945 by Barry Sterndale Bennett

Idyllic Holidays Pre Ww2

We camped at Littleham, with only my immediate family in the farmer's field. We collected straw from the farmer, and stuffed our palliasses for beds. The straw was returned to the barn when we left. Each ...Read more

A memory of Littleham by Ann Martyr

More Memories Of Blissford

My previous memories caused quite a bit of interest and several people who either knew me, or the area got in touch. I thought I would add a bit more to those memories. I mentioned how close we were to the bombing ...Read more

A memory of Blissford by Nevile Chalke

Summer Days At Oystermouth

Memories of The Mumbles by John S. Batts Viewing on-line a collection of Frith’s old photos of The Mumbles has jogged many memories. For me the place was simply known as “Mumbles,” home to a much-treasured uncle ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by John S. Batts

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Captions

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Caption For Carbis Bay, Donkey Cart 1928

Just over a mile separates this popular sandy bay from St Ives.

Caption For North Berwick, From The East 1897

Here we see the broad sweep of the sandy bay to the west of the harbour area on a quiet day.

Caption For Tywyn, View From Marine Parade 1908

This seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast shelters behind its sand dunes and wide sandy beach.

Caption For Carbis Bay, General View 1901

This view shows Carbis Bay when it was still largely undeveloped, with just a scattering of houses above the cliffs overlooking the sandy beach.

Caption For Howth, Head 1897

It is connected to the mainland and Dublin Bay by a sandy spit.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Beach 1930

Chalets, a villa and the Bay View Hotel overlook the Hive and Burton Beach from the end of Beach Road.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Caption For Bude, The Town 1929

With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.

Caption For Cayton Bay, C1955

One man and his dog stand looking out to sea (bottom centre) on the sandy beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough.

Caption For Studland, The Ferry C1960

The view is of Sandbanks Ferry from Shell Bay looking towards Poole's sandy peninsula.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, New Promenade 1897

Extensive and beautiful sandy beaches brought ever- increasing numbers of visitors to the North Wales coast.

Caption For Littleham, Sandy Bay Beach C1960

Sandy Bay is Littleham's beach, offering some of the finest bathing on the East Devon coast.

Caption For Polzeath, The Sands 1895

Hayle Bay, with its lines of evenly-breaking surf and golden sand, is now a mecca for surfers and tourists, and New Polzeath has grown along the low cliffs on the opposite side of the beach.

Caption For Littleham, The Caravan Site, Sandy Bay C1960

A vast caravanopolis now covers the cliff tops above Sandy Bay, once a smuggling cove and now Littleham's bathing beach.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Caption For Pwllheli, West End Promenade 1898

This view of the promenade looks south-east around the curving sweep of the bay.

Caption For Dawlish, Blenheim Hotel 1925

The sweep of the sandy bay and the railway along the shore are clearly visible here.

Caption For Abersoch, The Estuary 1894

From a scattered fishing village based around two sandy bays on the southern coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, Abersoch has developed into a busy resort.

Caption For Abersoch, The Estuary 1894

From a scattered fishing village based around two sandy bays on the southern coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, Abersoch has developed into a busy resort.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the

Caption For Llangrannog, The Beach C1955

Llangranog has a small, sheltered bay with a sandy beach on which about 20 ships were built during the 19th century.

Caption For Dymchurch, The Sands 1927

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1897

From the ever-green valley of the Bourne (whence arose the nucleus of this resort) Bournemouth stretches for miles in either direction upon the sandy cliffs and pine-clad table-land of a gently curving

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the