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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 Eileen Hammond

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 Margaret Gradwell

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 Mandy Johnson

Chope Road

I am looking for some historical images from my house on Chope Road. It is currently called Sundene and was built in 1920 as one large house, now separated into two. My understanding is that the house owned a lot of land, which is now Tudor ...Read more

A memory of Northam

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

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

All My Childhood Holidays

As a 6 year old in 1954 we began holidaying in Par, staying with Mr and Mrs Batt at Par Green, next door to Brewers. For the next 10 years, often twice a year, we came back to stay with the Batts - a wonderful couple, so kind ...Read more

A memory of Par by Christine Collins

Great Childhood Memories

I remember living in Middleton on Sea when I was between the ages of eight and 11 in the early 60’s and I went to Edward Bryant school in Bognor. We lived in a road called North Avenue East and I just remember the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by Lynne Bate

Childhood Memories

I was brought up and went to school in Saltburn, and was married at Saltburn Parish Church. I have wonderful memories of walks on the beach and in Rifts Wood and Beach Wood with my grandad and our greyhounds. Also going ...Read more

A memory of Saltburn-By-The-Sea by Pamela Vinnicombe (Nee Wild)

English At Heart

I am an American who went to school in Chester in 1966/67. Rather, should I say, I was registered for school at Chester College. However, I can't say I was actually in the building very often. There just always seemed to be ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1966 by Linda Snyder

Captions

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Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach From The Cliffs 1897

Bathing tents dot the beach at Viking Bay, while two bathing machines stand at the water's edge.

Caption For Perranporth, 1890

By this date, Perranporth was becoming popular for bathing on account of its sandy beach. Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.

Caption For Totland Bay, The Broadway 1960

The Beach c1955 Totland Bay is a good starting point for a long coastal ramble past The Needles to Alum Bay - some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in England.

Caption For Southsea, The Beach And Pier 1898

Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.

Caption For Kessingland, The Beach C1960

While a group of children on the beach greet the photographer, others visit the sweet shop (left), whilst a group wait with suitcases to be collected at the end of their holiday (centre).

Caption For Padstow, Harbour 1901

Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.

Caption For Pwllheli, The Promenade 1898

Pwllheli possesses perhaps the finest sandy beach in Wales; and there can be no doubt it will become one of the most attractive seaside places in the kingdom.

Caption For Newgale, C1960

This is the longest beach in Pembrokeshire (two miles end to end), lying below a shingle storm ridge.

Caption For Gorleston, The Beach 1922

Unlike many Norfolk beaches, which allowed the erection of permanent wooden beach huts, Gorleston offered a few temporary huts for weekly hire and a 'village' of square tents.

Caption For Aberdaron, The Beach C1960

Almost at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula, this small village opens out onto the beach and Cardigan Bay. Here the few visitors that could make their way here enjoy a lazy day on the beach.

Caption For Felixstowe, Beach 1904

At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

Caption For Little Haven, Black Rocks 1898

It also had nearby coal-pits, which sent out some of their produce from the beach here.

Caption For East Quantoxhead, Townsend 1929

Only a mile from a pleasant and unspoilt beach, the area attracted holiday- makers, and the occupiers of Townsend House helped satisfy their needs by offering meals and accommodation.

Caption For Clevedon, Green Beach 1892

The most popular and fashionable part of the promenade is that known as the Green Beach.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

For many years hoards of revellers would descend on the beach from Cardiff via cheap ferry trips.

Caption For Mundesley, The Beach C1955

Recovering nicely after the 1953 floods, new huts on the promenade replace the old ones which stood on the beach and were smashed up in the storm along with the original Beach Cafe.

Caption For Filey, On The Beach C1950

Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey.

Caption For Sandsend, 1925

The beach huts show that this was and still is a popular beach. Most of the larger houses have been converted to hotels to cater for the hundreds of tourists that arrive every summer.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Esplanade 1894

This view looks south from one of the two lookout towers on the beach.

Caption For Rhyl, Donkeys On The Sands 1891

Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.

Caption For Borth, Parade And Beach 1899

The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.

Caption For Saundersfoot, Wisemans Bridge Inn C1965

The large extension at the back of the inn (right) contained seven bedrooms with doors onto the beach.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here. Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort.

Caption For Paignton, North Sands From The Pier 1896

Until the 1840s Paignton was a farming village half a mile inland, producing cider and the then famous Paignton cabbage, but it became popular with convalescents and its beach - longer and better than