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As a very young child, probably aged about 3 or 4, my family rented one of the cottages close to the cliff side at Sea View Crescent on two consecutive years. I remember the drive down Ostend Road, where lots of the ...Read more

A memory of Walcott in 1967 by Tracey Whitcher

I well remember what seemed like an age, the summer holidays of the early 1950s. My brother and I would spend all day on the beach or after the harvest playing stage coaches with the bales of hay in the field in Stocks Lane. In ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay

We lived in 6 Promontory Terrace, which was on the border of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay, that was 1950 a time when the Fishermen's Cottages were just around the corner and we would have their Dressed Crab or the Wilecks as ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by arnoldlee44

Back in 1971, I joined a friend from London on a surfing trip to Polzeath. I'm from America, and was in the middle of a year-long jaunt around Europe and North Africa. I hadn't gone surfing in several months and was ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1971 by Joel Sanoff

When I look at these old photos, Sheringham has not changed that much, it's very strange though seeing the old Grand Hotel.  I used to take the ponies round the roundabout as a young child to earn money during the summer. The water trough is still there but full of flowers instead of horses' noses.

A memory of Sheringham by Claire Williamson

This photo shows Crimdon Dene beach. Blackhall beach at that time was covered in coal dust and slurry caused by the tipping of the Colliery waste into the sea.

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1965 by Victor Winn

Can anyone tell me what has happened to the famous Stotfold Beach please? It doesnt even get a mention on the Internet.

A memory of Stotfold

I lived with my sister, I was 9 when I first stayed with her. I spent many hours on the beach at Jury's Gap loving the feel of the sand and sun, it was safe in those days. Our dog, Whiskey was with me a lot of the time, although he used ...Read more

A memory of Camber in 1959 by Jo Woolven

We spent many lovely holidays here and my lasting memory is of our first job was to race down to the beach and see 'Dick' Davies and sort a beach hut for our 2 weeks stay, they were a little piece of calm when the weather was ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1972 by Jane Bridges

My uncle John Cooke owned the gravel pit mentioned along with the brush factory. We lived in Staplehall Road and used to go across Farmer Howard's field to the pits and go on the very same beach. In the winter my brother ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by Roger Clarke