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Memories
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Antique Shop
When I was 5 years old my Mum and Dad sold everything and we sailed by cargo ship back to England from Montreal Quebec. We settled in Robin Hoods Bay as my grandma Phylis Timbrell owned and operated the Antique Shop along ...Read more
A memory of Robin Hood's Bay in 1965 by
Anyone Remember Skip Am Also Looking For The Son Of Irene Rene Maiden Name Reeves
Hello, does anyone remember Skip? He used to take boys from poorer families on day trips, swimming, to the beach etc. Also, I'm looking for the son of Irene Reeves, ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1965 by
Argent Street Grays
I too, was born in Argent Street, No 85, next door to Potters Shop. Only the alleyway divided our house from them, and two doors away from The Castle. I have fond memories of growing up in the early sixties, and my adventures ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1958 by
Army Training Near Shorncliffe
I completed several training tours with 39th Signal Regiment and later 10th Signal Regiment at Shorncliffe around 1970. I recall setting up a "bivvy" in the training area for a whole week one frosty ...Read more
A memory of Shorncliffe Camp in 1970 by
Arthur Shackson With Kiwi And Peggy Posing On The Beach
This is Arthur Shackson with the donkeys from the New Inn Hotel (Kiwi and Peggy). Arthur was the Porter for many years for the New Inn, meeting the guest at the top of the cobbled street and ...Read more
A memory of Clovelly in 1966 by
As A Pupil At Stubbington House School
I was a boarder at Stubbington House School from 1954 to 1956. My father was a Naval officer, as were so many other fathers. I believe the school was sponsored by the Royal Navy, and I recall that a ...Read more
A memory of Stubbington in 1954 by
Ashington 1950s 1980s.
My mother's family lived in the Milburn Road area of Ashington from the 1920s. My mother met my father, a Londoner serving in the Army stationed at Acklington or thereabouts at the end of WW2. They married in Morpeth and ...Read more
A memory of Ashington
Atwick Holidays
our family ( from Bradford ) , me and 2 sisters rented one of the chalets at the end of cliff road in the mid fifty's I think it was 2nd from left in on the cliff top .Can remember the garden getting shorter as the cliffs collapased ...Read more
A memory of Ulrome in 1954 by
Aunty Bell's
My dad was a geordie and every year when I was a kid we would always visit his hometown, Jarrow, N Newcastle. I loved the northeast with all the different beaches and everything about it, as I got older I loved the northeast ...Read more
A memory of Whitley Bay in 1975
Avenue Club Cafe Workshops In Old Road On Mr Trickers Site 95 Old Road
Anyone remember the Avenue Club and Cafe run by Wally and Grace? I was their daughter-in-law and I lived at 95 Old Road in a yard above a private garage that looked like ...Read more
A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1962 by
Captions
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Note the Beach Cafe (left) and the groynes on Charmouth beach; we are looking eastwards to Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Offshore are the Mouth Rocks.
Cars can still spill onto the beach, and small cafés still provide small-scale refreshments to visitors, although a sea defence has been added since.
The beaches between Marske and Saltburn were considered to be of the highest quality, with racing events and speed records for cars and motor cycles taking place from 1906 until after the Second World
In the foreground is the Beach House Hotel, now Beach Court (left), with the Marine Snack Bar on the opposite side of the road.
This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.
There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.
attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late Victorian and Edwardian era, with its broad sandy beaches
Young day-trippers on the beach are preparing to enjoy a traditional ride on one of the six donkeys retained here for the purpose during the summer months.
Donkeys are awaiting the arrival of the day's holidaymakers on the beach. A fisherwoman in a tall hat stands behind the donkey boys and their mounts.
Southend The Boating Beach
This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.
The Beach House Temperance Hotel (to the right in photograph No 44204) is apparent on the left in this view of the broad Esplanade, looking towards the centre of the town.
attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late Victorian and Edwardian era, with its broad sandy beaches
Having accommodated men of the United States 1st Infantry Division before they left Weymouth and Portland to land on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion, Freshwater Holiday Camp remains one of the busiest
Southend The Boating Beach
Summer day trips reached beaches, piers and ports from Torquay to Bournemouth. This shot looks northwards to Marine Parade (centre) and beached boats at Cobb Gate.
Donkeys are awaiting the arrival of the day's holidaymakers on the beach. A fisherwoman in a tall hat stands behind the donkey boys and their mounts.
They have been paddling in the shallows on South Beach, facing the broad seaward sweep that takes in Caldy Island and the Gower Peninsula.
They have been paddling in the shallows on South Beach, facing the broad seaward sweep that takes in Caldy Island and the Gower Peninsula.
For years Alnmouth has been noted for its sands; many of these holidaymakers would have taken a constitutional walking along the beach to Warkworth Castle.
This small esplanade at East Beach leads from the pier and passes the gangway where the fishermen launch and land their boats. This area is illuminated by beautiful, ornate lamp posts.
Shingle was still being removed from the wide shingle beach (bottom left), and the branch line had been extended to the seaside at West Bay Station (centre right).
The boat was then drawn down to the beach by horses and launched from the beach.
With his powerful business aptitude, Mr Dendy quickly installed the most important tourist commodity, bathing machines; those for the ladies were on Paignton beach, and those for the gentlemen on Preston
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