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Whitley Bay My Family
I was born in Newcastle and all my family. My grandparents lived at Percy Terrace and I would go every school holiday to stay with them. I loved walking along the sea front with my gran - she would walk us to Colour ...Read more
A memory of Whitley Bay in 1970 by
Whitley Bay 1957 1965
I lived in South Wellfield just outside Whitley Bay in the years listed above. Despite being something of a mongrel in terms of heritage I always look upon the town and area as my true home. Although being probably conceived ...Read more
A memory of Whitley Bay by
Whitethorn Morris Dance At Sidmouth
This view is little different from the one seen by Whitethorn Morris at the Sidmouth International Folk Festival on several occasions in the 1980's. We danced and I played my accordian for the Whitethorn Band on ...Read more
A memory of Sidmouth in 1982 by
Whitecity
I was born in the Whitecity in Enfield Street in 1966. I have fantastic memories of my childhood. Going to Lloyd's shop on the corner of Henshaw Street for sweets where my friends Allison and Mark Reese also lived. We had the best ...Read more
A memory of Port Talbot by
White Mice
This was one of my favourite places as a child. My aunty lived in Thorpeness and we used to stay with her in the summer. We would often come to the beach at Warblerswick, and then go to The Dutch Barn. My earliest memory is ...Read more
A memory of Southwold in 1965 by
White Gables
I had several really good holidays in Dymchurch in the early 1970's . I stayed with my family at White Gables Guest House , at the time run by a Mr and Mrs Beecroft. It was a beautiful thatched building on The Oval , very near the ...Read more
A memory of Dymchurch by
Where Is St. Patricks Open Air School?
Did you go to St. Patricks Open Air School? I was sent in 1957 as I had very bad asthma and I left in 1965. The school was open to about a hundred girls who suffered from a range of chest conditions. The ...Read more
A memory of Hayling Island in 1957
Where I Came From. By Christine Harris (Formerly Hudson)
I was born at 42 Stanley Avenue Portslade, on 21st July 1944. We moved to Shoreham after the war and Dad ran a small transport cafe, which, last time I visited it was a bookmakers called ...Read more
A memory of Shoreham-By-Sea by
When The End Of The Pier Was Washed Away
My parents moved to Bognor in 1961 when I was 14. I remember when half of the pier was washed away after a terrible winter storm. The beach was piled with wood from it and it all disappeared in a day! ...Read more
A memory of Bognor Regis by
When My Children Were Young
We lived in Eastbourne at this time and would always come out to Pevensey Bay on summer days and spend time on the beach. It was so peacefull and there was very little traffic. There were many privately owned ...Read more
A memory of Pevensey Bay in 1964 by
Captions
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Here we see a busy day in the summer. Girls watch the boys go by. Fashions have changed: there are no bikinis and no bare chests here.
This scene has altered little since the picture was captured.
This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.
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
The spire was removed in 1962 after being weakened first by an exploding mine out at sea, and then by a lightning strike, leaving only the square-topped tower that we can see today.
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.
While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late
There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.
The Esplanade 1899.
This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.
Southend The Boating Beach
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
While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late
This low tide view from the Outer Breakwater looks northwards to Victoria Pier and the town as the Weymouth paddle- steamer 'Duchess of Devonshire' reverses away from the Cobb.
Southend The Boating Beach
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.
To the right, behind the flagpole is the Life Boat House, designed by Charles H Cooke and opened in 1878. The building was enclosed by a fence to protect it from damage by cattle.
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.
These fishwives have been shrimping with nets on the sands and filling the baskets they carry on their backs.
These fishwives have been shrimping with nets on the sands and filling the baskets they carry on their backs.
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 view looks north-eastwards from East Cliff, over the older administrative and commercial heart of what used to be called Bridport Harbour.
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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