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Memories

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A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time

The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more

A memory of Trelights in 1970 by Rod Templar

Growing Up In And Around Kirkthorpe

I was born 1965 at Walton Hall and for the first few years of my life lived at Warmfield Lane opposite George Shaw's farm. We then moved to Woodland Ave in Kirkthorpe, a small house with a huge garden that ...Read more

A memory of Kirkthorpe in 1970 by Ian Shaw

Holidays

I remember camping for 2/6d a night. Mrs Dane (I think) ran the site. Having too much cider, trying to surf. Walking to Trevone Bay, eating in beach cafe run by Ron, and his son Chris looked after the car park. Went back last year, ...Read more

A memory of Trevose Head in 1970 by Richard Irons

An Unchanged Caravan Site

Wow, this brings back memories of pics my parents had - my folks had a caravan (static) in 1952 and my mum's parents did before that. My sister and my brother (born 1952-1955) spent childhoods there and so did I (born ...Read more

A memory of Mundesley in 1970 by John Heap

Just Married 1970

I spent many a happy time walking my Boxer dog round Old Portsmouth and he loved it down on the beach by the Hotwalls where I would throw stones in the sea for him to go and get. I had only just got married and my husband was ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1970 by Vikki Mathews

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 Christine Law

My Childhood Memories

My relations moved to this area back in the late 1950s and finally settled in Ringmore village. We had long holidays there in their home starting back in the 1960s, but the years I remember the most were the 1970s, down ...Read more

A memory of Challaborough in 1970

My Family

Newbiggin was the place I was brought up and spent many happy years on the sands and in the sea until I was 18. Life then took me to London to train to be a teacher. My parents had a house in Windsor Terrace where dad still lives ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin in 1970 by Mary Heynes

Goodrington

This is the best place in Devon to be. I  still get excited when I hear and see the steam train. My sisters and I came to Goodrington when we were very young and I still come every year. We love this place so much we have a beach ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1970 by Wendy Hugonnet

Happiest Days Mixed With Sadness

I fell in love with Mousehole back in 1970 when I came across it quite by accident. My girlfriend and I were staying at a B&B called LowLee which is positioned just outside Newlyn on the clifftop overlooking ...Read more

A memory of Mousehole in 1970 by Christopher Bowers

Captions

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Caption For St Annes, From Pier 1906

Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats. All the ingredients for a perfect seaside holiday.

Caption For St Annes, From Pier 1906

Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats. All the ingredients for a perfect seaside holiday.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff And The Metropole Hotel 1923

If the beach was too far afield for the older generation, then there were plenty of seats and shelters along the clifftop where one could sit in the sun or the shade, and catch up with the

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach 1918

A large crowd is gathered on the beach in the centre of this photograph, possibly to watch 'Uncle Mac and his Minstrels.'

Caption For Exmouth, Esplanade Gardens C1965

The Pavilion remains today an important venue for plays and concerts, surrounded by lovely gardens and with the beach and sea just across the road.

Caption For St Annes, The Beach C1955

Possibly the last knotted hankie to be seen on an English beach.

Caption For Angle, Angle Bay C1960

There are several beached boats, the first complete with tender.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Gun Cliff And Cobb Gate From Back Beach 1890

Back Beach was the fiefdom of William Curtis & Sons, boatmen and fish merchants from nearby Long Entry on Church Cliffs. The spot was locally known as Curtis Cove.

Caption For Porthcawl, Coney Beach 1938

Coney Beach funfair was built in 1920 on an old ballast tip. The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two World War I hangers.

Caption For Charlestown, The Beach 1890

Rowing boats are drawn up on the small shingle beach on the west side of Charlestown harbour, with the Polmear Island rock behind.

Caption For Lydstep, Cliffs 1890

This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.

Caption For Rhyl, The Sands C1920

Donkey rides, beach chairs, heavy clothes - these are the delights of a British seaside day out!

Caption For Galway, Beach C1955

A view of one of the beaches which look out over Galway Bay to County Clare and the limestone landscape of the Burren.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Promenade C1920

Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach. The octagonal building is a newspaper kiosk. Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.

Caption For Newquay, Bishop's Rock And The Headland 1901

Overdressed holidaymakers in sun hats enjoy the sands in this view from Great Western Beach towards the Atlantic Hotel on the headland of the Beacon.

Caption For Seaton, From The Sea 1927

The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last

Caption For Salisbury, Old House In High Street 1928

The three-gabled timber-framed building on the right is 14th century, and until recently was the well-known antiquarian bookshop, Beach's.

Caption For Par, The Spit Beach 1927

This is the first beach around the corner from the main breakwater of Par Harbour. Steps cut into the rock lead down the cliff from Spit Point.

Caption For Pett Level, The Beach C1955

This view looks along the shingle beach which fronts the marshland towards Fairlight.

Caption For Wallasey, Dinghy Sailing From Harrison Drive Beach C1965

Long shadows indicate the end of a pleasurable day's sailing from this well-known beach.

Caption For Barry Island, The Beach 1925

This is a busy scene, with thousands of holidaymakers on the beach. The western shelter has now been completed, and work on the finishing of the promenade and the eastern shelter is under way.

Caption For Aldeburgh, The Lifeboat 'city Of Winchester' 1903

Aldeburgh lifeboats have always been launched straight from the shingle beach. Four years earlier, an Aldeburgh lifeboat suffered its worst disaster, capsizing with the loss of seven lives.

Caption For Skegness, The Waterway C1955

Two packed motorboats pass the beach chalets north of the Pier. Later, the chalets were to be rebuilt to face inland, as well as towards the sea.

Caption For Porthcawl, The Sands 1901

This view of Coney Beach shows ladies wearing long dresses, the men wearing suits and the children fully dressed - there is not a bathing costume in sight.