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My Holidays
I remember my holidays spent in the village from an early age, they were happy times. I stayed with my Gran & Grampy Cannings who lived at Model Cottage, my cousins lived in the house next door. My brother and I spent our holidays ...Read more
A memory of Baydon in 1953 by
My Five Memorable Years At Chaigeley
There was Mr Jim Goynes, Mr Nicholson and his wife, Mr Hamer, Mr Oxley (the boys knew him as "Flump" although I never knew why). There was Mollie Manion (known as Matron), Mrs Nicholson was her assistant and ...Read more
A memory of Thelwall in 1953
1950s Westgate On Sea Childhood
Westgate Carnival - Coronation fancy dress competition and party in the rec - church parades and Remembrance Service on the cliffs by the war memorial, singing 'Eternal Ruler Strong to Save' as the North ...Read more
A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1953 by
A Recollection Of My Fond Childhood Memories At North Somercotes
North Somercotes during the 50s (1953-1960) My mother, Gwen's side of the family were from North Somercotes. They were called Humberstone. She had 5 siblings, Donald, ...Read more
A memory of North Somercotes in 1953 by
Part 2 By Stewart Willerton Mc Caw
My uncle, Lewis Clarke and aunty Gert, the butchers, had 4 children, my cousins. Gillian at the time was single and had a friend called Mac who was a pilot at Manby and when he flew over the village he ...Read more
A memory of North Somercotes in 1953 by
Raw Pastures At The Top Of The Hill Leading Down To Village
I was born in 1953 in a cottage at the top of the very steep hill leading down to the village. My mother ran a B & B from this address and we kept chickens and a pony. The ...Read more
A memory of Robin Hood's Bay in 1953 by
Lemnos
I was born in Bovey Tracey in 1952, on a Wednesday afternoon, the eleventh of June. I arrived in the middle of a garden party being held at 'Grey Gables' a house owned by a Mrs Pedrick (I do not remember her husband, but we children ...Read more
A memory of Bovey Tracey in 1952 by
Broad Oak Street
I was born in 1949 and then spent the next 15 years living there or visiting my grandparents in Broad Oak Street. The house in Broad Oak Street forms a part of my identity. I remember every nook and cranny - the coal cellar ...Read more
A memory of Nottingham in 1952 by
Self Catering Holidays In Swanage
When living in Reading, my family spent most of our holidays in Swanage. At the time we had little money and had to put up with chalets in residents' gardens. I'm sure, some were converted garages! We ...Read more
A memory of Westbourne in 1952 by
Memories Of A Sankey Lad
Although now living over a thousand miles away, my memories of my childhood in Great Sankey will always be dear to me. Brought up in Hood Lane near the Rose Inn, the endless stream of traffic passing my garden gate ...Read more
A memory of Great Sankey in 1952 by
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Cornish fishermen netted every fish they could, but the pilchard was the most crucial and sought after.
Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.
Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.
Five centuries ago, St Peter's Church and elm trees occupied what is now The Square.
This view, taken from an upper floor window of the execrable Empire Hotel, looks beyond the Parade Gardens, laid out in the 1880s, to North Parade, a long 'palace front' of twenty-five bays with a central
On the right is the 1894 School of Industrial Art, built in Arts and Crafts style, with an inscription by William Tooke.
Rhyl is famous for its great windy expanse of beach facing Liverpool Bay.
This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.
A small fishing boat sails out into the calm waters of St Austell Bay, while larger boats remain packed into the inner harbour.
Situated four miles south-west of Swansea overlooking Swansea Bay, Oystermouth derives its name from a Norman/English corruption of Ystmllwynarth.
Holiday chalets were an important part of the holiday scene when this view of a camp on the north bay was taken.
The house on the corner of Chapel Street (centre) now has a porch in the second bay. Still's stores (right) later became Simpson's antique shop, and since 1990 it has been a private house.
This busy scene shows yachts being rigged ready to sail and others with their sails full as their occupants enjoy the fresh sea air of Liverpool Bay.
This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.
A delightful study of people taking the sea air and enjoying the view over South Bay. It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period.
The five square miles of Plymouth Sound provide a fine safe anchorage.
This was once the town's market place. The later brick frontages here often conceal 16th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings that had been plastered for preservation.
The old inn dates from the late 15th century and comprises three bays with two wings projecting behind either side of a courtyard.
Water-skiing was just one of the many new sports offered to guests at Rockley Sands. Behind is Bay Hollow: there are now some trees on the cliff, and the path to the right has become steps.
The sun sets over Lyme Bay, silhouetting the cliffs.
Overlooking the bay is the magnificent Grand Hotel, built in 1867.
To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.
Part of the 'Cliftonville' area, these smart terraces housed the wealthy colonels, surgeons and Indian Army officers who retired to the seaside here. They enjoyed outstanding views across Weston Bay.
The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.
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