Photos

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Maps

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Memories

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Long Days On The Beach With Family And Friends

My parents owned a caravan on what is now Seaview Caravan Park and as a child I remember going down onto the beach with my brother. My parents and an uncle called Sparky and his wife all went down ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1960 by Colin Froy

I Loved To Roam The Fields

In the early 1960s Cudworth was a great place to live. Myself along with a group of kids used to go swimming at Cudworth baths, most of us lived on Park Avenue or on Beech Avenue, all exept John Darcy, e lived down ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1960 by Jacqueline Whincup Terzian

Bathside Boys

I was brought up at 14, Ingestre Street and always consider myself a Bathside boy. I was very lucky to have my school opposite my front door. Just up the street was Mr.Barneys shop where you could buy 4 black jacks for a ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1960 by David Corley

Best Time Of My Life

My Father Bill Owen made a lovely little caravan and pitched it on Gorselands caravan park in the mid to late 1950's through to 1966 and I enjoyed the most magical time of my life spending lots of long summer holidays with ...Read more

A memory of Swyre in 1960 by John Owen

Holidays In Creek Road

In 1960 and 1961 I spent holidays in Creek Road. I stopped in a wooden bungalow called MEON. In the photo of Creek Road I remember the white building was an amuesment hall. I clearly remember Eastoke and the club. ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1960 by Nick Beard

The Horse Shoe Bite

The small sandy beach at Newhaven was known as the horse shoe bite. It was completely covered at high tide, but as the water receded, it exposed fine golden sand, ideal for making castles and getting in your sandwiches. A row ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven in 1960 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

Hardboard Holiday Home.

You'll all go "Oh yes", when I jog your memory that Seaview was formerly named 'Kite Farm Camp'. It changed its name to Seaview around '61/62 when Arthur Fitt the garage owner on the other side of the station bought it ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1960

Green Door Cafe Or Bert's Cafe

Hi All, one of my memories of Grays old High Street was the café. Walking down the High Street toward the beach, on the left hand side was the cafe, it was called the Green Door and was owned by Bert Herrington. He and ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1960 by John Fautley

Pillbox On The Cliff

I lived in East Runton as a child somewhere around 1960 and I have a couple of memories. More than likely they are for my own purpose but here goes. I used to play in the white pillbox that was up on the cliff edge. When I ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1960 by Paul Wilton

Ravenscraig

I remember once after being warned by Mum & Dad not to climb up the rocks the the castle, but my mates talked me into it. Just got up near the top when there was a shout and a couple of Bobbies headed towards us. Off we went down ...Read more

A memory of Kirkcaldy in 1960 by Billy Allan

Captions

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Caption For Gillingham, The Strand C1955

The Strand was named in 1924, extended in 1930, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s, summer found the foreshore as crowded as any seaside beach.

Caption For Chapel St Leonards, Chapel Point C1955

The breakwaters have gone and the sea wall has been rebuilt, but most of the beach huts remain, with quaint names like Dolly's Den, Molly's and Sand Lea.

Caption For Salthouse, Cross Street C1955

This scene is characteristic of the North Norfolk coast: the walls and houses are built of whole flints found in the fields or on the nearby beach.

Caption For Ilfracombe, Capstone Hill And Parade 1911

The small beach to the left is at Prechers Rock.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1890

Children playing on boats and beach evoke a scene typical of the fascination of British people with maritime matters from an early age.

Caption For Skegness, From The Beach 1899

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

Caption For Exmouth, View From The Beacon 1925

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort. Tourists came for the bracing air and social activities.

Caption For Kinmel Bay, Sandy Cove C1955

Here, recently-built chalets shelter residents and visitors to the beaches, and these shops sold all the requisites, from groceries to postcards, to satisfy their needs.

Caption For Dunwich, The Beach 1909

A substantial shingle beach this may be, but it offers no protection to the sandy cliffs. All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave.

Caption For Thorpeness, The Benthills 1929

At one stage the residents of Benthills enjoyed exclusive use of the beach area in front of their houses - 'The Benthills Enclosure'.

Caption For Torcross, The Sands 1896

More Americans died training here than were killed on Utah Beach on D-Day.

Caption For Barry Island, Whitmore Bay 1900

The erection of iron railings by the Windsor Estate to enclose and prevent access to the beach except by gates is already under way.

Caption For Barry Island, 'paddling' 1925

These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

Caption For Clevedon, The Pier 1892

In late Victorian tour guides, Clevedon was noted for its good beach, its pier, and the surrounding countryside, which was considered to be exceptionally beautiful.

Caption For Newlyn, Fish Market 1906

The Newlyn School numbered among its luminaries Henry Scott Tuke, Edwin Harris and William Wainwright, but the leading light was undoubtedly Stanhope Forbes, whose masterpiece 'Fish Sale on Newlyn Beach

Caption For Redcar, The Beach C1955

Redcar's popularity for the past 150 years has largely depended upon the attractions of the sea and the beach. A group of roundabouts and swings offers entertainment for the children.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1890

The whitewashed Fore Street Methodist chapel is to the right, likewise built onto the harbour beach.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, New Promenade 1897

Extensive and beautiful sandy beaches brought ever- increasing numbers of visitors to the North Wales coast.

Caption For Blue Anchor, The Village 1936

It is rumoured that the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret once stayed at the summerhouse he built for his wife above the beach.

Caption For Landewednack, Church Cove C1900

Church Cove was a pilchard fishing place, with boats hauled up the steep beach, and there was also a lifeboat station here for a while until 1899.

Caption For Scarborough, The South Cliff Tramway 1890

The tramway offered holiday-makers an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade, other than by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens, and all for just 1d.

Caption For Margate, Marine Parade 1908

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Caption For Criccieth, And Cardigan Bay 1931

Its unspoilt beach, fine coastal vistas and village atmosphere drew the more discerning visitor.

Caption For Watermouth, Harbour With Vessels C1871

Trading schooners are beached, waiting for their cargo to be taken ashore by horse and cart.