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Memories

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Every Weekend At Severn Beach

I lived in Patchway in the 1960s, every weekend friends and I would catch the train to Severn Beach to go swimming in the pool there, I wonder if it's still there, I guess not. I remember the stinky change area :) and the crowded pool, great times they were !

A memory of Severn Beach in 1962 by Carole Hughes(Elson)

Exmouth Marina

The history of Exmouth Harbour and marina has altered beyond recognition in the last few years. In 1998 I went there as a complete novice deck hand and worked for the summer on the 55-foot trawler GY165 'Pacemaker'. We fished out in ...Read more

A memory of Exmouth in 1998 by Nick Crocker

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Funland Penny Arcade

My late mum was part owner of the Funland Arcade and I worked there evenings, doing repairs to the 'Allwins' penny amusements and counting pennies etc. I worked on her deckchair stand on the beach and also sold ice cream on the ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1957 by James Whitehead

Fab Times

I always remember our Mum and Dad taking my brother Jimmy and myself to St Combs, staying with Mrs Buchan and No 3. High Street. She was the nicest lady in the world, but deaf unfortunately. We would go for walks along the beach, ...Read more

A memory of St Combs in 1870 by Ann Craib

Fair Tides Guest House

My parents owned and ran a guest house... Fair Tides... just up from Mousehole Beach, a stone's throw from the sea. I lived here until 1965.... not long enough as I wanted to stay here until I died I loved it so much. The ...Read more

A memory of Hope Cove in 1955 by Jill Adair

Fairfield House

I was at Fairfield house about 1963 i was five I remember mrs fisher.and I remember.that in the summer we used to have an afternoon sleep in the garden.I had such a wonderful time there .I remember we used to go to the beach and ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by Lesley Lamb

Fairfield House Boarding School

I was at Fairfield House Broadstairs boarding school early 60’s. I remember Mrs Ansell. Lovely lady. Mary Kennedy, Wendy Giles, Diane, Jasmine Raybold. We had a visit from Lady Mountbatten. I stayed up late in the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by pah91

Falmouth Fishstrand Quay C1960s

Ah yes, I remember going with my mother to Fishstrand Quay ice house to buy mackeral and crab. It was like a huge walk-in freezer with lots of large fridge doors and had massive latches on them with lots of ice ...Read more

A memory of Falmouth in 1960 by Derek Asquith

Family

My name is Philip Beach- my Grandmother hails from Inverness. Her maiden name was Isabel Martin, born about 1890, her sister's name (married) was Euphemia Archibald who lived to be 101 in my hometown of Rochester, NY USA. Isabel married ...Read more

A memory of Inverness by Philip Beach

Captions

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Caption For Skegness, The Figure Eight 1910

It is now replaced by an altogether more testing version as part of the Pleasure Beach complex.

Caption For Shoeburyness, West Beach C1955

Here, on a sunny 1950s summer's day, the shingle West Beach is crowded; in the distance is Southend and its pier. The view is now changed, with 1960s tower blocks of flats on the skyline.

Caption For Morfa Bychan, Garreg Wen Lake 1925

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

Caption For Scarborough, South Bay 1891

Ladies were obliged to bathe nearer to the beach, and wore some sort of gown.

Caption For Skegness, The Beach 1910

Here we look beyond the licensed donkey ride man, the helter-skelter and beach fun fair, the bathing machines and the booths towards the then splendid pier.

Caption For Mablethorpe, South Promenade C1950

The Lincolnshire coast is well known for its sandy beaches, and Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea are outstanding, as this photograph shows.

Caption For Penarth, The Cliffs 1893

At the centre of the photograph a wooden slipway stands idle – this section of the beach is apparently deserted.

Caption For Rhossili, Rough Sea C1950

The magnificent beach at Rhosili, accessible only along narrow paths, and popular with swimmers and surfers, curves for 3 miles. The barque 'Helvetia' was wrecked here in 1877.

Caption For Woolacombe, The Village 1899

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

Caption For Walberswick, Village Street C1955

The end of the next house is made up of alternate courses of brick and beach pebbles. Further on is a row of Victorian terraced cottages, with dormer and bay windows.

Caption For Heswall, The Slipway C1955

A mixture of near-derelict and beached craft gives this working slipway an untidy appearance that will certainly have been at odds with the fact that the majority of the boats represented someone's

Caption For Blackpool, The Palatine Hotel 1890

Built close to both the railway station and beach, it quickly became a successful family hotel.

Caption For Heysham, The Foreshore C1947

Cars, motorbikes and sidecars are parked on the beach, whilst their owners clamber over the rocks or paddle in the sea.

Caption For East Quantoxhead, The Cliffs 1929

A path leads from the tiny village across the fields to low cliffs above this quiet beach.

Caption For Eastbourne, Holywell C1955

The beach huts of curiously railway style have long gone and are now replaced by modern toilets, but the fine views of the chalk cliffs remain.

Caption For Upwey, Near Stone Bridge 1898

Most visitors come to take in the little glen and wishing well, though the hills around offer extensive views over Dorchester and Chesil Beach.

Caption For Selsey, The Beach 1930

The coastline is still being eroded, and as each winter storm breaches the vulnerable unprotected beach, the sea threatens to make Selsey an island again.

Caption For Pwllheli, West End Promenade 1898

'Pwllheli possesses perhaps the finest sandy beach in Wales', says the late Victorian guidebook, 'and the sanitary arrangements are all that could be desired'.

Caption For Saundersfoot, The Glen 1934

It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

Caption For Aylesford, The River Medway 1898

Here, we see sailing barges beached on the far shore.

Caption For Arnside, From The Beach 1894

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach.

Caption For Kilkhampton, Coombe Valley Mill 1929

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

Caption For Weymouth, Bowleaze Cove C1955

Weymouth's beach has gently sloping sands and is mostly sheltered from the storms and swells of the English Channel, making it suitable for the youngest and most inexperienced of bathers.

Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1960

Away from the bright lights and entertainments of its main resorts, Lancashire's coast has many other fine stretches of expansive beach.