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Memories

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First Holiday

My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived ...Read more

A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by Barbara Lucas

First Home After The War

When dad got out of Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War he took a job as a coastguard and was stationed at Bamburgh. The coastguard lookout was on the east side of the castle and a great deal of his duties in ...Read more

A memory of Bamburgh by Derek Hardy

First Visit To Mr Leys Caravans

Mr Ley, ex Army Major who along with his family started probably one of the first Holiday Caravan sites at Par Sands. Mr Ley always drove a yellow Rolls Royce when he arrived to clean the vans. On the entrance to the ...Read more

A memory of Par in 1952 by Frank Lewin

Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea

During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by ducatee

Fishing & Folk Clubs

During the mid '70's I spent many happy school holidays in Christchurch. My brother, Colin, worked at the MoD base (Signals Research & Development) nearby. He had lodgings with a Mrs Alison in the town. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch by bru.enzer

Fishing With Billy

Billy was a hero to we boys. In the daytime you could go crabbing with him; at night, out drifting. He drove an old open jeep and at times you would see five, six or even seven boys clinging to parts of this ex-US vehicle as it ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1955 by D'arcy Blank

Fishing By The Bridge

This picture brings back fond memories of my childhood, I remember fishing in the pool just under these trees, I caught my first pike and perch there and I was only 11 yrs old. There used to be a beach just next to the pool ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1966 by Mike Casey

Fishing Off The Pier

My memories of the area around the Castle are of fishing both off the pier and from the beach at the other side of the castle from this picture, it would have been around 1978/9 while I was still an apprentice at Timex and ...Read more

A memory of Dundee by Derek Cole

Flecher Convalsecent Home

I worked at the convalescent home for 6 months, (my name was Lansdale then) as so-called 'nursing aide' - more like 'maid of everything' - cleaning baths, polishing old brass taps and scouring equally old claw-footed baths, ...Read more

A memory of Cromer in 1943 by Joycelyn Maton

Fond Memories

I first visited Borth as a toddler in the early 60's, with my Uncle Dai from Machynlleth. I used to visit him and his wife to stay with them for holidays. As he had worked the railways he used to take me from Mach to Borth on the ...Read more

A memory of Borth by Sheila Tunstall

Captions

1,131 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

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 Cromer, West Promenade C1955

The increasing number of these facilities crammed into this popular spot forced the local fishermen to move their boats to the opposite end of the promenade nearer to East Beach.

Caption For Saundersfoot, Coppet Hall 1898

Hall's name is believed to be derived from 'coal pit haul': before the laying of the railway track in the 1870s, a tramline existed on which coal was hauled on horse-drawn trucks to the beach

Caption For Littlestone, The Parade C1955

The sandy beach stretched for miles in each direction, and the seafront road ran for two miles.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From The Torrs C1870

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the

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 Cawsand, The Bay 1904

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.

Caption For New Brighton, The Beach 1887

Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

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 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 Tenby, South Sands 1890

The well-dressed ladies and children on the beach are most likely to be seasonal visitors to Tenby.

Caption For Cliftonville, Newgate Gap 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 Downderry, Beach Combers 1901

Frith may have been guilty of a little artistic licence in describing these women as 'cave dwellers' - there are indeed plenty of caves on the beach here, but all are sea-washed at high tide with even

Caption For Skinningrove, The Jetty C1955

Fishing cobles owned by Skinningrove families are drawn up on the beach in the foreground.

Caption For Penarth, The Dingle 1896

In 1884 gas lamps were installed along the route to the beach. Two years later the path was incorporated as a public highway with commensurate investment.

Caption For Overstrand, High Street 1938

Despite a fine beach and a railway link, only a handful of hotels and guesthouses could be found here.

Caption For Newquay, Cliff Road 1918

The nearest carriage waits outside the Great Western Hotel, and behind it a sign directs pedestrians to the cliffs and beach.

Caption For Dymchurch, The Sands 1927

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

Caption For Kessingland, Church Road C1960

At the corner of Bethel Drive is the beach-flint Sailor's and Fisherman's Bethel (left), still functioning as a place of worship.

Caption For Penarth, The Esplanade C1955

Years of inertia and neglect needed remedy: a new pavilion was built, and further development of Beach Road was undertaken to provide improved access to the front.

Caption For Pwllheli, The Promenade 1898

The old town was originally about a quarter of a mile from the sea, but since 1888, a contemporary guidebook tells us, 'the South Beach Land and Building Corporation Limited are building very extensively

Caption For Aberporth, The Bay C1955

From the inter-war years its fine sandy beaches attracted visitors who wanted a sea-side holiday without the distractions that resorts such as Aberystwyth provided, even though it was close to the Ministry

Caption For Newquay, On The Sands 1912

The splendid sandy beach, which is so firm that tennis may be played on it, extends eastward for three miles beneath a range of beautiful cliffs.