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Photos
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Maps
115 maps found.
Books
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Memories
1,374 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.
Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon
When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more
A memory of Lyme Regis by
The House Called Beverley And The 1953 Spring Tide
My father built the square flat roofed house called Beverley on the sand dunes in the late 1920s next to the bungalow by the creek. It has since had two refurbishments, the first of which ...Read more
A memory of Anderby Creek in 1953 by
Wreck At Hordle Cliff
As a young boy of 9 or so, living in Barton on Sea, sometime around 1952, I remember a ship washing up in a storm on the beach at Hordle Cliff. During the time before it was re-floated, the local youth had the opportunity to ...Read more
A memory of Hordle in 1952 by
Barton On Sea New Milton Hants Dorset
My parents moved from Bournemouth to Barton-on-Sea around 1947, and purchased a business at 18 Whitefield Road, New Milton, and a home at 24 Barton Court Avenue which was our childhood home for ten years ...Read more
A memory of Barton on Sea in 1947 by
Childhood Years
I grew up in Finechty and spent most of my childhood years down at the beach or climbing the Bin Hill or the Hill of Maud. The Hill of Maud was a good place to find seagulls' eggs.
A memory of Findochty in 1950
Fantastic Township
I have very fond memories of Coldbackie. It’s one of those fantastic undiscovered gems in Sutherland. My grandparents bought a croft there in the 1950s and I spent much of my childhood playing at the beach, in the woods, or ...Read more
A memory of Coldbackie in 1990 by
Fond Memories
As an American, stationed at Aviano AFB, Aviano, Italy, I met a young lady, Rose Graham from Greenock, Scotland. We met At Jeselo beach, while she was on holiday. When she returned to Greenock, we maintained our relationship. We ...Read more
A memory of Greenock in 1967 by
Southend (Chalkwell) Beach
On a recent visit (Sept 2010) to Southend, I walked along that section of the beach,which brought back childhood memories of seeing Punch and Judy shows at the Minstrel Stage in the years prior to WW II. The stage ...Read more
A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1930 by
Lighthouse Pub
I look back on my time living in Hoylake as a child with great fondness. We lived in the Lighthouse pub for about 3 years. We were there when it closed. I can remember going down to the beach to see the lifeboat.
A memory of Hoylake in 1958 by
The Whale
When I was about 10 / 11 years old our entire class, along with many other classes left Garelochhead Primary School, wound our way through Bendarroch Park, all crossed the road as uniformly as Mr Richmond (teacher) was able to ...Read more
A memory of Garelochhead in 1976 by
Captions
1,131 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.
Kingsdown stands on the coast where the white cliffs of Dover give way to the extensive shingle beach that runs eastwards to Walmer & Deal. Caesar is said to have landed in this vicinity in 55BC.
Since its grounds were bisected by the redevelopment of Beach Road, the council initiated plans to purchase it in 1947.
Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.
or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the lanes, admiring the views across to Bournemouth, the Needles and the Isle of Wight as they went.The attraction of Studland is not only the splendid beach
Note the white areas on the beach - these are piles of linen from nearby hotels being aired and dried.
The building on the left is the lifeboat station, erected in 1885; it is unusual that it is set at right angles to the beach.
'Hence Rhyl has become noted for the number of children that visit it, and these little ones find an inexhaustible fund of pleasure on its beach'.
at all of this watering-place to those who have never visited it, one must mention that there are noble tree-planted streets and shady avenues, an imposing sea-front of about three miles, an excellent beach
This view shows the fairground on Coney Beach.
Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth
A colourful throng is being entertained by pierrots on the beach.
The shop sold postcards, and displays model yachts in the doorway for sailing on one of the pools on the beach.
They would arrive on an early ferry with their wicker baskets and 'set up shop' along the promenade or on the beach.
They appear to be deciding which way to go, as there is a choice of two esplanades: one is virtually on the beach, where dogs have total freedom, and the other is along the top of the cliffs, where
including 50 bedrooms, bedside lights in all rooms, electric fires in first-floor rooms, a tennis court, a putting green, television, a ladies' hairdressing saloon and a private path to the beach
It is a strange fact that many old laws remain on the statute books; one still standing forbids bathing on Ramsgate beach.
Fishermen's cottages indicate that inshore fishing and shrimping was a part of the scene, and there was still some golden sand on the beach.
The railway viaduct crosses the little valley behind the beach, and the station platform is just beyond. Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland.
The following morning the beach and rocks were littered with wreckage and bodies.
It occupies an excellent defensive position overlooking the sea and the beach beyond, where Giraldus Cambrensis played as child.
In earlier days a beach community existed: numerous bungalows were built on the sands of the Exe estuary, particularly on the long spit of land known as Dawlish Warren, which stretches to
New Swanage (centre right) is beginning to cluster around Ulwell Road and the 1898-built Grand Hotel (centre) at the northern end of the beach.
In the happier days of the last century it opened its beaches to all, and a holiday in Bournemouth became an enduring event in many a Briton's memory.
Fishermen have to be tough, not only to ply their trade at sea, but also to have the strength to haul their heavily laden boats by hand up the steep shingle beach.
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