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Mersea Island Primary School 1950s
Born on Mersea island- what a haven we school children had to live and grow in. Endless poppy fields and bluebell woods, golden beaches and primrose banks flanked the leafy lanes. Greedy land grabbers have ...Read more
A memory of West Mersea in 1956 by
Parade Cafe & Amusement Arcade
The Parade Cafe & Amusement Arcade is on the left in your picture, My Father bought it for 5000.00 in 1956. It stayed in the family until my brother-in-law Billy Burrows sold it in the mid 1980's. Business-wise it ...Read more
A memory of Mundesley in 1956 by
An American In Barassie
I lived at 51 Becah Road, Barassie, Troon. My step-father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Prestwiick. I remember the gentleman who lived on the ground floor of our house. His name I think was George ...Read more
A memory of Troon in 1956 by
My Old School
Hartford Secondary Modern School, Northwich brings back very fond memories. The teachers were very good and enthusiastic, encouraging us all to do well. Mr Beech was the Headmaster, very keen on cricket. Mr Baines Assistant Head, ...Read more
A memory of Northwich in 1956 by
The Year I Left The Village I Was Born In
I was born in North Seaton Colliery and have very happy memories of my childhood and all the people who were part of my life. I left at 16 to work in Newcastle, the beach was perfect, never have I had such happy times, picking winkles and fishing for dabs. Brenda Hudson as was.
A memory of North Seaton in 1956 by
2 Years In The Village
Sometime around 1956, for about two years, two of us shared a cottage in Iford village (one of the first two as you came off the main road from Lewes). We worked for Mr Robinson milking his Guernsey herd and doing ...Read more
A memory of Iford in 1956 by
Albert Hern
My grandfather was Albert Hern. He built the houses on the cliffe - Belgrave. He lived in the end house still standing. He was well known. I lived at 10 Beach Terrace as a child (now gone ) and revisited many times.
A memory of Heacham in 1956 by
Laleham Abbey School
I was a pupil for two years at Laleham Abbey. My maiden name being, Elsa-Marie Burberry - Elsa. I was friends with Phyllis Baker who I remember as having beautiful auburn-red hair and who I think came from Totteridge. Other ...Read more
A memory of Laleham in 1956 by
Marine Crescent
I recall as a child in the 1950s, being taken on outings from my grandparents' home in Litherland via Seaforth/ South Road stations to the beach at Marine Crescent, Waterloo. On a recent nostalgic trip there I was surprised ...Read more
A memory of Waterloo in 1956 by
Port Regis
I remember Port Regis very well, I stayed there as a child. It was a convalescent home then for girls. The nuns used to take us down to the beach every Wednesday afternoon - Kingsgate beach that is. Though it is 40-some odd years ago ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1956 by
Captions
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There are here a commodious pier, and a sandy beach well supplied with bathing machines, donkeys, minstrels, and the like attractions for the amusement of the Bank Holiday crowds.
The sandy beach is overwhelmed by a tide of holidaymakers, most of whom have probably arrived here by train at the station in the left background.
The Eastern Telegraph Co's large cable station was established in the valley just inland from the beach at Porthcurno, where undersea cables came ashore.
This road up from the beach was first started at the time that George Hudson bought the West Cliff Estate in the 1850s, and it got the name from the strategic pass important in the Afghan wars, which
In the foreground people access the beach via a slipway. In the distance a crowd gather to be entertained – could it be minstrels or a Punch and Judy show?
During the 18th and 19th centuries many buildings (including the old railway station) were constructed with rock quarried from the beach.
The bathing machines have mostly disappeared, to be replaced by beach huts and changing tents.
Since it is tidal at this point, the Towy has a nice wide beach for all kinds of activities for young and old.
A rough sea is coming onto the beach, but the pier affords protection to the dangerously narrow harbour entrance beneath the cliffs.
It is said that when she was a young girl she collected rare varieties of seaweed on the beaches around East Cowes, which she presented to her friend Maria da Gloria, girl-queen of Portugal.
This small hamlet enjoys a hundred or so metres of beach enclosed by a rocky cove in an idyllic setting.
Far above is Lucy's Ledge Jetty (centre), which was the creation in 1820 of pioneer geologist Henry de la Beche, who grew up in the town.
The crowd are watching an event from the beach and the pier. The first 1862 pier had been rebuilt in 1889, and again in 1914 when disastrous storms turned the South Pavilion into an island.
Children play on the beach and collect flotsam from the tide line while their parents sit beside windbreaks. The roof on the fish palace has now almost completely gone.
As for the beach, the fifties were the days of sand castle building. Sand yachting has recently been prohibited because of a tragic accident.
The beach runs in a glorious sweep around the bay. The sands slope gently, offering safe bathing for children, and extend for a mile and more.
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
It is clinker built, with a flat bottom for landing on the beach.
By this time, Cromer had developed into a select holiday resort for the well-to-do, many of whom stayed in the Cliftonville Hotel (right) facing the west beach.
The Lotus tearoom next to the card shop (centre) provided meals to eat inside and trays of refreshments to take onto the beach.
Blundellsands beach forms part of the sixteen miles of sand stretching from Waterloo to Southport.
It is a nice sunny day; there are people about, and there is time for a leisurely chat, while some seem interested in the beach just out of shot.
All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well
There are swings on Lytham Beach and a few children paddling – no longer to be seen in the 21st century, as the sand is now overgrown with invasive Spartina grass.
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