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Memories
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Grandads Bungalow
My grandad built a bungalow that as far as I know still stands today. It was virtually opposite the shop, next to the car park at the top of the road that led down, past the quarry to the beach. I think it was called Huno Brow or ...Read more
A memory of Reighton by
Granddads Donkeys
I was most surprised to see my late grandfather William Mannall and possibly my uncle Paul with granddads donkeys ,which he had for many years on the beach at Hemsby and also later at Newport (uncle Paul). I had many gratis rides ...Read more
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Grandma's Guest House.
My husband Chistopher John Hill was born in Scarborough. His Grandma, Mary Gloyne, ran a small Guest House there 61 Ramsey Street, after her husband, Percy Gloyne, was killed two days before the end of World War 1. She ...Read more
A memory of Scarborough by
Grays At Its Best
I remember with great fondness old Grays. I was born in the back bedroom of 191 London Road, Grays. My mother and father lived with my mum's mum and dad, also my brother Ronald was born there 7 years before that. London Road was a ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1953 by
Grays Thurrock Essex England Uk 1935 1953
My memories of Grays go back to the 1940's and 1950's the war years and before the London over-spill estates Of Belhurst Park and Basildon arrived. I was born and lived at 106 Bridge Road with my parents ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1940 by
Grays When It Was A Proper Town.
Despite the cement dust from West Thurrock, if the wind was in the wrong direction, Grays had everything available, from a baking tin to a new car, such a variety of shops. Good bus service, Eastern National, London ...Read more
A memory of Grays in 1955 by
Grazeley Village Mermories
My Family have strong connections to Grazeley Village i always had a Happy Childhood this Village seems to forgotton in alot of Stories but it is Lovely little Village when i was Growing up and it as a alot of History to it ...Read more
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Great Childhood Memories
I remember living in Middleton on Sea when I was between the ages of eight and 11 in the early 60’s and I went to Edward Bryant school in Bognor. We lived in a road called North Avenue East and I just remember the ...Read more
A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by
Great Times
I can also remember people like Billo and Vernon, Will Och, Lawrence the black, and cafes like the Corner House, Servini's, Ferrari's, Belli's fish and chips, and Viazzani's in the old Water Street. Also Johnsons factory in Henshaw ...Read more
A memory of Port Talbot in 1960 by
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
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Enterprising locals discovered that wave action separated coal from stone, so there was no need to buy coal when it could be picked for free from the beach; some even turned it into a business.
The playground, which can be seen just beyond the raised promenade on the left, was constructed in Beach House grounds and opened in 1951 as Peter Pan's Playground.
The lifeboat 'Louisa Heartwell' is seen on the beach, with the faint outline of the church tower of St Peter and St Paul in the background. At 160 feet, it was the tallest church tower in Norfolk.
The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.
Beach offerings range from Punch and Judy (centre foreground) through to multiple opportunities for buying ices, Weymouth rock, teas and other refreshments. Bathing cubicles and salons are seawards.
The line of new hotels along the cliff-top, including the white stuccoed Albion Hotel, and the crowded beach, are a clear indication of the resort's appeal to holidaymakers.
The boat lying on the beach in the fore ground, in Hugh Town harbour, is vaguely reminiscent of an ex-ships' lifeboat, and shows the rugged clinker-built construction of this type of craft.
westwards from the foothills of Ridge Cliff to Seatown hamlet (centre left) and Mill House and Mill Lane (lower right), which was concrete-covered in the Second World War to enable the large-scale removal of beach
The hull was shaped to allow the boat to ride through the breakers to the shore; the crew then used the oars protruding from orruck holes to carry the boat up the beach.
The teashop on the left (supplying trays for the beach) was one of the many refreshment places in this historic little town - a favourite haunt of Charles Dickens.
At the time of this photograph, a character known as Blind Martin accompanied by his faithful dog used to move around the streets and beach trundling a harmonium on wheels.
The fishermen relax on the cliff top, whilst their boats are drawn up on the beach.
Behind the crammed Edwardian beach, with boats launched into the millpond of a sea, most of the buildings of Grand Parade survive today, the notable exception being the small gabled house, now replaced
Its quaint, colour-washed cottages complement the easy access to the beach. It is hard to imagine that the harbour was mainly used for the export of anthracite and coal.
This picture of the front shows a cargo vessel and numerous small fishing boats beached opposite the church.
This picture of the front shows a cargo vessel and numerous small fishing boats beached opposite the church.
Sand yachts were large four-wheeled vehicles mounting a yacht rig and capable of tearing up and down the beach at high speed.
fishermen whose boats are lined up on the foreshore, grew up around the declivity where the local stream, the Wynreford, after passing through Chideock, finally reaches the sea on this shingle beach
The rowing boats and solitary figure standing on the isolated shingle beach offer a rare glimpse of what is now part of the Army`s prohibited Lulworth Range.
Sand yachts were large four-wheeled vehicles mounting a yacht rig and capable of tearing up and down the beach at high speed.
Its name means 'mouth of the water', and with its two beaches, natural harbour and 13th-century castle, it has long been popular with visitors.
It must have been very different from this scene of holidaymakers on the beach.
Morfa Nefyn, one mile from Nefyn town, has a fine sandy beach. The headland at Porthdinllaen offered a natural anchorage, sheltered from the prevailing south-west winds.
Sailing barges are beached on the far shore. Francis Frith's Kent Aylesford Aylesford is a perfectly sited village by the River Medway and the scene of many battles in ancient times.
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