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Returning To Talacre
I returned with my mother from the United States to Talacre where my grandmother lived. My grandmother's name was Dora Williams, she lived at Beach Cottage, Station Road. Dora Williams during the Second World War owned a bakery ...Read more
A memory of Talacre in 1962
Restful Oasis Of Peace.
Our family moved here from Plymouth in the mid fifties Have fond memories of days spent on the beach when we were children. We lived in Armada Road and in a rented property near the Old Ship Inn. Things I remember were having ...Read more
A memory of Cawsand by
Remembrance Of Things Past
This picture was taken a little after I left the town for further down the coast. I believe that the large building was called the Marine Cafe. A real and rare treat was to go and have a Knickerbocker Glory in a tall ...Read more
A memory of Newbiggin by
Remembering Marske By The Sea
We came to Marske in August 1948 having just demobbed from the Army 9 weeks earlier, we purchased a shop at 221 High St selling groceries, rations, ice cream etc. Our daughter was just 5 weeks old and was ...Read more
A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1950 by
Reighton Gap Fond Memories
My Dad was brought up at Reighton Gap where my Grandad built their home. From the time I was born up until 1988 we had our family holidays as Reighton and we loved every minute of it. We very much remember the Sea ...Read more
A memory of Reighton in 1988
Redcar Pavilion
I remember my Grandmother, May Gray and Pop my Grandfather, William Gray, used to go to the Pavilion Theatre which is now, I think, the Cinema over the beach. She used to watch a man called Billy Breem who later became Larry Grayson ...Read more
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Reculver Towers C1955
I remember camping with my family down in the field just inland from the Towers. The site is now just for caravans, I think. My father would catch eels in the small streams which ran across the field down to the sea, and mum ...Read more
A memory of Reculver by
Ravenscraig
I remember once after being warned by Mum & Dad not to climb up the rocks the the castle, but my mates talked me into it. Just got up near the top when there was a shout and a couple of Bobbies headed towards us. Off we went down ...Read more
A memory of Kirkcaldy in 1960 by
Random Recollections Of The 1950's
Delivering newspapers for Foresters. Dancing lessons with Mrs Bretherton. Going to Haskins to buy model trains. Snogging in shelters on the promenade. Watching the sailing races. Cowboy movies at the Tudor. Buying ...Read more
A memory of West Kirby by
Rain Or Shine Tywyn Is Fine
I was born in Brynhielog TYWYN, in January 1944. My Mother had taken my brother to her sisters house as it was war time. My dad was a a London Bobby based in Commercial Street Spitlefields. After the war we made the trip ...Read more
A memory of Tywyn in 1952 by
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Marking the end of an era, the Bull Inn at Swyre was one of the last roadhouses to be built in England in the 1930s, enabling Mrs Bessie Case to offer 'hotel accomodation' in time for Defence Area status
This is a view along East Street to the former Market Place, from the Greyhound Hotel (left) which faces the wonderfully elaborate Georgian shop-front of Beach and Company.
A view from the west bank of the River Medway, looking to the medieval bridge and Aylesford. It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach.
Sandsend was just three miles along the sandy beach from Whitby.
This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.
This is how a guide to seaside resorts of 1895 described Rhyl: 'Not many years ago there was no town here at all, but merely a few fishermen's huts upon the shore.
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.
West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.
Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east. It was a quiet village of simple fishermen's cottages until the coming of the railway in 1862.
From Ware Cliffs we can see the medieval Cobb harbour (centre right) and the coastal skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Golden Cap and Thorncombe Beacon.
This well-known holiday resort, which has an excellent sandy beach, stands on the west coast of Wales at the mouth of the Mawddach estuary. Both Darwin and Ruskin enjoyed stays here.
This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter`s Church (centre).
This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter's Church (centre).
Backed by the tall 52-year-old buildings of the Esplanade, the Parade was Rhyl's only real attempt at elegant seaside architecture.
This resort on the south side of the Llyn peninsula became popular in Victorian times and has remained so ever since.
Early visitors found Paignton 'select, dignified and discreet'; it was the ideal place for the professional gentleman.In 1881 a clubhouse of a non-political nature was formed.
On the beach there was a children's boating pool, and the Pier had a bar and an amusement palace on it. The Pier was built to accommodate the crowds, and was really two piers next to each other.
A straight and wide road leading to the quay creates an impression of past importance. The Romans, the Saxons and the Vikings used the area for invasion.
'The Queen of Welsh resorts', Llandudno preserves much of its Victorian flavour, with its sweeping promenade faced by numerous hotels, its expanse of sands between the headlands of the Great and Little
Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.
Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort.
Alma Bridge spans the Sid at the point just before the river tumbles across a pebbled ridge into the sea.
Coney Beach funfair was built in 1920 on an old ballast tip. The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two First World War hangers.
One of these very similar views shows the town on a bright summer day with the road thronged with vehicles and the pavements, benches and sea wall busy with visitors enjoying the Cheshire sunshine and
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