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Happy Holidays
My husband, myself and 2 daughters have spent many happy holidays camping in Penally in the 1970s and early 1980s. We camped in a field near the pub owned by a farming family, the sun always shone, we spent hours on the beautiful ...Read more
A memory of Penally in 1976 by
Our Summer Holidays
Every year since the 1970s we went to Fairbourne for our holidays either with our mom and dad or our aunt and uncle. Our nan and grandad owned a bungalow in Llewellyn Drive. It was right next to the golf house across the road ...Read more
A memory of Fairbourne in 1976 by
Beach Bingo Family Memories
I have many fond memories of holidaying at Pinewoods Caravan Park where my now late grandparents (Lil and Bill Potter) used to own a caravan. They would take me up there for 2-3 weeks in the summertime and my ...Read more
A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1976
Ice Cream Parlour
I can also remember the ice-cream parlour from when I was little, we used to stop here on the way back from the beach, we lived in Broadstairs. In fact at present (2011) the parlour still kind of exists, but is closed! Most ...Read more
A memory of Birchington in 1976 by
1970s To Present Memories
I have many happy childhood memories of this lovely place - we had a caravan around the corner in Lligwy Bay (nr Benllech) for over 10 years and this was one of the best beaches around. I remember walking from ...Read more
A memory of Red Wharf Bay in 1975 by
Family
I remember as a kid living in Hartlepool and always visiting there. My mum is from Hartlepool, daughter of Edith Harrison who passed away in 1986. I always remember St Hilda's as a child and my grandma's place in St Hildas walk, we ...Read more
A memory of Hartlepool in 1975 by
The Best Of Times
My Mum and Dad first brought me to Fairbourne when I was born in 1966. My father and his father before him had been coming to the same bungalow (Min-y-Don on the Coast Road - Penrhyn Drive South) all their lives. Mum Dad and my ...Read more
A memory of Fairbourne in 1975 by
Aunty Bell's
My dad was a geordie and every year when I was a kid we would always visit his hometown, Jarrow, N Newcastle. I loved the northeast with all the different beaches and everything about it, as I got older I loved the northeast ...Read more
A memory of Whitley Bay in 1975
Percy Plant (Pop) Swimming I Nstructor Dormanstown
Hello Does anyone remember my lovely grandfather, Percy Plant, he lived in Dormanstown, a huge strapping fine man. He was the swimming instructor at Redcar Baths, he was also a tourist ...Read more
A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea in 1975 by
Summer Holidays At Dol Y Bont
I have very fond and happy memories of Borth & Dol-y-Bont. Most of my childhood school holidays were spent in the lovely village of Dol-y-Bont where my grandparents, Nan and Pop Pallister lived. They originally ...Read more
A memory of Dol-y-Bont in 1975 by
Captions
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From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
Here we see one of the famous Lincolnshire beaches with its necessary donkeys. No beach is complete without these loveable and cuddlesome beasts, all with their friendly names.
These colourful beach huts provide a place to change into swimwear or to have a welcome brew-up of tea.
This view shows the beach bungalows which were built right behind the top of the beach. They were used by the military during the Second World War, but are no longer there today.
Paddling in streams and pools on the beach was popular in Victorian times. Note the hats and long dresses.
The beach at Spiddal has always been popular with Galway folk and other tourists. In this scene, the beach is quiet, with bathers enjoying a summer swim. The village is in the distance.
The concrete slipway is for fishing boats, which are dragged to the water by the tank-like vehicle.
By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.
Here we see the post-1953 sea wall, stepped here to allow access to the beach.
This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.
Here we have a busy scene, with most of those enjoying the beach placing their deckchairs close to the sea wall. This is a sandy beach, ideal for making sand castles.
From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.
Southsea's long shingle beach crowded with trippers. Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed.
This crowded beach beautifully illustrates the beach fashions of the 1920s: ladies wear summer dresses with straw hats, while the boys and gentlemen retain flat caps, jackets and trousers (rolled up
On the right is the path leading to Friars Point from the beach. Within a few years a beach inspector's/lifeguard's hut, ladies' changing rooms and a small paddling pool would be built near the path.
This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station. On the left of the picture pilchard boats can be seen drawn up at the top of the beach.
This view shows the beach complete with bathing tents.
The Beach c1960 With room to spare, this looks as though it was an ideal place to learn the basics of driving before tempting the fates on the open road.
Exmouth is reputed to be the oldest seaside town in Devon. People from Exeter used the sea and sands, the only good bathing beach in the east, back in the early seventeenth century.
Iron railings have now been erected, with a path from the promenade leading to the beach. As the season got under way, more and more attractions appeared.
As at Clovelly, donkeys were much in use here, ferrying herrings and lime from the kiln (centre) up the hill.
Beside Beach Villa with the Metropole just behind, the new cliff lift was in process of being constructed; it was eventually to make access to and from the beach much simpler.
Chesil Beach is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long, with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.The stones tend to be larger at one end of the beach than the other.
In the background are two liquid china clay storage tanks.
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