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I spent many of my younger years in the 60s at Ladram bay . One particular afternoonI took out a small Dingey with a Dutch friend and we did not arrive back until dark Only to see many lights on the beach we jumped out of the Dingey and ...Read more

A memory of Ladram Bay by chrisrichardthompson

I met my late wife Angela in Walkford in 1960 when we were both very young. I was on holiday on my motorbike with three of my pals, and she was on a bicycle. It was a hot August bank holiday. She lived in Heath Road and was very girlish ...Read more

A memory of Walkford in 1960 by Peter Mccormack

At the age of 12 I was a patient at Treloars in Alton, having been diagnosed as having TB knee - a clout with a cricket ball was a little more serious than just a swollen knee, and I was sent to ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1953 by Heather Tierney

In 2014, across the road there are tennis courts, and from Google Earth it looks like a thriving Sports Centre. If there were tennis courts on that site in 1963, hardly ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay by julian

In 2014, across the road there are tennis courts, and from Google Earth it looks like a thriving Sports Centre. If there were tennis courts on that site in 1963, hardly ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay by julian

We went summers to South beach staying in one of the converted, beached trawlers. 75 now but back then I was 5 to 10. All went with the flood. Searching for pictures of the old houseboats.

A memory of Heacham by grantster1

My parents owned a caravan on what is now Seaview Caravan Park and as a child I remember going down onto the beach with my brother. My parents and an uncle called Sparky and his wife all went down ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1960 by Colin Froy

My family originated in Suffolk and I spent many holidays there, ie at Lowestoft, Yarmouth, Gorlseton, Caister, what great memories. The beaches are brill. My family owned a farm, I believe it was at 222 Long Lane, but do you think I can ...Read more

A memory of Corton in 1930 by Lee Lynch

Location clue - the passenger shelter originally built as the Terminus Station for the Esplanade Trams, then taken over by the trolley Buses and bus services later, when the tramlines were lifted around 1938, and the Corporation extended it's public transport services all the way to Shoeburyness.

A memory of Thorpe Bay by julian