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Nostalgic memories of Chapel St Leonards's local history

Share your own memories of Chapel St Leonards and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Happy Memories Of Chapel St L Leonards
I have fond memories of our family holidays in Chapel St Leonards in the 1950s, it was also where some of my relatives lived and worked. I remember the giant fish that was washed up on the beach and I have a few old black and white photos of my family, including my grandma, sitting on the steps at Chapel Point, my grandma all dressed up with her coat and hat and my dad in his suit, ...see more
Chapel St Leonards, the Esplanade c1955
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Added 24 July 2009

Chapel In The 1950s And 1960s.
When I was a child in the 1950s and 1960s we went to chapel every year and stayed in a bungalow named FAIRVIEW which is on the corner of Sunningdale Drive and South Road. Across the road lived an AA man with his motor bike and sidecar, further round South Road lived a blind man who used to make wicker baskets etc. Another memory is the coffee bar opposite Millers Amusements, and going in for ...see more
Chapel St Leonards, the Esplanade c1955
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Added 26 January 2009

Miss  Canning,   
Miss Canning did not have the haberdashery store, that was Mrs Graham and her shop was next door to Stows Stores.  In the back was a little tea room and a girl called Lilly Bodice worked with her.  The shop and cottage she lived in was left to Lilly when Mrs Graham passed away.  Miss Canning sold the papers, sweets, cigarettes and the stall outside had fruit and veg.  One year she sold fireworks, only the one ...see more
Chapel St Leonards, the Esplanade c1955
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Added 14 February 2007