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Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Thursday 2nd January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

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Ingoldmells, Sea Lane c.1958
Photo ref: I47115
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A Selection of Memories from Ingoldmells

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ingoldmells

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I remember coming here one rainy day with Mum and Dad to see Cliff Richard in "Summer Holiday" I came out singing and from then on when we set off to go to Ingoldmells for our yearly holiday we all used to sing "summer holiday" in the car, a black Ford Prefect! It took all day to get there! good days
The building on the right was a cafe and had a jukebox where, the local teenages used to go and listen to the latest releases. Of course, in those days, we were not supposed to go there, but times they were a changing.
When the cinema opened, the local school children were walked up Sea Lane to see the first film. It was Cockleshell Heros....
I lived in the prefab you can see on the right of this photograph, 4 Windsor Crescent, and moved there when I was one years old. I loved living there and have many happy memories. Already the council houses were being built behind.. and the one you can see, the Barkers lived in..... He was a builder and the three children were Ian and twins, Barry and Barbara. The Pimpertons were the owners of the post office and ...see more