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Memories

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Summer 1967

When I was three or four years old I visited Cawsand for a family holiday. I remember it very clearly because, for various reasons, it was the only holiday we all went on together. I am hoping someone might be able to solve an on-going ...Read more

A memory of Cawsand in 1967 by Patricia Adams

Lovely Stoke Fleming

We stayed at a clifftop house called Mill Meadow. Once we parked the car behind the wooden double gates, there was a pine-tree lined steep hill that led to the house and then to cliffs. I remember that pine smell when we ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1967 by Matthew White

Ellacombe Church Road Torquay

My husband and I ran Lyndale Guest House 1967-1971 and enjoyed meeting many interesting families mostly from Northern England. I wonder if any of them are reading this?  Soon after we sold the property it was converted ...Read more

A memory of Torquay in 1967

The 'fence' On The Beach

As a very young child, probably aged about 3 or 4, my family rented one of the cottages close to the cliff side at Sea View Crescent on two consecutive years. I remember the drive down Ostend Road, where lots of the bungalows ...Read more

A memory of Walcott in 1967 by Tracey Whitcher

House Beautiful

I have some lovely memories of House Beautiful, me and my 4 sisters were sent there to give my widowed mum a break and us a holiday. I loved the daily walks to the beach, especially going down the zigzag path with shells in the ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1967 by Julie Allier

Our Parents Owned Quality Stores Next To The Old Cinema

I am Delphine Chapple's sister and I lived in Rhosneigr for all my years at Holyhead Grammar School.  The walk or bike ride to the station was indeed more than any young person would ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1967 by Velvor Jones

The Best Year Of My Life

St, Ives born and bred, my family had lived in a couple of houses upalong before moving to 22 The Digey ( the middle door ) sometime in 1967. I remember having my 6th birthday there.  At the time there was a credit squeeze on ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1967 by Carolyn Abbott

Wynton Cafe On The Clifftops

I would love to hear from anybody that remembers WYNTON CAFE that was situated on the south cliffs at Barmston. My parents, Terry & Ida McGuire owned & ran the cafe from approx 1966 to 1970. I was just a boy at the ...Read more

A memory of Barmston in 1967 by Tony Mc Guire

Beech Hill Corner

I remember this place so well, this is the bus stop I used to use from Mill Chase School. Many an ugly scrap would occur on the school bus with the kids from the Erie camp, I think that is one of the old army huts the families ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1967 by Stuart Scott

English At Heart

I am an American who went to school in Chester in 1966/67. Rather, should I say, I was registered for school at Chester College. However, I can't say I was actually in the building very often. There just always seemed to be somewhere ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1966 by Linda Snyder

Captions

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Caption For Salisbury, Old House In High Street 1928

For many years it housed the famous antiquarian bookshop Beach's, which survived until 1999.

Caption For Hastings, The Beach 1890

This view shows the sea-front and beach, looking towards the pier.

Caption For Sandgate, Radnor Cliff 1906

Radnor Cliff was where many of the town's wealthy residents lived; here their houses overlook the beach, where a naval man appears to be getting his boat ready for sailing.

Caption For Ingoldmells, Moores Holiday Estate Camp C1955

This is now Coral Beach, with made-up roads and caravans that look more like mobile homes.

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1908

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach.

Caption For Sheerness, Esplanade And Beach C1955

The beach, which has subsequently won the European blue flag, lies to the right.

Caption For St Ives, The Island 1890

Wind and tide can build up or deplete sand on Cornish beaches.

Caption For Hever, The Castle 1891

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

Caption For Weymouth, The Esplanade 1899

, unlike many south coast resorts, faces east; it is therefore possible to sit on hot sunny days without the glare of the afternoon sun in the face.This accounted for the popularity of the long beach

Caption For Borth, The Beach 1925

Children play at the south end of the beach.

Caption For Hemsby, The Beach C1965

It was during this time that most of the wooden cottages and shops along Beach Road became the concrete amusements and shops we know today.

Caption For Penally, Giltar Point And Sands C1955

Giltar Point is an expanse of limestone projecting out into the sea at the end of Tenby's South Beach.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

It was for many years the haunt of Dorset smugglers, who landed their cargoes on the nearby beach of Seatown.

Caption For Cayton Bay, The Beach C1960

Even the dog looks as though it is enjoying itself, and the donkeys are certainly keeping busy on this beautiful beach.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Beach 1907

Serried ranks of bathing tents and a crowded beach spell out summer fun at Broadstairs during the early twentieth century.

Caption For Newquay, The Sands And The Island 1907

The suspension bridge across to a house on the Island is still a feature of Newquay's Towan Beach.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Harbour From West Cliff 1887

Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach.

Caption For Margate, The Beach And Seafront 1906

Holidaymakers enjoy themselves on Margate Beach.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Esplanade 1896

While there are recreational activities available on the beach, it is very much a working one, evidenced by the yawls on the shingle.

Caption For Canvey Island, The Beach House Restaurant C1955

Caravans nestle close to the large Beach House Café.This is an interesting building, with its two end towers and decorative façade.

Caption For Eastbourne, The Beach And Bandstand 1921

Looking at the bandstand from the beach, the reason for its popular name of 'the bird cage' is obvious.

Caption For Porthpean, Beach C1955

Porthpean ('little bay') has always been the local beach for St Austell people.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Thames Barges On West Beach 1912

Industry and leisure mix in this beach scene.

Caption For Ilfracombe, From Capstone Hill 1899

In the foreground on the beach is a Punch and Judy show, an evergreen attraction which here appears in danger of being swept away by the boisterous Bristol Channel swell.