Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1900
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Photo ref:
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More about this scene
Lyme Regis features a great deal in English literature, being the setting of Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' and John Fowles's 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'. Few who saw the film version of the latter will forget the scene where the enigmatic heroine, played by Meryl Streep, stood braving a storm at the end of the Cobb—Lyme's harbour wall.
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A Selection of Memories from Lyme Regis
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 Lyme Regis
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I just received a gift of a map DUNSTERS geological map of THE ENVIRONS OF LYME REGIS price four pence. A great piece of Lyme history.
It was so good going through all the photos. I worked in Coram Court from 1968 until 1970 and I loved every minute of it. The photos brought back a lot of happy memories.
Remember the Marine Parade so well
I came to Lyme Regis in the early 1950 as a pre nursing student at the
Local Cottage Hospital my name then was Muriel. Davis
we always were called by our surnames
I married in 1956 to Tony Wiscombe member of a local building firm
Those care free days walking to the Cobb and back
on a Sunday then home
for cream tea or trifle and sandwiches
Magical trip for a 14 year old working class boy attending Sinjuns Grammar School - a two week school journey to Lyme Regis. We had no car of our own, so bicycles and coach, bus and train journeys provided the backdrop to holidays. Holidays with mum and dad were always daytrips without overnights and cafes and picnics rather than restaurants and pubs. Walking was popular with many "are we there yet"s and "..just ...see more
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