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Margaret Sewell Girls Selective School Carlisle
A cousin of mine, Winifred Dogherty, was appointed Head of this school in 1933 and I believe stayed there until her death in 1952. She lived at 3 Beech Grove North, Stanwix. Some of her family joined ...Read more
A memory of Stanwix in 1930 by
Summer Holidays
The sun always seemed to shine on our annual summer holiday to my grandmother's at Emmanuel Road. What excitement running down West hill to the town and the beach. There was always a ride on the boating lake, you could smell the ...Read more
A memory of Hastings in 1955 by
First Holiday
My first holiday was when I was 9 years old (in 1958) and my parents and I came to Goodrington. We stayed at Beech Hurst which if I remember correctly was in Youngs Park Road. It was lovely. I made friends with a girl who lived next ...Read more
A memory of Goodrington in 1958 by
Visits To Captain Digby In 1960s
I remember our annual holiday to Kingsgate in the 1960s. We stayed in various guest houses in Percy Avenue and often walked down to Kingsgate Bay for a day on the beach. In 1965 I was aged 7 and remember the pub ...Read more
A memory of Kingsgate in 1965 by
Childhood Memories Of Penrhyn Bay
My grandmother and grandfather lived at "Oaklands", in Maesgwyn Road, opposite a corrugated iron church. The road was unmade and beyond the church to the sea was a large meadow where cattle and sheep grazed. On the ...Read more
A memory of Penrhyn in 1930
Growing Up In Newton
I was born in the old cottage on the left, 175 High Street, in 1948, as June Glencross, my parents squatted there after the war, my dad became the local builder. In 1956 we moved up the road to the old congregational ...Read more
A memory of Newton-le-Willows in 1948 by
Ffrith Beach
Oh, the days of endless sunshine, carefree explorations up to the hills above our beloved Ffrith! I was one of the crowd who walked the donkeys and ponies on Ffrith Beach for Mr Pulleine. We walked for MILES during those happy times, ...Read more
A memory of Prestatyn in 1960
An American In Barassie
I lived at 51 Becah Road, Barassie, Troon. My step-father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Prestwiick. I remember the gentleman who lived on the ground floor of our house. His name I think was George ...Read more
A memory of Troon in 1956 by
The Droves Connecting The Villages Of Houghton And Broughton
I have many memories of driving around the droves between Houghton, Broughton and up to the Beeches on the Buckboard, an old flatbed Austin 7 owned by Richard Carter and later ...Read more
A memory of Houghton in 1960 by
Birthplace And Never Forgotten When Asked
I was born in Dysart to a mining family of 5 brothers, me being in the middle. My mum watched over us all and used to take us walks by the man in the rock along to Wemyss and back via the castle estate. ...Read more
A memory of Dysart by
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Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats.
Kiosks on the beach; donkey rides; parasols; shady hats.
The Metropole Hotel was one of the first in Whitby to have electric light; its glowing windows were a landmark for ships.
A large crowd is gathered on the beach in the centre of this photograph, possibly to watch 'Uncle Mac and his Minstrels.'
The Pavilion remains today an important venue for plays and concerts, surrounded by lovely gardens and with the beach and sea just across the road.
On this southern arm of the Haven, Angle Bay boasts fine views right across the Milford Haven.
Possibly the last knotted hankie to be seen on an English beach.
Rowing boats are drawn up on the small shingle beach on the west side of Charlestown harbour, with the Polmear Island rock behind.
This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.
Coney Beach funfair was built in 1920 on an old ballast tip.
Back Beach was the fiefdom of William Curtis & Sons, boatmen and fish merchants from nearby Long Entry on Church Cliffs.
A view of one of the beaches which look out over Galway Bay to County Clare and the limestone landscape of the Burren.
Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach.
Donkey rides, beach chairs, heavy clothes - these are the delights of a British seaside day out!
This is the first beach around the corner from the main breakwater of Par Harbour.
Overdressed holidaymakers in sun hats enjoy the sands in this view from Great Western Beach towards the Atlantic Hotel on the headland of the Beacon.
This picture shows the junction of High Street and Crane Street.
The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last
The stretch of marshland from Winchelsea to Pett is known as Pett Level.
Aldeburgh lifeboats have always been launched straight from the shingle beach.
This is a busy scene, with thousands of holidaymakers on the beach.
Two packed motorboats pass the beach chalets north of the Pier.
Another view, this time looking south along the beach towards Carrickfergus.
Long shadows indicate the end of a pleasurable day's sailing from this well-known beach.
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