anthony and jackie perry
master brummie
I remember a few times staying in B & B`s..we had to go out after Breakfast and couldnt return till quite late, no matter what the weather! Some things have changed for the better!Jackie
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DAVE BRICK
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CAMP SITE DRIVE OFF
We went to Peppermint Park at Dawlish Warren and then moved to Ladys Mile, we upset the bloke at Ladys Mile and ended up driving off without paying. That upset him again !
We went to Peppermint Park at Dawlish Warren and then moved to Ladys Mile, we upset the bloke at Ladys Mile and ended up driving off without paying. That upset him again !
Pomgolian
Kiwi Brummie
Seems to be a habit of yours Dave...Love Dawlish, took my son there last time we were over, I have a little Teddy Bear in a bag that says "I love Dawlish", also have a little pot of Devon 'Fresh Air' And I know it is 'cause I took the stopper out of it before we left Devon and then replaced it.
Chris
Alf
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hilowdays
Hello Hello Hello, it has come to my attention that it sounds like a lot of nicking going on ear, in the course of invvestikkacon, looking for clues, I chanced upon a very interesting Web Site the Birmingham History Web Ring Forum, having pondered over it for days i have come to the kon(clues)on that you villians are two honest for you own good.
Having said that could anyone of you who have any of these selvonears to spare please send them under Brown packagin to the Policec Box c/o Dokter Who Cardiff via Suffolk. As my Mother could'nt afford to buy us any when we went on Hols. You aint seen me Hey
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Hello Hello Hello, it has come to my attention that it sounds like a lot of nicking going on ear, in the course of invvestikkacon, looking for clues, I chanced upon a very interesting Web Site the Birmingham History Web Ring Forum, having pondered over it for days i have come to the kon(clues)on that you villians are two honest for you own good.
Having said that could anyone of you who have any of these selvonears to spare please send them under Brown packagin to the Policec Box c/o Dokter Who Cardiff via Suffolk. As my Mother could'nt afford to buy us any when we went on Hols. You aint seen me Hey
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DAVE BRICK
Guest
FOR CRIST SAKKE
Alf, me old pal, me old beatuay, whenns yaa bifday matty, I wil by yow a dicshonary
Alf, me old pal, me old beatuay, whenns yaa bifday matty, I wil by yow a dicshonary
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Went to Dawlish in 2003 when I was over in England. Years ago we had holidays in Devon and Cornwall and I can remember coming into Dawlish Station, the first glimpse of the sea after a long train trip and then travelling along the coast with all the wonderful views. However, we were going on a lot further in most cases and I always wanted to get off at Dawlish because of the sandy beaches and seeing people spending time on the beach. It seem forever after Dawlish until we arrived where we were going.
My brother Bill, who lives in Sutton and myself have been revisiting all the places that we went for holidays when we were growing up mostly Somerset, Devon and Cornwall but Wales as well when I come over. It was Wales last year...the Mumbles particularly. Our base was in Kidwelly, near Carmarthen, in an old coaching house.
Anyway we decided to visit Dawlish because of the above story about revisiting holiday place from childhood. We walked along the beach with the railway line close by. It was very early in the season so no one was around. The railway is a local and goods line these days and trains were rushing through at high speeds whilst we were there. The station which was a typical British Railways seaside main station years
ago, was in dreadful condition, very neglected and no charm left at all. Very sad to see. We parked near the Signal Box and I noticed that it had a For Sale sign on it....wonder if anyone has bought it!
On this holiday in 2003 we stayed near Clovelly, another place with lots of memories for us, in a cottage near Harland Point, which we used as a base to travel to Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall and Perranporth, nearby plus other places that we had visited years ago along the North Devon and Cornish coasts. It's a small world since when the four Fentham Road School girls, who now live in the Vancouver area, had their mini reunion last year, one of the girls' fathers had moved from Erdington to the Perranporth Holiday Camp in the late l950's to manage the place and he would have been the Manager there when we went to stay there in a caravan. That year we rented a car, in which we had an accident outside of Harvington in Worcestershire, ending up in a ditch with the car being undrivable..... got towed back to Brum all suffering from shock, and left the next day on the Cornish Riviera train to spend two weeks in Perranporth. The place is very different these days with pubs and shops and lots and lots of caravans. Bill and I had a picnic there and went in the pub which was huge and not very inviting.
Treyarnon Bay is in a very isolated spot near Padstow. It has changed hardly at all over the decades and this was the second time I had been back in recent times. There is a very small lock up shop not much bigger than a garden shed which is still there and some public toilets have been built. Years ago it took hours to drive there and we arrived very late after a gruelling road trip from Brum. A Cornish sea mist was rolling in and it was pitch black also so we couldn't see a thing when we found the Bay. My father spent a long time looking for the caravan site but got afraid when he almost went over the cliffs...so we all spent the night in the car...five of us in a Ford Prefect...sardines more like.
It was a great holiday though, we had a couple of body surf boards and it was great fun riding the waves in the Bay. There was a natural swimming pool in the rocks which stayed when the tide went out and we played in there for hours. It was much safer than the sea. Happy Days
My brother Bill, who lives in Sutton and myself have been revisiting all the places that we went for holidays when we were growing up mostly Somerset, Devon and Cornwall but Wales as well when I come over. It was Wales last year...the Mumbles particularly. Our base was in Kidwelly, near Carmarthen, in an old coaching house.
Anyway we decided to visit Dawlish because of the above story about revisiting holiday place from childhood. We walked along the beach with the railway line close by. It was very early in the season so no one was around. The railway is a local and goods line these days and trains were rushing through at high speeds whilst we were there. The station which was a typical British Railways seaside main station years
ago, was in dreadful condition, very neglected and no charm left at all. Very sad to see. We parked near the Signal Box and I noticed that it had a For Sale sign on it....wonder if anyone has bought it!
On this holiday in 2003 we stayed near Clovelly, another place with lots of memories for us, in a cottage near Harland Point, which we used as a base to travel to Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall and Perranporth, nearby plus other places that we had visited years ago along the North Devon and Cornish coasts. It's a small world since when the four Fentham Road School girls, who now live in the Vancouver area, had their mini reunion last year, one of the girls' fathers had moved from Erdington to the Perranporth Holiday Camp in the late l950's to manage the place and he would have been the Manager there when we went to stay there in a caravan. That year we rented a car, in which we had an accident outside of Harvington in Worcestershire, ending up in a ditch with the car being undrivable..... got towed back to Brum all suffering from shock, and left the next day on the Cornish Riviera train to spend two weeks in Perranporth. The place is very different these days with pubs and shops and lots and lots of caravans. Bill and I had a picnic there and went in the pub which was huge and not very inviting.
Treyarnon Bay is in a very isolated spot near Padstow. It has changed hardly at all over the decades and this was the second time I had been back in recent times. There is a very small lock up shop not much bigger than a garden shed which is still there and some public toilets have been built. Years ago it took hours to drive there and we arrived very late after a gruelling road trip from Brum. A Cornish sea mist was rolling in and it was pitch black also so we couldn't see a thing when we found the Bay. My father spent a long time looking for the caravan site but got afraid when he almost went over the cliffs...so we all spent the night in the car...five of us in a Ford Prefect...sardines more like.
It was a great holiday though, we had a couple of body surf boards and it was great fun riding the waves in the Bay. There was a natural swimming pool in the rocks which stayed when the tide went out and we played in there for hours. It was much safer than the sea. Happy Days
Jennyann, so sad to hear how neglected Dawlish station has become 
I am not surprised though the last time we were there it looked run down, we always like to stop and have a drink at the Smugglers Inn just up the hill from the station i love the view from the car park of the hills and the sea. We went to Dawlish when the boys were little with my parents every lunch time we went to the Smugglers for a drink and a prawn sandwich. Sadly when Dad was told he was terminally ill 15 years ago the first thing he said to Mum was "well i shall never go to Dawlish again To him it was paradise with lots of memories of happy family holidays, lets hope he found his own little heaven some where else. We go to a small caravan site just up the road from Treyaron called Mother Ivey's Bay such a lovely setting for a holiday.
I am not surprised though the last time we were there it looked run down, we always like to stop and have a drink at the Smugglers Inn just up the hill from the station i love the view from the car park of the hills and the sea. We went to Dawlish when the boys were little with my parents every lunch time we went to the Smugglers for a drink and a prawn sandwich. Sadly when Dad was told he was terminally ill 15 years ago the first thing he said to Mum was "well i shall never go to Dawlish again To him it was paradise with lots of memories of happy family holidays, lets hope he found his own little heaven some where else. We go to a small caravan site just up the road from Treyaron called Mother Ivey's Bay such a lovely setting for a holiday.
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DAVE BRICK
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DAWLISH
We went to Dawlish just a few weeks ago, May 05, what I like about the town is the central park inbetween the two main streets. We bought pasties and sat in the sunshine watching the ducks and other water birds in the stream.
Yes the station is in a state, theres some engineering work going on at one end, but the railings were all rusty, I did'nt see a for sale sign on the signal box, it had a barrier around it to protect passers by from stuff that may fall of it.
We went to Dawlish just a few weeks ago, May 05, what I like about the town is the central park inbetween the two main streets. We bought pasties and sat in the sunshine watching the ducks and other water birds in the stream.
Yes the station is in a state, theres some engineering work going on at one end, but the railings were all rusty, I did'nt see a for sale sign on the signal box, it had a barrier around it to protect passers by from stuff that may fall of it.
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DAVE BRICK
Guest
PERRANPORTH LIFEGUARDS
One thing that fascinated me when I was a kid was the lifeguards at Perranporth. Coming from B,ham I'd not seen anything like it.
There were there with their skull caps , vests and trunks always ready for action. Looking out to sea with binoculars from a fixed seat on the roof of a land rover, which itself was ready to roar into action.
They did demonstrations some evenings showing us how their kit worked and pulling a few 'victims' from the sea. It is a memory I will always treasure and I'm so thankful that my Mom and Dad took me there.
One thing that fascinated me when I was a kid was the lifeguards at Perranporth. Coming from B,ham I'd not seen anything like it.
There were there with their skull caps , vests and trunks always ready for action. Looking out to sea with binoculars from a fixed seat on the roof of a land rover, which itself was ready to roar into action.
They did demonstrations some evenings showing us how their kit worked and pulling a few 'victims' from the sea. It is a memory I will always treasure and I'm so thankful that my Mom and Dad took me there.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Pam, it's lovely to hear that your Father loved Dawlish so much. It is a very beautiful open seaside resort and I remember the first time we came by train through the station in the early l950's
The year my brother and I visited last...2002 ( had the date wrong) was the Queen's Golden Jubilee and we had a walk around looking at the decorations in the shop windows...the merchants were having a competition for Golden Jubilee window dressing, etc. so it was great. We also enjoyed a super cream tea at a tea shop.
The year my brother and I visited last...2002 ( had the date wrong) was the Queen's Golden Jubilee and we had a walk around looking at the decorations in the shop windows...the merchants were having a competition for Golden Jubilee window dressing, etc. so it was great. We also enjoyed a super cream tea at a tea shop.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Dave, I can't say I remember the lifeguards at Perranporth but that would have been very unusual for an English seaside resort. Great that you have been there recently. Padstow is very busy these days but has a great harbour. In Devon and Cornwall all I remember was that you didn't go into the water to swim if the red flag was up. Those bays along the coastlines are treacherous for undertows and many people have been drowned over the years for ignoring the red flag code. I do remember at Treyarnon last time I was there, seeing a lifeguard setup and the staff getting ready for duty.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Pam, if the hotel you have mentioned is in the Cathedral Square then it is still there. It is listed as Exeter's oldest hotel. I went there several years ago with my husband. Our car broke down and we had a good gander at Exeter
especially the Cathedral Square. Lots of historical connections in Exeter.
We went there in 2002 to collect my daughter off the London train when she came to have a look at Devon and Cornwall for the first time.
Here's a connection to the hotel : https://www.royalclarencehotel.co.uk/
especially the Cathedral Square. Lots of historical connections in Exeter.
We went there in 2002 to collect my daughter off the London train when she came to have a look at Devon and Cornwall for the first time.
Here's a connection to the hotel : https://www.royalclarencehotel.co.uk/
jennyann, no the Royal was actually in Dawlish. I went on holiday to Dawlish Warren in 1968 and there were life guards on the beach then, i should know because my friend Jenny, who had come on holiday with my family went with them for the week if that is the write expression :wink: I felt it was quite a coup at the time considering they had the pick of the holiday makers :lol:
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DAVE BRICK
Guest
CO-OP HOLIDAY CAMP
We went to the Co-op Holiday camp along the Abergele Road, Yes at Rhyl again, Co-op number 216958.
Our Mom had a nasty accident there, and it was us kids that caused it.
It's awful to think what a stupid game we were playing. I wish that some of the adults there had seen the danger and stopped us.
You know a deck chair has 3 notches at the back where you adjust the angle of the chair. Well we were setting them up so the wooden bar was not in the notch, so when someone sat down on one it collapsed flat.
It happened several times and everyone including adults thought it was funny.
I don't know whether our Mom had been making tea or what, but she came on the scene, went to sit down putting her hand at the side, and as the chair collapsed the scissor action chopped her finger nearly off.
She was rushed next door to the Golden Sands camp first aid and then to Rhyl hospital. They saved her finger. The pain she was clearly in was so so upsetting. From that day onwards she never ever blamed us for it.
We went to the Co-op Holiday camp along the Abergele Road, Yes at Rhyl again, Co-op number 216958.
Our Mom had a nasty accident there, and it was us kids that caused it.
It's awful to think what a stupid game we were playing. I wish that some of the adults there had seen the danger and stopped us.
You know a deck chair has 3 notches at the back where you adjust the angle of the chair. Well we were setting them up so the wooden bar was not in the notch, so when someone sat down on one it collapsed flat.
It happened several times and everyone including adults thought it was funny.
I don't know whether our Mom had been making tea or what, but she came on the scene, went to sit down putting her hand at the side, and as the chair collapsed the scissor action chopped her finger nearly off.
She was rushed next door to the Golden Sands camp first aid and then to Rhyl hospital. They saved her finger. The pain she was clearly in was so so upsetting. From that day onwards she never ever blamed us for it.
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DAVE BRICK
Guest
RABBIT CRUELTY
We went to Middleton Towers Holiday Camp at Morecambe where part of the main building was shaped like a ship.
When we went a walk along a cliff top, farmers were cutting and bailing hay and rabbits were running out of cover all over the place. One farmer caught hold of one, wrung it's neck, and threw it over the cliff. We looked down the cliff and the rabbit was half way down on a ledge with it's back leg kicking. I was shocked at such cruelty.
We went to Middleton Towers Holiday Camp at Morecambe where part of the main building was shaped like a ship.
When we went a walk along a cliff top, farmers were cutting and bailing hay and rabbits were running out of cover all over the place. One farmer caught hold of one, wrung it's neck, and threw it over the cliff. We looked down the cliff and the rabbit was half way down on a ledge with it's back leg kicking. I was shocked at such cruelty.
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Stuart Brookes
Guest
I'm a bit different to most people on this fourum (oi!, watch it) in as much as I never actually lived in Brum for any period of time.
My Dad was in the forces, so we lived all over the world. My childhood holidays were all spent with my Grandparents up Nineveh Rd.
I still consider them some of the highlights of my childhood, rowing boats in Handsworth Park, pitch'n'putt at Perry Hall Park, fishing in the resa, walking round Winson Green and Handsworth being bombarded with family and local history that I wish I could remember now.
Just goes to prove the old saying 'A change IS as good as a rest'.
My Dad was in the forces, so we lived all over the world. My childhood holidays were all spent with my Grandparents up Nineveh Rd.
I still consider them some of the highlights of my childhood, rowing boats in Handsworth Park, pitch'n'putt at Perry Hall Park, fishing in the resa, walking round Winson Green and Handsworth being bombarded with family and local history that I wish I could remember now.
Just goes to prove the old saying 'A change IS as good as a rest'.
John Young
master brummie
Stuart you are a Brummie M8,, no doubts,, Your warmth & openess & crazy sense of humour
No mistaking ya Globe trotting bum,,welcome home Arrh kid, :wink: John
No mistaking ya Globe trotting bum,,welcome home Arrh kid, :wink: John
Di.Poppitt
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Great pair of knees...............
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Camping in Tewksbury every year, was our holiday destination.The confluence of the river's Avon and Severn was my seaside.
The babby in the bucket is me.
The babby in the bucket is me.
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Wendy
Guest
Smashing photo Ray. I have one of my brother sitting in a bucket/bowl like that!
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Alf,
My legs were in the fishing creel,it's a trick bucket,there's no bottom in it,I was a big babby at 6 months.
The angle looks a bit precarious,where were the elf & safety
My legs were in the fishing creel,it's a trick bucket,there's no bottom in it,I was a big babby at 6 months.
The angle looks a bit precarious,where were the elf & safety
Ray Barrett
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN R.I.P.
Missed your point Alf...more like one foot in the grave.