SearchCurrently displaying: 13 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "People" xSubject: "Post war development in the Bay" x Search term Filter by Subject Buildings (2)Pubs (1)The Bay Hotel or Lanzarote Hotel (1)Postcards (1)Village events and weather (1)Weather (1)War (2)Gun Batteries in St Margaret's (1)World War Two (2)Filter by Decade 1940s (2)1950s (3)1960s (1) Sort by: OldestNewestTitleTitle (reverse) The Green Man St Margaret's Bay from ruin to re-build. post WW2 A number of images of the Green Man P.H, (now the Coastguard Pub) following the end of WW2, from the Gordon Denoon album. The first image taken in 1945 shows the pub in ruins, war damaged after ... Concerns about the future of St Margaret's Bay in the immediate post WW2 years A series of press articles in the immediate post WW2 years collected by Gordon Denoon voicing concerns about the future of St Margaret's Bay in particular the damage caused by sea erosion and the destruction ... High seas breaching the new promenade in St Margaret's Bay. Early 1950s From the Gordon Denoon album a series of photographs showing the sea at high tide dashing against the new sea wall still under construction. Constructing the replacement sea wall and promenade in the Bay, c.1951/2 From the Gordon Denoon album a series of photographs, with comments, of the construction of a new sea wall and promenade in St Margaret's Bay during 1951/2. In Gordon Denoon's 'Saga of St Margaret's' he writes: 'Erosion ... New completed promenade at St Margaret's Bay. 1950s From the Gordon Denoon album. The entry in the album states: 'Paul and Kenneth sit on the railings of the completed promenade' The Promenade, St Margaret's Bay. c1950s From the Gordon Denoon album Heather Denoon by the new sea wall. 1956 From the Gordon Denoon album. The caption with this photograph reads:- 'Heather (one of Gordon's daughters) standing on the beach in 1956. This shows the height of the sea wall above the shingle. Not many years later ... Heather Denoon on the steps of the promenade. c1956 From the Gordon Denoon album a photograph thought to be of Heather, one of Gordon's daughters by the steps from the promenade to St Margaret's Bay beach. Plan for development at St Margaret's Bay. 1955 From the Gordon Denoon album a copy of a press cutting taken from The Times dated 1 December 1955 reporting on the plan for a new layout of the Bay foreshore. New promenade and sea wall under construction. Early 1950s From the Gordon Denoon album further photographs of the sea wall and promenade construction in St Margaret's Bay. In Gordon Denoon's 'Saga of St Margaret's' he writes: 'During the years of planning and construction, this sea defence ... The promenade and car park St Margaret's Bay. Early 1970s From the Gordon Denoon album a series of photographs thought to have been taken in the early 1970s. The third photograph shows Gordon standing by his car. Sea Erosion threat to St Margaret's Bay A number of newspaper cuttings dated between 1946 and 1948 highlighting concerns of sea erosion of the foreshore at St Margaret's Bay and plans for its restoration. Keeping the Guns ? Several newspaper reports, in the aftermath of WW2, of the local debate over whether to retain the cross-Channel guns or whether they should be removed.