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Ness Point from The Leas
A postcard showing a view from The Leas across the Bay towards Ness Point. Cattle are grazing in the foreground.
Ness Point from The Leas. post WW2
A postcard view No 28 from the Frith Series taken from a low point looking SW across the Bay. No date is given but judging by the ferry in the distance this was shortly after ...
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'
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 ...
Nyassa, Granville Road under construction. 1985-6
A sequence of colour photographs showing site clearance through to completion of the house Nyassa in Granville Road. In the last view the drive of Cool-na-slec is in the foreground and the building of Hesperides is ...
People being rescued from the sea by St Margaret's Coastguards. 1962
Press cuttings record the rescue of a shipwrecked couple who had drifted into the cliffs and were hauled to the clifftop by the Coastguard. The Cutting from the Daily Mirror is dated 17 August 1962.
People on the beach at St Margaret's Bay watching boats
Small black and white photo of a group of people on the beach, with rowing boats in the distance.
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.
Repairing the groynes at The Leas end of the Bay. Early 1950s
From the Gordon Denoon album a photograph taken from the far eastern end of the Bay towards the Bay Cottages (untouched by wartime activities) showing a crane involved in repairing the groynes. Noel Coward's house is ...
Report on Coastal Erosion in St. Margaret's Bay. 1907
A copy of a report of a meeting of the Coastal Erosion Committee and their inspection of the beach in St. Margaret's Bay, annotated 1907.
Report on redevelopment of the sea defences at St Margaret's Bay. 1948
A report by Lewis and Duvivier for the Town and Country Planning Department of Dover Rural District Council on the sea defences in the Bay and the need to improve them to prevent erosion of ...
Report on Sea Defences in St Margaret's Bay. 1954
A report by Lewis and Duvivier for Dover Rural District Council on the state of the sea defences in the Bay and the maintenance required, together with a proposal and costing for handrailing.1954
Schwabenhaus, now Thornton, Granville Road, under construction. 1986
A sequence of colour photographs illustrating the building of Schwabenhaus later renamed Thornton in Granville Road during 1986.
Sea Street: Small Downs. c1975/6
Seaton, Granville Road. 2005
A colour photograph taken in March 2005 of the house 'Seaton' in Granville Road when covered in climbing plants. This 1950's house replaced an earlier one which was destroyed by shelling in WW2 Henry Royce lived at ...
Shingle Loss in the Bay, from Parliamentary Papers 1873
Handwritten notes and a typescript of entries from Parliamentary papers 1873, LVIII, 453 regarding shingle loss from St Margaret's Bay.
Shipwrecked Preussen, photographs and description
A series of photographs of the stricken sailing ship Preussen from the Gordon Denoon album with Gordon's observations. The wreck is further mentioned in his book 'Saga of St Margaret's':- 'The ship was firmly held in the ...
Sketch map of properties and buildings in the Bay 1894 to 1975
A set of three hand drawn plans dated 1894, 1925 & 1975 respectively showing the position and names of the various beach houses, properties and buildings in St Margaret's Bay. These were drawn by KE Nicol ...
Sketch map of the Village on the Beach. c1894
Pen sketch map titled 'Village on the Beach 1894' by K.E. Nicol dated Aug 1975 showing the location of various buildings on the beach at St Margaret's Bay
Sketch map of the Village on the Beach. c1925
Pen sketch map titled 'The Village on the Bay c 1925' by K.E.Nicol dated Aug 1975 showing the location of various buildings on the beach at St Margaret's Bay
Souvenier postcards of St Margaret's at Cliffe and St Margaret's Bay sold by the Cliffe Hotel
A booklet produced and sold by the Cliffe Hotel which originally contained six pictures in rich sepia photogravure of St Margaret's, which could be used as postcards. Only three remain. The booklet was published by ...
Souvenier postcards of the beach at St Margaret's Bay. pre WW2
A set of six postcards taken in St Margaret's Bay. Five of them show various activity on the beach and are looking towards Ness Point and the sixth is of the beached Firth of Cromarty.
Spot The Difference! Two general views of St Margaret's Bay.
Two colour postcards of St Margaret's Bay. Notice that In most respects the two photographs are identical. For instance the parked cars in the Bay and the position of the people strolling on the promenade are ...
St Margaret's Bay area in the snow. 1970
The top photograph is of Granville Road by the house 'Timbers' looking west. The second photograph is the junction of Bay Hill and Granville Road. The third photograph looks west along Granville Road at the junction with ...
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