Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 In times past, most Notts. folk went to one of the following seaside places at some point during the summer: Skegness (Skeggy) Mableethorpe (Mabo) Cleethorpes (?) Chapel St. Leonards (Chapel) Ingoldmells (Jinglebells) So which did you prefer? My favourite was Mabo. Loved the beach and the amusement park just alongside with plenty of arcades just behind the beach. Great chippies too and all within easy reach of each other. My favourite means of arriving was by train - that feeling of rising excitement as the train slowed down for Mablethorpe station and the anticipation of the thrills to come as you walked down the street from the station to the beach. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Swanage....LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Mablethorpe's still lovely Compo, apart from the disgusting High Street which needs pulling down apart from the Amusement Arcades. They must have been there well before the sixties when I was a teenager. Looking back nothing could beat it, spending pennies in the Arcades and the sound of Brian Hyland singing: 'Itzy, bitzy, teeny, weeny, yellow, polka-dot bikini'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Musn't forget Chapel St Leonards and the sandhills when I was a kid. A load of us would play in them pretending we were hunting in the jungle - exciting escapades. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas 11 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Skeness of course, A monkey on stick,and a good hiding, and being told to enjoy myself. LOL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 We always went to Sutton-on-Sea. It is still a somewhat quiet location with less of the amusements etc. but a pleasant place to spend a day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ah the sandhills!...."What are that man and that lady doing Dad?"..."Press ups son....press ups" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Ingoldmells 1952 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Me driving at Skeg, early 1960s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 An Irish lorry driver went in to a Nottingham police station. <irish> "Scuse me siir... Can you tell me the way to Maple Top? </irish> On examining his delivery note, he was headed for Mablethorpe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Sorry folks - I forgot Sutton-on-Sea..... Worra niddiut I yam :o( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Mablethorpe for sure..............the Dunes Theatre, Auntie Jean & Uncle Dennis...........I recall (aged 10) doing an Adam Faith song, 'What do you Want' in the afternoon talent show................came last, but still got a stick of rock!! Walking through the sand dunes, & creeping around the fence of the big house at North End, whre young boys were 'imprisoned', it was the kids holiday home (leicester kids), but we thought it was a home for bad lads!! Great 'quick draw cowboy' machine at the junction of Quebec Rd & High Street, I never beat him!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I used to go over to Skegness in Raleigh/ Miners fortnight for a couple of days. Me and my mate Alan (The one who came to that meet up with me last year) used to go and stay with his Mum and Dad who hired the same big house on Drummond Road for the two weeks every year. It was a 'open house' arangement, everybody bought their own food (More than likely fish n chips every day !!) bread butter and tomato sauce and a brew provided for free though !! Me and Alan would walk to Gibraltar point with their dog (Rover) and give him a good run, a couple of pints of an evening would be taken in the pub followed by chippy on the way back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I miss Gib Point Beefsteak; Used to gather Marsh Samphire there as a delicacy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Golden Sands (Swollen Glands!) North End, Mablethorpe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Simple question for Nottinghamians: Where's this? (Circa 1954): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 As a youngster we left the car in Skegness and caught the bus (As a family) down to Gibraltar Point intending to do a bit of birding and naturing (Me and Dad were keen birders my sister and Mum were into plants , my little brother was well lets just say he was my little brother ....LOL) and then walking back along the beach to pick up the car. Well all I can say is after about 4 hours of walking in the sand, the pier just didn't seem to be getting any closer. Eventually we cut through some dunes, scaring a nesting Peewit and my Mum half to death, over a golf course ?? to the main road where we found a newsagents open . My Dad bought a couple of Mars Bars between us (Yup money really was that tight) but I'll tell you this.............. "It was the best meal we ever had " (Family quote ....LOL) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Another easy one, circa 1953, where's this?: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 By the way Compo, Skeggy looking down Lumley Road towards the Clock Tower ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Beefsteak: There was a golf course just south of Skeggy town If I recall correctly. I have walked that beach on a number of occasions but not for many years now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 By the way Compo, Skeggy looking down Lumley Road towards the Clock Tower ?? I reckon so. That's me in the middle aged about four. The Victorian ironwork arcade in front of the shops was still extant when I last visited in 1982 - is it still there now? There used to be an underground toilet just out of shot to the right - I suppose that's gone now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 One final pic. for tonight: Chapel-St-Leonards caravan site Circa 1953; note the slop buckets and meat safe beneath the van: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Golden Sands (Swollen Glands!) North End, Mablethorpe My first wife buried her gran's wedding ring there and replaced it with our own. The following spring she changed her mind and went back to look for it. We searched for hours using the markings on the sea wall as our guide (which we had noted for posterity) but alas, never found it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I remember at Ingoldmells there was an "Amfibious Duck" they took folks out on, Dad would never let me go on that, Mam once told me it reminded him too much of the "beach heads" during the war. Nobody deserved those holidays more than them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Adult Entertainment The Ship Inn Ingoldmells village 1952 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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