Hive Beach


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Building on Beach Road by the old Toll House – C1935. Jack Way in the doorway.

 

Building on Beach Road by the old Toll House

     

Burton Cliff 1968

 

Burton Cliff 1968

     

A collection of old cars parked by new Beach Road C1935

 

A collection of old cars parked by new Beach Road C1935

     

Cliff Road 1930 – Cars could still get to the top over Hive Beach before the cliffs were eroded!

 

Cliff Road 1930

     

Group of fishermen pre-1914

 

Group of fishermen pre-1914

     

Hive Beach C 1904

 

Hive Beach C 1904

     

Horse and cart getting shingle off the beach (Lew Brown 1937)

This picture was included in Sue Moores presentaion of November 2023 and reminded David Jenkins of the process that ended shingle extraction in 1987

 

Horse and cart getting shingle off the beach

     

Old Hive Beach view

 

Old Hive Beach view

     

Group resting with horses including Percy Samways

 

Group resting with horses including Percy Samways

     

Sorting out the catch Mr & Mrs Brown 1955

 

     

Mabel Hussey braiding on the beach.  Loius Brown (centre) & Jack Cammell.   C1935

 

Mabel Hussey braiding on the beach. 

     

Fishing – a basic Burton industry.  Steve Northover bending over the catch, left & looking on in the Trilby hat, Fletcher the Rectors’ gardener

 

Fishing · a basic Burton industry. 

     

Shingle being carted up the old Cliff Road from Burton Beach with Ward (working for Rob Gale). The bungalow is Clara Swaffield’s.  C1935

 

Shingle being carted up the old Cliff Road

     

The beach before 1900

 

The beach before 1900

     

On January 4th 1980, a Pilot Whale was washed up & stranded by the Freshwater camp site

 

On January 4th 1980, a Pilot Whale was washed up & stranded by the Freshwater camp site

     


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