Holiday snaps 1 - Lancashire coast?

[Trishanne]

I live in Morecambe and do not recognise anywhere like this
It seems to be more round the Blackpool area, if you go on Google earth  and follow the tramline along the promenade from Blackpool towards Bispham area, there seems to be quite a few areas with fencing similar to the one on the photo the other side of the tram line.

[Ruskie]

There is a Miniature Lakeside railway  near the Marine lake at Southport  and that style of concrete fencing is used in that area of the resort.

Can you post a link then SB?

Carol

Possibly this one Carol:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/964429
 

[Gibel]

That photo is the Marine Lake in Southport and the miniature railway is on the far side and a still a long way from the beach.

As I said last night I trawled through an extensive photographic collection belonging to a local history society which I store and found nothing resembling the fence in the picture. I did go and look near the Lakeside Miniature Railway and the precast concrete slabs are laid horizontally as they are by Pleasureland and nothing like those in the original photo.

[MiniHistory]

I've done a cybercrawl along the coast without success. I think I'll have to find more photos and hope for clearer landmarks to solve this one.

Thanks to everyone. I am always amazed at the helpful people on this site.

[trystan]

MiniHistory,

Great shot of your Mum and yourself.

It could well be worth posting a scan of that photograph on the Photo Restoration Board to see if anybody can do their wonders on it.

I've done a little bit of editing to sharpen you both up a little, just to give you an idea.

All the best,
Trystan

[ScouseBoy]

It could be south of Southport, somewhere like Ainsdale or Freshfield, near the holiday camp

[ScouseBoy]

Snap of my mum and me enjoying the beach. It would have been taken in 1952 and I think it would have been in or around Lancashire. The stonework may be recognisable to a sharpeyed person. All suggestions welcome.

I was born in Lancashire in 1949, so know the seaside resorts quite well.

In my memory it looks familiar.  Did you ever stay at a holiday camp? It could be enclosed within Butlins perhaps?
Did you ever go to Rhyl or Prestatyn?

[Gibel]

I'm fairly certain there's no fencing like that on Ainsdale beach just dunes one side and there would be other buildings visible on the other side. When I'm passing I'll check.

Is there another photo taken around the same time that perhaps could be identified which would help? I've just been sorting 1950s photos and discovered some had numbers on the back which helped me get them together and others it was the very faint paper name on the back which helped.

[MiniHistory]

MiniHistory,

Great shot of your Mum and yourself.

It could well be worth posting a scan of that photograph on the Photo Restoration Board to see if anybody can do their wonders on it.

I've done a little bit of editing to sharpen you both up a little, just to give you an idea.

All the best,
Trystan

That's terrific! Thank you!