It’s well and truly winter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce about the sunny weather. This week’s nostalgic gallery will take you on a trip to 1960s Plymouth, when Plymouth’s waterfront was a magnet for sunbathers and families.
It was much like any typical seaside resort. And while these days people are more likely to hop on a ferry to Cornwall for a beach day or head to Bigbury or Bovisand, these photos show it hasn’t always been that way.
The vintage snaps show Plymouth was once the go-to spot for sun-seekers. The Whitsun half-term holiday that year was blessed with particularly good weather, providing an ideal chance for families to set up camp on the beach off Hoe Road with deckchairs, buckets and spades, picnics and newspapers.
Summer skirts or dresses and rolled-up trousers were the attire of choice for those who hadn’t packed their swimsuits, while one lucky baby found a cosy spot on the rocks under the shade of a Chinese umbrella.
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