Once more, with feeling.
Seaside:
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Coast:
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And Burgh Island:
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I grew up by the seaside in Dawlish (birthplace of Nicholas Nickleby). When Brunel built his railway it went from being coast to seaside (and "a watering hole for Victorian celebrities" according to Wikipedia). Amusement arcades, nuclear-bunker-esque ice cream shops, dilapidated beach huts, deckchairs, budget Butlins-esque holiday camps and caravan parks down the road at the Warren; I grew up with all that.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 30 May 2011 08:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think I pretty much love all that. There's a nice (or there was) pub on Burgh Island too.
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 30 May 2011 10:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
has anyone read this?
http://www.alexandraharris.co.uk/modernism-on-sea
I loved her book on Romantic Modernism so I'm thinking of giving this a go, hoping it will be more Coast than Seaside?
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 12:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
I guess since she's focusing on architecture it'll be more Seaside but at least it'll be the beautiful bits.
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
Unless I've seriously missed something, I don't think she's focusing on architecture? She's been much more interested in Modernism as a whole movement, literary, visual arts, architecture is part of it but certainly not the main focus. At least of her other book.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
only skimmed the blurbs tbh but the places that are named are quite firmly rooted in a form of Seaside culture. seems perverse to think of the wild stuff breaking into Modernism much, but i'm cool with perverse. Definitely looks worth a read.
― banter panchali (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Was last night's Coast worth catching when it's repeated?
― djh, Monday, 6 June 2011 11:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kimmeridge. Worth a visit?
― djh, Saturday, 11 June 2011 20:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
?
― djh, Monday, 13 June 2011 08:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
No idea, sorry. Just bumping the thread for you, though.
― emil.y, Monday, 13 June 2011 12:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Missed this. Yes it is. At least as far as that bit of coastline is involved, I don't know much about Kimmeridge per se - 'cept there's not much there. Maybe that's what you're after though? It's near Lulworth Cove which is lovely and there's a splendid and unusual church near Worth Matravers which is on a nice walk onto the headland.http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/st-aldhelm.html
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 13 June 2011 13:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
And there's Corfe Castle nearby of course, from which you can get on the Swanage Railway (if you like that kind of thing, I do, but I am old and love trains).
― i can't, i won't (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 13 June 2011 13:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
it makes my Tryophobia act u pBIG TIME
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Monday, 13 June 2011 13:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
For Llewelyn Powys the cliffs and downland of the Dorset coast sustained a poetic experience of the world in which 'to be alive is the prize above all prizes, to be out of the grave, the great exemption'.
Sounds ok.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 13 June 2011 14:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm going for a very short, possibly quite glum, weekend to Margate soon. What to expect?
― Post-Manpat Music (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 15:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
people telling you you can keep your costa brava
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
sunburned ppl
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
crushed hypodermics
donkeys
contentment
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have never visited any of the classic south east seaside resorts but i'm pretty comfortable with that
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
november is good for the seaside, on a good day it's still mild yet almost totally deserted
they could literally blow up a hotel in brighton and nobody would know
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
seaside towns out of season always remind me of the small town i grew up in, tons of metal kids, random and frequent brute violence, every scene the decaying corpse of something that the city kids got bored of 10 years ago, desperation fitted as standard.
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
the home counties bourgie population have just about enough residual enthusiasm for blighty-on-sea that about half of brighton-hove-worthing and maybe a couple of places in suffolk have escaped that fate
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
hastings can be fucking grim, most of north kent too
Try Hastings for authentic violence and desperation.
― Servants of the SBankh (snoball), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol xp
Hastings - bookshops, heroin and black black depression. Still quite like it. Lovely walk you can do from Hastings over to Rye. Changes from chalk cliff downland to marshes and military canals. Some pleasant bathing to be had within sight of Dungeness as well.
Folkestone is fucked tho. I went there for the first time in ages last year and it was the bits of it that weren't being demolished were utterly dilapidated. And there was a grime singer channeling a curious mixture of enthusiasm in his delivery and seaside no-hope bleakness in his content, standing in a bandstand with some pensioners who had nothing else to be curious about swaying slightly in front of him. Some vicious sods in a transit van driving round swearing at Asians.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hastings is fine. I seriously do not get a heroin and violence vibe from it. The seafront is remarkably intact and rather lovely (in the sunshine).
― Ned Trifle X, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
Such a shame they got rid of the old cricket ground -
The Central Recreation Ground, Hastings was a cricket ground in Hastings, Sussex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1864 and the last in 1996, following which Priory Meadow Shopping Centre was built on the site.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
With perfect timing the Guardian big up Kent.http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/aug/05/kent-coast-art-summer-holiday
Somewhere between this and ilx's bleak view lies the truth.
― Ned Trifle X, Saturday, 6 August 2011 10:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Saltburn by the Sea. Worth a visit?
― djh, Thursday, 22 September 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hmm. Is that a "no"?
― djh, Friday, 23 September 2011 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
No, it's definitely worth a visit. Earlier this year I drove down the coast from Newcastle to Whitby. I wouldn't recommend doing that in one go though as it takes a lot longer than you might think (getting round Middlesborough is the problem). Anyway, it's a got a nice beach, a quaint and creaking funicular railway, and some faded Victorian grandeur which is always nice.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
And The Guardian thinks it's like a Northern Southwold (which is pushing it a bit).
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
That whole coast is definitely somewhere I want to look around more.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 23 September 2011 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ta. Was born there but don't remember it and feeling a vague pull to visit.
― djh, Friday, 23 September 2011 21:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Right ... off to Saltburn in a couple of weeks: pubs I must drink in? places to eat? walks?
― djh, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
My housemate's from Saltburn, so I'll see what he recommends.
I'm staying at the Midland in Morecambe in a couple of weeks. Northern seaside > Southern seaside
― oppet, Thursday, 12 January 2012 14:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Have had The Ship and a cafe "called something like Del Mar" recommended.
― djh, Saturday, 14 January 2012 15:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
What did your housemate recommend?
― djh, Friday, 20 January 2012 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah fuck, he fucked off for a few days without telling me. I will pursue this.
― oppet, Saturday, 21 January 2012 13:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Right then ... Saltburn this weekend.
― djh, Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
OFFICIAL GUIDE
Pubs: The Victoria is the best one. The Mermaid is fine. The Ship is better for its location than for its drink.
Food: I wouldn't really trust my housemate on food choices tbh but he says there is an Italian place called Alessi's which is 'alright'. Vista Del Mar is also good apparently. Popular with Boro legend David Wheater.
Walks: Go down to the valley gardens and through there. There's a miniature railway. Then you can go on the cliffs towards Boulby.
If you have a car then you should go out to the moors.
That all sounds very nice.
― oppet, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nice one, thanks.
― djh, Thursday, 26 January 2012 22:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
The walk from Saltburn to Skinningrove was lovely.
Amazed at how well used the beach at Saltburn was.
― djh, Monday, 30 January 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Glad you had a good time. I've had to postpone my Morecambe trip but want to get that done soon, then maybe visit Robin Hood's Bay nearer the summer.
― oppet, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Impressed at how well-used the beach was.
Saltburn *felt* less run down - less "Every Day Is Like Sunday" - than I was expecting though may not have been seeing the full picture.
― djh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
It does seen to have aged better than a lot of similar places. Not really sure why, but I think it's still seen as a 'nice' place to live for the North East's wealthier residents (unlike e.g. Morecambe and Blackpool which have declined as the money moved inland/to the Lakes).
― oppet, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink