Ladies Lifeboat Luncheon Club steps back in time
It was a trip down memory lane for the members of the Ladies Lifeboat Luncheon Club at their February meeting.
The group’s speaker, Gary Sunley, has lived in Bridlington all his life and was able to show members a fascinating selection of old photographs stretching from the 1960s to the 1980s.
This was a time of mass tourism for the town when families came to the coast to enjoy everything that was on offer, and what a different experience it was compared to today.
Many of the interesting buildings from that time have since disappeared along with most of the quality stores, shops and cafes.
Photographs of the harbour showed it packed with holiday makers who were able to take trips along the coast on the pleasure boats as well as rowing around the harbour in small rowing boats or fishing from the harbour walls.
There were many ways that children could be entertained both on the beaches, in the paddling and boating pools, riding donkeys on the sands or having simple fun on the amusements.
Those were the days before health and safety restrictions took over!
Gary showed photographs of the most important social meeting places of the day, cinemas and dance halls, many of which he frequented in his youth. The Spa featured heavily in the entertainment scene with well known guest performers such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Adam Faith, The Searchers, Status Quo and the Rolling Stones.
Gary’s talk and slide show was very well received with several members of the club, who were old enough to remember the entertainment scene of their youth, anxious to share their experiences with him.