My Sunday Photo

This week I thought I'd point the camera the other way to the east, where the sun rises and take an identical photo again and compare this one from Friday and this photo from the 1930's when St. Margarets apartments were being built.

As you can see from this old photo little has changed, the curved wall that we lean against to gaze out to sea is still there, the biggest change being the add-on apartments to the right where a tea house and restaurant were.  Take a look at this photo  where you can see those buildings and the same cliff and do have a look at the ladies in their finery to the left!

It's hard not to feel a real connection with a time gone by after finding these photographs online and matching the up with today.  Miss CCL and I touch the stairs leading down the beach knowing that ladies in long skirts and children wearing their Sunday best ventured down these stairs as we do several times a week (we love the beach, have I said!).

St. Margarets apartments were quite run down over the years, but a few years ago they had a welcome facelift to look like new again and with them being right on the coast's edge facing west, the owners have an enviable view of the sunset every clear night, it is one of my favourite places to watch it too.

My Sunday Photo

I really never do get tired of looking at this view (or any seaviews!), Brighton Marina is in the distance and in the foreground part of Rottingdean beach, on the bottom right there is a "theatre" space where all sorts of musical events take place, it is a wonderful, happy, friendly beach!

At the top right hand corner once stood a whole family house on the cliff, when I walk there I can see remnants of the foundations, it is very surreal to think of people long gone living there.  We know this because we found a photo online of the beach in 1905 showing the very formidably large house, you can see it here, the cliff can clearly still be seen and this photo from 1930 seems to show it gone and the construction of the underhill garden being built.   So much has changed with some houses being demolished but so much remains the same.  Rottingdean also had its very own pier too.  In some of the photos we found all that has changed are the ladies fashions and the cars!

My Sunday Photo

I was in the nearby town of Seaford on Thursday taking flowers to my mum and having tea. Whenever I'm there I absolutely have to visit the beach which is literally across the road from where she lives.  The loveliness of the day beckoned me but the best times are when the sea is rough, the waves high and the wind plastering me with sea salt!

I think I must have a few thousand captures of this beach alone over the years and these gorgeous little beach huts are so very seaside.  They are smaller than usual but seem roomy inside (I had a sneaky peek as one of the lucky owners was there sunning herself).

The weather was fabulous that day, look at that sky.

Wishing everyone a Happy Mothers Day!

Silent Sunday

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