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Old 22-03-2014, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by leslie View Post
something to do with old caravan site !!!??? toilet block? there was a building near there that was used as a Shop on caravans when they were sited on that side , Bob Coulson ?? (Also delivery van plus shop on Bridge/Queen st, think he also delivered paraffin from van ) , he lived in house first one in alley opposite tescos to george Street
behind what is now the Home .had it a grocers, the building was red brick, poss WW2 , that would be late fifties early sixties
Something from WW2 that got a new use after the war?

I'll have to have a look at those artillery site photos - it could have been an observation post for the guns on the cliff? [ the ground in front looking out to sea looks to have been cleared to me]
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