EAW013979 ENGLAND (1948). The town and seafront, Withernsea, 1948

ANTI TANK BLOCK: S0013191

PILLBOX (EARED): S0007401

St Leonards Hotel, 6 The Promenade, during the 2ndWW it was used by Bletchley Park (X Station) as a 'Y' Station - a listening post for intercepting German Naval transmissions. The 'aerials' are the flagstaffs from the adjacent Coastguard station.

? Possibly a 2nd WW surface blast shelter?

Site of a 2ndWW Beach Defence Battery.

Location of a 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery, possibly some of the fairground rides are built on the circular foundations of the gun pits? The Defence of Britain Project records " Site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Fringe near Withernsea Pier. It was armed with four 3. 7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor AA No. 10 Mark 1, and Radar AA No. 3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 19th November 1944. Manning details are unknown. It formed part of the Humber Section 65 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment."

? Possible line of 2ndWW anti-tank blocks along the Promenade.

A line of 2ndWW anti-tank blocks.

2ndWW Pillbox.

2ndWW Pillbox.

What looks very much like a 2ndWW DUKW, ex-military amphibious vehicle (with some kind of tarpaulin cover).

2ndWW Vickers Machine Gun Emplacement.

"Nettlesons" field with a fine collection of trams, buses and railway coach bodies to have your two weeks in. It may have been some 70 years ago but I can still remember those holidays. I can also remember the "soil" toilets next to each accommodation.

Rock Bobs,, famous rock shop

The turntable at the end of tracks to release the loco, allowing it to run around it's train really to return to Hull. As a young lad myself, the holiday could not start until this had been seen.

The remains of the Withernsea Pier. http://withernsea1.co.uk/PierHistory.html

Withernsea Lighthouse. Now a museum that contains a display relating to Kay Kendal, a Withernsea lass who appeared in such films as "Geniveve" in the 1950's.