Part of the ‘Past to Present’ series from Jemverse

The beach Ted Bunker launched his boat from sadly is no more once called 'The Gut' its gutted now no more a shingle shore Filled in to make a car park the beach where once we played is another loss to history and to the fishing trade
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Photo – Jempics (the Fisherman’s Beach [aka ‘The Gut’], Albion Street, Southwick, Sussex).
[‘The Gut’ was a small beach immediately behind Albion Street in Southwick, West Sussex. It was used by fishermen for many years and I can vividly remember playing there as a boy and talking to the fishermen as they pulled their boats ashore at high tide. But now – for no sound reason that I can imagine – the beach has been filled in to make way for a public car park].
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