Reighton Sands

[Billrice]

Just come across Derelict Places. Very interesting. Re: Reighton - I have been going there man and boy for well over 60 years. I have a bungalow on the cliff top overlooking the site that is intriguing the posters.

I can advise that the railway lines are simply concrete reinforcement for the slipway down to the beech from the old gravel extraction plant that have only becom apparent since the road crumbled.

The sand and gravel was loaded by mobile tracked crane and loaded into small front tipping dumper trucks. These took the material to the washing plant part way up the cliff. The sand was washed out and dumped back into the sea. The gravel was taken away by Toulsons of Doncaster. As a young lad We used to get rides up from the beech on the dumpers. Magic for young lads. 'Elf and Safety would be apoplectic these days. Miserable sods.

If you Google The Francis Frith Collection site there are half a dozen photos of the Reighton holiday site before the bungalows were demolished and one taken from just above the plant looking towards Speeton. This shows the cafe in the foreground, buildings to the left and the plant is just out of view. The pillbox is at a precarious angle on the edge of the cliff edge above the slipway leading down to the beech.

 

[Seahorse]

Nothing like a bit of local knowledge to fill in the gaps.

 

[Dirus_Strictus]

Just come across Derelict Places. Very interesting. Re: Reighton - I have been going there man and boy for well over 60 years. I have a bungalow on the cliff top overlooking the site that is intriguing the posters.
The gravel was taken away by Toulsons of Doncaster.

We might even have crossed paths all those years ago. Doncaster is my home town and as a student I worked in the Salutation, an old coaching inn. Toulson's office was about 50 yards from the front door and I got to know old man Toulson very well, as he always dropped in for a lunch time and early evening drink. From this friendship I was allowed to visit his Sprotborough quarry, where he had stored a number of the early vehicles that were used to start the business. There were about six in various states of preservation, WW1 3 ton subsidy vehicles by Thornycroft, Albion, Tilling Stevens and at least one US 'Liberty' Standard B. We had plans to get one back on the road, but a change of educational establishment and then employment with BR in Derby meant that I lost close touch for some time. By the time I came back to Doncaster, the old man had become very ill and no longer took an active part in the business. Sadly he died not long after and the Sprotborough quarry was abandoned and used for dumping old equipment. The biggest criminal act was then carried out by the new owners of the site some five or six years later, when they scrapped everything in the quarry. The gas axe struck before anybody in the know about the relics could act - sad after all those years being stored safely out of harms way.

 

[gianca]

last week end in reighton sands... beautifull place

I'm not sure how relevant this is because I don't have time to do research on reighton but many beach installations that I've seen had small gauge rails to wheel ammo loaded gurneys along to get ammo to different parts of the installation.

morning folks...
i've been in Reighton last week end and i've made a littlere earch on it couse i was really interested about that location that recall the WW2. I toke some pictures and i ve visited the little bunker cross the cliffs.... After all i can say that somebody from the place use that little bunkers ,expecially one that u can reach only passing true a little creap forest, to hide stuff... i mean the last bunker on the south... Aniway that place is full of fashion and history... i think i'll back in there next year!!! hope u can see my pictures.

 

[Neosea]

morning folks...

Aniway that place is full of fashion and history... i think i'll back in there next year!!! hope u can see my pictures.

Post them up, it will be interesting to see what the site is like this year, not been back yet, but have a few more locations to look at.

 

[ArtfulDodger]

I visited Reighton Sands yesterday evening (a spur of the moment thing!) When we arrived there it was very misty and very surreal, unfortunatley this made navigation very hard as i'm not too familiar with the area! I got afew pics but not very good quality but i'll try and upload them later

Neosea i've been looking at your site, excellent information + pics

I will return there on a much earlier and on a clearer day!

 

[Neosea]

I visited Reighton Sands yesterday evening (a spur of the moment thing!) When we arrived there it was very misty and very surreal, unfortunatley this made navigation very hard as i'm not too familiar with the area! I got afew pics but not very good quality but i'll try and upload them later

Neosea i've been looking at your site, excellent information + pics

I will return there on a much earlier and on a clearer day!

It will be great to see your photos, I look forward to them. Thanks for the feed back on my site, glad you have enjoyed it. I must make the effort and return, I want to find G3 before the remains are gone forever.

 

[daddybear]

nice report and pics .nice bit of history to go with it as well