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Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach

Posted by Norman Dunn on 14/4/2026, 9:02 am

This photo from 1902 was taken before the wooden staircase was installed & long before the modern Lift.

Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach

Posted by Mac Cummings on 14/4/2026, 10:14 am, in reply to "Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach"

I don't recall seeing that very early image before but I am sure that you can just see part of the staircase.
Wiki has it that the staircase was built in the late 1700's by a bloke called Bates.
It is hard to imagine those buildings being there without access.

Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach

Posted by Liz Dance on 14/4/2026, 4:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach"

Oh good the staircase, I wonder how many people fell down those stairs??

Very old photo Norman, I don’t think I have seen it previously.

Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach

Posted by AJG on 15/4/2026, 4:48 am, in reply to "Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach"

Great photo, thanks for posting it. I remember I loved going to Marsden as a child.

Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach for Liz

Posted by Mac Cummings on 15/4/2026, 10:09 am, in reply to "Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach"

I never remember falling but I do remember that from time to time steps were broken or missing and yet we carried on and somehow survived.
Fast forward to today when the H & S police are ready poised to close structures like these for the smallest problem!

Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach for Mac

Posted by Liz Dance on 15/4/2026, 11:04 am, in reply to "Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach for Liz"

Like you I never fell either.

Speaking of H & S last week we had to have our power switched off, National Grid was on site, quite a few vans, it was decided that someone had to climb up a, electricity pole that was in the middle of a field, apparently this someone could climb half way up the pole but needed a visit from an H & S person to give permission to the someone that they could climb to the top of the pole - how crazy is that??

For Liz

Posted by Mac Cummings on 15/4/2026, 12:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Its sunny here today so we are off to Marsden beach for Mac"

Sounds about par for the course Liz! No wonder projects in the UK take so long!!

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