I was a little too young to appreciate it then. I recently Google Earth'd the area, even finding the house we lived in. So much has built up around, or maybe I just remember it differently.
Neil:
You stated you grew up in Hampshire, southern England.
I lived in the town of Havant for about a year, March 1976 - March 1977, while my father helped a growing IBM office in the area. I was 12 years old at the time. I remember riding my bike to Hayling Island and down to the Channel.