More than a “little place for coloreds.” Locals remember the fun and frustration of the area’s old segregated beaches.

Reginald Robinson went to a talk about Hampton’s Buckroe Beach in 2013 and he left hot – it had nothing to do with the summer heat.

Only whites were allowed on its sand for many of its 121-year history.

“What about Bay Shore?” someone asked. It was a beach that bordered Buckroe but was separated by a fence.

“Oh,” the speaker said. “That was just a little place for the coloreds.”

Some of Robinson’s bes ...