Bason Bridge, The Station And River Brue c.1955
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Photo of Bason Bridge, The Station And River Brue c.1955

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Bason Bridge is part of East Huntspill village. Here a railway ran alongside the Brue from Highbridge to Glastonbury. The line served the Wiltshire United Dairies factory that opened in 1909 - it was later taken over by Unigate. The line closed in 1984.

Memories of Bason Bridge, the Station and River Brue c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bason Bridge, The Station And River Brue c.1955

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We used to park our caravan in the last field along the lane, near the River Brue. One holiday we arrived in the early morning and just parked up in the field. We were awakened by our caravan rocking and looked out to see the cows coming in for their milking. We had parked where they usually walked 'home' and couldn't understand why we were in the way. We had to go out and shoo them round the caravan. We had lovely ...see more