Blakeney, Severn Bridge Hotel c.1950
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Photo of Blakeney, Severn Bridge Hotel c.1950

More about this scene

In celebration of the new crossing that carried the railway over the river, the 18th-century sandstone inn we see here was renamed The Severn Bridge Hotel in 1879. Other names in Blakeney refer to iron making, which was a thriving industry in these parts. Furnace Bottom is one example, while Pig Street is so named because pig iron was transported that way to the Severn Railway Bridge, and then by rail to Gatcombe, Bristol and beyond.

Memories of Blakeney, Severn Bridge Hotel c1950

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I cannot remember the exact years, about 1950, when my Mother and Father used to take me and my cousin for a walk from our house at Lensbrook Cottage through six fields (which is a public footpath), and arrive at Severn Bridge Hotel. We used to go into the clubroom and Mrs Gertie Harris, the Landlady would play the piano. This was a monthly event on a Sunday when the Coach parties used to come ...see more