St Mary's Church 1901, Rhossili
St Mary's Church 1901, Rhossili Ref: 47970
Memories of St Mary's Church 1901, Rhossili
Family Memories
Through my parents' eyes I am remembering life in Rhossili when they worked and met at the Worms Head Hotel. As a child I was taken many times here and fell in love with this beautifull coastline, and as I became older I would sit on the path's edge and remember the stories my parents told me of their happy times here. My grandfather William Patten was in the Royal Navy and at the end of the First World War he was transfered to Rhossili coastguards. He and my grandmother, Rosina Patten nee Honor, lived with their family here until he retired about 1932. One of their sons, George Patten my father, worked at the Worms Head Hotel, he was also a carpenter and did some repairs on a church pew in St. Mary's, the little local church. I have been there many times imagining I was sitting on this very pew. My mother Eleanor Kate Andrews fell in love with George and they were married in 1935. Apparantly the... Read more
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