Weston-Super-Mare
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Sunnyside
Does anyone know of a home called Sunnyside or Sunny Side in Bleadon?
A brother of a family member died there in 1900 aged 20.
His family were very wealthy and lived in Mayfair, but the son had TB and I assume came to Bleadon for this reason. A sister also died from TB in the same year, but not sure about the Sunnyside connection there.
h.baggott@virgin.net
A memory of Bleadon contributed by Helen Baggott
Happy childhood memories..
I have very fond memories of living in Winscombe as a child, in fact they were some of the best years of my life. I was living in Yadley Lane, and loved to take walks up the old railway line which ran past our house, in fact we had an access slope from the garden which was quite handy! I remember picking primroses, huge bunches from beside the stream, a beautiful scent that always reminds me of my childhood in Winscombe. I also remember toboganning down Hillyfields on a tray when we had those huge snow drifts, it was freezing but brilliant fun, I've not experienced snow like it since and doubt now I ever will. I also remember the sirens ...read more here
A memory of Winscombe contributed by Fiona Wright
My family
My mother's family is from Bristol and my first memory of going to Congresbury is when I was four, in 1984. Me, my mom and my three older brothers went to visit my grandma and grandpa in their beautiful cottage home, on Orchard Lea. The beautiful flowers, crab apple trees, the smell of summer...the list goes on. I remember going snail picking and being too scared to eat one. My grandpa would make us kids ice cream sandwiches, it was heaven. My grandpa took me for a walk, to buy me a gift, and it was a metal set of mini pots and pans, I still have them to this day. We would go to the ocean, and play in the ...read more here
A memory of Congresbury contributed by Deb Anhorn
Brockley Hall
I believe that my great grandfather Robert Landeman Jones owned Brockley Hall but I am unsure of the date, I am guessing it was the 1870s. I think that he later moved to Weston-super-Mare. My brother and I have a photo of the old house. I also have a diary that my great grandfather kept for the years 1896 and 1905 which has fascinating detail about his accounts.
A memory of Brockley contributed by Rosamund Garrod-Mason
Extracts From Weston-Super-Mare & Avon books
Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort. People do not dress up in their finest clothes for the beach nowadays, but one thing that has not changed is the fact that entertainments then, as now, would have you dipping into your purse. Weston-super-Mare sits at the edge of the Bristol Channel, opposite the nature reserve island of Steepholm. Its huge tides mean that holidaymakers may have to walk a considerable distance out across the sands to even paddle.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Swings, Punch and Judy, and to the left, the Castle Coffee House Refreshment Tent, all served to attract the visitor to this seaside resort. People do not dress up in their finest clothes for the beach nowadays, but one thing that has not changed is the fact that entertainments then, as now, would have you dipping into your purse. Weston-super-Mare sits at the edge of the Bristol Channel, opposite the nature reserve island of Steepholm. Its huge tides mean that holidaymakers may have to walk a considerable distance out across the sands to even paddle.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".
Here you can see
the wide range of
entertainment on offer
on the beach. On the
left, the tea tent was run
by the Castle Coffee
House, based in Castle
Street. To the right is a
small shed advertising
portraits ‘painted and
finished while you wait’.
In these days before the
Box Brownie camera
was developed, there
was often a beach
photographer offering
photographic portraits
as well.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk,
while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state. On the
right in the distance are the Ladies’ bathing machines, well separated from those
used by men, which were at the southern end of the sands.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
To the left, the stone ramparts of Worlebury Iron Age Hillfort can
be seen on the very top of the hill. Prince Consort Gardens have
yet to be built and a number of terraces lead up to what was then
called Flagstaff Hill. On the pier itself, you can see the iron seat
brackets shaped liked dolphins and the junction where
the pier meets the island.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".