Walberswick
Walberswick photos (33 available)
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Map of Suffolk
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Walberswick books (5 available)
Newmarket Town and City Memories
Hardback
Newmarket Town and City Memories
Paperback
Suffolk Photographic Memories
Paperback
- 3 photos on Walberswick appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Walberswick
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Walberswick memories
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Walking with Bob
Walking with Bob my border collie through the salt marshes and dunes. Listening to the birds in the marshes and trying not to get lost! Keeping Bob away from people as he's a very cautious rescued border collie. The sense of peace whenever I have returned here. Now sadly without my dearest brave Bob but always remembered.
Contributed by Yvonne Sunderland
Suffolk memories
Walking with Bob
Walking with Bob my border collie through the salt marshes and dunes. Listening to the birds in the marshes and trying not to get lost! Keeping Bob away from people as he's a very cautious rescued border collie. The sense of peace whenever I have returned here. Now sadly without my dearest brave Bob but always remembered.
A memory of Walberswick contributed by Yvonne Sunderland
Southwold Pier
This shows the original, full length pier in all it's glory before gradual destruction. Now recently restored it is nevertheless much shorter. The photo must have been taken from the old Grand Hotel.
A memory of Southwold contributed by Ivan Bartlett
The Grand Hotel
I was born in Southwold but left there many years ago. This view shows the Grand Hotel which was demolished in the late 1950's. It was derelict for many years, this being the only way I remember it. As a child it was very daring to venture into it - undoubtedly potentially dangerous in view of the state of it and something which could never happen today. I particularly remember the peonies which grew in the abandoned grounds, which seemed to me at the time very exotic.
A memory of Southwold contributed by Ivan Bartlett
Extracts From Walberswick & Suffolk books
This couple passing the time of day, or maybe waiting for the ferry to take them across the river to Southwold, are on the bank of the River Blyth.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
This chain ferry across the River Blyth from Walberswick to Southwold was operated by the River Blyth Ferry
Company. Started up in 1885, the original hand-cranked ferry was later replaced by one which was steam-powered.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Ferries".
This chain ferry across the River Blyth from Walberswick to Southwold was operated by the River Blyth Ferry Company. Started up in 1885, the original hand-cranked ferry was later replaced by one which was steam-powered.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
Many years before Wargrave grew in
popularity as a riverside village, Edith,
wife of Edward the Confessor, held the
manor, and at that time it was known
as ‘Weregrave’.
The village green is overlooked by the
Bell Inn. Just beyond the Inn is an area
known as the ‘fishermen’s flats’ (these
days a car park), where the fishermen
laid out their nets on trestles to dry.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Beautiful Villages".
A quaint wooden footbridge gives this pedestrian relatively quick access over the River Blyth where it is joined by Buss Creek to Southwold . Horsedrawn carriages and motorised vehicles had to take a much longer route, about nine miles, via Blythburgh.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".