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Avon memories
Growing up in Filton
I was born in Plymouth of Welsh parents, there was no work in Newport Wales when my Father got out of the Navy, so, we moved to my Grandparents house in 50 Wallscourt Rd Filton, until our house 13 Canberra Grove Filton became available. My Father along with my Grandfather worked for the BAC, my Dad was a Blacksmith, I remember sometimes on summer nights walking up to meet him from work. I remember my first visit to get my hair cut at the hairdresser's above the corner shop in Filton (sweet & newsagents) I remember running up the road at night in the winter to the off licence with the pretty pink lights to buy my Dad's senior ...read more here
A memory of Filton contributed by Christine Flage
Annual visit
My parents, Fred & Marjorie La Touche, always took us to visit our great aunt & uncle Curtis,who lived at Cottage of Content in Harris Barton.At one time this was a pub, (perhaps someone has a photo of it ) but then it was a smallholding. Coming from the town of Swindon, it was marvellous to be able to go & pick plums from the orchard & tomatoes from the greenhouses. We used to arrive by train at Coalpit heath & walk from there under the viaduct & across the fields, which were always full of cows. Now there is a housing estate on the field. There were always gypsies camping at the back of the smallholding, down by the brook. ...read more here
A memory of Frampton Cotterell contributed by rose perry
WLA WW2
My mother's name was Gladys Letton, she lived in Eden Grove, Horfield, she was in the WLA. Is there anyone out there that would remember her?? A great web site, thanks for any help. Carol.
A memory of Bristol contributed by carol underwood
Lost Places
My great-grandparents lived in a place called Western Square, Clifton. Anyone have any memories of this place?? Their name was Simms. I was told that there was a pub and a sweet shop there and maybe only 6 large houses, any help please. Thankyou, Carol.
A memory of Bristol contributed by carol underwood
Extracts From Frenchay & Avon books
Now renamed The Abbey Hotel, this terrace of houses became an hotel in 1879. It is part of the elder Wood’s Royal Forum, with its long, formal composition fronting North Parade. In the foreground is the then newly-laid-out area replacing the Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, now all paved and occupied by the water fountain of 1839 relocated from Bath Street.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898. The tour of some villages around Bath is now finished, and you can head back northwards to the city.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
This view looks in the opposite direction, east past the Manor House on the left with cottages and the former Ebenezer United Methodist Chapel of 1869 beside the raised and railinged pavement. On the right is St Julian’s Primary School, built in 1852 as the Wellow National School in the then usual Gothic style.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath. This view looks west along the High Street past the Manor House on the right, a good 17th-century house with a tall gabled three-storey chamber wing.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
On the next ‘terrace’ up is Middle Limpley Stoke, its narrow winding lane flanked by dry stone and mortared walls. The right hand cottages are dated 1885, and the village hall beyond was built in 1845.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".