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 Hereford, Greyfriars Bridge and River Wye c1966 (ref: H74075) |
Year: 1965
The New Bridge
I remember this as The 'New Bridge', it was huge and posh compared to the beautiful Old Bridge which was still in full use with 2 way traffic. I don't know if it still is as it is about 10 years since I visited Hereford but will be visiting soon!! Last edited: 13/10/2008 08:58 by Katie Clamp |
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 Hereford, High Town 1949 (ref: H74043) |
Year: 1957
The Stolen Baby
I was a soldier at Bradbury Lines when this happened. The Father of the baby was our Troop Lieutenant ...Richard Vincent. He was a lovely man and well liked by we boy soldiers. We never saw him again....no doubt he was given a long spell of compassionate leave. But 30 years or so later he had risen through the ranks to be Field Marshall Sir Richard Vincent and was in charge of NATO ! I have very fond memories of my three years in Hereford.....drinking scrumpy at sevenpence a pint.....boating on the river....we guarded the Queen when she visited in (about) 1957.....she was going to the Cathedral for some reason. Last edited: 30/08/2008 23:27 by David Hutchinson |
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 Hereford, St Aubrey's Charity Houses, Berrington Street c1960 (ref: H74118) |
Year: 1954
Boarding school
I went to the St Vincent's Convent as a boarder for a couple of years. Some of the photos I have seen I do recall. I now live in Australia and wonder what happen to the school and the convent. The School was St Francis of Xavier. Posted: 01/08/2008 07:31 by Paula Healy |
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 Hereford, High Street c1950 (ref: H74039) |
Year: 1950
Man on a bike
The man riding his bike in the foreground of the photo is my father, Albert William Smith, aged about 40. The building on the left is All Saints Church. Posted: 16/07/2008 22:43 by Coral Matthews |
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 Hereford, Cathedral 1891 (ref: 29268) |
Year: 1957
AN UNAPPRECIATED HISTORY
When you grow up in an ancient city such as Hereford and have really no other frame of reference you don't fully grasp the enormity of the depth of history that buildings such as Hereford Cathedral embodied. The Romans built this city !!! The Romans !! To European kids this 2000 year old history is everyday to them. I think you have to get away from it to be able to take it all in and my 40+ years in Canada and the USA gave me that perspective. I wept in awe and wonder at my country's rich history when I took my 18 yr old son and 16 yr old daughter with me to Westminster Abbey in 2001. Back then, when I was 14, at Hereford High School I was a member of the school's CCF Army Cadet Corps and every year our company would polish up our buckles, shine our boots and press our uniforms so that we would look our absolute smartest as we marched in the huge parade down Broad Street to the Cathedral and through those magnificent arches, our boots noisy on the ancient flagstone floors, for a mass service ( I can't recall what the occasion was). The cathedral truly is a marvel, though, being a Yorkie lad I have to say that York Minster tops it and Canterbury is pretty close too ! Last edited: 27/08/2008 04:50 by Dylan Rivis |
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 Hereford, Broad Street 1925 (ref: 77341) |
Year: 1956
THE FUN FAIR
I don't know if they still do it but in the mid 1950's filled the entire Broad Street/High Street and surrounding streets were transformed into one gigantic bright, noisy, whirling, smelly and absolutely thrilling funfair!! Merry-go-rounds and all manner of great carny rides, loaded with screaming kids and flashing hundreds of blinking lights,wind up horse racing, coconut shies and ring tosses, roll the penny, try to get the pingpong ball into the goldfish bowl, candy floss stalls...you name it..to us kids it was awesome !! 'Ere y'ar luv...Roll up..roll up...roll up...rollarollaroll a penny a pitch ! I can hear them calling now ! Posted: 28/01/2008 02:23 by Dylan Rivis |
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Hereford, Greyfriars Bridge and River Wye c1966 (ref: H74075) |
Year: 1957
A MODERN INTRUSION
When I first returned to Hereford from Canada in 1979, after a 20 year absence, I was shocked to see the new modern designed Greyfriars Bridge crossing the river not far from the almost 2000 year old Roman Bridge. On the left bank and back behind the photographer's position was the boat house where I used to, briefly, cox my Hereford High School house's rowing 'eight' . I didn't last that long because I almost scuttled us by nearly steering us into the railway bridge's abutments, further back up the river next to the High School sports fields where I also , much to my disgust, had to endure the ignominities of rugby !! We used to spend a lot of time skimming rocks across the river here and it used to be the thing to do to be able to land a stone on the opposite bank ! The Wye used to flood really badly sometimes..I forget exactly which year it was but the recent (2007/8) floods there were very reminiscent of those mid 1950's floods where the river almost completely filled the arches of the Roman bridge. Last edited: 19/05/2008 22:50 by Dylan Rivis |
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Hereford, High Town 1949 (ref: H74043) |
Year: 1957
I WITNESS THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGEDY
Around 1957 I was walking around High Street, enjoying a meander from my route home to Bradbury Lines when I saw the wife of an officer from the Army Camp, Lt Richard Vincent, in great distress with some policemen outside the grocery shop...I believe it was a Sainsbury's on the near left hand side. She had left her small baby in the pram outside the shop while she went inside to shop .. in those days this would not have involved the kinds of risks that it would today.. at least it shouldn't have! Something about the scene told me that something had happened to her baby and I went home and told my step parents what my thought was. Since they considered me a ne'r do well who knew nothing at all they scoffed at me as if I was an idiot. It didn't take long for the activity I had seen in High Town to spread out to Bradbury Lines where she and her officer husband were billeted. My stepfather came back from the Officer's Mess looking pretty serious with the terrible news (that I had accurately perceived) that a woman who had escaped from the mental home had snatched the baby, taken it to the old Roman bridge and tossed it into the river, where the child obviously perished! They found the child the next day floating among the tall underwater weeds near the river bank. This affected me a lot as I had to cross the bridge twice a day on foot on my way to and from the High School and the sight of the slowly waving weeds used to give me the creeps. (I already had an over-ripe imagination borne out of a lot of fear, punishment and abuse that I suffered from my step parents). It was a terrible tragedy which was all over the news for weeks. I think the woman who did it could not be charged as she was insane, apparently. No doubt the couple never truly got over the loss. How would you ? It impacted my life greatly and added to my becoming a very protective parent. PS: I must sincerely thank David Hutchinson (who was one of the young soldiers under the very popular Lt. Richard Vincent's command at Bradbury Lines at that time and who read the above memory and responded to me) for letting me know that, following this terrible personal tragedy, Lt. Vincent did progress in the British Army and even rose to command NATO . He retired as Field Marshall Sir Richard Vincent in 1996 and was given the Nato Medal for his services. If he ever reads this I am sure that David will join me in expressing, all these many years later, our profound sorrow at he and his wife's terrible loss. It was felt throughout the Bradbury Lines community. PPS: In 1979 I took my first trip back to Britain after having emigrated to Canada in 1966. I made a point of revisiting Hereford and Bradbury Lines (which I believe had become an SAS training facility). The house we lived in was empty and I managed to get a look inside the window, without getting arrested, and was amazed that our family of five had ever lived in such tiny quarters, especially by North American standards! There is now a brand new bridge across the River Wye which , to my mind spoils the view, however necessary. The old Roman Bridge remains. Last edited: 01/09/2008 10:29 by Dylan Rivis |
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 Hereford, Broad Street c1950 (ref: H74041) |
Year: 1958
ROMAN DIG
In about 1957-8 our history teacher at Hereford High School arranged for those that were interested to make a 'dig' in the yard besides the library ( on the left with the arches). We dug down at least 6 feet or more finding Victorian stuff and other older stuff as we went down and finally I found a Roman pot which I managed to break while getting it out of the packed earth. We had been given absolutely no instructions or training as to how this should have been handled. The teacher was a tad cranky about it but as far as I am concerened it was his fault...what does a 14 year old know about these things ? We were lucky not to get killed as there was no supports for the sides of the trench. Posted: 28/01/2008 01:31 by Dylan Rivis |
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Hereford, High Street c1950 (ref: H74039) |
Year: 1955
Seems like yesterday!
I had to pass through here every day on my way to and from Hereford High School. This photo is so familiar it isn't funny !! I lived in the army camp officer's quarter's at Bradbury Lines where my stepfather was stationed. I had to make the walk no matter what the weather..sometimes getting home completely frozen or soaked ! Posted: 28/01/2008 01:15 by Dylan Rivis |
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