Beachley
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Beachley books (14 available)
- 6 photos on Beachley appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Beachley
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Beachley memories
Read and share memories of Beachley and Gwent inspired by Frith photos
Severn Queen
The person on the right, on the pier, is myself, Ron Stokes. As I wrote in my memory previous, I worked on Beachley and Aust Piers, weekends, school holidays, until I joined the merchant navy in 1958. If you wish to know the history of Pier House [behind ferry office] and lighthouse keepers, and lighthouse of Beachley see www.gloucesterharbou trustees.org, very interesting, history of Batchford family, my mother's family, and later my father Walter Stokes, wages etc, the Ferry Hotel was owned by A. E. Farr, then by Bishop family. Thank you for letting me share my memories.
Contributed by RONALD STOKES
Gwent memories
Severn Queen
The person on the right, on the pier, is myself, Ron Stokes. As I wrote in my memory previous, I worked on Beachley and Aust Piers, weekends, school holidays, until I joined the merchant navy in 1958. If you wish to know the history of Pier House [behind ferry office] and lighthouse keepers, and lighthouse of Beachley see www.gloucesterharbou trustees.org, very interesting, history of Batchford family, my mother's family, and later my father Walter Stokes, wages etc, the Ferry Hotel was owned by A. E. Farr, then by Bishop family. Thank you for letting me share my memories.
A memory of Beachley contributed by RONALD STOKES
Lydney - 1939-1945
My father, the late Cyril Cook, spent some time in Lydney, during the war, as a Nurse.
Unfortunately, I know very little about his time in Lydney.
Ken Cook
A memory of Lydney contributed by Ken Cook
Home Sweet Home
What a wonderful site. These photos bring back so many lovely memories.
From this one I can see the house I grew up in (34 High St) and my Dad's cinema.
This photo was taken the year that I was born. I can also see the hospital that I was born in. I miss Berkeley, it will always be home.
I now live in Western Canada and there are no towns here anywhere near as perfect as this one.
Hi to all who I know, if you still live there..I'm envious.
Georgina Herbert (Nee Mason..Alan and Emmy's youngest daughter).
A memory of Berkeley contributed by georgina herbert
Extracts From Beachley & Gwent books
The £8 million
suspension bridge was
opened by Queen
Elizabeth II in
September 1966 to
carry the new M4
motorway from
England across the
Severn Estuary to
South Wales. Also at
the ceremony were
Prince Philip, the Duke
of Beaufort, the
Archbishop of Wales,
the Secretary of State
for Wales and the
Bishop of Bristol.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
Prior to the building of
the Severn Bridge, which
now sweeps above the
peninsula of Beachley
Point, this little powered
ferry carried small
vehicles across the Severn
to the outskirts of Aust
on the eastern bank.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Ferries".
Sidney B Park was a
successful businessman;
in Edwardian days he
owned two drapery shops
in Stroud. However, on
26 October 1917 his only
son, Herbert, was killed
in France, and in 1927 the
Park family gave land to
create a public garden in
his memory. Sidney and his
wife, Ellen, are buried in
Stroud Cemetery.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
When this picture was
taken, the canal had only
recently undergone a
restoration programme. Of
the two pubs shown here,
The New Red Lion (centre)
survives. The Bell Inn (left)
is now a private house.
The retaining wall on the
right was part of Chalford
Station yard. The careful
posing of the children adds
considerably to the appeal
of the photograph.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
Here we are looking down
the High Street, with Smith’s
chemist’s shop – still at
this period with only one
large window – on the right.
Below it is Withey’s grocery
store, long-established even
in 1910. When the building
changed hands a few years
ago, a large number of
early grocery orders was
discovered in an attic.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".