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Severn Beach photos
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Severn Beach maps
Historic maps of Severn Beach and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Severn Beach maps
Severn Beach area books
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Memories of Severn Beach
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The Blue Lagoon
I can remember waiting at Ashley Down Station for the steam train; towels,swim suits and picnic in big beach bags. The journey was an adventure every time, the smell of the smoke and the old carriages. Pushing your head out of the window with a a leather strap to keep it open. Feeling the wind in your hair, mum nagging about getting things in your eyes! The excitement as the train pulls into the station the sound of the steam hissing from the engine. It was always sunny, well that's how I remember it. It was a race to get to the pool first so you could claim your spot. I have fond memories of this pool, the bright blue painted bottom and the walls surrounding it, the sounds of happy children as they pluck up the courage to dip their toes into the freezing water, the hard rough concrete under your feet. Shivering, covered with goose pimples as you try and dry yourself under a very rough towel.... Read more
I am Not A Beach Boy
I am not a beach boy, even though we share a name. (I have not worked out how to create paragraphs,so bear with me.) My parents moved to the Beach when I was about 11 years old (around 1953) to Beach Road. We lived in the last house before the boating lake and I went to Patchway Secondary Modern by coach every weekday. I never sat next to Robin Stockham, he was too noisy!(sorry Rob). I also used the cinema, and I remember when it rained the drumming on the roof drowned out the soundtrack! RS is quite correct about the summer holidays, they were magic, all day every day down the Pool lying on the roof of the ice cream getting covered in tar and watching 70 year old Mr Cooper doing endless lengths in an immaculate and laid back style, brown as a berry and not a sign of Melanoma! Ah halcyon days, watching sandwiches, banana skins and condoms floating past. I lost my virginity in the dirty... Read more
Childhood Memories
I was born in Severn Beach in 1953. We lived in the Chalets at first, and then moved on. I would like to know if any of my old friends are on this site. The fairground, the boating lake, the club, the swimming pool are now sadly, all gone.
Every Weekend at Severn Beach
I lived in Patchway in the 1960s, every weekend friends and I would catch the train to Severn Beach to go swimming in the pool there, I wonder if it's still there, I guess not. I remember the stinky change area :) and the crowded pool, great times they were !
I am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming Pool,Funfair and all the normal things,the highlight of our week was the visit to the Galvanised Gaumont picture house,it would cost 6d on a Wednesday & Saturday and was situated at the back of the Rustic Stores,in later years I became the "Ice cream lady" and got to watch all the films for free.
A lot of us kids worked on the fairgroud starting at the bottom(Darts,Bow & Arrow,Swings,Big Wheel,Slot Machine Arcade and finally to the pinnacle collecting the fares on the dodgems)it was the finest place for pulling you could have.
My mate Grimo and I used to go to Church(Galvanised)St Nicholas at the top of Church Road,every Sunday evening Grimo would pump the Church organ I would
be making a terrible noise in the choir,dressed in our Church robes and... Read more
Avon memories
School Days
I am looking for anybody who went to Easter Compton School during the 1960s.
Memories of Blaise
During the fifties my friends and I spent many an hour in the woods and playing around the castle, during our school holidays we would be up there from dawn till dusk a few sandwiches and a bottle of water, those were the days. Many of the old photos bring back memories. My sister and I had to go to Henbury church for Sunday School, the photo of Hallen Road shows the old police station, I can't remember it as a police station but I did go there each week when I was in the Air Cadets, we used to keep the old 303 rifles in the old cells locked away.
One of the first schools I attended was at old Manor House opposite the church. In those days we had open coal fires in the class room. I think our teacher was called Mr Arther, I remember he was ginger with a beard, a very caring teacher. From there it was Henbury juniors, off of Marmion Crescent. I remember... Read more
