Burnham On Sea, The Beach 1913
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Moving further east along Somerset's coast, we reach Burnham on Sea. Nowadays it has views north-west to Steep Holm island and depressing views west to the troubled Hinckley Point nuclear power station. This 1913 view, though, captures the more carefree and innocent holiday atmosphere before amusement arcades and the like arrived.
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A Selection of Memories from Burnham-on-Sea
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Burnham-on-Sea
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I remember riding my bike around in Burnham on the day the yellow parking lines were painted.
So this would date the picture to mid 60s say 1965 give or take a year. That's pretty close.
The lady in the picture is my nan connie ( now deceased) . We spent many happy years in Burnham on sea as my nan had a caravan nearby. My parents are still regular visitors .
Amongst my earliest memories of Burnham-on-Sea are those of being in the forge of my grandfather's blacksmith's shop, he was Mr Welland, watching him shoeing horses. After the work was done he would hoist me up onto the horses' backs getting my pretty little dresses very dirty. Needless to say, Mum was never best pleased when she saw the state I would be in!
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