Keynsham, The Church Of St John The Baptist And Station Road c.1960
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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St John's Church stands at the busy crossroads of the High Street and Station Road, which runs towards Fry's (now Cadbury's) chocolate factory at Somerdale. Overspill from Bristol more than quadrupled the town's population in the 1950s. The ornate lamp standard survived several knocks before a 1960s by-pass relieved the congestion.
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A Selection of Memories from Keynsham
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 Keynsham
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My Grandfather had the farm along Park rd Called the Cameroons I was only small but have good memories of it , my brother being 7yrs older remembers it far better. I would like a book if it had the old farm in it before all the Estate was built. My grandfather was Albert Cook.
I was born in 12 Vandyke Avenue, Keynsham in July 1939...revisiting neighbours many years later found the Avenue had changed its name to Gaston Avenue. My parents' good neighbours were; Mr and Mrs Vallis, their son Michael was the same age as myself, and I have pictures taken at Western-Super-Mare of a Mrs May and her son Peter who would be older than myself. Does anyone have any knowledge of the aforementioned ...see more
This is a last=ditch effort to find the birthplace of my mother Ivy Lilian Wyatt/Brizell whose birth certificate tells us she was born in 1916 at No.10 Sherwood Road Keynsham. Having searched for years and visited the road in question - nobody can tell me where No.10 is - I am told it never existed ( there seems to be an Old peoples home on the site now- but where in 1916 was No.10) She was born on 28th ...see more
I was born in Keynsham in 1944 in the house on the corner of Park Road and Sherwood Road.My grandparents Frank and Winifred Harding were the tenants of the house,and my mother Peggy lived there with them as my father was away at sea. I am trying to find out about my grandparents and would be grateful for any infomation.
My e-mail address is tonyjuneharris4@tiscali.co.uk
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