Pembroke Dock, The Car Ferry To Neyland c.1960
Photo ref:
P203057B
Photo ref:
P203057B
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Brunel used Neyland as a terminus to connect to Ireland and the Atlantic, and his imprint remains everywhere, such as the name Brunel Avenue. He constructed a railway yard on a platform of floating pontoons. Neyland remained a railway terminus until 1955. A busy car ferry, the 'Cleddau Queen' seen here operated to Hobbs Point until the Cleddau bridge opened.
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A Selection of Memories from Pembroke Dock
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 Pembroke Dock
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As a six year old in 1949 I was taken to Pembroke Dock to visit my Grandparents, from whom we were almost estranged. My only memory of the visit is looking out of the upstairs window above their butcher’s shop and being aware of the window being a ‘floating’ bay window. I have this week, in 2019, revisited Pembroke Dock to try and identify the shop and realise that these strange upstair ...see more
I have wonderful memories of Pembroke Dock. We used to holiday there once a year at my mothers aunts. The first memories i have of holidaying there was in 1947 when I was 8 years old. The poor old town had taken a real battering during the war years and I remember asking my brother who is 6 years older than me why were there so many houses that had fallen down, of course at that age I did not fully ...see more
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