Weston Super Mare, Parade 1901
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Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far as Regent Street. On the sands, donkeys wait for riders, as they have done since the earliest days of the resort.

An extract from Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories.

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Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories

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A Selection of Memories from Weston-super-Mare

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 Weston-super-Mare

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Iam Weston born and bred from the age of 8 to15 I worked-with the Drew family on the beach with the donkeys and carriages from 1963-1970 I must have had my photo taken hundreds of times yet can't find any anyway of that time our stand was by the first aid post I would love to know if any one out there has any photos of that time I drove a train called the 6-5 special which later became the Apollo space ...see more