Bridgnorth, North Gate 1896
Photo ref:
38127
Photo ref:
38127
More about this scene
Bridgnorth, as a fortified hill-top site, dates from Saxon times. Visiting the town at the beginning of the Civil War, Charles I described the view from the castle ramparts as 'the finest in my kingdom'. Mind you, he was looking for finance from the locals, and so he may have been laying on the charm.
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A Selection of Memories from Bridgnorth
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 Bridgnorth
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I have traced my grandfather, Albert and his father, William Owen to No.1a High Street; a gunsmith.
I was sent to Bridgnorth at the age of 5 from our home in Birmingham to stay with my aunt and uncle (Doris and Arthur Howse) during 1942 due to the bombing in Birmingham.
We lived in St Marys Street, about 100 yards down from High Street on the right, where an alley ran to a yard alongside a bakery. Our house was on the left hand side of the alley opposite the bakery and my cousin and I enjoyed ginger bread ...see more
My Mother before marriage was a training Nurse at Bridgnorth Hospital in the 1920s.
Her name Annie Betteridge or Nancy, as she prefered to be called. Her Aunt paid for her training but Mom did not finish it due to a " breakdown".
Any photos of the hospital, does it still stand? Thanks June.
I was baptised in this font in July 1948. My late grandmother's family were parishioners at St Leonard's and will have been baptised there too. The family is connected to carpet weaving in the town, one of whom was the first Axminster weaver. That family name was/is Head and there are still members of the family active in this church, although it is now under the care of the Redundant Churches ...see more
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