Wellington, Fore Street 1938
Photo ref:
88415
Photo ref:
88415
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By 1938, Shaplands Restaurant has become a Cafe‚ and the hotel had expanded into the shops on the right. Since then the hotel has been demolished, leaving only the Gregory and Brean bay on the left. As can be seen in this view, Fore Street exhibited a rather heterogeneous range of architectural styles.
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What a find!! My great and great great grandparents lived in South Street, Wellington. I couldn't believe it when I had a closer look at this photo, on the right hand side of this there is a drapery shop and it has their name over the doorway. GRATTON. I had heard stories of the drapery shop in Wellington but never imagined that I would see it.
What a brilliant web site too.
My memories of Wellington are ones of feeling very homesick. I went there in November 1940. I stayed at the Vintage Hotel. I believe Mr & Mrs Joseph were the proprieters and they were very kind to me. They had a daughter named Betty but I was very unhappy, I was only there for a couple of weeks, it was decided I was to go and stay with my aunt who was billeted elsewhere in the town, but I just wanted to go home. ...see more
I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills. Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and identified it as the Wellingotn Monument. I promised myself that one day I would actually NOT drive past but I would make an outing specifically to go and see it. And so today I took my ...see more
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