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 Minehead, Church Steps c1960 (ref: M84209) |
Year: 1960
Church Town
In 1960 my home was just out of shot: next door to the house that is partly visible on the far right of the picture. I lived at number 18 Church Street, Church Street being the road that is accessed by turning right in the middle distance of the photo, at the bottom of Church Steps. The tree that can be seen towering above our neighbour’s house was a magnificent walnut tree, which is – sadly - no more. The cottage in the foreground (second from left) was our “corner" shop. It was my Saturday afternoon habit around that time to call in at the shop for a bar of chocolate, and also to post letters in the box that was set into the wall outside the shop. More often than not the chocolate I bought was either Cadbury’s Turkish Delight (the bars were rather smaller than they are today!) or mint flavoured Aero, then a new innovation. And the “letters” always included competition entries. I was a competition geek (not that the term geek was common then!) and entered many of the contests in magazines such as Girls Crystal, School Friend and Girl. For my efforts, which were sent on the back of a postcard, I sometimes even won ! Posted: 14/10/2008 19:47 by Pam Gotham |
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Year: 1959
My childhood in Minehead
My auntie Mary used to run the donkeys on the beach. I spent each school holiday in Minehead Swimming Pool and remember the Juke Box in the cafeteria area very well. When I first moved to Minehead in 1953 I lived in the old Gasworks Cottage right on the front down past the harbour. I would be very interested if anyone has a photo of the Old Gasworks before it was demolished in the late fifties early sixties ? I had 10 aunts and uncles in the Webber family , most of whom have passed on now, and several uncles worked voluntarily on the Minehead Lifeboat, with Uncle Alf being coxswain for a number of years and uncles Jack and Lionel plus Bill and Reg all helping out when necessary. MY e mail address is : mickjohns22@aol.com if you have memories also from that era :O) Posted: 17/06/2008 16:32 by Barry Johns |
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 Minehead, Butlins Holiday Camp c1965 (ref: M84253) |
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P Aden : I was at Butlins as well. (1962 - 1964) I remember the big dipper thing; we used to call it The Mouse. I often went up on it. I wonder what the camp is like now. Horrible dump, blasting out rap music probably. Posted: 11/04/2008 12:16 by First Name Last Name |
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Minehead, Butlins Holiday Camp c1965 (ref: M84253) |
Year: 1962
My time at the camp.
I was born in Minehead, and have also lived in Dunster, Williton, Timberscombe and Rodhuish, and attended all the schools. I worked in Butlins Holiday Camp at Minehead from 1962-1963. This was the first full year that the Camp was opened. Most of the time I was working the rides in the amusement park. I helped build the Big Dipper, which was 70ft high, but is gone now. Some nights I sang on the stage under the name of Elvis the 2nd, singing mostly his and Cliff Richard songs. When I was at the camp there was three Dance Floors, One for Rock & Roll, another for ballroom dancing, which once held the Come Dancing competition for the BBC. And the third was for general activities. I danced every night in the ballroom, I was disappointed when I went back to the camp last year (2006) and found that there was no ballroom there now, just the building that housed them. I still go dancing twice a week where we now live. In the summer of 1963, I meat a girl from Wales who was on holiday at the camp. I moved to Wales and we got married, We have been married forty-three years, have two Children and Four Grand Children. Last edited: 16/11/2007 16:06 by P Aden |
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 Minehead, Church Steps 1903 (ref: 49646) |
Year: 1900s
NAN'S CHRISTENING
MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS THOMAS AND LOUISA SPARKES AND THEIR CHILDREN MOVED FROM MINEHEAD TO CARDIFF. THEIR YOUNGEST CHILD HILDA WHO WAS MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD STORIES TO MY MOTHER AND ONE OF THEM BEING THAT SHE COULD REMEMBER RUNNING UP THE CHURCH STEPS TO HER CHRISTENING IN 1900 WHEN SHE WAS 4 YEARS OLD. Posted: 04/10/2007 23:53 by Kay Baker |
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 Minehead, the Beach c1960 (ref: M84233) |
Year: 1956
pony rides
We used to call this 'the donkey slip'. It was where the Webber family started their donkey and later pony rides. My friend and I used to be in charge of the pony rides during the summer season sometime in the 50's. We weren't paid but had the joy of riding the ponies bareback to their field on North Hill at the end of the day, after cleaning the tackle and putting it in the stables. Posted: 26/02/2007 12:14 by Hilary Moore |
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 Minehead, St Michael's Church, Interior 1930 (ref: 83528) |
Year: 1958
School Carol Concert
This was where my mother and father were married in 1937. I used to walk up to the Church with the whole of Minehead Grammar School for our annual Christmas Carol Service. Our lovely music teacher, Mr Langdon, used to play the organ and I can still hear the bass notes reverberating around the Church while we sang 'God is Love' in Latin. Posted: 10/01/2007 15:33 by Hilary Moore |
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