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Bosherston memories

Happy Days

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

I visited the Bosherston Tea Gardens every May Bank Holiday week from 1967-1972. The reward for walking from Broadhaven beach via the Lilly ponds was tea and a piece of iced cake complete with a cherry. On an earlier holiday the reward was a Chocolate 3D that as the name implies cost 3d.
It is a delight to find that the scene has not changed since 1972 and that the cafe is still open run by the same people. I am planning to return in July this year and look forward to visting the cafe.
Our holidays in Wales were the once a year opportunity to see Christopher, Martin and Janet. Alas Molly and Tony who introduced us ...read more here
Contributed by Joye Rosenstiel

Happy days.......

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

I along with very many local girls over the years helped out at the Tea Gardens during the school holidays.
I remember going to the front door a few times to ask if they had a job for me and being so scared I came away with an ice cream instead.
I need not have worried as Aunty Vi and Don were so lovely. I enjoyed several happy years with them until I left school and the village to work away.
40 years later and I still look forward to seeing Aunty Vi when I go "home".
Contributed by Susan James

A family business.

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

I am the lady at the door with my husband Don Weston. The date is about 1959 because that is the year we had electricity in the village and started to sell ice cream. Hence the Walls sign. My parents Mr and Mrs Caesar Evans started the tearooms here in 1922 and after my mother died in 1952 my husband and I ran this little business together very happily for fifty two years until his sudden death three years ago. But I have managed to keep the business going with the help of many good friends. I am now nearly eighty five and affectionately known by many customers as Auntie Vi. We sold your postcards ...read more here
Contributed by Mrs Violet Weston

Dyfed memories

Happy Days

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

I visited the Bosherston Tea Gardens every May Bank Holiday week from 1967-1972. The reward for walking from Broadhaven beach via the Lilly ponds was tea and a piece of iced cake complete with a cherry. On an earlier holiday the reward was a Chocolate 3D that as the name implies cost 3d.
It is a delight to find that the scene has not changed since 1972 and that the cafe is still open run by the same people. I am planning to return in July this year and look forward to visting the cafe.
Our holidays in Wales were the once a year opportunity to see Christopher, Martin and Janet. Alas Molly and Tony who introduced us ...read more here
A memory of Bosherston contributed by Joye Rosenstiel

Extracts From Bosherston & Dyfed books

Bosherston, Stack Rocks c1955

These spectacular rock formations were crafted by the waves from a collapsed arch. They are home to colonies of guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".

Bosherston, St Michael's Church c1955

This 13th-century, cruciform country church in its placid setting has a preaching cross (possibly 14th-century) in the churchyard, visible here to the left of the lancet windows. It was restored in 1855.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

Near Broadhaven and amidst unwelcoming military ranges, the village of Bosherston caters for visitors who enjoy walking and touring. The proud proprietors here, with their stylish new garden furniture, await their guests.
An extract from from"Wales Living Memories".

Bosherston, the Tea Gardens c1959

This photographs shows tea on the lawn, Walls ice-cream and Mr and Mrs Host in attendance.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".

St Brides, the Village 1906

The mother and child appear to have been dressed and posed especially for the photograph. In late Victorian and early Edwardian times, this part of the village was regarded as a select residential area. The turning to the right off St Bride’s Hill leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".