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Vacation at Kiln Park
This was a really enjoyable vacation we spent at Kiln Park, my two daughters, my husband & myself. It was our first caravan holiday. We all had such good fun. We spent many a happy hour down on the beach, and the weather was beautiful.
Contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
'The Annie'.
The owner was my grandfather George Rowe. My father, his son, was born in Tenby in 1905 and died in late 1999 aged 93 years. You might be interested to learn that the boat (M26) in the middle of your picture was called ''The Annie'' and was wrecked near Goscar Rock in a severe storm. My grandfather (the skipper) was found half drowned by my grandmother on the beach. I recollect from accounts given by my father that the rudder broke in the storm and there was no way to control the ship. It ran aground on the only rock on the north beach between Goscar and the harbour! My grandfather was also a member of the lifeboat crew. I am ...read more here
Contributed by Pat Devlin
Dyfed memories
Vacation at Kiln Park
This was a really enjoyable vacation we spent at Kiln Park, my two daughters, my husband & myself. It was our first caravan holiday. We all had such good fun. We spent many a happy hour down on the beach, and the weather was beautiful.
A memory of Tenby contributed by Brenda Vanderwert
'The Annie'.
The owner was my grandfather George Rowe. My father, his son, was born in Tenby in 1905 and died in late 1999 aged 93 years. You might be interested to learn that the boat (M26) in the middle of your picture was called ''The Annie'' and was wrecked near Goscar Rock in a severe storm. My grandfather (the skipper) was found half drowned by my grandmother on the beach. I recollect from accounts given by my father that the rudder broke in the storm and there was no way to control the ship. It ran aground on the only rock on the north beach between Goscar and the harbour! My grandfather was also a member of the lifeboat crew. I am ...read more here
A memory of Tenby contributed by Pat Devlin
Extracts From Tenby & Dyfed books
In the foreground we can see the roof of Laston House, a purpose-built bath-house which operated between 1810 and the early 1830s. Next door was the Assembly Rooms, which provided many elegant entertainments for wealthy visitors to Tenby. A glass and steel addition can be seen cantilevered from the back of the building, purposely built as the Excelsior Studios by photographer Charles Smith Allen.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".
The dramatic 150 ft spire of this church
dedicated to St Mary soars over the Tenby
rooftops, and is reputedly the largest parish
church in Wales. The tower was built in the 13th
century and the spire in the 15th century.
Giraldus Cambrensis was rector here in the 13th
century. Robert Recorde, pioneer in the study of
algebra, was born here in 1510. Augustus John
was another native of the town. Note the painted
wooden Manchester Warehouse Co. sign under
the chimneys on the left, the ladder against the
building further up the street, and the Royal
Gatehouse Hotel carriage on the right under the
Post Office sign.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".
The spire of St Mary’s
Church rises to 152 feet,
and is a landmark for
miles around. The drinking
fountain in the middle
of Tudor Square was
erected by the Mayor, Dr
Frederick Dyster, in 1867 to
commemorate Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas Wedgwood,
who fought at Waterloo. To
the left is the Manchester
Warehouse, ‘complete house
furnishers’. The heavily laden
coach appears to serve either
the Royal Gatehouse or the
Lion Hotel.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".
Also known as the Flimston or Elegug Stacks (Elegug is derived from the Welsh word for guillemot), these two massive
pillars are comprised of limestone. Under constant assault from the sea, the geology of Pembrokeshire has produced some
of the finest coastal scenery in Britain.
An extract from from"Tenby and Saundersfoot Photographic Memories".
In 1457 the Earl of
Pembrokeshire helped
the inhabitants to rebuild
and strengthen the walls
to guard against the
Spanish Armada. The
repairs were perhaps
hastily conducted as the
walls were in need of
more work in 1558.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".