Stourport On Severn, The Promenade c.1965
Photo ref: S214054
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This is the view looking back towards the bridge. It would appear that there is a queue of people waiting to buy tickets for a ride on the pleasure boat. Notice, just beyond them, the spiral staircase leading onto the bridge.

A Selection of Memories from Stourport-on-Severn

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 Stourport-on-Severn

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Looking back now I think I must have been terrified when my dad took my sister and I on the swing boats which swung out so far you could see the water of the river underneath you. As you pulled the rope harder the boat would go higher. It was a regular "treat" each Sunday when my dad would take us on the Midland red bus from Wolverhampton to see my grandparents who lived in a ...see more