Milford Haven, The Rath c.1960
Photo ref:
M77049
Photo ref:
M77049
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Lord Nelson approved of Milford Haven, even comparing it favourably with Trincomalee in Ceylon. Milford Docks were completed in 1888 in time when Milford was found to be close to very rich fishing grounds. By 1904 there were 66 trawlers and 150 smacks operating from here.
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A Selection of Memories from Milford Haven
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 Milford Haven
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The image is from july 1948,not 1955. The ship in the photo is the SS CLAN FARQUHAR she arrived at Wards shipbreaking yard in july 1948.
Learnt to swim there... well, pushed in - bloody cold! I have now swam all over the world and scuba dived. I have swam over to the other side of the Haven from just under the pool, then got a thick ear for doing it... grounded for a month. Still swim when I can - now do a lot of shooting.
I used to fish from the fishmeal wall when it was working, caught my first mullet there and lots of smelt to eat. When the tide was out I made a spear to fish in the stream that was left, and fish for flat fish to eat. I used to live at 93 Combes Drive... them where the days.
When we were down in Pembrokeshire we sometimes walked back from Hakin Primary School to Hazelbeach and Black Bridge was a landmark on the way. I remember the rotting hulks of the old barges in the Pill and the transformation of the tide, turning a muddy inlet into an attractive little valley. On the turn of the tide there was a flood from the culvert under Black Bridge as the waters behind flooded out towards the sea.
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