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Shirehampton, The George Inn c.1955
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Shirehampton is situated between Bristol and Avonmouth. In 1865 the Bristol Port & Pier Railway opened its single line between Avonmouth and Hotwells with intermediate stations at Sea Mills and Shirehampton. As this was a purely local railway, no provision had been made to connect it with any other railway. Even the opening date was kept a secret until a few minutes before the departure of the first train, for fear that the train would be overloaded; the railway only had one engine.

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Sunny Hill Georgian Manor House
When my father got a job in Bristol after the war we moved to Bristol from Leeds but there was very little housing available. After a year of living with a family ‘in digs’ as it was called then, we were allocated a council flat in a beautiful Manor House at the bottom of Park Hill just off the green in Shirehampton. I have wonderful memories of being in the fabulous garden there all day with ...see more
Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston Estate from Penpole Point c1955
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First Home
Move to 31 Playford Gardens when they were built in 1955 as a kid. I remember the steam rollers still laying the main road, the new doctors at the bottom of Mancroft Ave, with Doctor Page and the open fields at the back where the M5 runs now. Good times and some great friends made there.
Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston Estate from Penpole Point c1955
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Fish And Chips
The shop at the top of the steps was the fish and chip shop. When I was a kid, used to get fish and chips there for 1 shilling and six pence (71/2p) on the way back from the cinema - both are long gone... good days.
Shirehampton, High Street c1955
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Re Howes And Son Butchers.
I have many, many happy memories of the 1950s, my dad was your grandmother's brother? Reg Allen. I have memories of your granddad Joe and Ethel and the shop, they were always busy on a Saturday afternoon so I would come with one of my brothers over the Pill ferry from Portishead to play with your dad Joe, and Daisy. I now live in Bath. Your grandparents had a caravan at Redcliffe bay where I also spent many hours with them. Hope you may have a memory of who I am? (Betty Allen)
Shirehampton, the Green c1950
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