Local historian John Crockford-Hawley takes us on a trip down memory lane with a series of historical features about Weston-super-Mare. John Crockford-Hawley


   

The Other Pier, by John Crockford-Hawley

Flaunting turrets, cavernous pavilion and curvaceous lines – a new belle at the seaside ball: The Grand Pier's grand-daughter waits, still yet aloof, but ever closer to the consummation of purpose.

 

Weston-super-Mare and the Aeroplane

Weston-super-Mare and the Aeroplane, by John Crockford-Hawley - based on the new book by Roger Dudley & Ted Johnson

 

169 years of Weston gas

As controversy surrounds the future of the old gas company's workshops in Burlington Street John Crockford-Hawley looks at the town's 169-year history of gas production

 

'Allo 'Allo!

John Crockford-Hawley looks at 200 years of seaside law enforcement

 

Ticks and tolls

John Crockford-Hawley rings the changes in Weston's clocks and bells

 

From Beach to Boulevard

John Crockford-Hawley traces the 200 year development of Weston's libraries and museums

 

A Century Apart: Happy New Year

John Crockford-Hawley highlights similarities between the opening days of two General Election years - 1910 & 2010

 

Christmas in Weston - past and present

John Crockford-Hawley takes a sleigh ride through the festive season

 

Farce or tragedy?

John Crockford-Hawley looks at culture and turns the spotlight on Weston's Playhouse

 

No third time of asking

John Crockford-Hawley looks at the rise and fall of Weston's Tropicana

 

Weston's Dead Heart

John Crockford-Hawley takes an All Hallows stroll through Weston's Milton Road Cemetery and recounts the fascinating lives of a few residents.

 

Just the ticket

John Crockford-Hawley looks at the romance and inefficiencies of the Weston Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway - R.I.P 18th May 1940

 

The Weston shape

John Crockford-Hawley shows how forces beyond the Town Hall have influenced Weston's growth

 

More than meets the unobservant eye...

In this final part of John Crockford-Hawley's parks trilogy we see how much of Weston's history has been played out in Grove Park.

 



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