Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare, where Barnes Wallis’s bouncing bomb was trialled, is step closer to being saved
channel and in the second world war played a part in the development of the Dambusters’ bouncing bomb is a step closer to being saved thanks to a £10m lifeline.
“I can remember also on one occasion with my sister being taken shopping in Bristol from Weston by ship. We went from Birnbeck, called in at Clevedon Pier, sailed up the Avon, under the Clifton Suspension Bridge and docked at Hotwells. We had to catch the bus back because the wretched tide had gone out.”
Crockford-Hawley told the story – possibly apocryphal – of the last steamer on a Saturday night going home to Wales. “It was said you could hear Crockford-Hawley said: “Weston has become less of a seaside resort and more of a town which happens to be by the seaside. All seaside towns have difficulty in doing is trying to forge a new image which isn’t one of decay.
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