Heyday: A young girl stands in the foreground of a giant ship at Highbridge whar
A HISTORIC piece of Highbridge's grand past is revisited with three black and white snapshots of the town's wharf - which closed down in around 1947.
The photographs, provided by the Highbridge History Project, show the wharf in operation at its peak during the early part of the 20th Century.
Initially used in conjunction with the Glastonbury Canal, the structure was open as early as 1833, allowing boats and ships to pull into the town.
Our first picture has no date but shows a large ship moored at the docks. A blonde haired girl stands in the foreground of the photograph, seemingly uninterested in events going on around her.
Do you recognise the girl in the picture?
The second photograph offers an insight into life working on the wharf, with "Timber Runners" unloading timber from a ship and carrying it into the yard of Highbridge business John Bland and Co.
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The 1920s shot shows one worker, in the days before modern health and safety legislation, walking across the gap between the wharf and the ship on a thin plank of wood.
The final picture, also from the 1920s, sees a steamer, Julia, moored in Highbridge Wharf. The ship was a regular visitor to the wharf and is pictured sitting on the bed of the river, which is reduced to a mere trickle.
Do you have any memories of Highbridge Wharf? Perhaps you have your own photographs you want to share?
To contact the Weekly News about any memories or to send in your own shots, write to: Weekly Memories, Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News, Royal Clarence House, High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AT, or e-mail: newsdesk@burnhamnews.co.uk.
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