Severn Beach station - facilities, events and incidents - merged posts

[whole diary]

[infoman]

I don't know how to upload the flyer so can someone go to this page https://www.facebook.com/PilningSevernParishCouncil

and up load the poster about all the events in Severn beach.

Thank you.

[johnneyw]

Myself and a friend of mine will hopefully be having a visit in June.  I never visited Severn Beach when it was a resort but she did as a child....the new maps that are available of where everything was should provide for an interesting afternoon.

[JayMac]

Rather than upload the poster from Facebook (image quality isn't great), heres a link to details of the centenary celebration events from the Pilning & Severn Beach Parish Council website.

https://www.psbpc.co.uk/svb100

[Western Pathfinder]

Shirley's cafe is highly recommended especially the cake..

[JayMac]

Shirley's cafe is highly recommended especially the cake..

Had my share of great late breakfasts there.

[ChrisB]

Made the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News website

Severn Beach: celebrations mark seaside resort's centenary

Residents are celebrating the centenary of when their village became a popular seaside holiday resort.

A passenger station opened in Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, 100 years ago which "changed everything" for the village and the people living there.

An outdoor pool, shops, funfair rides, attractions and a hotel were built, as the area previously used as farmland was transformed for holidaymakers.

Events are being held throughout the month to mark the milestone.

Great Western Railway opened the passenger station at Severn Beach, where previously there had only been a freight line, on 5 June 1922 linking the village with Bristol and London.

Resident Sue Binns said the success from there was largely down to the "vision" of builder and entrepreneur Robert Strider, who saw the increased footfall as a business opportunity.

Ms Binns said Mr Strider started out by building some shops and he expanded that to accommodation, rides and a swimming pool.

The pool became known as the Blue Lagoon and was "really the cause of why Severn beach developed", said Ms Binns.

Cafes and stalls were opened by residents seeking to benefit from the newfound notoriety and one of them, Shirley's Cafe, is still open and run by the same family today.

Jan Ann Thorn remembers playing at the fair and on the dodgems.

"I joined the Red Cross at aged 13 and we attended the fair ground to do first aid duties. I had a lovely time," she said.

Although there had been many changes in the area since its heyday as a holiday resort, the community-spirit remained and people always helped each other out, she said.

"Where else would you find that sort of help other than Severn Beach," she added.

Val George is selling centenary tea towels, made locally, and sticks of rock which she has bought for her grandchildren but "only tasted a tiny bit" herself.

The celebrations will include local bands playing on the sea wall, picnics, a display of classic cars and a performance by the village drama group.

Ms George said they had included "something for everybody".

Illustrated with plenty of historic photos too

[infoman]

at 18:20pm on Thursday 9th june

available on ITV1 plus at 19:20pm again

[johnneyw]

I'm guessing it's about the centenary of Severn Beach as a holiday and leisure resort (which might seem somewhat incredible if first seen today) but I'll have a look at the ITV+1 in a few minutes to see.


Edit to add: 
Disappointingly, it seems not to have been included on the South Devon edition of the ITV regional news where I am currently located.

[johnneyw]

Made the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News website

Severn Beach: celebrations mark seaside resort's centenary

Residents are celebrating the centenary of when their village became a popular seaside holiday resort.

A passenger station opened in Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, 100 years ago which "changed everything" for the village and the people living there.

An outdoor pool, shops, funfair rides, attractions and a hotel were built, as the area previously used as farmland was transformed for holidaymakers.

Events are being held throughout the month to mark the milestone.

Great Western Railway opened the passenger station at Severn Beach, where previously there had only been a freight line, on 5 June 1922 linking the village with Bristol and London.

Resident Sue Binns said the success from there was largely down to the "vision" of builder and entrepreneur Robert Strider, who saw the increased footfall as a business opportunity.

Ms Binns said Mr Strider started out by building some shops and he expanded that to accommodation, rides and a swimming pool.

The pool became known as the Blue Lagoon and was "really the cause of why Severn beach developed", said Ms Binns.

Cafes and stalls were opened by residents seeking to benefit from the newfound notoriety and one of them, Shirley's Cafe, is still open and run by the same family today.

Jan Ann Thorn remembers playing at the fair and on the dodgems.

"I joined the Red Cross at aged 13 and we attended the fair ground to do first aid duties. I had a lovely time," she said.

Although there had been many changes in the area since its heyday as a holiday resort, the community-spirit remained and people always helped each other out, she said.

"Where else would you find that sort of help other than Severn Beach," she added.

Val George is selling centenary tea towels, made locally, and sticks of rock which she has bought for her grandchildren but "only tasted a tiny bit" herself.

The celebrations will include local bands playing on the sea wall, picnics, a display of classic cars and a performance by the village drama group.

Ms George said they had included "something for everybody".

Illustrated with plenty of historic photos too

I hope that I'm not being too pedantic by pointing out the the Robert Strider credited in the article with creating the resort was in fact named Robert Stride (no "r" on the end).  An old schoolfriend of mine is from that Stride family.

[froome]

Made the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News website

Severn Beach: celebrations mark seaside resort's centenary

Residents are celebrating the centenary of when their village became a popular seaside holiday resort.

A passenger station opened in Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, 100 years ago which "changed everything" for the village and the people living there.

An outdoor pool, shops, funfair rides, attractions and a hotel were built, as the area previously used as farmland was transformed for holidaymakers.

Events are being held throughout the month to mark the milestone.

Great Western Railway opened the passenger station at Severn Beach, where previously there had only been a freight line, on 5 June 1922 linking the village with Bristol and London.

Resident Sue Binns said the success from there was largely down to the "vision" of builder and entrepreneur Robert Strider, who saw the increased footfall as a business opportunity.

Ms Binns said Mr Strider started out by building some shops and he expanded that to accommodation, rides and a swimming pool.

The pool became known as the Blue Lagoon and was "really the cause of why Severn beach developed", said Ms Binns.

Cafes and stalls were opened by residents seeking to benefit from the newfound notoriety and one of them, Shirley's Cafe, is still open and run by the same family today.

Jan Ann Thorn remembers playing at the fair and on the dodgems.

"I joined the Red Cross at aged 13 and we attended the fair ground to do first aid duties. I had a lovely time," she said.

Although there had been many changes in the area since its heyday as a holiday resort, the community-spirit remained and people always helped each other out, she said.

"Where else would you find that sort of help other than Severn Beach," she added.

Val George is selling centenary tea towels, made locally, and sticks of rock which she has bought for her grandchildren but "only tasted a tiny bit" herself.

The celebrations will include local bands playing on the sea wall, picnics, a display of classic cars and a performance by the village drama group.

Ms George said they had included "something for everybody".

Illustrated with plenty of historic photos too

I hope that I'm not being too pedantic by pointing out the the Robert Strider credited in the article with creating the resort was in fact named Robert Stride (no "r" on the end).  An old schoolfriend of mine is from that Stride family.

And surely he would have been called Stridel. 

[ellendune]

I hope that I'm not being too pedantic by pointing out the the Robert Strider credited in the article with creating the resort was in fact named Robert Stride (no "r" on the end).  An old schoolfriend of mine is from that Stride family.

And surely he would have been called Stridel. 

Or should it be Aragorn the son of Arathorn the heir of Elendil also known Elessar and Strider. 

[infoman]

from a listener on Radio Bristol on tuesday 12 september 2023,
about the noise and pollution while they are stopped at the station.

[johnneyw]

But why is this person complaining now?  The station and the trains it serves have been there for longer than any living Severn Beach resident (unless there's a remarkable fact that has escaped the record books) and were far dirtier in the age of steam, probably noisier too.
From memory, a good many of the services there only dwell a few minutes before turning back but perhaps the person who made the complaint is talking about any services that have a longer dwell time but don't turn of the motor....in which case maybe there is something that could be improved upon.

[IndustryInsider]

There’s been a more frequent service of late hasn’t there?

[grahame]

There’s been a more frequent service of late hasn’t there?

There has and
a) It's now Turbos which may be noisier than 150s
b) Instead of being there for a few minutes, each train lays over for half an hour