Along the Avon from Stratford to Tewkesbury

Along the Avon from Stratford to Tewkesbury

Josephine's first book, published in 1994, was
Along the Avon from Stratford to Tewkesbury. [Along the Avon]

On the Avon at Pershore Watergate

In the early years of the 20th century there was much to see along 'Shakespeare's Avon'. Even though the navigation on the Upper Avon had declined into a ruinous condition and commercial trading had ceased, holiday-makers could board steamers or small boats at Stratford or Bidford, where short stretches of the river were still navigable, or take a steamer excursion between Evesham and Tewkesbury.
Photographers produced picture postcards of scenes along the Avon and many of the views in this collection are postcards sent to friends and relatives by visitors to the area. They show aspects of the riverside comunities which have undergone change or no longer exist. Mills like Upper Strensham and Nafford have disappeared with hardly a trace, locks have been rebuilt, watergates have gone and some of the ferries are now disused.
This collection of views of the Avon valley will provide local residents and visitors with a fascinating glimpse of the river and its surroundings as they used to be.

Josephine Jeremiah

Pub. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd.

£7.99 (Now out of print.)

First published 1994

ISBN 1 86077 050 9

The book has just been reprinted by Budding Books, an imprint of Sutton Publishing Ltd.,
at a published price of £9.99 but believed to be available from selected branches of Tesco at £4.99!

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