EAW002025 ENGLAND (1946). John Somers & Sons Packing Case Factory, Newfoundland Road Schools and environs, Bristol, 1946

I grew up on Pennywell Rd opposite to Somers until the early 1960s when the area was cleared for redevelopment and the M32. Behind the houses was another timber merchants and general woodworkers called Jennings Ltd. You can see their shed and stacks of timber at the bottom of the picture. They were located on what was the former site of Pennywell Colliery which closed down at the end of the 19th Century. I can remember the constant noise of the saw mills both front and back of us.

St. Agnes Church today 11/12/2013

View is looking west