WPW040024 WALES (1932). General view of Aberystwyth showing seafront and town in summer, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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| Title | [WPW040024] General view of Aberystwyth showing seafront and town in summer, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW040024 |
| Date | 1932 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6369639 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 258216, 281622 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -4.0848945946012, 52.413818379605 |
| National Grid Reference | SN582816 |
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  Capstan used for dragging lifeboat on its trolley back onshore using the short slipway onto the prom opposite the end of Terrace Road. I saw it being used in the 1930s. The photo was taken after the storm in January 2014.
|
 David Jenkin |
Thursday 30th of January 2014 08:43:20 PM |
| Slipway used for launching the lifeboat after dragging it from the lifeboat house in Queen's Road |
David Jenkin |
Thursday 30th of January 2014 08:26:12 PM |
| Just visible is a portion of the smaller shelter, built a year or so after the larger Bathrock Shelter. When the shelters were to be demolished and replaced (doe to repair costs) this small shelter was demolished and replaced, but the larger one was listed a week before demolition. |
totoro |
Sunday 12th of January 2014 04:50:04 PM |
| Bathrock Shelter erected about 1924.
This building survived the great storm of 1938 which caused a lot of damage to the promenade and the buildings facing it.
In the great storm of January 2014 this building succumbed, as the sea pushed a hole in the rock wall underneath, removed the infill and the shelter subsided through the hole. |
totoro |
Wednesday 8th of January 2014 10:12:21 PM |
Beneath the shelter was a rubble infill which was lost when the sea punched a hole in the enclosing stonework. The rubble was filling a former bathhouse, open around 1810 til nearly the end of the 19thC, where sea water was heated and available as a warm seawater bath or shower for those unable to enter the cold sea. The shelter was due for demolition around 2010 together with its sister shelter at the other end of the prom. The smaller shelter was demolished and replaced with a more modern structure but a week before this larger structure was to be demolished it was listed. The shelter damaged in the storm of January 2014 was removed for repair. |
totoro |
Sunday 12th of January 2014 04:48:22 PM |
| site of "kicking the bar" a student tradition |
mdk |
Wednesday 15th of May 2013 04:07:07 PM |
| Pleasure boats |
 BfA events |
Tuesday 26th of March 2013 03:17:49 PM |
| Bandstand |
BfA events |
Tuesday 26th of March 2013 03:16:26 PM |
| Bandstand |
BfA events |
Tuesday 26th of March 2013 03:16:24 PM |
| pleasure boats for hire |
BfA events |
Tuesday 26th of March 2013 03:01:14 PM |
| Marine Terrace |
 Class31 |
Sunday 4th of November 2012 08:58:23 PM |
| North Road |
Class31 |
Sunday 4th of November 2012 08:57:04 PM |
| Constitution Hill |
Class31 |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:18:00 PM |
| Cliff Railway |
Class31 |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:17:37 PM |
| SITE OF THE OLD KINGS HALL |
MIKENICK |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 04:22:10 PM |
| QUEENS ROAD BOWLING/TENNIS PAVILLION |
MIKENICK |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 04:19:14 PM |
| THE OLD LIFEBOAT STATION |
MIKENICK |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 04:16:53 PM |
| St.WINIFREDS ROMAN CTHOLIC CHURCH DUE TO BE DEMOLISHED |
MIKENICK |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 02:58:00 PM |
| ALEXANDRA HALL FOR FEMALE UCW STUDENTS |
MIKENICK |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 02:56:06 PM |
| QUEENS HOTEL |
MIKENICK |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 02:53:27 PM |
| COLESIUM PICTURE HOUSE |
MIKENICK |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 02:51:13 PM |
Now used as the town museum and art gallery. The shallow stage area remains. |
totoro |
Tuesday 7th of January 2014 10:45:28 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Aberystwyth Promenade on 21/11/2013 |
Class31 |
Thursday 21st of November 2013 10:34:22 PM |