The Old Severn Bridge in 1964 (General)

by Peter Jenkins, Friday, February 11, 2011, 13:08 (5038 days ago)

Hello All,

Back in 1964 My new wife and I came to Lydney From Salisbury on
the 26 th of April a Sunday to honeymoon at My Auntie and Uncles House at Coalway . We both remember the train coming across the old bridge, across the Severn, a journey I had done several times in the fifties.

My wife remembers me saying come and look out of the window at the Severn River.

Just recently I was looking up the information on that old bridge
and according to the information on several sites it was out of action owing to a Barge having collide with it at a date some weeks before, eventually of course it was demolished, does anyone have any knowledge of that period, and did we in fact come over via a second bridge.

We are positive about the dates does anyone have any imformation
about it say maybe the bridge was temorary scaffolded at the break ,
caused by the barge or were we on another bridge.

Thank you in anticipation.

Peter Jenkins