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Looking for something to write about while my husband watching football I came across the Tewkesbury category. Many years ago I lived and worked and became pregnant in Tewkesbury. This town has I believed changed little since those days.
Tewkesbury is a small town at the point where the rivers Avon and Severn meet. It is a long thin town sandwiched between the river and the M5.
This town has many timbered buildings mostly in the high street. A Benedictine Abbey built as a monastery at the end of the 11c is the pride of the town. Since 1967 Tewkesbury has been a conservation area. So still has an air of an old town
The town has a shoe shop, a children’s clothes shop, a bicycle repair shop (while we lived there we owned a tandem and cycled the surrounding countryside.) a butchers, a chocolate shop, jewellers, a fishing tackle shop and an assortment of other useful shops. There was, still is I think an old bookshop stocking old books. I seem to remember a small shopping precinct with a Tesco’s.
Several tea shops restaurants and pubs / hotels are in Tewkesbury so you wont go hungry or thirsty.
There are many pretty walks along the river. Tewkesbury would be a good place to holiday it is nr Cheltenham and would be a good place to explore the Cotswolds and the Severn valley from. We lived in Tewkesbury just after we got married I working at a children’s home my husband doing his P.G.C.E. We lived in a flat in Mitton manor a beautiful building. We at that time were young poor and very much in love (still are really) My first baby Lucy was conceived in the manor sadly she only lived one day We left Tewkesbury just as my husband finished his teaching cert we only lived there about 6 or 7 months but I remember it as a beautiful town. Thanks for reading I relived some memories there
I revisited this review as I have been hearing about the floods and could imagine the high street under water. I doubt if the manor where I lived is under water as it was a way from the river as was/is the childrens home I worked in. The rivers often gets high/ floods . It is 30 years ago since I lived here. About time to visit again and bring back some more memories
If you are intersted the site http://www.tewkesbury.net/default.asp has quite a lot of info.. Oh just out of interest I noted this weekend is the annual water festival . :-) where there are boating events and live music . . Just heard Tewkesbury is completly cut off so I guess its very wet at the childrens home is and where we lived
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Very interesting but of course, felt sad reading this after recent news.
BNibbles 25.07.2007 06:29
I saw an aerial photo of Tewkesbury the other day. The Abbey and grounds seemed to be the only bits, along with one solitary hotel car park that weren't covered by muddy water. What a filthy mess it's going to be to clear up. The boats tied up alongside the Severn looked like they had been moored offshore!
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Advantages: Tranquil, the Abbey, steeped in history, beautiful surroundings Disadvantages: Floods, sometimes too quiet, not a lot in terms of leisure and entertainment
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Advantages: Tranquil, the Abbey, steeped in history, beautiful surroundings Disadvantages: Floods, sometimes too quiet, not a lot in terms of leisure and entertainment
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Advantages: It's convenient to Cheltenham, and is probably the only Hilton for miles. Quaint. Disadvantages: Worn-out, shoddy service, questionable eateries, exorbitant prices, ineffective staff, bugs.
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