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Ray Buck
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| Ray Buck, whose fascinating nautical career spanned some 70 years from Avonmouth tug boats through to North Atlantic convoys, peace time cargo ship voyages and latterly as a boatman with the Pill Hobblers and the world famous paddle steamer PS Waverley.
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Henry Collins
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| Retired farmer Henry Collins gives a fascinating glimpse into rural life in the North Somerset village of Wrington back in the 1920’s and 1930’s
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Nigel Coombes
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| Retired West Country school teacher and maritime author Nigel Coombes has had a life-long interest in the yesteryear paddle steamers of the Bristol Channel and has written several books about them.
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John Cox
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| John Cox became the youngest supervisor, the youngest manager and one of the youngest director’s during his fascinating career which spanned half a century of the Port of Bristol’s shiprepair industry.
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Nic Dartnell
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| Artist and photographer Nic Dartnell first experienced the thrill of commercial success at the age of 18, when he created the cover art for the debut album of supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer. |
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Robert Edwards
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| Robert Edwards of Yatton, near Bristol, is the third generation of butchers whose business spanned more than 100 years.
His family story gives a most interesting window on what life was like in a small North Somerset village in the early years of the 20th Century. |
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Stephen Fagg
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| Evangelist Stephen Fagg has become a familiar face for thousands of holidaymakers and residents passing through the busy High Street in Weston-super-Mare over recent years. Here is his story.
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Geoffrey Faraway
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| Geoffrey Faraway fondly remembers his unusual childhood days spent living with his parents in the Toll House of Clevedon’s famous Victorian pier - including the embarrassing rocket launch exercise.
* For more insight into the history of Clevedon Pier, read the Tom Foden story in the Memories section. |
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Jane Frances
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| The fascinating story of Jane Frances, the little girl who just had to be born in the 1930s. |
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Ralph Fryer at Sea
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| Ralph Fryer of Clevedon, North Somerset, was torpedoed while on Russian convoy duty, narrowly escaped drowning when a wave crashed over his ship in the South China Sea and visited the devastated Japanese city of Nagasaki just two months after the atom bomb was dropped. |
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