Old Photographs: Wollerton

Nostalgic photographs of Wollerton


These cottages are no longer in existence.

Bean Bank, Wollerton
Bean Bank, Wollerton

Two ages of the railway are captured in these photographs.


Wollerton Social Club

It is thought that these 2 photographs were taken in the early 1960s:

Wollerton Bowls Presentation 1
Left to right: Jack Millington, Mr & Mrs Ridenhurst, Mr & Mrs Fitton, (Mary Danks or Barbara Dutton)
Wollerton Bowls Presentation 2
Left to right: Harold Beeston, Mrs Nellie Capper, Dick Fitton, Harry Wright

This image of Wollerton Social Club appeared in the Newport Advertiser on 6 Sept, 1969 (p13) as one of their “Name the Place” mystery locations. That competition has now closed, but you may find it interesting to take a copy of this picture to the old railway bridge from which it was taken and play “Spot the Difference”. This author can see two obvious ones and two more subtle ones.