Hidden History of The River Severn

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  @brettpalfrey4665 · 4 years ago

  I have seen several Severn Bores at Minsterworth and Stonebench, well worth the trip!   To see the river change direction after the bore, and the smell of the saltwater, 30 miles from the sea, is something to behold..

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• BR

  @briantaylor9958 · 1 year ago

  This is better than anything on TV.  Sundays in the 1970s in the USA used to be reserved for watching the Wonderful World of Disney.  Watching Paul and Rebecca's channel is better than my memories of those programs.

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• JO

  @johnfrench1239 · 4 years ago

  Vastly better presenter than some of the faux naive and hyper types on TV - a properly good watch

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• DA

  @davidpescod7573 · 2 years ago

  As a child, under 5 years, my mother and I spent some time in Minsterworth where we lived with her sister, my aunt, and her husband. At the bottom of the garden was a bank beyond which flowed the river. I well remember watching the tidal bore. This was eighty years ago, but I have wonderful memories of the months spent in Minsterworth, the River Severn, and surrounding countryside

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• MI

  @mikewilson8513 · 1 year ago (edited)

  My family used to have a caravan at Hampton Lode in the 1950's. We lived in Birmingham so going to the caravan every weekend was like going to another country. It still has a special place in my heart. I walk with a group out of Kidderminster every Saturday,  and many of our walks take in the Severn. (Including Hampton Lode. BTW I  have been over the river on that now abandoned ferry !)

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• IA

  @ianhorne8364 · 7 months ago

  Mentioning Bewdley, you forgot to mention the medieval tunnels that were built between Bewdley, Hales park and Bark hill and is rumoured to have gone further

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• TR

  @TrailVapor · 1 year ago

  People lived in those underground caves to escape the extremes of an ice age

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• TH

  @TheMicksterdee · 4 years ago

  I have often considered the story of the River Severn, and as Paul states its original course was North to the Dee estuary.  During the Ice Age, the ice prevented the river from flowing freely.   A large inland lake formed which is understood to be called Lake Lapworth.  The land to the south is believed to have eroded and the present route of the Severn was formed. Just alongside the present A518 road is a a lake called Aquelate Mere.  It is believed to be the remnants of Lake Lapworth and is the largest natural inland lake in the English Midlands.

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• SU

  @SulsaCikkectuve · 4 years ago

  I blinked and I missed Ironbridge probably one of the most important sites in the world as it's the birthplace of the industrial Revolution

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• BR

  @briansimon4363 · 1 year ago

  Please, please, please do a part 3. I live in Welshpool and the area was the global centre of the wool trade and the production of grey flannel in the 17th Century. We also have the Montgomeryshire canal and the Llanfair light railway. In Llanymynech is the most complete oval lime kiln in the UK. Up stream in Newtown is the Pryce Jones building. They started mail order shopping. Lots to see and talk about.

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• AD

  @adamwildwoods · 1 year ago

  Exemplary as ever Paul, you make the ordinary extra-ordinary once more, through intelligent insight and selective choice of the clues. I am a big fan of your work.

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• MO

  @monkeechicken · 1 year ago

  Thanks, I've lived in Shrewsbury for over 50 years but learned something today

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