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Saltford and Kelston Lock, early 1900s (from tinted postcard).

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The History of Saltford: ONLINE MUSEUM

20th Century (page 2)

River, Landscape & Aerial Views

On this page you can see images of the river that has always been so much of Saltford life together with aerial photographs of Saltford where you can see how Saltford once looked before many of today's houses were built. In 2018 we photographed and published below the same aerial views with a drone so that you can see how Saltford has changed.

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River & Landscape

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The River Avon by Saltford Brass Mill, 1900.


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Mead Lane and River Avon, 1900.


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The weir, Saltford, 1905.
The white wording on the building at the end
of the weir reads "SHEPPARD'S BOATS".


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Saltford with Kelston Lock (right), 1900s.


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View from The Outlook, The Shallows, Saltford 1907.
The Brass Mill is in the centre of the picture.


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Saltford Regatta 1908 - Ambrose Challenge Cup
Junior-Senior Fours:
Bow S D Withers, 2 W H Thatcher-Gale, 3 C E Gardener, Str J F Holloway.
Courtesy of Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society.


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View from Homefield (above The Outlook), Saltford 1909. Note the stone wall along the side of the road that no longer exists.


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Saltford Lock (by the Jolly Sailor PH), 1910.


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Bristol Ariel Rowing Club event at Saltford Regatta, 1910.

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Bristol Ariel Rowing Club event at Saltford Regatta, 1910
(looking upstream).

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Clifton Boathouse, Saltford Regatta, c.1910.

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Programme (cover) from the 1914 Saltford Regatta.
Courtesy of Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society.


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Kelston Lock and Sheppard's Boat
Hire and Tea Room, Saltford, 1910s.


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Saltford Regatta, c.1915.
Courtesy of Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society.


Bath Sewage Treatment Works at Saltford Mead c.1914

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Saltford Sewage Treatment Works, Saltford Mead c.1914.
Click here for larger version of this landscape.

Images courtesy of The Museum of Bath at Work (2022). There is also a rare photograph taken at this time of the treatment works staff that can be found on 20 C page 3 >>.

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Saltford postcard showing two steam trains
(one in the station), 1915.


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Saltford Lock (by the Jolly Sailor PH), 1919, by S J Loxton.
Courtesy of Keynsham and Saltford Local History Society.


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Spion Kop overlooking the River Avon and Lansdown Hill, c.1920.


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Kelston Lock Island at Saltford, 1920s, with Douglas motorcycle & sidecar, made in Kingswood, in foreground. Photograph courtesy of Paul Townsend, Bygone Keynsham (facebook project, 2018).




1924: "...finest scenery to be found on the Avon"

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This advert from the 1924 edition of the Tourist Guide to Bath was accompanied by the following text:-

BOATING
The Saltford Boating Station about five miles from Bath is a delightfully situated retreat amongst the finest scenery to be found on the Avon, it is easily reached by train, or by tram to Newton Globe Inn and a pretty country walk through the fields by the river. Thousands of visitors are catered for annually at Sheppard's Tea Rooms and Boating station.

Acknowledgements/Information Sources
Bath Record Office (2017)




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Boxing Day 1928:
View across the river from The Outlook, The Shallows.
(- similar 1940 view can be seen lower down this page).

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1930 Saltford Lock, by the Jolly Sailor pub.

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1930 Saltford Lock (looking east), by the Jolly Sailor pub.

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1930 Weir at Saltford Lock, by the Jolly Sailor pub.


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Saltford Regatta spectators, summer 1932.

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Saltford Regatta - race by Clifton Boathouse, June 1932.

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Rowing in the Jamaica Cup at the Saltford Regatta, mid 1930s.


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Kelston Lock (and Weir) and Sheppard's Boat
Hire and Tea Room, Saltford, 1934.


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January 1940:
View across the river from The Outlook, The Shallows.


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January 1940:
View across the river to Kelston station
(on RH side, closed in 1948).


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1940: Kelston Lock.


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Bristol Avon Sailing Club (BASC), Saltford (Mead Lane) from 1955

BASC was established in 1955 in Saltford. These early photographs of the club's members sailing on the river at Mead Lane were kindly lent to SEG by BASC in 2019 (and 2022) to copy for the Online Museum. The modern club house was subsequently built to the RH side of the wooden hut shown in 1966 (the 1966 photograph shows the new club house under construction); the wooden hut was subsequently replaced by a house.

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BASC, 1957.

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BASC, 1959.

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BASC, 1965.

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BASC, 1966 - new club house under construction.

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1962: Sheppard's Boat House by Kelston Lock.


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1963: Mead Lane - old slipway/steps at western end.

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1963: Mead Lane - Sailing Club (BASC) at eastern end.


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1974: Clifton Boathouse, Saltford


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Boxing Day, 1978: Kelston Brass Mill from Saltford Lock


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July 1978: Saltford Brass Mill and Cabin Cruisers


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Aerial Views

1934 (compared with 2017)

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July 1934: Bath sewage works at Saltford from west looking east and with a similar view below in 2017. The 1934 photograph is reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. 2017 photograph taken by Jamie Balsdon for © SEG.

Swineford Lock is top left corner of the photograph and the Bristol to Bath A431 runs above the river.


1936 (compared with 2018)

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c.1936: Aerial view of railway station, Saltford Brass Mill and river and similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window). © Saltford Environment Group.


1946 aerial photographic images of Saltford

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1. Aerial view of Saltford (north side), 12th July 1946. This image was created by SEG by combining two photographs into one high definition image. Click here to: open larger version (opens in new window)

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2. Aerial view of Saltford (south side), 12th July 1946. Click here to: open larger version (opens in new window)

Acknowledgement:
Source: Historic England
Digital Processing: Robert Taylor
© Saltford Environment Group 2023


1960 aerial photographic image of Saltford

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Aerial view of Saltford, 26th June 1960. This image was created by SEG by combining two photographs into one high definition image.

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Acknowledgement:
Source: Historic England
Digital Processing: Robert Taylor
© Saltford Environment Group 2023


1962 (compared with 2018)

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1962: Aerial view of The Glen and Uplands Road behind and similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window). © Saltford Environment Group.


c.1968 aerial photographs of Saltford (compared with 2018)

These six aerial photographs taken in the late 1960s (c.1968) were copied by Saltford Environment Group in April 2016 from originals held at the Somerset Heritage Centre in Taunton. They are from Historic England's Aerofilms collection. For most of these we have also provided a 2018 (colour) version.

You can click on each photograph to open a larger version (each opens in new window).

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1. Viewed from south: Beech Rd/ManorRd/A4 crossroads.
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).


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2. Saltford viewed from west (click on photograph for larger version).
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).


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3. Saltford viewed from SW, Grange Rd in foreground.
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).


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4. Saltford viewed from NE, St Mary's on right, closed LMS railway that became Sustrans cycleway bottom left (click on photograph for larger version).
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for © SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).


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5. Viewed from south: A4 road through Saltford in foreground (click on photograph for larger version).
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for © SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).

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6. Saltford viewed from east, River Avon and The Shallows in foreground.
1968 photo reproduced by kind permission of © Historic England. Similar view taken again in 2018 for ©SEG. Click on either photograph to open a larger version (opens in new window).


1969 aerial photograph of The Shallows and Kelston Lock by Malcolm Guthrie (compared with 2018)

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1969: Aerial view of The Shallows and Kelston Lock, Saltford. 1969 photograph taken by Malcolm Guthrie. Similar view taken again in 2018 for SEG by Jamie Balsdon. Click on photographs to open larger version
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1972 aerial photographs of Saltford by Malcolm Guthrie
(with similar views taken in 2018)

The high quality 1972 aerial photographs were taken by Saltford resident Malcolm Guthrie in a Cessna 144. Click on each photograph to open a larger more detailed version (each opens in new window).

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Saltford Tunnel from the north (click on photographs for larger versions).
By Malcolm Guthrie (1972) and Jamie Balsdon (2018) © Saltford Environment Group


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Saltford Tunnel from the south (click on photographs for larger versions).
By Malcolm Guthrie (1972) and Jamie Balsdon (2018) © Saltford Environment Group


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North side of Saltford (click on photograph for larger version).
By Malcolm Guthrie (1972) and Jamie Balsdon (2018) © Saltford Environment Group


1985 aerial photographic image of Saltford (North)

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Aerial view of Saltford, 7th July 1985. This image was created by SEG by combining two photographs into one high definition image. © Saltford Environment Group 2023.

Click here to open larger version (opens in new window)

Acknowledgement:
Source: Historic England
Digital Processing: Robert Taylor


1989 aerial photographic image of Saltford

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Aerial view of Saltford, 26 April 1989. This image was created by SEG by combining two photographs into one high definition image. © Saltford Environment Group 2023.

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Acknowledgement:
Source: Historic England
Digital Processing: Robert Taylor


2000 aerial photograph of Saltford

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Aerial view of Saltford from west to east. Saltford School & school field is
in the centre of the photograph (click on photograph for larger version).

© Saltford Environment Group


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