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With temperatures set to rise again, open-air swimming pools are set to be popular places to visit in the coming weeks. Thornbury once had such an attraction on its doorstep, in the form of the Blue Lagoon at Severn Beach. The area was a popular holiday destination in the 1920s and 1930s, being known as the Blackpool of the West. The Blue Lagoon was built during this period and continued to draw big crowds until the 1960s. Swimming was a popular sport at this time. The newly-formed Thornbury Swimming Club placed an advert in the Gazette on June 21, 1924 inviting applications for membership. ....
GULWELL Jean Diana Mrs Jean Diana Gulwell died peacefully 22 June 2021 at Beech House Nursing Home. A Lifetime Thornbury resident, Jean was born 9 March 1932, daughter to Denis and Norah Lily Thompson and sister to Edward and Brian. Educated at Thornbury Grammar School in her early years she worked with her parents at Thompson’s Bakery of Thornbury. Later she worked as a legal secretary. Unlike her brothers she never moved away, instead remaining at home devoting time to care for her parents, uncles and aunts in their later years. In 1973 Jean married her husband Lesley Gulwell at St Helens on Gloucester Road. They continued an active participation in Thornbury life going on to successfully establish L & J Gulwell’s Funeral Directors which continues to serve the Thornbury community today. ....
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Cate Haste, writer and TV producer whose projects explored among other subjects the role of women in the 20th century – obituary The second wife of the eminent broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, she had many friends and concentrated on building up a successful career of her own Cate Haste: held in great affection by friends and colleagues Credit: Chris Barham/Daily Mail/Shutterstock Cate Haste, who has died aged 75, was an acclaimed author, biographer, historian and documentary film maker – and the second wife of the writer and broadcaster Melvyn (now Lord) Bragg. A determined but unshowy woman, Cate Haste preferred to be known by her maiden name and built a career behind, rather than in front of the camera, becoming one of the few early female film producer-directors in television. ....