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Corner of Pershore and Ash Tree Road in the fifties<\/span><\/p>\n

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Recently rebuilt and widened <\/span>Pinapple Bridge approx 1930<\/span><\/p>\n

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Local History<\/h2>\n

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The corner of Pershore Road and Ash Tree Road in the fifties. The building on the left is the premises of Jesse Hill Gunmaker whose family have been making guns for over forty years. The top floor was once used by the Salvation Army for children’s services and Phylis Budd played the piano for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hazelwell Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

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Friends Meeting House<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Village Blacksmith outside the Smithy next to the Three Horseshoes<\/span><\/p>\n

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