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Worcester beacon

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Hello to the group. I have only one photo of my father which i thought was taken c1930 in Epsom Surrey as he was born and orphaned there in 1920. I have recently discovered that he spent time at St Peters Home for children in Malvern from 1928. I now think this photo may have been taken at the Worcester Beacon. I live in Australia so i cannot visit the area. It shows scouts and orphans plus adults the night before the lighting of the bonfire. In the background is what looks like people standing at the beacon. Would anyone be able to advise if it looks like Worcester Beacon keeping in mind the landscape has probably changed. Thank you to anyone who had the time to read this post.
 

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Hello to the group. I have only one photo of my father which i thought was taken c1930 in Epsom Surrey as he was born and orphaned there in 1920. I have recently discovered that he spent time at St Peters Home for children in Malvern from 1928. I now think this photo may have been taken at the Worcester Beacon. I live in Australia so i cannot visit the area. It shows scouts and orphans plus adults the night before the lighting of the bonfire. In the background is what looks like people standing at the beacon. Would anyone be able to advise if it looks like Worcester Beacon keeping in mind the landscape has probably changed. Thank you to anyone who had the time to read this post.
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I can't answer your question I'm sorry, but I've taken the liberty to clean up your photo. I hope that you don't mind
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Almost certainly Worcestershire Beacon, the clue is the stepped topograph to the left of the beacon, Queen Victoria’s 60th year in 1897.

A picture of my late mucker from 2001 at that very place, the landscape would not have changed much !

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Pedro42 said:
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1935 was the King’s Jubilee and 50 beacons were lit by the Scouts, 400 feet apart, on the Hills. Could this have been the occasion ?
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Quite possibly the Kings Jubilee
I can't answer your question I'm sorry, but I've taken the liberty to clean up your photo. I hope that you don't mind
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Thank you very much for improving the photo. I appreciate your help. Regards Carl.
 
Definitely Worcester beacon. We lived in Malvern for a number of years, and went up there often. Incidentally, St Peters was in Cowleigh Road, Malvern if you want to use your favourite map program to get some localisation context.
Julie was walking our dog up there, (a long time ago now), and met and had a long interesting chat with Nigel Kennedy, the violinist, who was out for a stroll.
Andrew.
 
Maybe completely irrelevant, but there is one mention of a Cecil Lawrence Goddard in the Newspaper Archives.

West Country County Times, 15 December 1939…fined 10 shillings for riding cycle with unscreened light. (Probably due to war time blackout)
 
Just to stitch up the references for you, so any map should find it.

52,12327° N, 2,33883° W is the old St Peter's Children's Home, Malvern.

52,10500° N, 2,33903° W is the Worcester Beacon.

Andrew.
 
hi carl you most likely know this but at the age of 1 year and 2 months your dad was still in the workhouse at epsom union workhouse dorking road epsom..the record says both parents dead..info is from the 1921 census

lyn
 
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