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Photography by John Ball - 5th March 2001
(taken with Sony Mavica MVC-FD91 digital camera)
Broad Haven is a quiet hamlet on St Bride's Bay, about 5½ miles west of Haverfordwest in the county of Pembrokeshire. Its broad expanse of sandy beach made it a popular holiday resort. The photographs were taken in early afternoon in bright but hazy sunshine.
Image 1:
The shore at Broad Haven, viewed from the south. The stone cross is the village war memorial.
Image 2:
The war memorial, commemorating the eight parishioners who gave their lives in the two World Wars.
Image 3:
The Galleon Inn on the seafront is being repainted in readiness for Easter which marks the start of the holiday season.
Image 4:
To the north of Broad Haven is the Shag Rock headland. Beautiful clean sands are exposed by the receding tide
Image 5, 6:The old Hephzibah Baptist Chapel is just a few hundred yards from the shore.
Image 7:
This plaque, high above the porch entrance, shows the chapel is 160 years old.
Image 8:
Adjoining the chapel is this old schoolhouse.
Image 9:
To the west of the chapel, the steeply sloping land is used as a burial yard.In this picture, the chapel is out of shot to the right.
Image 10:
A headstone marking the grave of Thomas Henery [sic] Evans, who died in 1875, aged 4 years and 4 months.
Image 11:
The view looking to the north-east from the top of the graveyard. The roof of the chapel can be seen towards the bottom right of the picture.
Image 12:
This view, looking eastwards from the top of the graveyard and over the roof of the chapel, illustrates Broad Haven's rural setting.
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