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Lockdown in Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle

How have you been passing the time?

I’m sure we can’t wait for lockdown to be ancient history, it certainly must be a unique experience in all our lives. At Sea Mills 100 we thought it was something that needed documenting too as part of our history. What have you been doing to cope with the situation? How have you been passing the time? Are you working form home? Are you a Key Worker? Enjoying the garden? Home schooling your children? Starting a new hobby? Volunteering? Or just getting by? Send us your pictures or videos and we will include them here and / or on our social media to document this time in our lives.

New pictures added regularly to our new Covid-19 section please keep sending them in.

  • This is Daniel arriving home today from his shift at Southmead hospital where he works as a porter.
    As soon as he comes in he goes straight into the bath!
  • Family
  • Judy thanks the postman and other vital workers
  • A work of art

Please let us have your images and video to share – either email them to info@seamills100.co.uk or share them via one of our social media channels.

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Did you go to Sea Mills School in the 1950’s?

Do you fancy getting in touch with your old classmates?

I was contacted by two lovely gents, Ian and Richard who have been organising get togethers of their classmates who attended Sea Mills School in the 1950’s. 

Contact us if you would like to be put in touch with them.

Ian has sent us a brief history of the group. 

1958

In the long past days of friends reunited you were able to put in your name and school and connect with others you knew on this site. Several of us had passed the 11 plus and attended Ashton Park (a new school at the time so looking for pupils to fill it ) so contact and friendships had continued for an additional four years. A few of us had just made a hello contact but out of the blue came a note from Liz that an article had appeared in the local Keynsham paper that Mr Ellison was still doing well and was a volunteer with the local help to read group for partially sighted.

After a few enquiries Liz managed to obtain contact details which lead to a flurry of communication and the idea to meet up, combined with other events of the junior school redesign and refurbishment

November 2012, several of us with Mr Ellison were able to meet up at Sea Mills school. This was followed a few months later with a lunchtime reunion at the Lamplighters

The next milestone turned out to be  Mr Ellisons 90th birthday and we were all able to take the  opportunity  to celebrate at the Bushmill Near Keynsham.

We would love to collect more information about the school from all times in it’s history for these pages. We will add anything else we get that relates to the 1950’s to this page.

A lesson at the school, featuring: L-R Chris Steven, Rob Kelly, Penny Wiltshire? Ian Robbins, Liz Lewis, ?