Woolston nr Southampton 9th Aug 2009

Looking across to Woolston from Ocean Village and right in front firstly you can see the slipway where once a Floating Bridge which carried vehicles and passengers left to cross the river, and just left of the road Bridge was a factory where Spitfire aircraft were once built, as the camera starts to pan to the right of the bridge you see a vast empty space which looks like a beach is where Vosper Thornycroft once had a shipyard where they built ships and still by the main gate to the yard is a pub called The Victoria Inn. To the very right as the camera pans near the end you see a jetty which is know locally as Woolston or Weston jetty.

[@LIONLIGHTT]

I love Woolston, I lived there in College road, and I miss my friends, I am trying to contact them, but I didn't get yet!
Thak you for post that beautiful City.
God bless England and Woolston.

[@geoffreeves2875]

Hi Steve, nice video and thanks for sharing. I used to visit Woolston between 1960 and 1970. I have fond memories of the floating bridge and we used to travel across the river when I was a kid of about 10 years old. I`m from Brum but my Gran used to live in one of the prefabs just off the high street in Woolston

[@SteveCarrett]

Well I never knew it was known as oil jetty too all I knew it was known as weston jetty and used to pump sewerage through into ships that collected it, thank you for the info.

[@insanesaint76]

the jetty is also known as the oil jetty as it once was used to pump oil down it for the ships. then used for sewerage.

[@jamiekimber]

wooh woolston!!

[@SteveCarrett]

@LIONLIGHTT Thank you for your kind comment, I do hope you manage to contact your friends in the near future.