This image was taken around 1883 and as well as being able to identify the children, the photographer is also known!
The little girl with the wicker pram was Ann Adams of nearby Cross Street – in the pram is possibly her young brother, John, who was around 18 months old at the time. The young lad on the right was David Davies, a neighbour from Cross Street. The photographer was Henry Jackson who was also the owner of the bicycle.
Alongside the children, can be seen two lime kilns – these disappeared when the new railway sidings were built just after the turn of the century. The man in charge of the kilns – the lime burner – lived in a cottage nearby known as Plas y Gamil. In the background can be seen Goedwig Chapel on Main Street. The lime kilns were sited almost at the junction of Main Street and what is now known as Wern Road although at that time, it was little more than a twisting lane leading up from the beach towards Dyffryn.
With thanks to Doreen Nicholas of Goodwick for the loan of the photograph and for supplying all the names.
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The photograph shows two lime kilns on the left . These disappeared with the building of the railway to Goodwick station in the mid 1890’s and the construction of a bridge leading from Wern road into Goodwick.
There were hundreds of lime kilns situated in the harbours, inlets and creeks of Pembrokeshire. The lime was need to neutralise the acid in the soil. The lime would be brought in by wooden single masted sloops which would sail in at high tide. The anchor would be thrown overboard and the vessel would settle on the sand as the tide went out. A horse and cart would unload the lime to the lime kiln. Once the load was removed, the anchor would be drawn onboard, and the vessel would float out on the next high tide.
Lime kilns were built at High Water Mark to minimise the time and cost of transporting the lime. Yet these two are several hundred yards from the beach and the High Water Mark.
Why were they situated here?
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