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The house in the center of the picture below was no.12 Carlton Street which was just to the left of the Coopers Arms. My father was born less than 100 meters from this house in 1902.

  Below is a map of the area

Winterstoke girls school just before it was converted into apartments.

In 1997, one of our members, Pam Woodburn, wrote a great little book entitled "Only Our Best Was Good Enough" all about Locking Road Junior School - it goes up to about 1950.  Winterstoke Girls' School was on the same site and many of the girls would have gone on to Winterstoke School.  Pam may know whether there are any copies still available and may possibly know where to find photographs.

I think this answers your question - from the Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 23 October 1951

 FIREMAN RESCUED HOTEL MAID

Hung by fingers from window

A Weston-super-Mare fireman rescued a maid in a fire which badly damaged the four-storey Clevedon Hotel, Weston-super- Mare yesterday. The brigade found the roof and top floor blazing fiercely and hanging by her finger tips from the fourth floor window ledge, 40 feet above the ground, was Miss Jean Lewis (16), the maid. She had been trapped in her room. Her cries for help had roused the occupants the hotel. Climbing a pump escape. Leading Fireman B. Marsh brought the girl to the ground. She was taken to hospital suffering from shock and bums around both eyes.