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Starting off as a small fishing village, Weston-Super-Mare in North Somerset developed into a thriving seaside resort which is still popular with visitors today. Presenter Gwyn Richards spent the day in Weston discovering that there’s more to the area than donkeys and amusement arcades; there’s plenty of walks too, if you’ve got the stamina for steep hills.
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Clip taken from Day Out: Weston-Super-Mare, originally broadcast on BBC One (South West), 15 August 1980.
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Starting off as a small fishing village, Weston-Super-Mare in North Somerset developed into a thriving seaside resort which is still popular with visitors today. Presenter Gwyn Richards spent the day in Weston discovering that there’s more to the area than donkeys and amusement arcades; there’s plenty of walks too, if you’ve got the stamina for steep hills.
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Clip taken from Day Out: Weston-Super-Mare, originally broadcast on BBC One (South West), 15 August 1980.
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