Local writer Derrick Buttress describes how the Market Square was once populated by exuberant American GI’s.
Read his poem ‘Yanks’ on The Space.
Click the image above and take a closer look at the wartime scene. The posters on the back of the Army truck are advertising a Baseball game taking place on the Forest Recreation Ground between two American teams. In the background you can clearly see the distinctive balcony of Yate’s Wine bar.
Picture Credit: www.picturethepast.org.uk
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