Bere Alston, Street 1898
Bere Alston, Village 1898
Bere Alston, Street 1898
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Bere Alston, Devon
Bere Alston maps
Historic maps of Bere Alston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bere Alston maps
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Bere Alston books
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North Devon Living Memories
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Tiverton - A History and Celebration
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Shared on 22 April 2007
A section of this photograph was used by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate for one of the opening sequences in the programme Bagpuss. This was confirmed in 1978 when a Horrabridge resident wrote to the Bagpuss programme and received a reply from Mrs Joan Firmin giving an account of how the picture used came from an old postacrd album which now belonged to her.
The wheelwrights yard is shown on the left and the view is looking south to Station Road taken from the north side of the bridge. This scene has changed little in the last 100 years and is still recognisable today.
Shared on 28 January 2007
Five years at Kelly College with mediocre academic results and then off to Africa. layed in the Rugby teams and in the boxing teams. mORE OR LESS ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. GOING OFF ON BICYLCE RIDES AS SENIORS. SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGARETTE . i REECENTLY MET A LADY WHO HAS SWUM COMPETIVELY IN THE NEW KELLY POOL WHO LIVED IN TAVISTOVK. MET ON A MOUNTAIN TRACK OVER LUNCH!! FOURTY YEARS DIFFERENCEW IN AGE. COURTNEY HOUSE WITH REX THOMPSET WHO WAS GOOD TO ME AS MY PARENTS WERE ABROAD. NO DOUBT DECEASED A LONG TIME AGO. HUGH HALLIDAY.
Shared on 13 December 2007
I was the resident Army R.Q.M.S. at Plasterdown Camp from 1963 - 1966 with a civilian staff ran the camp administration durin Territorial occupation and after, also Tregantle Fort in Cornwall, I would like to know if anybody remembers me , I am 83yrs old now.
Shared on 31 October 2007
Extracts From Bere Alston & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bere Alston, inspired by Frith photos.
Although only a few miles from Plymouth to the south and Tavistock to the north, Bere Alston feels quite remote, situated on the peninsula between the Tamar and Tavy. Before the arrival of the railway, only eight years before this picture was taken, the sense of isolation must have been even greater.
This is an extract from English Villages.
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Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
A notable Victorian inhabitant of Bere Alston was Percival Johnson, who lived at Ward House from 1846-55. An enlightened man by the standards of most mine-owners of the time, he gave his name to the Johnson Shaft, which was set at 25 degrees to ease the hauling of ore and to make life easier for miners leaving the mine after a long shift.
This is an extract from Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was badly damaged by German incendiaries in March 1941 and subsequently restored, but the highest tower in this picture was never rebuilt.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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