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Becky Falls maps
Historic maps of Becky Falls and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Becky Falls maps
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Manaton| Lustleigh| Haytor| Haytor Vale| Ilsington| North Bovey| Bovey Tracey| Widecombe-In-The-Moor| Moretonhampstead| Doccombe| Christow| Ponsworthy| Chudleigh Knighton| South Knighton| Postbridge| Chagford| Ashburton| River Dart| Fernworthy| Dunsford| Dartmeet| Hexworthy
Becky Falls area books
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Racing
I worked in a racing stables in Manaton, we used to exercise up on the moor. 3 other girls were there too and it was great fun. The yard moved to Somerset after and I went with it, wonderful days. Hi Sam, Hi Brian.
I Worked There!
It was a Trust House Hotel when I worked there in the bar for a few years up to 1964. By that time it was very much larger than the photograph shows. The manager was Mr. Trew. It never made any money due to the short season. When it burnt down about 1967/8 it was left almost derelict for many years until purchased by a wealthy businessman from Torbay who restored part of it and ran it more or less as a hobby.
The stables in the grounds were in use as a separate business most of this time until the buildings were converted to a Craft Centre about 1980.
Kitchen Staff
I worked at Moorlands with Chef Freddie Davis, a Basque Chef, great man, brandy and a garlic clove before we started the day, had a pastry cook who drove an Austin Champ.
I believe the manager was called Smith.
Freddie gave me a Chefs recommendation to the Kitchens of the Dorchester, where i spent several great years under Chef Eugene Kauffman.
Klinkenberg i seem to remember was the name of the stable owner, we used to ride down to his stables with the horses every night we could, great days.
HONEYMOON HAYTOR
We spent part of our honeymoon here in April 1968. I had a tummy bug and used to go down to dinner not daring to look at my husband's plate full of food. All I had was a cup of coffee. He had saved up for a long time to take me to a nice hotel where we could ride. We had met at a Trust House in Hertfordshire where I was receptionist. We did ride one day in the pouring rain.
We went back many years later to discover it had burnt down. We have been back since after it had been rebuilt and hope to stay there one day.
Heather And Gorse Clog Morris Entertain at Haytor And Christow
It was the weekend of the Royal Wedding and on Sunday, the day before the May Bank Holiday, our friends in Grimspound Border Morris were in a party mood.
Our own group of dancers and musicians from Heather and Gorse Clog Morris joined the party at the Teign House Inn which is a delightful country pub several miles north along the lanes from Christow. The jolly landlord provided a camping field for some folks to to stay for the entire long weekend as there is a tradition among Morris Dancers to rise at dawn on May Day to greet the sun at the start of summer on Haytor! On this particular Sunday we had more than fifty dancers and a lot of musicians too.
We came from many different "sides" around Devon and also Tinners Morris from Cornwall. I brought along my small piano accordian and played along with the band for the Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers. They looked splendid in their... Read more
The Fire at Pinchaford Farm
This has been writen by my 90 year old mother Amber Lloyd who stayed several times at Pinchaford farm in the 1930-40s: I was at Pinchaford Farm in 1944 when it burnt down. We were having lunch when someone said "the thatch is on fire!" This was later blamed on an electrical fault in the roof. Beacause of the strains of the Blitz, the London Fire Brigade was being sent to the country for respite and the local brigades sent to London. Unfortunately, the Londoners were confused by the narrow, twisting country lanes and took a while to find the farm, then the only water available was from the swimming pool. Pinchaford was owned then by the Bradford family. The male members were away fighting and it was being run by Mrs Peta Bradford. Her husband was in the army and posted missing on D.Day. This was one of the cruelest things to bear as one is torn between grief and hope. In fact he was killed in the invasion and... Read more
Horses by Name
Yes, I remember I holidayed there in I think 1969? I used to miss the fabulous afternoon cream teas to ride Mr Klinkenberg's horses from the stables beside the hotel to his farm in the vale for overnight grazing. Horses I remember Secret Sign, Venture, Proper Twerp and Cypher (with dreadful warts), these were his ex point to pointers, there were also others, Honey, Mohawk (one of the ride leader's horses) and a grey with a fixed neck (Poly/Maggie or similar?). I can remember the names of the horses but not the people! Great times.
