Bovey Tracey, Coach For The Moors 1907
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This pleasant little town is perched on a hillside above the river Bovey. It was on the railway from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead, but the line closed to passengers on 28th February 1959. The Posting House on the right is a reminder of the earlier age of horse-drawn transport.
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A Selection of Memories from Bovey Tracey
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Bovey Tracey
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The old arch extends the boundary wall of the Baptist graveyard and juts into Abbey Road. The Primary School is further along the road. On my first day at the school, in 1942, the new infants were enrolled for the morning only. I can remember my mother standing under the arch with a group of her friends waiting to meet me and walk me home. I remember hugging her with a sense of enormous relief that the ...see more
I was born in Bovey Tracey in 1952, on a Wednesday afternoon, the eleventh of June. I arrived in the middle of a garden party being held at 'Grey Gables' a house owned by a Mrs Pedrick (I do not remember her husband, but we children called her Aunty Lottie). My parents, my older sister and I lived in a house called Lemnos. I do not remember the name of the street it was on but I do remember that from our front door if you ...see more
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