Bucks Mills, Devon

Bucks Mills

I have such wonderful memories of going to Bucks Mills and staying in Kings Cottage with my grandparents and family. I used to go over to see Mamie Braund who lived in the old house on the opposite side of the road from the cottage, I loved to play with her old dog Dinah, a beautiful old Spaniel. Mamie used to... [more]

1960s in Bucks Mills

The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle Cottage (now Leat Cottage). For the next 9 years most of my Easter and summer holidays were spent there. I remember... [more]

Wonderful Bucks!

My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my parents bought an old farmhouse in Broad Parkham. I have stayed in Bucks  many times since with friends... [more]

Summer Trip

What a lovely vacation we had that year. When I see photos of Buck's Mills, like this one, I am transported back to those precious days under the sun. People that live on in my heart are there. I remember so clearly the path by the store, I remember running up and down this road with my sister.... [more]

My Home

I lived in the cottage at the right hand end of this picture, from 1987 to 1999, it made us sad when we had to leave.

Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries

Victorian visitors to this coast had to be more adventurous than those who opted for the genteel delights of, say, Sidmouth or Torquay. The landscape is far more rugged, and the climate less mild; local writer Charles Kingsley described the weather as combining 'the soft warmth of south Devon with the bracing freshness of the Welsh mountains'.

Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries

As at Clovelly, donkeys were much in use here, ferrying herrings and lime from the kiln (centre) up the hill. The little sea wall on the beach is topped by a fine selection of winches and windlasses, all essential for hauling boats up the beach and clear of storms.

Barnstaple Photographic Memories

The Green is now built over. This picture shows the Union Workhouse. Subsequently, it would become the Alexandra Hospital, which remained in business until 1978 when the new North Devon General hospital was opened.