Cliff Hotel 1908, Cheddar
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Family- Pearce's
Hi My great-grandfather and my grandad lived nr here on Manor Farm and the Old Priory, in 1700 to 1901.
The 1960's
I lived my early years here, until the 1970's, having been born in Wells and brought home to Cheddar as a baby. I have many family ancestral links to Cheddar via my father's parents. In the late 1800's-early 1900's my great-grandfather John Day ran the Gardener's Arms in Silver Street, with his wife Emma. My parents lived in Birch Hill (also known as Bush Hill and Burdge Hill on older maps and records) from the 1950's until their deaths in the 1980's.
I attended the junior school in The Hayes from 1960 till 1966; the headmaster at the time was Mr Birch. On leaving there, I followed in my grandma's footsteps to Sexey's Grammar School, Blackford, till 1973.
The 1960's was a period when children could happily roam around the area for hours, on their own, with few problems or worries. I spent much time walking the small paths through Daghole, past the White Hart Inn and onwards towards the Cliff Hotel gardens and waterfall (now renamed). Fishing with... Read more
