Chettiscombe, 1930
Chettiscombe, 1930 Ref: 83226
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What a great web site! I was born at Tiverton Hospital in 1948. My mother, father and brother lived in Market Street.
On a visit from Australia in 1995, my father and I visited Tiverton - to return to the place of my birth. We only had a couple of hours to spare but after seeing these photos would have loved to have spent more time exploring. Of course I knew of Blundells School from reading Lorna Doone as a child. I think we moved from Tiverton in 1950 and although I had visited grandparents at Paignton, we had never returned to Tiverton. Time is marching on and my Australian husband has no interest in visiting England!! Maybe I might be lucky.
Shared on 09 March 2009
Tiverton, Grand Western Canal 1930
Ref: 83225
An outing for a picnic by the Grand Western Canal with my granddaughter
Our granddaughter Anna Norfolk stays with us each Tuesday and Friday starting with breakfast and we try to keep her entertained with things to do around our home town of Tiverton. One recent February day felt like the first day of Spring so we planned an outing while making her favourite breakfast of fishfingers and tomatoes and toast.
We planned a sunny walk with her pushchair near the river view shown in this picture but first she wanted to play football in our lounge! Then we prepared Grandma and Grandad’s picnic. We got the “55 bus” from Tesco Express to West Exe then took Anna for a run around Heathcoats Factory shop with Grandma to choose material to make a pushchair blanket. From there we walked to Country Babies shop to ask about nappies! Its all go with a 22 month old toddler!
We gazed down at the ducks from West Exe bridge - its a really beautiful view southwards down the River Exe. From there it was a pushchair ride past the dolls house shop (slowly !) to Tiverton Library. We returned all her books and then had some story time in the library's children's section. From there its a short walk to buy a sausage roll and juice for her picnic at nearby Marks and Sparks. After getting these final ingredients for our picnic we walked over the road to the bus station and looked round the Tourist Information Centre while waiting for our “352 bus” to Tidcombe. Anna had some giggles with other passengers! The Tidcombe bus driver let us get off right by the entrance to the Grand Western Canal so it was easy to start our walk and picnic by the canal. We chose a bench in the sun right by the water's edge and enjoyed watching the ducks and swans and moorhens. Its not far from the view above. Anna laughed at the ducks and swans as they take off and land making huge splashes.
We had a pushchair ride back to the Blundells Road roundabout where she dozed off in the pushchair - so Grandma pushed her home and transferred her to the cot for an afternoon nap while Grandad shopped in Tesco and carried it all home! Anna slept much of the afternoon in her cot while Grandma & Grandad flaked out truly knackered in comfortable armchairs having had a lovely outing in Tiverton. A memorable day!
Shared on 12 February 2008
Tiverton, Westexe Recreation Park c1955
Ref: T55031
The Westexe Park sadly no longer has the beautiful flowerbeds featured in this 1955 view. I walked through this park today leading a party from the Tiverton Walk and Talk Group from the Heathcoat Community Centre. Even the grass has been neglected and has lots of mud and duck poo!
Our walk took us up Longdrag Hill and Patches Road on a circular route of around three miles. I found it pretty tough as I was pushing my granddaughter Annalise Norfolk in her pushchair! I was glad to get back to the level ground of the park where I could let her out of her pushchair - she loves to stand on the grass and be surrounded by inquisitive ducks!
Finally we went in to the Community Centre where I collapsed in a heap and enjoyed a deserved coffee!
Shared on 08 February 2008
Tiverton, Knightshayes Court 1896
Ref: 38057a
Flying our kite at Knightshayes Court
Yesterday our family went for a walk around the parkland surrounding Knightshayes - a grand Victorian estate owned by the National Trust between Tiverton and Bolham and only a mile from our home in Hawks Drive. Although it was a damp January day, the views from the top of the main drive over the countryside were lovely. The house itself looks just like this picture apparently taken in 1896 ! The trees are bigger of course ! At the top of the grassy slopes we felt a stiff breeze so we tried flying our kite and our granddaughter Anna who is not yet two held on to the string and was fascinated by it!
Shared on 21 January 2008
The Norfolk family move to Tiverton
Tiverton is an attractive market town in mid-Devon but I have to confess I had never heard of it until the first of the family moved here in 2005! Elizabeth and I were spending a weekend in Exeter with our son David and his partner Amanda and thought it would be nice to call in to have tea with cousin Robert in Tiverton. While we were there David and Amanda went for a walk around Robert's house and saw a newly built little house for sale and they fell instantly in love with it. In a matter of weeks they had bought it, given up their jobs in Milton Keynes and moved to Devon to look for a new life, new jobs and as it turned out a new family. It wasn't long before they announced they were expecting a baby so Elizabeth and I started visiting them in Tiverton and then decided to move as well so as to be here ready to greet our first grandchild. Annalise was born on 1st April 2007, Amanda and David married on 7th July 2007, so now there are five members of our Norfolk family living in Tiverton. We have discovered Tiverton to be a lovely place, an interesting market, a well run and modern Exe Valley Leisure Centre, and the Tivoli Cinema. Nearby there are country walks, the River Exe, and the Knightshayes National Trust Estate. Maybe our friends from Watford will move here too as we have had lots of visitors!
Shared on 13 July 2007
