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Holcombe Rogus, Holcombe Court c1960
Holcombe Rogus, Holcombe Court c1960
Holcombe Rogus, Waterloo Stores c1960
Historic maps of Holcombe Rogus and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Holcombe Rogus maps
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North Devon Living Memories
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Tiverton - A History and Celebration
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Hi everyone. I lived in Holcombe Rogus during the war years. My Father Leeming Greaves and Kathleen Korner had leased the Prince Of Wales Hotel. My brother Joseph and I attended the local School, I was 9 years old at that time. My Teachers name was Mrs Berry. Mrs Berry had a son Roger who spent a lot of time with my brother. It was a very busy time in Holcombe Rogus as the American servicemen had arrived, and were stationed there, I think there were about 200 at the time. The Americans were very good to us as children, and were always giving the children their chocalate supplies. The Prince of Wales Hotel was very busy, with Jeeps turning up day and night. Now living in Australia, I returned to Holcombe Rogus in 1990 and found the Hotel was still trading, even the Bowling alley at the back of the hotel was still operating, with the same old Bowling balls that we used to play with. My Mother Louise Greaves was a Violinist and had several students in the area. She also had a lot of friends, sorry I cannot remember names, but would remember if they were mentioned to me. I did not find that Holcombe Rogus had changed much in all the years, as with a lot of the English villages, anyone returning there would be happy that it still looked the same. Regards Jessie Sichter (Nee Greaves)
Shared on 04 June 2006
Wow, I remember that pub. When I moved there the track had been covered in tarmac, what a shame! But me and my sister went down into the forest on the left and found the rest of the track! It was brill! Shame the pub has become fancy, they even closed the bowling alley, what madness!
Shared on 18 June 2009
OMG!!! Wow, I was amazed when I saw this picture! The house I grew up in is the one on the right of the two stuck together, behind the cottage at the front of the picture! My bedroom was the top right hand window, I even remember my brother climbing out of it on to the wall to go meet his mates! I broke my finger in that graveyard, ouch! I loved living there, the local Illminster pub is on the right, shame you can't see it!
Shared on 18 June 2009
This is a photograph of the railway crossing gate, the line has been long closed (blame Dr Beeching!) The white building on the right is the Culm Valley Inn, prev The Railway Inn. My father Sydney Dennis was licensee, my brother was born here, my bedroom window can be just seen on the 1st floor........What fun days they were for me as a 12 year old! We later moved to Cullompton. The Kings Head.
Shared on 27 December 2007
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Holcombe Rogus, inspired by Frith photos.
Tiverton Photographic Memories
The village store in Holcombe Rogus is consigned to the history books, although a local garage now sells some of the items offered here. The tobacco advertising is quite amazing to our 21st-century eyes: Players, Bachelor, Woodbine, Park Drive and Bristol cigarettes are mentioned. A chocolate machine sits on the wall. The building today is a private dwelling, Waterloo House.
Tiverton Photographic Memories
Next door to the church is this delightful Tudor mansion, built in the mid 1500s. Since then, there has been much addition to it, but the integrity of the old building has not been compromised. It is privately owned and not open to visitors.
Tiverton - A History and Celebration
These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 29th century when they made way for council housing.
