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Lifton, Devon
Lifton maps
Historic maps of Lifton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lifton maps
Historic map of Lifton
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
Historic Map of any Lifton postcode
Lifton books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Lifton and the local area. View all Lifton books
Devon County Memories
Paperback
rrp £15
£12
South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
rrp £14
£11.20
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
Paperback
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£11.20
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Memories of Lifton
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I was born in 1946 lived in Lifton until I got married in 1971. I lived in Fore St
next door lived Mr Brown he used to repair shoes in his little shed in the garden
I used to watch him working. just a few doors away Bill Keast he was the watch
repairer in the village.
Shared on 19 November 2007
Devon memories
On 15 May 1982 my husband Graham and I got married in the church on the tor. We had about thirty guests who all had to climb up the tor, and only one lady did not manage it. There had not been a wedding in the church for some months before this. Afterwards we all went to the Dartmoor Inn for... [more]
Shared on 19 December 2008
When i was 11 I started school at Tavistock, and met a lovely girl called Helen Desmond who became my best friend. Helen's family (sister Sandra and brother Jonathan) lived at the Bullers Arms and I used to stay there every weekend and during the holidays, until she had to go to a boarding school in 1973. Friday's we used to... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
Five years at Kelly College with mediocre academic results and then off to Africa. layed in the Rugby teams and in the boxing teams. mORE OR LESS ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. GOING OFF ON BICYLCE RIDES AS SENIORS. SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGARETTE . i REECENTLY MET A LADY WHO HAS SWUM COMPETIVELY IN THE NEW KELLY POOL WHO LIVED IN TAVISTOVK.... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2007
I was the resident Army R.Q.M.S. at Plasterdown Camp from 1963 - 1966 with a civilian staff ran the camp administration durin Territorial occupation and after, also Tregantle Fort in Cornwall, I would like to know if anybody remembers me , I am 83yrs old now.
Shared on 31 October 2007
In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he visited the area. Sadly, it has since been demolished, but I can still discern... [more]
Shared on 26 August 2006
My mother Edna Furse and her brother Kenneth Furse had the first double wedding held in the church and they married Victor Beech and Barbara Cook. My grandparents who lived in Holsworth were Bert and Beatrice Furse. I was born in 1942 and was the first girl child to be called Valerie in the then villiage. I spent many... [more]
Shared on 08 January 2008
A section of this photograph was used by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate for one of the opening sequences in the programme Bagpuss. This was confirmed in 1978 when a Horrabridge resident wrote to the Bagpuss programme and received a reply from Mrs Joan Firmin giving an account of how the picture used came from an old postacrd album which now... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2007
Extracts From Lifton & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lifton, inspired by Frith photos.
Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was badly damaged by German incendiaries in March 1941 and subsequently restored, but the highest tower in this picture was never rebuilt.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire. The grassy area to the left is Devil's Point, a popular picnic and walking spot.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
The broad channel between Drake's Island and Mount Edgecumbe, known as The Bridges, is only navigable via one narrow channel, which is why ships always appear to take 'the long way round', following Drake Passage to the east and north of the Island, as the three-master in this picture is probably doing.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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