Lower Town 1927, Malborough
Lower Town 1927, Malborough Ref: 79903
Memories of Lower Town 1927, Malborough
Sydney Wood
My father, Sydney Wood was born in Malborough in 1914. He moved away to get married in 1940 but always considered Malborough as home right up until his death in 1992. He always maintained that he was the young water carrier in this picture and had a copy of the original postcard. It is believed that the gentleman with the beard was "Datcher" Shepherd (This being Devon dialect for "Thatcher"). Some of my relatives still live in Malborough and I have traced our ancestry in Malborough back to 1712.
Leonard John Yeoman
The tall young chap in the right-hand side of the photograph was my grandfather, Leonard John Yeoman. He also features in a photograph taken in Higher Town.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
I attended the old Primary School (3 small classes) from 1955 to 1961 when I passed my 11 Plus and went on to the Kingsbridge Grammar.
I remember the Headmistress Mrs Cooper who made us recite our Times Table and Hiawatha until our heads span with it all. She was a stern disciplinarian and a spinster who lived in the schlool house attatcched to the school.
I also remember fondly, Mr Cooper who was very lenient with me and encouraged my artistic talents to show.
I have so many memories of Malborough as a child as I lived at Hope Cove and had to cycle here or walk the two and a half miles to go riding, see friends, catch the bus for Kingsbridge or Salcombe and go to Bonfire Night every year.
Malborough & local memories
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Sergeant William Luckham
My husband's great-great-grandfather William Luckham was b ca 1795 in Malborough, son of Thomas Luckham and Susannah Prowse. He joined the British Army, married Ann Fardy from Ireland and sailed with the army to Canada in 1827, settling in Ontario.
Barbara Luckham bluckham@ciaccess.com
Worked in Village
I knew Leonard Yeoman,my sister Doris was married to his brother Percy.I worked in the village at the post office, Callender Stores.Lots and lots of happy times there. My name was NURSE before I married.
Clara Pine, my Grandmother Lived Here
Clara Pine was born in 1891 at Shute Farm in Lower Town, Malborough (see other photo). Aged 3 years she went with her Mum and older brother to America where she met her Dad for the first time in New York. Another brother was born but the young family returned to England a year later. Elizabeth Pine and the three children returned to Malborough to live in the cottage in the photo - on the righthand side of the road, in the middle of the photo (where the sunlight is shining brightly). The adjoining cottage was the village shop where Elizabeth Pine's sister, Catherine Boyce lived. My grandma grew up in a one parent family - her Dad was killed in a gold mining accident in Cripple Creek, USA in 1898. Both my grandma's parents and her aunt are remembered on a gravestone in the 'new' graveyard at the church. My grandma had lots of happy memories of Malborough. She was married at the church in 1919, moved to London... Read more
Leonard John Yeoman
Leonard John Yeoman (my grandfather) always claimed that he was the young chap carrying the buckets in this photograph. He spent his whole life living around the Malborough/ Hope Cove area. Therefore, it's quite plausible that it is indeed him in this photograph.
He went on to serve in the RAF in Malta, Egypt and Palestine during World War II. From his childhood up until his last few years he was a central member of the local church choir. A real character.
