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Milton Combe maps
Historic maps of Milton Combe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Milton Combe maps
Historic map of Milton Combe
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
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Milton Combe books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Milton Combe and the local area. View all Milton Combe books
Devon County Memories
Paperback
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£12
South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
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£11.20
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
Paperback
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£11.20
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Memories of Milton Combe
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I remember moving to Milton Combe from Plymouth. It was in the middle of no where - how was I ever to survive - the last bus left Plymouth at tea time and took a tedious hour or so travelling through Clearbrook, Yelverton, Crapstone and Buckland, finally arriving at Milton Combe. The walk down the very steep hill to home!
Shared on 22 July 2009
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My grandparents lived at Clearbrook, and as a child I used to spend nearly all of my summer holidays with them. I used to love going for rides on the train to Tavistock and Princetown. My gran took me on a train to Princetown just before the line closed. Other times I used to wander for miles over the moors and... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2009
There doesn't seem to be many memories of the Trevethans - anyone help?
Shared on 22 April 2007
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
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
Thanks to everyone who bought my recent book about St Budeaux.I am currently compiling a new book called, 'Memories of St Budeaux' which will include other people's memories and photos of St Budeaux.If anyone has any old stories about the area and would like them to be included,please contact me at derek.tait@virgin.net or by post at Derek Tait,PO Box 7,West Park,Plymouth,PL5... [more]
Shared on 23 February 2008
Whilst this is the best known photograph of Ford Park Cemetery in the late nineteenth century it is also one of the best of Plymouth College (seen in the top right), because it was taken at a time when the school still owned all the land down to the eastern cemetery wall and had continuing hopes of extending the first phase... [more]
Shared on 07 September 2008
Extracts From Milton Combe & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Milton Combe, 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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