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Historic maps of Milton Damerel and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Milton Damerel maps
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SHEBBEAR COLLEGE
Shebbear College is a famous West Country public school which my grandfather attended. It's a great place and I enjoyed visiting the college and the village. Very friendly people in Shebbear and pretty sourrounding countryside.
Several
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 happy holidays with my grandparents and I also attended the junior school when I was 9 or 10 years old and my teacher was Miss Piper. Holsworthy has changed considerably since then and instead of a large villiage is now a very large town. My great uncle was Richard Furse who ran the bakery and indeed made my wedding cake in 1962 which my grandfather Bert brought all the way to Birmingham by car for me (it was a beautiful 3 tier cake). My grandparents are buried in the cemetery and when ever I am in the area I visit and put fresh flowers on their grave.... Read more
Smith Family at Glebelands
Our family lived in Glebelands and my father Leonard Smith was a Geography teacher at the Holsworthy Secondary Modern School as it was then. My sister Gillian and brothers Brian and Bernie went to the school but my sister Pamela and I (Annabelle) went to Okehampton Grammar. Previously we went to the Primary School from which I still have all my old school reports. We left Holsworthy around 1962 and moved to Exeter and would find it interesting to read any information from the past relating to those years
Chilsworthy
I had a brillant time in Chilsworthy with my dad and sisters, we had a good old joke when I went back to see them. I loved to see my dad all the time but I know it will happen.
Family Tree - Hiscott Davie
In researching my family tree I have discovered a number of ancestors born in and around Frithelstock. The family name is Davie with either a middle name or secondary surname of Hiscott. I have tracked back to Philip Davie born in 1825. I would be interested in any information relating to the name Hiscott as I have not yet found when this was first used within the family. Thanks
Evacuee
I was an evacuee to Parkham in 1943 and would love to hear from anyone who might have been there at that time. I had very happy memories of Parkham and attending the village school.
If anyone has memories of this period please contact me.
My email address is alecnav@hotmail.co.uk
1944 Sheepwash Memories
I first went to Sheepwash in the summer of 1945 with my parents and girl friend. I was 15 at the time. We stayed at the Half Moon Hotel for two weeks. Because it was towards the end of WWII my father was able to get the petrol to drive. And because this was a working farm the rationing had not affected the food situation - which was wonderful. Lots of Devonshire cream. The owner was a retired army colonel Schofield and his wife. My girl friend and myself were able to get a couple of horses to ride and did some lovely rides. This was a fishing hotel and we would ride along the banks of the River Torridge. Also, the local sheep farmers would drive their sheep into the square at Shepwash for the annual sheep dip. This involved every sheep going through a bright yellow dip followed by a blue dip for their... Read more
