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Rockbeare, Devon
Rockbeare maps
Historic maps of Rockbeare and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Rockbeare maps
Historic map of Rockbeare
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
Historic Map of any Rockbeare postcode
Rockbeare books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Rockbeare and the local area. View all Rockbeare books
Devon County Memories
Paperback
£15
South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
Paperback
£14
3 Rockbeare photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Rockbeare
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How funny! We now own and live in this house. It has barely changed since this photograph, although it is no longer a guest house and its name is different. There are some barns and a coach house in the background which have been partly demolished; a small conservatory has been added to the left of the porch. We believe the... [more]
Shared on 07 March 2008
My name was Evelyn Smith "Eve". I was evacuated to my uncle and aunt's home during the war. My uncle was Sidney Smith - he was station master. We lived at 3 Coombe Lea. Miss Richardson was our school teacher - a really beautiful lady and an excellent teacher. My best friend was Nancy Leach - she lived in Dawes Cottage.... [more]
Shared on 10 December 2006
Some of my first memories were picking the daffodils which my family grew, my great grandfather being the Walter Hill who grew the first King Alfreds. We lived in Ova-Yonda in Back Lane, my grandparents lived in Waterleat, now the tea rooms. It was in the brook that ran through the property that I watched my grandfather tickle trout and I... [more]
Shared on 17 July 2009
My friends and I spent many happy hours playing on the old platform and under the old railway bridge before they were both demolished.
We used to play hopscotch on the platform and had a camp amongst the trees at the back.
We made a rope swing there and used to take a packed lunch down on school holidays and... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2006
Extracts From Rockbeare & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Rockbeare, inspired by Frith photos.
East Devon Photographic Memories
Low Brook was built in the middle of the 20th century as an overspill housing estate just to the south-east of Rockbeare village. Even at the time of its construction, many of its residents would have commuted to Exeter for work.
This is an extract from East Devon Photographic Memories.
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This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent. To the immediate left is the Imperial Hotel, seen in its original architectural design, changed now after the fire in the 1970s.
This is an extract from Exmouth Photographic Memories.
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By the middle of the 20th century we see something resembling the modern scene. There is the more familiar red telephone box on the traffic island, a modern post box, and Belisha beacons to aid pedestrians wishing to cross the road. In the centre of the photograph is the white tower of the Pavilion Theatre. Much of the street furniture was removed by the start of the 21st century, leaving a more traffic-dominated Esplanade.
This is an extract from Exmouth Photographic Memories.
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