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Bucks Mills
I have such wonderful memories of going to Bucks Mills and staying in Kings Cottage with my grandparents and family. I used to go over to see Mamie Braund who lived in the old house on the opposite side of the road from the cottage, I loved to play with her old dog Dinah, a beautiful old Spaniel. Mamie used to let me go through to the pottery shop and I always left when it was time to leave the holiday with a Toby Jug. I can still recall the oil smell that emanated when you went into the house, not to mention I can still see Mamie in my mind's eye, the long hair tied back, the little moustache and ...read more here
Contributed by kathleen holloway
1960s in Bucks Mills
The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle Cottage (now Leat Cottage). For the next 9 years most of my Easter and summer holidays were spent there. I remember our very first holiday was at Easter 1960. We travelled by train (steam!) from Leamington Spa to Bideford where we were met by Grenville Braund in his big black car. We stayed at No 12, then thatched, for two weeks. We befriended other children whose grandparents lived in the village – Sean and Jane Rudman and their cousins Hannah and ...read more here
Contributed by Jonathan Asprey
Wonderful Bucks!
My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my parents bought an old farmhouse in Broad Parkham. I have stayed in Bucks many times since with friends and family and then with my own wife and children. It holds a magical attraction for me and holds my happiest memories from childhood. Mamie Braund, the fisherman's daughter, Edith and Grenville Braund, Joe and his wife, Mark and Noel ......... all Braunds! .. the crabbing, the fishing, selling the freshly caught mackeral in the square, gutted in the kitchen ...read more here
Contributed by nick neter
Summer Trip
What a lovely vacation we had that year. When I see photos of Buck's Mills, like this one, I am transported back to those precious days under the sun. People that live on in my heart are there. I remember so clearly the path by the store, I remember running up and down this road with my sister. We thought those moments would last forever. They do.
Contributed by Kelly Mitchell
My Home
I lived in the cottage at the right hand end of this picture, from 1987 to 1999, it made us sad when we had to leave.
Contributed by Michael Cornell
Extracts From Bucks Mills & Devon books
The Green is now built over. This picture shows the Union Workhouse. Subsequently, it would become the
Alexandra Hospital, which remained in business until 1978 when the new North Devon General hospital was
opened.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
This picture faces the opposite direction to the previous one. The cabman’s shelter seen in photographs 49616 &
64564 on pages 34 to 36 is still in place. On the left, The Golden Lion was a 17th century merchant’s house. Today
it is called The Bank inn. This district was known locally as The Hearts of Oak.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
By the time this picture was taken, the trees had gown to an enormous size and needed surgery. The river still pro-
vided scope for pleasure boating and Shapland & Petter’s factory had grown to its full size. Today, boating is but a memory.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
All is tranquil a couple of miles up-river of Barnstaple. The L&SW railway follows the river almost from the water-
shed at Copplestone near Crediton, 30 miles away. The houses on the left are at Bishops Tawton; the riverside walk
is still available for those who seek peace and solitude.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
This remarkable church, St Peter’s, is hidden in the Taw valley a couple of miles from Barnstaple. Cruciform in
plan, it is early 14th-century (one of only seven remaining in Devon) and contains the finest collection of
monuments in the county.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".