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The Friendly Post Office
As a kid this is where I cycled to from my home in Windy Ridge, Skaigh Lane, Belstone to save my pocket money - I knew I would never be a millionaire but I achieved my target of having a thousand pounds by my 18th birthday and I remember making the deposit at Belstone Post Office not long after my 17th birthday - I have very fond memories of Belstone as a child.
Paul Starkey
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Devon memories
The Friendly Post Office
As a kid this is where I cycled to from my home in Windy Ridge, Skaigh Lane, Belstone to save my pocket money - I knew I would never be a millionaire but I achieved my target of having a thousand pounds by my 18th birthday and I remember making the deposit at Belstone Post Office not long after my 17th birthday - I have very fond memories of Belstone as a child.
Paul Starkey
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King's Oven
In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he visited the area. Sadly, it has since been demolished, but I can still discern where it used to be. While we were there, my father used to like to stroll up the road to the Warren House Inn for a drink.
A memory of Dartmoor contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Reverend Green
I remember the Reverend Green used to come to North Bovey School and tel us some very interesting stories of his travels in Africa and other countries where he had travelled. Does anyone remember Miss Jones and Mrs Watton? I went to North Bovey School from 1958-1964. I loved North Bovey and its school, they sure have changed, times, haven't they? Nice to see the pictures of the old church, hope to visit soon. Lindsay Baldwin
A memory of North Bovey contributed by lindsay baldwin
Extracts From Belstone & Devon books
These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 29th century when they made way for council housing.
An extract from from"Tiverton - A History and Celebration".
These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 20th century, when they made way for council housing.
An extract from from"Tiverton - A History and Celebration".
Next door to the church
is this delightful Tudor
mansion, built in the mid
1500s. Since then, there
has been much addition
to it, but the integrity of
the old building has not
been compromised. It is
privately owned and not
open to visitors.
An extract from from"Tiverton Photographic Memories".
This view of the riverside
was taken from Bickleigh
Bridge. The lowering
skies are clearly standard
English holiday weather;
the cameraman is having
to fight his eternal battle
against bad light.
An extract from from"Tiverton Photographic Memories".
It is a quarter of a
century after the
above photograph ,
and there is absolutely
no change to note -
apart from the vehicle,
that is.
An extract from from"Tiverton Photographic Memories".