Stokeinteignhead
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Stokeinteignhead memories
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Father Christmas visits Stoke-in-Teignhead Village Hall
The villagers organised a wonderful welcome for Father Christmas when he arrived at the village hall. They had prepared a 'Victorian Christmas Fair' with arts and crafts and local produce for sale indoors, and outside there was a hog roast, mulled wine, real ales and roast chestnuts!
The huge crowd of villagers were entertained by the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris Dancers and I went along with my piano accordian to play in their band. It was a gorgeous sunny winter's day - sun shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky but I don't think the temperature went above freezing once! I finished up playing my accordian with my gloves on!
Our dancers struggled a little with ...read more here
Contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Heather and Gorse dance at a family ceilidh in Stokeinteignhead
Stokeinteignhead has a beautifully appointed new village hall which was the venue for a fundraising Family Ceilidh on 24th November.
The event was well supported by the village community and raised a lot of funds. The band - "WoRTS 'N ALL" - gave their performace free and we all had a great time dancing at their Family Ceilidh. An interval entertainment was provided by the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris dancers who performed four of their favourite dances: Hindley, Marston, Walton's Parade and Slapton.
It was a really lovely evening and the dancers looked very smart in their kit of blue skirts, white blouses, black waistcoats and shiny black clogs. For me it was an especially memorable occasion ...read more here
Contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Devon memories
Sunday Walks
I was born in Axmouth and most Sundays we would have to walk out to Landslip Cottage. We all knew it as Anne's Cottage because the lady who lived there was called Annie Gapper. She would give my late Mum and Dad a cup of tea. I was one of nine in the family.
A memory of Rousdon contributed by N I Sweetland
Formerly Whitlands Cottages
The cottage used to be called Whitlands Cottages. In 1881 my great grandparents Mr & Mrs French lived at no 3, next door to Mrs Gapper.
A memory of Rousdon contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Stokeinteignhead & Devon books
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.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".
Motor vehicles have mostly
replaced horse-drawn
carriages by the first decade
after the Great War. Even
so, it is possible to linger in
the middle of the road - not
a pastime to be indulged
in on summer days in the
21st century. The bathing
machines have mostly
disappeared, to be replaced
by beach huts and changing
tents. By the time of the
1925 photograph, an early
telephone box has appeared
on the traffic island.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".
The channel into
Exmouth’s harbour remains
unchanged, but the rest of
this scene is now almost
unrecognisable. The docks
and cranes in the distance
have been swept away,
to be replaced by luxury
apartment blocks and new
shops. The bungalows to the
left were demolished quite
recently, and the site awaits
redevelopment as this book
was being written.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".
This delightful study of a cockle woman on the sands of the Exe estuary shows the importance of the shellfish industry to
the area. There are fewer such gatherers these days, and the estuary is better known for bird watching than cockling.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".
These residential bungalows lining the harbour have been mostly swept away by hostile tides and the developments of the
past century. The whole harbour and dockland area has been the subject of a major housing development over the past few
years, leaving photographs such as this one as the only evidence of what was there before.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".