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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
'Holiday House'.
I was born and lived the early years of my life in South Molton. My father had his own building firm there. In 1958 we moved to Croyde Bay my father having bought this large house on the cliffs above the bay for £1800. This photo shows it before it became a motel. He put a new roof on the property in tiles rather than the slates which were normally used at that time. He then converted the top floor into our new home and then still had the two floors below spare. He had seen films about the American motels and set about converting these floors into one bedroom units with combined living area to let to holidaymakers. He invented ...read more here
A memory of Croyde contributed by Steve Cundy
Springfield Terrace
This view shows my house. It is the one at this end of Springfield Terrace - you can see a number of the terrace chimneys peeping out over the top of the hill to the left. We overlook the River Torridge. You can see the old medieval bridge in the background. Our terrace was built around 1850 for the managers of the railway company (the old Torrington to Barnstaple railway ran just in front of our house until 1965. For the last few years the old track course has been converted to a new use - for cyclists, and renamed the Tarka Trail. Our houses have wonderful views from the middle and top floors over the river and the town of ...read more here
A memory of Bideford contributed by Terence Sackett
Extracts From Weir Quay & Devon books
A superb study of the Long Bridge, taken at low tide. The iron supports of the railway bridge, just 25 years old at
this time, are visible beyond. The building at the right hand end of the bridge is the Athenaeum, built in 1872.
Next door (left) are Bridge End Buildings. These were demolished in 1962 when the bridge was last widened.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
Taken from the south shore, this view features two attractive clinker-built rowing boats still afloat as the tide streams
out. Boating was extremely popular in this reach upstream of the bridge, a popularity which lasted until relatively
recent times.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
This view shows the river at low water, again with evidence of boating. The Imperial Hotel (centre left) has just
completed a major expansion programme. Huge gilt letters that will be fixed to the guttering of the new portion
are not yet in place. More views of this elegant hotel can be seen in photographs Nos 45717 & 64572 on pages 64
to 66. There is much activity just above the waterline: fishing was once a popular pastime on the river.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
Five years after the previous view was taken, the Imperial Hotel now boasts of its presence to the world. A high tide
sees the recreational boats afloat. Strangely, no Edwardian Barumites (the local name for Barnstaple residents) are
enjoying a summer walk along Taw Valley Parade. Note the weather recording station in the white box on the left.
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".
Leisure boating is completely absent in this photograph. A small collection of boys (extreme right) dressed exact-
ly as one would expect of the era are doing what little boys have always done alongside rivers: enjoying themselves
and getting filthy!
An extract from from"Barnstaple Photographic Memories".