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Yarcombe Shop
I remember the shop at Yarcombe was owned by a Mr & Mrs Harding.
She always referred to her husband as 'Daddy', consequently the shop was known locally as "Daddy Hardings". It sold everything.
The Blue Line buses from Londons Victoria Bus Station used to stop at the Yarcombe Inn. They would put out a big company flag when the bus was due.
Reflections From Childhood
I was born at Reeds Hill Farm in 1942. I started school at a two room school in Chardstock, we walked to school which for me was a long way and I usually got my older sisters who had to walk from the farm past my school to catch the bus to the senior school in Axminster. I remember the school getting big cases of food from Canada which was shared out to us to take home. There were all sorts of things we couldn't get because of rationing. All that I can remember were the big bags of sweets!!! We moved into Axminster when I was 7 or 8. But I still like to go and visit Chardstock, when I go home to England, from the USA where I have lived most of the time since 1966.
I rode as a professional steeplechase jockey there and in US and have also trained many winners on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Upottery
My family of Hurford all came from Upottery and later in 1860s setteld in Luppitt just down the track!
Freddie The Postman
Although born in Churchstanton in 1791 my gg grandfather James Doble moved to Upottery and I have had close relatives living in the village until my grandmother Beatrice Doble died in 1982.
My sister and myself were born, baptized and lived at Addington Cottages until the Sidmouth estate was sold in 1954 and we moved to Ilminster. My father, Maurice was a thatcher on the estate.
However, I spent all my school holidays at Upottery and one of my memories was of Freddie Smith the postman who did his rounds on a huge grey horse called Dandy. At 4 - 5 years old being on his back seemed like a long way from the ground.
I have so many memories of Upottery and the people who lived there and even returned and married in the church in 1969.
Tracing my Family
I have no memories of Hawkchurch. But I am trying to trace my family history, and so far have got nowhere. And I am hoping that someone might remember hearing about them. According to the 1911 census they lived at Berry Cottage, and he worked on Berry farm. They were my grandparents, and their names were Thomas Dimond, his wife Ethel and they had at that time 2 children, a son Thomas Henry 1 year old and my mother Gertrude May aged 2 months. They had more children later. I have no idea of how long they lived there, because Thomas was born at Broadclyst and Ethel at SIlverton but their children were born there. Does anyoneone happen to know who owned Berry farm about then?The present owners are unable to help me, and there are no records for them at the church. I will be pleased of any help or imformation you can give me.
Bonners Drive Friend
I lived in Millwey Avenue and had a good friend, Christine Taylor, who lived in Bonners Close off Bonners Drive. We worked for a short while together at Boots the chemist in Trinity Square before I left to make a life in London (from which I never came home), we have kept in touch (mainly at Christmas) and have both sadly seen the loss of our parents. The times I do return to Millwey now it is like going into a time warp as the area rarely changes, the only thing is that the adults I meet now are children of the kids I grew up with, which seems very strange. I still have family living in Millwey, sister Carol Long, nee Darke, and sister Norma Johnson, nee Darke. I do not return to Millwey very often, mainly for weddings and funerals, and as I get older it seems to be more of the latter.
Bonners Drive Post 1963
I have lived in Bonners Drive since March 1963, it has changed a lot, all the hedges on the left side of photo have been removed, there is also another 4 houses which have been built on that side as well, built in 2010, our house is out of sight in this photo, as there are 6 semi detached houses round the corner on the right. Millwey has changed a lot since 1960. There are about 420 dwellings here now, plus an industrial site on the Chard side of Millwey. Lots of bungalows have also been built.
