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Kart Club
Hi there all you Karters. Just sitting here in Queensland, Australia and thought I'd pass on a bit of history regarding The Dunkeswell Kart Club. The club started as an 'offshoot' of The Torbay Motor Club of which I was a member, as were Allan and Gordon, Jim, Tony and Paul. One evening over a beer at the 'local' the conversation got around to Kart Racing, and an approach was made to the T M C to see if we could come to an aggreement to run some sort of activity involving Karts? 'Not interested' was the reply, so it was decided to go it alone. Over the next few weeks we raced at 'Denbury', looked at a possible circuit in the Ivvbridge area, and then owing to some sterling work on behalf of our small 'committee' by a couple of drivers came up with Dunkeswll. We raced there for a number of years very successfully. We of the Dunkeswell Kart Club also attended the T M C Odicombe Hill... Read more
The Railway Inn
This is a photograph of the railway crossing gate, the line has been long closed (blame Dr Beeching!) The white building on the right is the Culm Valley Inn, prev The Railway Inn. My father Sydney Dennis was licensee, my brother was born here, my bedroom window can be just seen on the 1st floor........What fun days they were for me as a 12 year old! We later moved to Cullompton. The Kings Head.
My House!
OMG!!! Wow, I was amazed when I saw this picture! The house I grew up in is the one on the right of the two stuck together, behind the cottage at the front of the picture! My bedroom was the top right hand window, I even remember my brother climbing out of it on to the wall to go meet his mates! I broke my finger in that graveyard, ouch! I loved living there, the local Illminster pub is on the right, shame you can't see it!
I Remember
Wow, I remember that pub. When I moved there the track had been covered in tarmac, what a shame! But me and my sister went down into the forest on the left and found the rest of the track! It was brill! Shame the pub has become fancy, they even closed the bowling alley, what madness!
My Family
My father's grandfather Mark Gadd Lowman was the landlord of the Railway Hotel now Culm Valley pub in 1917 which stood to the right of these crossroads. Mr Evans the station master used to let my dad, Frank Wheller, open the gates for him.
There is a picture in the pub of Mark and Florrie with a horse and cart standing in front of the hotel - you can see the name Mark Lowman over the front entrance.
Mark Lowman was married to Elizabeth Vickery Parker (my great grandmother) and later to Florence Brown. After my great grandfather, Mark, died Florrie had the cottage next to the hotel. My father has wonderful memories of the times he as a lad used to play around this area. My father Frank is now 89 and still alive (May 2010) with a very active mind full of memories and tales to tell.
Suzie Wheller
Climbing The Hill
I have memories of climbing the beacon and sitting on top around the hole. Looking at it now, that was a feat in itself.
My Time With The Army at Honiton 1968-1969
From 1968-1969 I was posted to Honiton with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. I was an army cook aged just 19 at the time. I thought that it was a lovely place, posted to Hong Kong. I also remember an old American guy who ran a cafe on the High Street, he settled there after WW2. We used to drink at the Volunteer pub. My camp was Heathfield camp, I expect it has been built on now? I must pay a visit some time to see what it like now. Robert Fuller
