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Holcombe Rogus| Waterrow| Westford| Wiveliscombe| Rockwell Green| Milverton| Wellington| Nynehead| Sampford Peverell| Culmstock| Uffculme| Halse| Halberton| Chettiscombe
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More Memories of Waterrow
Dear reader, I have received some lovely messages since writing a few memories I thought I would add a few more.
The Rock Inn
I use to stay with my great uncle/aunty's public house, namely the Rock Inn, in 1958- 1965. The Pub was split into three rooms, the Snug, the Lounge Bar and the restaurant. There (Jim and Florence Pyle) were the landlord of the the Rock. At the time we the Bishop Family lived in Sidcup Kent we would come down to the west country by steam train from Paddington down to Taunton then onto the Branch line changing from the main line to the branch line (Taunton to Barnstaple) and getting off at either Wiveliscombe or at Venn Cross near Waterrow. I used to spend a lot of my holidays at the Rock Inn.
Exmoor Hunt
The Hunt would regularly meet outside for a stirrup cup before they departed for their meet, this happened on Boxing day and early Spring. my great uncle... Read more
The Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965
The Rock Inn will alway have a special place in my heart. As a small boy I would spend as many holidays as I could staying at my uncle and aunt's pub The Rock Inn. In 1959/60 I would have only been five years old but I am blessed with a very good memory of my uncle, called James Pile, and his wife Florence, better known to the locals as Jim and Curly, and their ever faithfull black labrador called Carlo. The kitchen was a hive of activity with Shirley Pearce, Maureen Blackmore, Mrs Brice (known as Auntie Topsy) and a lady that lived in the village called Mrs German who lived half way up the hill on the right hand side of the Rock Inn.
The farmers used to frequent the pub supping on the local ales and Watney's Red Barrel. Uncle Jim drove a dark green Standard Vangard Phase 1A (Bettleback) car. He loved that pub with all it quirkiness, its spiral staircase and its own well and... Read more
Sylvanus Ferris
Hi, not a memory but i have found out that my great-grandfather was born in this little village in 1856. Any info or gossip would be welcome, on Sylvanus Ferrisor any of the Ferris clan that lived in the village. Thanks, Lee.
Mr. & Mrs. Grabham
Thlocal shop was owned by my grandmother, Mrs Grabham, my father was brought up there, and had a very happy childhood. We used to visit when I was a child and I loved it. Sadly the shop does not exist any more, but it still a lovely little village. The cottage that they lived in was just across the road from the church.
Lower Westford
I have just discovered that my great grandmother, Sarah Selwood, lived at 4 Lower Westford with her husband, Frederick John Selwood. I wonder if there are still relatives that I don't know living there.
1939-1945
I have lovely memories of Wiveliscombe and my Father moved us there in September 1939. We lived in London and with the war upon us the move for me was very positive .I was just 3 at the time and really took to country life and we were lucky because we managed to rent Norton Cottage(Oposite the Vicarage). The Cottage was part of Norton House(Which was Condemmed) and we had a lovely garden which was part of the House. My Father was in a reserved occupation and had to live in London but visited us at every opportunity.
I was really too young to appreciate the terrible war which was going on in the world and I can recall going to school and really becoming part of the community.
My Sister got married at the local Church in 1944 .My Brother-in-Law had moved from London and worked in Engineering very close to where we lived.
I remember using the local shop at the bottom of the Hill and I believe... Read more
Wiveliscombe Earliest Memories
I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called Richards and Lanes (later became Twiggers) to buy me a Dinky or Corgi car. I was only four in 1960. Our family had moved from Holbury near the New Forest in Hampshire to Somerset in the late 1960s. In November of 1967 we (the Bishop family) bought Upingtons, 6 High Street, a strange Georgian house (I think it was haunted) bought from the Maunders family. It had three floors and two cellars and full of dry rot and death watch beetle. My father (a very tall man) used to be in the merchant navy as a sea captain, Peter Bishop, being nearly 6ft 5 inches tall - my school new friends would say "Hi Julian, how's your 7ft dad?". There was a cake shop/restaurant next door run by the Rates family.... Read more
