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Watcombe maps
Historic maps of Watcombe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Watcombe maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
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Watcombe books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Watcombe and the local area. View all Watcombe books
Devon County Memories
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South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
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Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
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Memories of Watcombe
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I have wonderful memories of Watcombe. I lived there for many years. The beach was a favourite place to go in the summer, although even later for me as I used to help Bob Chapman with his fishing, he used to put out the lobster pots and salmon nets. I did the rowing and sometimes the sea very rough but it... [more]
Shared on 10 February 2009
Devon memories
The thirties were the very early days in my life. My mother would take us up to Greathill where we would sit and have a picnic, not a lot to eat but a chance to play in the fresh air. We were all very happy together. Sometimes we might see a skylark rising above us singing away. We used to try... [more]
Shared on 11 February 2009
Longing to hear from the St Marychurch Ghosts
Where are you... all my friends... people I knew... people who knew me... MRS ROOK... Roy Chick's family... I have actually spoken to only one person... MISS HOCKIN from the sweet shop in Fore Street... but where are all the ghosts... all the great people who lived in and around Fore Street in the 1940s... young BROWN from Ellacombe (Royal Navy)...... [more]
Shared on 15 October 2008
I live in the USA, but my home was St Marychurch, a special place run by Catholic nuns during World War 2. I was barely two years old, and I was brought there with my five-year-old sister by my aunt, because my father was killed in action in a Lancaster bomber plane when returning back to England after a raid on... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
Clog Morris Dancing at the Babbacombe Festival
A week long programme of events for the Babbacombe Festival included a display of clog morris dancing by the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris side from nearby Combeinteignhead, accompanied by a large band of four squeezeboxes and percussion.
The dancers performed in the evening at the Precinct close to the Dolphin pub. It didn't take long before a... [more]
Shared on 26 June 2008
Heather and Gorse dance at Teignmouth
There is a beautiful wide paved area at Teignmouth Triangle which is a natural focal point to meet people and maybe sit and chat on one of the many benches nearby. This was the venue chosen by the Heather and Gorse dancers to put on a display of clog morris dancing along with their band of accordians and melodeons.
Shared on 03 November 2007
A St Marychurch lad I lived in Hampton Farm Cottage, Hampton Farm, Hampton Lane, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon. I had been away from Torquay for several years - Army Service, etc....... but did eventually return to find that a BY PASS had been cut through the Farm area and there it was in front of me... the road by passing St... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2007
Dancing on the Downs in front of Babbacombe Theatre
I spent a lovely sunny July evening with my Morris Dancing friends at Babbacombe providing a musical and dancing entertainment for the holidaymakers on the Downs.
The group of dancers is the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris from nearby Combeinteignhead and we arranged to meet in front of The Buccaneer Pub at 8 o'clock to dance until sundown. We... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2009
Extracts From Watcombe & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Watcombe, inspired by Frith photos.
Teignmouth Photographic Memories
Skirts and hair were shorter than ever before in the new decade! A two hour horse-drawn carriage ride for four people cost two shillings (10p). A Spanish Oak planted as a cen- trepiece when Victoria became Queen in 1837 was felled to make way for 1920s public lavatories. Electric street lighting was in its infancy. The Belgian Urn on the Triangle was presented by refugees... [more]
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Teignmouth Photographic Memories
A more casual style prevails in 1955. Now the tower of St Michael`s Church is more obvious, following the destruc- tion of numbers 1 and 2 Esplanade (the Berkeley and Esplanade Hotels) in September 1942.
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Teignmouth Photographic Memories
Holidays at British resorts were thriving in the 1940s. Large stacks of deck chairs punctuated the prom- enade. Ice cream was delivered in aluminium boxes, some can be seen beneath the serving hatch.
This is an extract from Teignmouth Photographic Memories.
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