Challaborough, South Hams Caravan Park c.1960
Photo ref: C301033
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Photo ref: C301033
Photo of Challaborough, South Hams Caravan Park c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Challaborough

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Challaborough

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My grandparents (named Holder) owned the Delphine before it became a cafe. The told me in the very early days the only access was by horse & cart from Ringmore. I think that they made good use of the horse & cart to get to the Journeys End pub. They later owned one of the three garages shown in your photo. I recall holidays there in the late 40's and 50's. My parents used to boil up ...see more
i used to own the dolphin cafe (delphine cafe) around 1989 for about five years. previously a gentleman in the RAF owned it also whitelegs the fairground company had it, and had amusements inside and out. my family ran the cafe until selling to haven leasure caravan site, whome left it empty for some time, and became vandalised. the recent owners had it pulled down due to health and safety.i have a few photos during the time we had the property.
My relations moved to this area back in the late 1950s and finally settled in Ringmore village. We had long holidays there in their home starting back in the 1960s, but the years I remember the most were the 1970s, down at Challaborough beach with my sisters and cousins. I remember the cafes, the sounds of Glam Rock coming from the juke box, and the smells of food, and the amusements, where I spent a lot ...see more
I would be particularly interested in any photos depicting Delphine Cafe or Espresso Cafe on the beachfront whatever the year but particularly 1974-78 as I worked there for many years and have lost all photos.