Dawlish Warren, Mount Pleasant 1906
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Photo ref:
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Mount Pleasant Inn still stands above the marshlands of Dawlish Warren, though it has changed somewhat since this photograph was taken. Two hundred years ago it was the headquarters of a notorious smuggling gang, who would store their contraband in the tunnels and cellars beneath the building. One longer tunnel is said to have run down to the beach.
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A Selection of Memories from Dawlish Warren
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 Dawlish Warren
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I remember as if yesterday 1965 at Dawlish Warren and the carefree days of my youth spent with friends and nature there. I remember the song "we're all going to San Francisco" by Scott Walker ringing gently through the dunes as us youngsters passed time messing about as youngsters do. What lovely times they were, simpler times but we were happy just to spend time with nature, I can still hear the sand ...see more
I was born in 1942 and brought up in Walthamstow in NE London. We were a working class family and Dad always provided us with 2 week's holiday, if possible 'by the sea'.
In 1951, Dad chose Dawlish Warren. I was 9 at the time and we probably travelled down by train from Paddington, changing at Exeter St Davids and getting a local train for Dawlish Warren but I have no recollection of that. ...see more
It seems to be a wet summer this year but at long last a day when it wasn't actuially raining at breakfast time! We set off from our home in Tiverton to give granddaughter Anna a day at the seaside. The recent stormy weather and high tides have scoured away a tremendous amout of the sandy beach at Dawlish Warren but we still found a pleasant patch of shingle and sand to have our picnic. ...see more
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