Delabole, The Quarry c.1930
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Photo ref: D21012
Photo of Delabole, The Quarry c.1930

A Selection of Memories from Delabole

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 Delabole

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Our father took us by train to Delabole for a holiday, in I think 1943.We stayed at a farm and had clotted cream every day at breakfast.It was stormy and a girl nearly got drowned.The quarry was very deep and they showed us the butterfly.I was nine.
In1939 I was for a short while evacuated to Delabole with my elder brother, I have very few memories as I was 5 at the time,. We stayed with Mr & Mrs. Mules (amended from Mills 19.07.2018) They lived at "St. Michaels" a property on the High St.. They had a son Edwin aged about 14. I seem to recall the property backed on to a railway cutting thro' which the occasional single carriage train would run. My home was ...see more
This photo was taken before 1950. My father built a house by the church where it shows outhouses (now No 76), and the light coloured house was owned by my uncle, and in my lifetime there was always a porch on the front.