Dittisham, Beach Cottage c.1965
Photo ref:
D34011
Photo ref:
D34011
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This beautiful cottage still stands, largely unaltered apart from a little pruning of the creeper on the walls and the trees to the left. Thatching in the South Hams was traditionally undertaken using reed from the shores of Slapton Ley, which was regarded as far superior to any other material.
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A Selection of Memories from Dittisham
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 Dittisham
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My family (Hall) took the lease out on Greenway Farm in the 1850's. I visited this, and Galmpton (3/4 of a mile away) which were Hall "haunts" for many years until the 1890's, when the family seems to have headed to 'all parts'. I would love to know why they left such a lovely area - was farming terrible during those years? I visited in March 2011 and found the area still was 'in the time period' - not ...see more
In Sept 1968 I and my five children arrived and fell in love Dittisham, just too late sadly to save the village school from closing. Eventually after renting first Dunedin Cottage and then Red Rose Cottage we were given a council house and lived there for the next 17 years. We have so many happy memories and all the children, now grown up with children and even grandchildren of their own, like to revisit Dittisham with ...see more
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