Mortehoe, c.1900
Photo ref:
M99501
Photo ref:
M99501
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In 1850 most of the parish was employed in farming, but the sudden growth of the hotel trade in the 1870s produced an employment revolution. Records from 1889 show builders, a station master and milliners among the trades listed, and people were coming from outside the parish to work.
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A Selection of Memories from Mortehoe
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 Mortehoe
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I grew up in Woolacombe and Mortehoe but my most vivid memories was living in the bungalow of Castle Rock, scrambling down the cliffs to Combesgate Beach with my surf board from Bert Yoe's. My parents, the Gandertons had bought the hotel after the war & worked like mad during the summer months, with lots of returning guests who often became good friends too. Many scenic walks on Morte Point ...see more
I was being sentimental and thought I'd look up Castle Rock Nursing Home as I spent some great years growing up in said building when it was a hotel. Got directed to my cousin, Faye. You found Ursula yet? Hope all is well.
Every year from 1968 to 1975 we used to make the annual pilgrimage from our home in Saddleworth near Huddersfield to the Casle Rock. In the early days, before the motorway was built, it used to take us two days with an overnight stay at Stroud, but boy was it worth it when you arrived; two weeks of sheer bliss. I went back in 1985 I think it was, and parked up, walked in and asked for a room, only to be told it was a nusing home.
One day I hope to return and see it as it is now.
My parents John and Constance Leblique spent their honeymoon at the Castle Rock Hotel in Mortehoe starting on 11th October 1945.
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