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Newton Abbot, 1895
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Newton Abbot gained in importance in the 19th century by being a railway town. The Great Western Railway built a workshop here, and two main lines - to Plymouth and Torbay - divided just beyond the station. Most of the architecture is Victorian, including the fine Market Hall in the middle distance, slightly left of centre. The central church has gone, to be replaced by a store.

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Does Anyone Recall The Name Of The Hardware Store On Queen St., Late 1960s?
Browsing through these pictures of NewtonAbbot reminded me of the Saturday job I had at the hardware store. Still feel an affinity with these type places that are left! Happy days at the Grammar School 1964 to 1970.
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Court Grange
For a few years my grandfather worked here as an instructor in woodwork.My daughters father our law was also there as an instructor. For many years in the 60s I remember it being run for the deaf. As to the work house I and all my brothers and sisters were born there when it was the maternity wards. My mother worked as an auxiliary in the hospital for 26 years
Newton Abbot, the Workhouse, now part of the Hospital 2004
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Salem Place 40''s And 50''s
I used to live with my mum, Rosalie, and dad, Joe, brother John and sister Mary in No.2 and later No.4 Salem (it could have been the other way round). The Jim and Doll Yeo lived one side of us and my dad's sister, Rona and Ted Hamzij the other side and their children; Michael, Ann and maybe Nick. We had an outside toilet, a tin bath on the wall which was brought in on Sunday nights. My mum cooked on ...see more
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Bearnes School
I was born in Newton Abbot 1952. My brother John and I went to Bearnes School until John left to go to a new school above our home in Penn Inn Close. We left Newton Abbot when I was about 6 years old and moved to Bedfordshire. I remember the park (Penn Inn) the pub (Penguin) and the sounds coming from the swimming pool (now Sainsburys). I do go back occasionally on visits; I now live in Plymouth.
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