Nostalgic memories of Newton St Cyres's local history
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Hi, do you by any chance remember Nicholas ROWE?
His parents were Roy and Vivianne. He went to school there and would be about 70 now I think. I am trying to trace him for my mother as they were old family friends, but they moved often. Sadly Roy died young in his 50s and Vivianne and Nicholas moved to Bristol.
Any knowledge of the family?
My mother was Edith Kate Crump, born to John Crump and Jessie in 1905. John was son of John Crump who married Jane Lock in 1847.
John Crump died in 1907. The family were then living inn St Thomas Exeter.
Kate was taken to Mueller's Orphanage in Bristol.
When she left the orphanage she went into domestic service and later met up with an uncle who had changed his name to Walter James, and he ...see more
My 2 x great-grandfather, Thomas Crump, was born in 1799. He married Susannah Bond in 1822 and lived...??? at Mill Cottage. He became Farm Bailiff on the Quicke Estate, responsible for the letting of farms. His son, Matthew farmed at Bayleigh Farm. His son, Thomas, b1832 (my great-grandfather) was apprenticed to T. Moore, a carpenter. I visited the village some years ago and called on the Vicar. He told me that ...see more
I have an identical picture taken during the Second World War when we were evacuated from Ashford in Middlesex to stay with my mother's friends, the only difference is that a man and lady are standing to the left and my mother and I are standing on the bridge. I would have been about 5 years old. I could not believe that the picture is the same and it was a nice surprise as I sent it to some friends ...see more
I was about 3 years old when I was evacuated to Newton St Cyres from Plymouth. I lived with a nice lady called Mrs Buchannun, I believe she was a retired school mistress. I can remember the water pump in the road. I was very happy then. After the war finished, i moved back to Plymouth. I am 71 now and visited the village in 2006, it was the same as I remember it all those years ago. I loved being there. I have some photos of my happy days at Newton St Cyres.
Ref: 82302 This is a photo of Drawbridge Cottage where my family lived in 1901. John Thomas Helley and wife Eliza Ann(nee Gitsham) lived there with their children Florence, Maud, Louie Elizabeth, Hilda Ellen, Kathleen Nora, and Nellie. I would be pleased to know more about them and the cottage. Louie Elizabeth Helley married Reginald Hamilton and lived along the canal at ...see more
We moved into Shuttern Cottage in Pump Street in 1965, long before local developents started. It was quiet then, with little traffic, but the inevitable happened - first Woodlans, then Court Orchard, then lots else, but the atmosphere remained good and things for the good happened. The Recreation Ground in Station Road was set up, a rebuild of the Parish Hall undertaken, improvements to the Church, ...see more
At the moment I am 66 years old. I lived at Newton St Cyres from 1950 to 1952. My father worked at J. G. Quicke's farm where in 1952 he was unfortunately killed and my mother and I returned to Cornwall. I can still remember going to the school at the top of the hill. Ahh! those were the days. For anyone reading this who may have lived there at the same time my nickname was Trip. I seem to ...see more