Thurlestone, The Village 1918
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Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845. Despite some garish modern buildings and the large golf course nearby, Thurlestone remains the attractive village we see here in 1918.
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A Selection of Memories from Thurlestone
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 Thurlestone
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Walked these cliffs to Hope Cove a tremendous number of times and watched the wildlife and the waters rise in winter: especially under the wooden bridge between Rock House and Thurlestone and separate the beach from the two. Lots of relatives in Hope Cove, Stayed with a good friend, Trevor R. in Galmpton and went to school with Jill Adair's sister, Charlotte, Spent my summer caddying on Thurlestone golf ...see more
My parents brought 'Rixholme' (house in the foreground) in eary 70s and renamed it Seamark. It was an amazing house to grow up in. The house had a lightning conductor on one of the chimneys and I still remember the house shaking when it was hit.
My memory of the Rock House Hotel is very particular and rooted in the period 1973-1980
My stepfather's family owned the White House across the paddock field from the Rock House Hotel. The gate from The Huts & Boat Shed nearest the road to the beach opened almost directly onto the side entrance to the hotel, then run by the terribly tall and rather Fawlty like Trevor.
As a teenage boy 'camping' ...see more
Growing up in Hope Cove I often walked across the cliifs to Thurlestone Bay, with Kim our Border Collie and every time the view over the vast beach and that magical rock with a hole in it, never ceased to amaze me.
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