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What is now 1 Taw Green Cottages was once the Smithy I am told. TAW GREEN is a hamlet in South Tawton in Okehampton, Devon, UK

A memory of Taw Green by Tonnie Keith

I was in stowlangtoft hall with my brother Dominic Attard my sister Maria Attard my name is Rita, I believe I was only 6months old my brother was about 6/ 7 my sister about 3/4 years old ,I do remember having a sleep in the ...Read more

A memory of Stowlangtoft by Rita Croston

I was born 1943 in Purley Cottage Hospital, lived at 2 The Mount, christened at St Peters and taught at Woodmansterne Primary for a while. Walked to school via Hatch Lane and Rectory Lane and where they joined is, I think, ...Read more

A memory of Woodmansterne by Laurie Packer

Porthywaen born and bred, lived at the Gate House for nearly 30 years with Mum Dad and 2 Brothers, Dad lived there most of his life he was born next door at Yew Tree Cottage in 1940 his father worked in the quarries and some very ...Read more

A memory of Porth-y-waen by Phil Davies

It is interesting to hear from some one who lived so close to me when I was little. We lived up from the high mill in hope cottage. My father Robert Stroud worked at the really awful mill most of his life for almost nothing. Mr Stear ...Read more

A memory of Shaw Mills by Janet Gulick

My Grandad Cecil Robert Swansborough moved into Hurtmore in 1924, he is first registered at 1 Kersland Cottages. They moved to 21?Quarry Cottages now 38 Quarry Road. They were then moved into number 3 ...Read more

A memory of Hurtmore by Brenda Swansborough

My name is Drew Ramsay and my father retired from Calcutta India back home to Dundee in 1963 when I was 13 years old. He leased Tombuie Cottage for 5 years as a holiday home which came complete with a little over ...Read more

A memory of Tombuie Cottage by Drew Ramsay

I lived behind the Travellers Rest ,hett hills , my grandad George Armstrong owned the Garage at Tribley Cottages ,our neighbours were Mr & Mrs strong ,Linda strong ,and her 2 brothers . I used to play on the pub steps . We then ...Read more

A memory of Pelton Fell by Jacqui Vasey

My relatives came from Hatfield Broad Oak and Bush End . My grandfather was gamekeeper on the forest . I have pictures of him and his wife with 9 of their children . His first wife had 16 children . My grandmother ,his second wife ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Broad Oak by Brian Matthews

Born 1959 & lived down the bottom of Coombe Road. Looking at the pics of the village I can remember the daily uphill trudge with mum to the shops. Ok I was in a pushchair on the way up but that became a shopping trolley on the way back. As ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Dave Roberts