Dittisham, River Dart c.1950
Photo ref:
D34004
Photo ref:
D34004
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The long pier was built to allow steamers to call at any state of the tide. The 7am ferry was always full with boatyard workers on their way to work in Dartmouth, but now the service runs only from March to October to cater for the tourist trade.
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A Selection of Memories from Dittisham
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 Dittisham
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My family (Hall) took the lease out on Greenway Farm in the 1850's. I visited this, and Galmpton (3/4 of a mile away) which were Hall "haunts" for many years until the 1890's, when the family seems to have headed to 'all parts'. I would love to know why they left such a lovely area - was farming terrible during those years? I visited in March 2011 and found the area still was 'in the time period' - ...see more
In Sept 1968 I and my five children arrived and fell in love Dittisham, just too late sadly to save the village school from closing. Eventually after renting first Dunedin Cottage and then Red Rose Cottage we were given a council house and lived there for the next 17 years. We have so many happy memories and all the children, now grown up with children and even grandchildren of their own, like to revisit Dittisham ...see more
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