Downderry, Coastguard Bungalows 1901
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Photo ref:
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These charming cottages still stand, altered but recognisable and now holiday homes. The village slipway, up and down which fishing boats are still hauled to protect them from winter storms, is down the road to the left.
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I first visited Downderry fifty years ago on my honeymoon. My husband's (Bill Polwin Baxter) father William Henry Polwin had been coastguard there towards the end of the 19th century - my mother-in-law was born at the coastguard house in St Mawes. It was a beautiful day and we swam in the sea at the bottom of the garden. I am a Shetlander used to colder waters and found it very surprising that the sand ...see more
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