Dulverton, The Town Hall c.1965
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Photo ref:
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This is Fore Street, which was built wide to accommodate fairs and markets. The 18th-century Market Hall became the Town Hall in 1927, when the steps were added for access to the room used for entertainment and meetings. The Tantivy (left) was named after the coach service that connected with Dulverton's railway station, two miles away.
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Memories of Dulverton, the Town Hall c1965
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My family lived in Dulverton in the 1950s. Both parents were hairdressers and we sold sweets and tobacco as well as drapery and ice cream from our shop on the High Street. We had the first chewing gum machine and you used an old penny to get chewing gum and every fourth coin got a double pack. My sister Pam and I went to the school up on the hill and my brother Barrie went to Minehead Grammar School. I used ...see more
I was working at the Lion Grage then, Mr & Mrs Ros in the Tantivy. First thing in the morning I would go to Mr Ross for our fags (pay him on Friday - pay day), the garage then was open seven days a week for petrol (Esso), Sundays people were coming back off the moors and would fill with petrol. Go to the Tantivy for ice cream, it was good days, the Lion Hotel and the Lamb Hotel always full with guets, the times ...see more
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