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Saunton, The Rockpools 1938
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Even today, shrimping is still a popular pastime on the waterfront. The girl's bathing costume has legs to it; today's toddler is quite likely to be sporting a pair of knickers at most. The white building right of centre is the Saunton Sands Hotel. Today, this is expanded into a prestigious establishment, still white and gloriously floodlit at night.

An extract from Barnstaple Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Saunton

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 Saunton

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This Farm I Worked On As A Student
I worked on this farm as a young lad before going to Agricultural College. I lodged with a family in the cottage in the picture.
Saunton, 1940
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The House I Lived In
I lived in the white bungalow on the right of the picture with my parents from 1953 until 1959. My father was Secretary of the Saunton Golf Club and the house was owned by the Christie Estates at that time. I have many happy memories of holidays at Saunton during that time.
Saunton, view from Sandhills c1950
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Saunton Sands Hotel In Ww2
The hotel was used by the Duke of York's Military School which had been evacuated from Dover - on the cliff tops. Wooden huts were erected along the cliff in front and alongside the hotel to be used as classrooms - each with coke-operated stoves leading to outside chimneys. All doors were taken off the hotel rooms [to create space?]. Bunk beds were installed. The sands had been used for Commando ...see more
Saunton, the Saunton Sands Hotel c1955
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