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Malborough Church of England Primary School 1952–57
At the age of five it was time for me to go to school and along with most children in the village I went to Malborough School. My near neighbour…
Now you see it – now you don’t!
I have written before about how most people these days have still and video cameras on their phones and how we have all unwittingly become recorders of history. We spend…
The South Hams and the Cornwall connection
Devon and Cornwall are like brothers. There is nothing the inhabitants like better than getting one over the other county. However there is more that unites them rather than dividing…
Phillida and Mary
Hope and the surrounding areas in the 1920s From time-to-time conflict arises on social media regarding the shortage of social or affordable housing and the increasing number of holiday homes….
Hazel Leslie’s Memory
The essay below was written in 1974 by a young woman called Hazel Leslie. Hazel was born in the village in the 40s. Her uncle was Bill Thornton a member…
A very photogenic part of the world
The arrival of the actor Jim Broadbent in Kingsbridge last autumn to shoot some scenes for a film “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” prompted some old memories. Who remembers the…