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We’ll Meet Again
I could not find anything last month that compared with the current lockdown; the snow of 1947 and the less dramatic snow of about 40 years are simply not comparable….
A murder and a volunteer
The picture in the Delving into the Past, The Gazette 14.2.20, of Kingsbridge Cottage Hospital, (which was built on land donated by Mr Ilbert of Bowringsleigh,) reminded me how lucky…
Old Masters, wives and young mistresses?
Well, may be not quite, officially Old Masters were artists painting before 1800, but artists have been drawn to Hope Cove since the mid 1800’s. Thanks to research started by…
Winter celebrations
Oh dear, it seems I didn’t press the vital button to post the November contribution, and have recently been bogged down in post Christmas clear up. Now I am now…
November gales
The gales have been fierce this November with wind speeds of 100mph recorded at Prawle Point, but in past years, there have been some more notable November storms in Hope….
Ghosts and bonfires
Being the season of ghost stories and bonfires, I thought I’d look for stories involving the parish, but came up with virtually nothing. There was a bonfire of course as…