Posts for Features
Stratton’s Roots
Info here adapted from the book by the late Rennie Bere and Brian Dudley Stamp, written in 1980, The Book of Bude and Stratton. Images are from Ray Boyd. Hard […]
From builder to coffin maker. Interview with Bude’s Bryan Adams
As part of an interview with local resident , Bryan Adams, I learned how Bryan gained an apprenticeship at Pethicks the building company in Bude. They had an interesting arm […]
Behind the Lens
Taken from Bude Past & Present Adapted from: Views and Likenesses – Photographers & Their Work in Cornwall and Scilly, 1839-1870, by Charles Thomas, 1988 The well-known local Thorn photographic […]
The day they dug up Bude’s railway track…
Railway 1950s – freight train approaches the wharf Decided to use this story previously published on Bude Past & Present site, given the Bude Connect AGM on Saturday. Story […]
A chat with Len Tozer
Many of you will know retired geography teacher, Len Tozer, who used to work at Budehaven School. Recently, we enjoyed a long chat (Len can talk for England which is […]
Visiting St Juliot Church
Despite studying and loving literature, I have always struggled to read Thomas Hardy. He is so lusciously descriptive that it sometimes feels like overkill. Discussing writing with locally-based romantic fiction […]
What do you know about Carlton Blyth?
So, what does anyone know about Carlton Blyth? Buried at St Michael’s.
Meeting American visitors in Bude
It’s funny sometimes how things happen out of the blue, so a telephone call from Mary Greer this weekend led to me meeting a party of 24 people, primarily American […]
Bude’s historic golf club…
It was a delight to visit Bude Golf Club on Friday. More about the changes happening there soon, but I hadn’t realised the club has quite a history. If you […]