Posts for Nostalgic
When Bude flooded
Thanks to Matt Fitzsimmons for these photos from his Nan. Does anyone remember anything about these scenes?
Hartland – Farthest from the railways
This info comes from a slender pamphlet called “Farthest From Railways: An Unknown Corner of Devon” by R. Pearse Chope, originally written in 1934. It seems Hartland Parish, despite being one of the largest in Devon, amounting to 17,000 acres in size, is too hilly for a cricket ground, is bounded by […]
Bude and Stratton Old Cornwall Society – Grenville Estate
By Helen Bartrop Hocking: The Bude, Stratton & District Old Cornwall Society gathered in The Parkhouse Centre on Lady Day evening to listen to the lecture ‘Grenville Estate and the development of Bude’ as researched by their newly elected President, Richard Michael Heard. Starting with a quick recap of Part […]
Old Cornwall Society talks about the history of Rodda’s Creamery
By Helen Hocking: Gathering as they always do on the last Monday of the month members of Bude, Stratton & District Old Cornwall Society welcomed their guest Speaker, Mr. Philip Rodda with warm applause. Having travelled the length of the Duchy to be with them, it was duly satisfying to see […]
The strange tale of the Iron Pineapple – part 1
Taken from Dawn’s book, Secret Bude: We all love a mystery, so here’s a wondrous tale of fiction set in Bude by the ‘Dartmoor Scribe’ Eden Philpotts (1862-1960) first published in Cornish Tales of Terror. It’s a macabre little tale with underlying humour and the logic of a mind possessed. It […]
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 to believe that Stratton was mentioned in the will of Alfred the Great (yes, he of cake burning scandal) back […]
Bude’s Titanic Archie Jewell
It is hard to imagine Bude having much to do with the ill-fated Titanic. In the post of lookout in the ‘crow’s nest’ just before the ill-fated Titanic struck ice was young (23) Archie Jewell of Bude. Archie was born in King’s Street, into a well known local sea-faring family. […]
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 to their business. I got £1 and 3 shillings a week in 1951 as an apprentice at the building firm, […]
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 family originated from Kilkhampton and Launcells in the 16th century, or maybe before, according to the book “Views and Likenesses” […]
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 told to Dawn Robinson by John Going, then 94, of Widemouth Bay. It was a privilege to meet John, and […]
