Posts for Nostalgic
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
