Ivybridge, The Bridge c.1876
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A Selection of Memories from Ivybridge
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ivybridge
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My father was killed in the Malayan emergency and I was sent to live with my grandmother, Kezia Stedman, in Costly Street, Ivybridge.
I went to Sunnyside school. Sophie Harris was the lady who ran the school.
Then I attended Plympton Grammar, now Heles School, I believe.
I have seen photos of modern day Ivybridge and have no desire to revisit.
I was one of ten little girls, plus our teacher, who arrived in Ivybridge as evacuees from Acton, London, at the outbreak of the Second World War.
We were taken to a hall (probably at the school) where we were collected in pairs by our 'families'. The first family we stayed with lived in Exeter Road. They had a little boy, a large house and garden. They also had a car. I had never even been in a car ...see more
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