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Delabole, Medrose c.1930
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Medrose is a small hamlet within the famous slate-quarrying village of Delabole, down a lane off the main street. This view looks down towards the quarry and Bodmin Moor in the far distance. Just about everything in this view is made of slate: the houses, walls, roofs, steps and gutters beside the lane. The Post Office was moved to the High Street in 1949.

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A Selection of Memories from Delabole

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 Delabole

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Holiday
Our father took us by train to Delabole for a holiday, in I think 1943.We stayed at a farm and had clotted cream every day at breakfast.It was stormy and a girl nearly got drowned.The quarry was very deep and they showed us the butterfly.I was nine.
Delabole, High Street and St John's Church c1930
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Wartime Evacuee
In1939 I was for a short while evacuated to Delabole with my elder brother, I have very few memories as I was 5 at the time,. We stayed with Mr & Mrs. Mules (amended from Mills 19.07.2018) They lived at "St. Michaels" a property on the High St.. They had a son Edwin aged about 14. I seem to recall the property backed on to a railway cutting thro' which the occasional single carriage train would run. My home ...see more
Delabole, High Street and St John's Church c1930
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68 To 76 High Street And Church
This photo was taken before 1950. My father built a house by the church where it shows outhouses (now No 76), and the light coloured house was owned by my uncle, and in my lifetime there was always a porch on the front.
Delabole, High Street and St John's Church c1930
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