The meeting was held to organise our event in the Church on
29th Jun 2013 2:00 to 4:30 entitled:
"Pursue your
Past with a Devon Cream tea".
This was followed by our usual natter about things related
to the past.
Brenda mentioned just how much was lost to the redevelopment
of Exeter after the War, old houses on the car park at the end of Magdalene
Road, Bedford Circus and even the 1960s
Princesshay, one of the earliest pedestrian shopping centres in the
country. Today many of the buildings would have been listed and preserved.
Brenda has put a very interesting article in the May issue
of the Parish Magazine regarding the planning for the building of council
houses in Feniton in 1927, somewhat similar to the current planning with low
lying land and possible flooding!!
My husband Colin, and I had met with owners of Westlades, a
large house built in 1929 after four farmers invested in public houses in the
Chatham Docks area of London, this invest turned out very profitable, so Mr
Bishop built Westlades and Mr "Porky " Frank Pyle bought Jubilee House. This was built in 1897
at the time Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. With Colin, Brenda and Alan's
memories the following occupants of the house were, Mr Pyle, Mr Symonds he
there in the 1901 census, and his widow in 1911. Miss Robinson, to whom Alan's
father was groom and then gardener c. 1920, then Mr and Mrs Ould, he being a
retired policeman. Mrs Ould re started the village flower show.
