LOCAL HISTORY
that, in 1875, the son of the owner of Warfleet House had a 600 foot long model railway in the garden; that the mayor told members of the public in 1877 not to stamp their feet in the Assembly rooms lest the building collapsed; and that spithead once had an elaborate maze paving, ripped up by the Borough Corporation in 1890 to the consternation of the town folk. the book is not a guidebook to
Dartmouth, but I have organised it so that it is possible to walk through town, either in reality, book in hand, or imaginatively, tracing the changes in Dartmouth. I have also crossed the river to Kingswear and included Dartmouth regatta and the stories of some of our local businesses and organisations. I hope it will be an enjoyable read, and am pleased that profits from sales will support the Museum.
▼ The Higher Ferry The Dartmouth Floating Bridge opened in 1831 to the sound of bands playing and people cheering. Sixty carriages, four at a time, along with 200 saddle horses and hundreds of pedestrians, crossed the river. In the years since, there have been eight floating bridges running on chains between Sandquay and Lower Noss Point. The second ferry was powered by two horses working a treadmill in the centre of the ferry. The third ferry built locally by Philip and Son Ltd was steam powered. The newest, which arrived in 2009, again to cheering crowds, carries 32 cars and has simultaneous loading and unloading.
▲ Dartmouth Butchers Not so long ago there were ten butchers in Dartmouth supplied by 5 local abattoirs. Many of these shops can still be spotted by the brass rail under the window, which is typical of a butcher’s shop. Only one in Victoria Road, however, remains a butcher’s today in the same premises used by the appropriately named Cutmore family, whose three generations were local butchers for seventy years. Pictured in the 1920s when called The Family Butcher, Dartmouth Butchers is still supplying locally sourced meat.
Dartmouth Through Time is published by Amberley Publishing. It is available for £14.99 at Dartmouth Community Bookshop (Higher st, Dartmouth), W.G Pillars (Lower st, Dartmouth), Dartmouth Museum, on Amazon and the Amberley website:
www.amberleybooks.com. Profits will go towards supporting the Dartmouth Museum.
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