Moor Memories Collection

Moor Memories, an oral history project which aimed to capture the voices and memories of the people of Dartmoor, building on similar projects undertaken by the Authority and others in the 1980s and earlier.

Housing, Transport, Growing Up and WW2

4Water and Toilets

7Walking and Cycling

14Fairs and festivals

15WW2 and Effects

16WW2 and Effects

17WW2 and Effects

Farming

4Old Farming Practices

6Learning from experience

Landscape; People; Places; Weather

7Brent Moor House

8Foggintor School

9Hansford Worth

10Local Characters

11Harsh Winters

13Foggintor School

14Animal Behaviour

15Changes in Weather Patterns

Domestic Life, Village Life and Visitors

6Whortleberries

10Pannier Markets

11Local Grocers

12Water and Toilet Facilities

13Cleaning and Washing

19Bed and Breakfast

Dairy, Crops, Sheep and Wool

3Cream and Butter

4Farming Lifestyle

6Labour Intensive work

8Dartmoor Sheep

9Swede and Kale

11Wool Production

12Woolen Merchants

Moorland Grazing and Vegetation

4Riding out on the moor

5Helft and lear

14Burning Patterns

World War 2. Harsh Winters.

2Social activities

3American Soldiers

7Wartime incidents

8Military aircraft

9Plymouth blitz

10Winter of 1947

11Winter of 1963

14Potato and turnip caves

Gathering and Trading

4Whortleberries

9Cream and butter

12Exchanging produce

16Delivery rounds

17Decline of local shops

Railways and Leisure Time

2Transporting goods

3Woolworths special

6Sunday School trip

7Out on the moor

10Entertainment

11Princetown Fair