Here's a growing of collection tales of life in Cowick, Exwick, St Thomas and Alphington. Some are fun, some moving, some everyday... Thanks for sharing your stories.
Helping at the operating theatre during wartime
Volunteering with Toc H in Exeter and St. Thomas
GIs, ballroom dancing and segregation
Audio track of Age Concern users' reminiscences
The Veitch Nursery tree
Is this the tree that was felled?
Bakery tale
R D Western & Sons of Exeter
Ropemakers of St. Thomas
An oral history of the Cloggs and their family business, spanning three centuries
Ron's story
Memories of peace and war
What we owe to the few...
An encounter with a Spitfire
Frost, Fuel and Fishing
Glimpses of post-war Exeter
On Exwick Farm
A poem by Nell Tolley
Shillingfords and Exeter
Featuring the Exe Bridge in the 1400s
St Thomas
My everyday life in 2008
Dancing West of the Exe
Happy memories around Cowick Street
A day with a Hedgehog
Looking after a small Hedgehog
Anderson shelter used in St Thomas
A little history of the Anderson shelter
From west of the frozen Exe to life in India
John, in his eighties, shares some of his life story
Funny tales from Alphington
Alphington village characters
Mrs Letts, Wardrew Road
Student digs in St Thomas
Mr Pollard, the Alphington baker
and a link to a rather taller tale
Slums in St Thomas
It went on 'til the 1950s
Memories of home
St Thomas circa 1950
The potter of Newlands House
Great fortune and great fun