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Littleham
memories
Littleham’s Reg Hill was well known in his local community and wrote a series of articles about Littleham History for the Exmouth Journal.
Sadly, Reg passed away in Autumn 2007. If you would like to leave a tribute to Reg, visit our tributes page by CLICKING HERE>>
Littleham's centenarian Reg Hill was, 70-years ago, the
'fixer' of Littleham Rangers Football Club, and it was his
task to organise fixtures and find a football 'pitch' each
week. MORE >>
Reg’s
days before Sandy Bay or trains
CENTENARIAN Reg Hill is a veritable living history book
– having lived in Littleham continuously since 1911 –
and has seen many changes during his lifetime. "When
I was a boy, Littleham WAS Exmouth," he says. "Along
with Withycombe, it was the centre of everything and the town
you see now sprang from those two communities." MORE>>
When
cars took over from the coach & horses
GETTING around 100 years ago was a relatively simple matter
because, for most, there was but a single option – walk.
When Littleham's 100-year-old Reg Hill was a boy, many of
Great Britain's train lines hadn't been laid, the “engines”
that powered coaches were of the four-legged variety and cars
and bicycles were a burgeoning technology – out of reach
to all but the most affluent. MORE>>
Discipline
ruled the house!
LISTENING to Littleham's Reg Hill discuss his austere childhood
and the Spartan-like discipline enforced by his father, it
is clear that today's children have got it easy. MORE>>
It is the 64th anniversary of the “Littleham Blitz”,
when Adolf Hitler bombed the village. It was April 1942 and
Hitler was sitting in his Bavarian bunker, still stewing after
the RAF's impetuous raid on the ancient German cathedral city
of Lubeck the previous month. He ordered Luftwaffe boss Hermann
Goering into his wolf's layer, demanding reprisals. MORE>>
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