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Ash House, 1966

Ash houses were used for hot ash from domestic fires kept dry before being used to supply potash on arable farms. Usually round and made of granite with conical turfed roof, local to SE Dartmoor. These slides, taken by two retired sisters Marion and Muriel Banks, cover the 1960s and 1970s. Their father was the Rev. T. Hardy Banks, Methodist minister, who retired to Torquay in 1920s. They consist of 217 slides of Devon County, 90 of Torquay, 46 of Cockington. No copyright is claimed but acknowledgement of the Misses Banks would be appreciated. W.Coombe Donated slides 01.