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Doccombe c1910

Doccombe c1910-20. Mr Holmes lived here in 1920s with his granny Mrs Aggett. The house was called Long Buildings, before that Mill Cottages - apparently wool workers cottages. In 1945 still no electricity or piper water, only one communal tap. Grandpa Aggett rang the church bell and lit the paraffin lamp at bottom of Doccombe Hill. DRA 3543 MHS 028