On Monday, 25 January 2016 18:15:55 UTC, John Hall wrote:
In message ,
Lawrence Jenkins writes
On Monday, 25 January 2016 17:12:18 UTC, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 13:33:18 UTC, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:

Oh how I long for those winters of yore, but I can never find Yore
Google maps so where the hell is it.

Ore. East Sussex.

Richard


Oare what ?


Lorna Doone, Oare Farm, Oare, Devon.

That was Exmoor rather than Dartmoor, though.


Now 1683 the Great Winter was one to remember so maybe its 'days of Oare'.


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John Hall
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particularly from a relative, a friend,
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John , Did you ever hear of Sir Atthol Oakeley. He was a royal blue blooded heavyweight wrestler who lived in Lynton the village just above Lynmouth North Devon.

Back in September 1988 I was on a late summer holiday in Appledor and of course visited Doone/Ridd country in Exmoor and there in the visitors car park was a National Trust bookstand here I purchased Sir Atthol's expose of the real Doone/ Ridd saga. He claims that Lorna and John Ridd really did exists and were not R D Blackmoor fictional characters.

Sir Athol who claimed to have Royal lineage was also a British champion wrestler in the 1920/30's Here's his Wiki entry.

Interesting character.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholl_Oakeley