PETER LUGAR ARCHIVE

The late Peter Lugar was born and bred in Wembury and amassed a huge archive of photographs and other material which he published in 11 volumes of his “Memory Books”.

Peter bequeathed these to the safekeeping of Wembury Local History Society and they have now been digitised so that they can be accessed online.

ONCE UPON A TIME – WEMBURY MEMORIES

Book 1 Knighton, Watergate, Traine, Mewstone Avenue

Book 2 The School, Parish Room, Old and New Village Halls, Jubilee Inn, The Shop, Coins of the Realm

Book 3 West Wembury, Church Road including Brownshill Lane, Cross Park Road, Crossways, Colliers Close, Beach View Crescent, Cliff Road, Roper’s Field and the Chalets

Book 4 Wembury Beach and the Mill, The Mewstone, Wembury Point Holiday Camp, HMS Cambridge, The Eddystone Lighthouses

Book 5 Wembury Church exterior, Wembury Church events, Wembury Church plate

Book 6 Wembury Church – Interior

Book 7 Thorn and the Yealm, Old Barton Farm, Almshouses, Wembury House

Book 8 Gabber Farm, Down Thomas, Mount Pleasant, Langdon & the Tithe Barn, Langdon Court

Book 9 Trade Directories, Dramatic Society, Women’s Institute, Mothers’ Union, Coach Trips, Miscellaneous Items

Book 10 Farm Machinery of the 1940s and 1950s

Book 11 Wembury Then & Now

Peter Lugar’s Photographic Archive – Complete Index.  If you would like to view any of the individual photographs please contact us quoting the file reference.