This estate was built during the 1950's when Adela and Bryn MORRIS moved from Wales to run the only shop on the estate. Bryn became a grocer as had his father before him. Greenlands is situated on the edge of Dartmoor a little outside Tavistock. At the time, the estate was surrounded by farmland and only a few hundred yards from the moorland.
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| Pop delivery. Bryn on side. |
At first they had a small three wheeled van to make deliveries. As was common at the time, the shop ran a bread delivery round as well as a grocery delivery service. It was the same van that was used to take the family on holiday to Devon and took some belongings down there prior to the move. It made several crossings on the Severn Ferry and having a pointed front was always pushed into a corner.
The van came to an unexpected end when it collided with a milk float on one of the steep hills leading down to Tavistock.
At this point another (safer) van was obtained.
Tavistock Grammer School Staff and Pupils 1953 (33k photograph)
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