My mother was born in 1903 in Torquay and spent her life there. There was no sea wall on Torquay seafront and she remembers when there was a terrible storm and a postman delivering post to the Livermead House Hotel was picked up by a huge wave and swept into the sea and drowned. Even though a lot of work has been done on the sea defences traffic is still diverted from the front in stormy weather. I remember once being on a double decker bus when a mighty wave went over the top of the bus, I was terrified!

Written by Margaret Brinicombe

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