Thomas's Sign

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Picnics supplied with hot water and tea,
At a nice little house down by the sea,
Fresh crabs and lobster every day,
Salmon Peel, sometimes Red Mullet and Grey.
The neatest of pleasure boats let out on hire,
Fishing tackle as good as you can desire.
Bathing machines for ladies are kept,
With towels and gowns all quite correct.
Thomas is the man who provides everything,
And also teaches young people to swim.

This is the text from a sign on the refreshment hut at Anstey’s Cove,
owned by the Thomas family. It dates from the 1890s.