Seaton Sluice - Rocky Island

[belhay]

Charlies garden is named after a villager called Charlie who used to cultivate the top of the rock years ago before erosion turned it into what it is today  It was a well known fact when my mother was young but that was 1920s My mothers family having lived at the Pans since 1600,s new all these bits of information that we,ve all forgotten about now

[toonerty]

I dropped half a brick on my left little finger in about 1971 playing on the rocks around Charlie's Garden, aged 4. It cropped up in conversation at the hospital last night, where I had a cricketing injury examined.  The scar from the 5 stitches is still very visible, as is the fact that I've never been able to straighten that finger properly as an adult.
Fascinating to read the history of Mr Dockwray's cultivation - I'd always assumed it was a meaningless nickname.