"I was born and brought up here - my family have been here since at least the late the 18th century - but I was "called up" for national service when I was 18 and had been away for 50 years, coming back to visit my family home from time to time. My wife and I returned to live here again in 1995.

Most of the people that I knew are now in the churchyard - being involved in the LHI project has been a good way to make friends with the current residents. Most of the newcomers have come here to retire or own second homes, so it’s a question of encouraging everybody to integrate.

The parish of South Huish has three communities, South Huish, Galmpton and Hope Cove, and second-home owners account for about 50% of the homes in the area, which does create problems.

Somehow we have to encourage homeowners who live far away to feel more involved in the village. In a housing survey, we targeted every single house, but from some we had no replies. If the property was let to holidaymakers - probably we never reached the owners. We did a special exhibition of all the information we collected through the housing survey. Galmpton had already produced a booklet about the history of the houses in their village, and that spurred us on to try and do it for the whole of the parish. All the forms were then exhibited in the local village hall and people came to look, amend and add.

We also have five or six oral records. One of the active members recorded various interviews with daughters of fishermen who have long since gone and other residents, including one local lifeboatman who’s now in his nineties with impaired sight - his voice has been recorded and is there for those that come after us."