Bring the past to the present
This is the completed return, in 1798, listing all the men in Hemyock who would form the Active Service force (an early form of the Home Guard). It gives very important information. The men are listed in groups:-
(a) Artificers, viz. Smiths, carpenters, sawyers and masons.
(b) Pioneers- with felling axes etc.
(c) The main body, complete with their occupations.
(d) Pioneers, with shovels & pick axes.
This document (just one page of several) that lists 26 men. The first three columns show their rank in the proposed defence force, (separate from the Militia and Volunteers), Chief, Petty and Privates. The other columns list their waggons, carts, cart horses and Directors of Stock.
The unexploded bomb at Mackham Farm in WWII with members of the Forbear family, (even the dog is posing for the photo). Presumably the soldier had defused the bomb? At least one other unexploded bomb still remains buried in the area.
May 2000, some of the evacuees who stayed and still live in Hemyock. L to R. Betty Arnold, her brother John Dimmock and Ted Tartaglia.
Some Hemyock evacuees dressed as Junior Home Guard.
Hemyock Home Guard, early 1940s
L to R Back Row – Geoff James, Leslie Hart, Stanley Salter, Stanley Lowman, Chris Doble, Frank Lowman, George Salter Percy Pike, Albert Salter, Stanley Doble, Harry Richards, Leonard Stuart, Jack Wood, Roy Granger, Harold Durman.
Middle Row – Arthur Shire, Bill Pike, Jack Trenchard, Frank Simmonds, Dennis Pring, Cedric Jenkins, Eric Cubitt, ? Chichester, Jim Hart, Dr. Muir, George Gammon Dick Granger, Walter Lee, Jack Lilley.
Front Row – Fred Clark, Fred Lawrence, Jim Lowman, Bill Alway, Bill Trickey, Dick Pooley, Harold Cubitt, H.O.Lowry, R. Thorne, George Franks, Bill Hutchings, Jim Woodgate, Harry Bale, Bill Bradford, Harry Trickey.
In 1923, Ayrshire calves were chosen, they even brought a bull calf, seen on the left, to make sure that the Ayrshire breed would remain pure in the Culm Valley.
Orders to Army Cadet.