A Christmas card from Hemyock, pre 1900 because the old village pump is in the Square and the old school / Parish house is still on the corner of the Churchyard where the War Memorial now stands. The two pubs can be seen on the left.
A Hemyock Christmas Card
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The Square, Hemyock
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Looking towards The Square from Cornhill, note the oil street lamp by the bridge and the horse’s collar outside the Saddler’s shop on the right. Beyond the Pump can be seen a pile of flint where the cottages were burnt down c.1920
Looking towards Culmbridge Mill.Henry and Victress Tickery, Hemyock
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Culmbridge Road in the 1920s. Henry and Victress Trickey outside their home.
Culmbridge Road, Hemyock
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Looking from Culmbridge Road towards Fore Street. The top of the roof of the Baptist Chapel can be seen on the left. The present Post Office is a part of the cottage with tall chimney.
Station Road, Hemyock
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Station Road before Castle Park was built. c. 1950
Station Road, Hemyock
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Looking down Station Road towards Millhayes, with smoke pouring from the old factory chimney. Dobles Garage is now situated just beyond the terrace of houses on the left. A field on the right, part of Hollingarth Farm has been fenced into building plots, which were sold for
Modern view from the Church tower.
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Modern view from the Church tower. The smaller white building on the left (recently demolished) was once the Midland Bank Agency Office. The property in the centre of the picture was a shop for many years, last used as a butchers, it is now a private house.
Mr Carricks shop, High Street, Hemyock.
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Looking up the High St. to Mr. Carricks shop, the windows are elaborately dressed with oil-lamps on the left and a tiered display on the right. Inside the shop, boots, buckets and jugs etc. were hung from many hooks on the ceiling.