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10th March 2011 by 2 Comments

Family portrait

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Station Road Bridge

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A view from the bottom of Station Road looking across the river, towards Hemyock Railway Station and part of the old Milk Factory. After this picture was taken, a small wooden bridge was installed (by the Milk Factory) to enable the public easier access accross the River Culm when it was flooded.

In March 2011, the ‘original’ wooden footbridge (which would have been on the right-hand side of the road in this picture) was removed following the opening of a new wooden footbridge on the opposite side of the road.

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Crossing the Culm River at Station Road

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Filed Under: Hemyock, Milk Factory, Railways

Portrait of Mr & Mrs French

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Portrait of Mr & Mrs French, parents of Mrs Richard Ayres.

Portrait photo of Mr and Mrs French

Portrait photo of Mr and Mrs French

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Filed Under: French

Football – Hemyock vs Brentford 1949

28th February 2011 by 8 Comments
Hemyock Football Team 1949 - Newspaper Report

Hemyock Football Team 1949 – Newspaper Report

HEMYOCK HOLD BRENTFORD

HEMYOCK 3, BRENTFORD XI 5

By Yellow Hammer

One of the best games of football seem in the Culm Valley for many years too place at Hemyock, on Saturday, when the home club received a visit from Brentford, the F.A. Division II club, from London.
There was a record crowd of over over [sic] 600 and the visitors included three professionals Woodward, Parker and Francis – in their side.

HEMYOCK ATTACK

Early in the second half, Hemyock broke through and Jones brilliantly saved a shot by centre-forward Salter and cleared up field, but the ball was soon back into the Brentford half. Hemyock’s left-winger, Bale, passed to Abbey and again the ball went spinning into the Brentford goal. Hemyock attacked again, but Brown passed the ball to centre-forward Way, who beat the Hemyock backs for Brentford’s second goal.

Hemyock were in no way discouraged, and were soon in the Brentford half again. Abbey, who played a great game, sneaked the ball from Woodward and sent it out to Bale, who in turn shot it into the Brentford goal.
Brentford tried hard to equalise, but Hurst, who gave a masterly exhibition in the Hemyock goal, delighted the crowd by his display in dealing with many difficult shots.

BRENTFORD EQUALISE

Once more Hemyock took the game into the Brentford half – this time giving Jones a worrying time but they failed to score. After brilliant footwork, Brentford again equalised through Way, and shortly afterwards, Francis again scored for Brentford, taking the lead for the first time. Play was fast and interesting, and just before the end, Bright, being hard pressed, passed back to Hurst, who could not prevent the ball bouncing to the net. The end came with the score 5-3 in Brentford’s favour.

FINE PERFORMANCE

The team played a grand game, and judging by their performance against Brentford should do well in this coming season. The Brentford team were afterwards entertained to tea, and enjoyed a game of skittles and darts.

Hemyock Football Team 1949

Hemyock Football Team 1949

Hemyock: F. Hurst (goal); J. Pitman, J. Parkinson, R. Casely, T. Bright. L. Rowland (capt.), L. Greenslade, R. Abbey, L. Salter, G. Pike and G. Bale.

Brentford: D. Jones (goal) ; J. Yates, Parker, C. Davis, R. Hart, Woodward; J. Blizzard, Francis, H. Brown,  J. Way and A. Hutchins.

Referee: G. G. Butler (Tiverton); linesmen A . Moyland (Taunton League) and A. Seward (Bampton).

Hemyock Football Team 1949 - Player position vs Brentford

Hemyock Football Team 1949 – Player position vs Brentford

Hemyock Football Team 1949 - Programme

Hemyock Football Team 1949 – Programme

 

Filed Under: 1940s, Football, Hemyock, Sport & Leisure

History Group Speaker 10 March ’11

11th February 2011 by 1 Comment
Upottery Airfield, England, 22 April 1944.

Upottery Airfield, England, 22 April 1944.

Mr Claud Caple, from the South West Airfields Heritage Trust will be addressing the Hemyock History and Archiving Association on Thursday, 10th March ’11.

The subject is the World War II airfileds at Dunkeswell, Smeatharpe and Culmhead.

New members are warmly welcomed. The talk begins at 7:30pm, in the Church Rooms.

For more information, please contact Mike Cooper on 01823 680175.

Filed Under: 1930s, 1940s, Dunkeswell, News & Events, Smeatharpe, Upottery

Foxes book author delight History Group

11th February 2011 by 1 Comment
Front cover from "The Foxes of Wellington"

Front cover from “The Foxes of Wellington”

The Hemyock History and Archiving Association gave a warm welcome to local author, Dorothy Lomas, on February 10th. The guest speaker delighted the Church Rooms gathering with warm tales of her journey through the Fox Family research – the subject of her new book.

The Fox Family became one of the most successful commercial families in the South-West. Coldharbour Mill, in Uffculme, was home to their famous Khaki dye and infamous soldiers’ ‘friend’ – the Puttee. The mill was said to produce around 4.5 miles of cloth, each day.

At the end of the evening, Dorothy kindly signed a number of copies of her book The Foxes of Wellington – A Family in Business. Proceeds of the book are being donated to the Friends of Coldharbour Mill. More information is available from the Mill, on 01884 840960.

The evening ended with donations being taken for the up-keep of the Church Rooms. A total of

Filed Under: Fox, News & Events, Uffculme

Churchinford Post Office

7th February 2011 by Leave a Comment
Churchinford Post Office

Churchinford Post Office

Churchinford’s Post Office remains largely unchanged, in structure. The Post Office and stores closed for business at Christmas, 2010. The building was advertised for sale in February, 2011.

The petrol pumps, dispensing Shell, Esso and BP fuel (at 1’/4) have long since gone and the underground tanks filled with concrete. There is a doorway marking the entrance to the new ‘Old Post Office’ building, where the pumps used to be.

The telephone kiosk appears to be a K3 design. These were introduce in 1927. Rural communities were shocked by the bright red colour and so these were often painted cream with red for the glazing bars. They were actually made from pre-cast concrete but were quite fragile. Only 12,000 were introduced to the UK. Interesting to note, is the absence of the crown above the door; both K2’s and K4’s had the crown. The original shape of the familiar red kiosk by Giles Gilbert Scott, was said to be taken from the design of the tomb (in St Pancras’ Old Churchyard) of Sir John Soane – architect of the Bank of England.

The poster on the wall above the pumps boasts ‘The Finest Job in the World’ and encourages men to ‘Join the Army’. The sign above the door advertises ‘Post Office for Money Order, Savings Bank, Parcel Post, Telegraph, Insurance and Annuity Business’.

Filed Under: 1920s, 1930s, Churchinford
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