Bring the past to the present
Hemyock School. Class 1 1919.
Back Row. Olive Hill, Mary Salter, Mary Morgan, Olive Pring, Stella Clist, Ethel Doble.
Upper Middle Row. Mr.Baxter, Mildred White, Queenie Pring, Laura Lowman, Kathleen Peardon, ? Wyatt, Olive Ayres, ? Salter, Les Hart, Bob Wyatt, Albert Causley.
Lower Middle Row. ?, Victor Stradling, ? Phillips, Ivy Phillips, ?, ?, ?, Edie Slater, Phyllis Manley, ?.
Front Row. ?, Bill Pike, ?, ?, Walter Hart, Edward Lutley or Chris Doble, Denis Pring.
Hemyock School. Class 1. C 1910/12
Back Row. Headmaster Mr.A.T. Baxter, John Stradling, Sam Cross, Walter Salter, Fred (or Sidney) Hart, Cecil Pike, Stanley Wide, George Hold, Percy Wide.
Second. Row. Ernest Lowman, William Marklew, May Florence(?) Hill, Hilda Parsons, Ida Wide, Emily Pring, William Baker
Third Row. Sarah Lowman, Ellen Pike. Alice Cross, Katie Hart, Florence Hart, May Clapp, Ivy Ayres, May Salter.
Front Row. Wilfred George Clist, Charlie Manley, Walter Webber, James Graves, Harold Quick, Walter Ridgeway, Harold Lawrence, William Granger.
Photo of Hemyock School in 1900 with Mr Baxter.
Coronation Committee 1911.
1- ?, 2- Jack Salter, 3- Robert Graves, 4- Alfred Wide, 5- Rev de B. Forbes, 6- Mr.Hall (Church Sexton), 7- Mr.Tait, 8- Mr.Pickard, 9- Mr.Brain (Baptist Minister), 10- ?, 11. Frank Hall (butcher), 12- ?, 13. Mr.Lutley, 14–? , 15- Edwin Wide, 16- Mr.Baxter, 17- ?, 18- Bennie Parsons, 19 Tom Lowman, 20- ?, 21, George Hart, 22- ?, 23- John Hart, 24- Mr.Cload.
Pollit and Wigzell engine plate dated 1910
Coldharbour Mill is a 200 year old spinning mill, built by Thomas Fox, to spin woollen and later worsted yarns. The Mill is a rare example of surviving Georgian architecture, industry and enterprise and is based in Uffculme, Devon.
Machinery at Coldharbour Mill
The Steam Engines are regularly started up and on display to the public.
Steam power made the mill one of the most successful in the country
The mill was famous for the production of putties, for the British Army.
Some of the engines are still in working order
20 World War I venerans back safe to Upottery, Devon.
With all these veterans now sadly gone, it would be fitting to keep those who did return, known to us. If you have any information about these chaps or any others, please get in touch
These two photos were taken at Uffculme School in 1912. The bottom left of the chalk boards being held, have the numbers 1 and 2 – the class numbers? The bottom right, it appears to be ‘BYO’ or ‘B70’.
Class 1, Uffculme School, 1912
The teacher on the left, in the following picture is Mrs Whittle. The teacher on the right is Miss Quant – later to become Mrs Leatt. Mr Leatt was the landlord of the Commercial Inn.
Class 2, Uffculme School, 1912
View of Cornhill up Castle Hill between 1902-1912
This scene shows the old cottages on Cornhill, heading out of Hemyock and up Castle Hill.
The cottages on the right, are long since gone. The building in the upper left of the shot, is the Church Rooms.We knew the picture was taken pre-1912 because of the loss of the cottages. Having reviewed the image again, together with modern footage of the same scene, we now also know, the picture was taken after 1902 – the date of construction of the house in the left of the picture, which is still standing.
William and Nellie Knight with daughter Doris. 1919.
William and Nellie White pictured outside Lower Munty Farm. Also pictured is their daughter, Nellie. Unfortunately, the poor family pet dog doesn’t get a mention!
This picture was taken in 1919.
Can you tell un more about the Knights? Do you have any connection with Lower Munty Farm?