Iolanthe 1978 L to R. Gwen Barnes, Alan Bell, Bryony Aston, Barbara Bowden, Tony Grosse, Jack Jones, Penny Trickey, Ron Coe, June Sparks.
Iolanthe 1978
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Merrie England 1976
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Merrie England 1976. Principals – Standing on the left, Alan Bell as Sir Walter Raleigh and Barbara Bowden as Bessie Throckmorton,
Standing front right Polly Eden as Queen Elizabeth and Jack Jones as the Earl of Essex, kneeling are John Ellis, Penny Trickey, John Ives, Sally Jackson, Tony Grosse, and Judith Lord with the full chorus.
HMS. Pinafore 1975. Full cast and musicians.
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HMS. Pinafore 1975. Full cast and musicians.
1798 document showing all men in Hemyock due for active service.
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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.
Hemyock School Football Team 1979.
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School football team 1979.
Back row L to R. Teacher J. Ellis, D.Sparks, L. Sloman, ?, R. Bowden
Front Row. B.Denning, C.Jones, ?, ?, G. Payne.
The School in Centenary Year 1977.
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The School in Centenary Year. 1977. Headmaster Clive Richardson is on the right hand side by the door.
The last goods train leaving Hemyock station.
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The last train to leave Hemyock, a diesel engine No. 8Z 80. 31st October 1975.
The remains of Hemyock Station 1975.
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An elevated view of the remains of Hemyock Station in 1975. The Station building has been demolished. The building seen on the right was once a cafe. The kissing gate in the foreground and the tracks have now long gone.
Rev Grosse preaching at St Mary’s in 1973.
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Rev. Anthony Grosse (now retired) pictured during the delivery of one of his absorbing sermons c.1973.