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.
Wilts United Dairies 1947/8 Pantomime
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Wilts United Dairies c. 1947/8 pantomime, L to R – P. Lowman, S. Northam, P. Northam, Shirley Northam, B. Northam, J. Leckie, R. Trickey, V. Weeks, J. Summers, A. Board, S. McKee, E(?) Alway.
Wilts United Dairies 1947/8 Pantomime Chorus
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Wilts United Dairies c. 1947/8 pantomime chorus, L to R. – Y. Summers, A. Alway, K. Trickey, W. Ashton, W. Northam, ? Alway, R. Lowman, E. Hassan, J. Hawkins.
Cast of Lord Richard in The Pantry
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Cast of Lord Richard in The Pantry c. early 1930s, L to R.
Standing – Dr. John Griffin Sen., Mr. Prowse, Mr. Cundict, Bill Griffiths, Miss Agar, Rev: L Ketchley, Ted Hassan.
Seated – Mrs Cundict, Miss Ella Hookway, Miss Queenie Pring, Miss Phyllis James, Mrs E. Farrant, Miss Laura Cload.
Cast of Lady Gorringe Necklace
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Cast of Lady Gorringe’s Necklace
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.
Out of Dunkeswell
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This Book explains the exploits of the US Navy flying Liberators out of Dunkeswell Airfield in the last few years of WWII. Including the last flight of Joseph Kennedy, elder brother of JFK, who flew in a flying bomb towards France in August 1944.
The book is available from this web site at a price of 7 pounds.