Clearing the line of snow in 1963.
Hemyock Station 1950.
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An excellent elevated view of the station in the 1950s The track on the extreme left crossed the road and was used to deliver coal to the factory and to collect milk powder. The other track on the left only ran a few more feet into buffers. The track on the right also crossed the road and was used for milk collection.
Flash flood in Hemyock 1963/4
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The result of a flash flood outside The Catherine Wheel c. 1963/4
Vic Marks visits the Catherine Wheel.
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The Somerset cricketer, Vic Marks pulling a pint after opening the renovated Catherine Wheel in 1983. On the left are Jane and Keith Root, the licensees at that time.
The remains of The Star after a fire in 1928.
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The remains of The Star after a fire destroyed it in 1928.
The Star and Railway Inn in 1920’s.
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The Star and Railway Inns in the early 1920s.
The Star Inn, 1908.
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A view of The Star Inn, 1908. On The left is Mrs. Hawkins, grandmother to Mrs. Evelyn Pike. Mrs. Hawkins cooked lunches in The Star, she is talking to a Mrs. Quick. In the background are Mr. Luxton the ostler and Mr. Denning who brought the Royal Mail from Cullompton to Hemyock. The gentleman with the broad brimmed hat was the Vicar of Dunkeswell Abbey Church.
Milk factory staff of 1957/8 outside Taunton station.
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c. 1957/8, staff from the milk factory outside Taunton Station en route to London for the annual two day re-union for long service staff, L to R.
Percy Pike, W. Bradford, Bill Griffiths, Bill Miller, Jack Jennings, Bill Alway, Bill Trickey, Kit Pike, Harry Trickey, George Northam, ?, ?, Bill Cload, Ernie Hole.
Milk factory staff in 1930’s.
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A photograph of all the factory staff in the 1930s
Back row L to R. Bert Head, Frank Browning, Tom Lowman, ?, Mark Lowman, Bill Northam, Bert Bickle, George Northam, Frankie Masters, Dick Pooley, Reg Barton, Vic Bale.
2nd row – Sid Land, Jim Woodgate, ?, Bill Wotton, Percy Pike, Fred Trickey, Harry Towell,?, Red Lowman, Edgar Lowman, Bill Hutchings, Fred Cork , Ernie Best.
3rd row – ?, Ern Lowman, Eli Lowman, Tom Bright, W. Guppy, Bill Cload, Bill Casley, Bert Marks, Percy Salter, Kath Curtis, ?, Chris Board, Bill Bennett, George Lowman, Bill Tricky, Jim Mitcham.
Sitting – Jack Exton, Harry Summers, Bill Griffiths, Hazel Wide, Ted Hassan, Bill Hole, Mr. Anderson, Sam Lutley, Bill Miller, Queenie Pring, Jack Jennings, Edward Lutley, John Webber.
On the ground – ? Ayres, Elsie Bendle, Phyll Lowman, Beat Osmond, ?, Kit Pike, Gwen Bennett.