Bring the past to the present
The Square & Shambles, Uffculme. Tiverton Industrial Co-op Society No. 2 branch (left).
The car and Co-op may give clues to the date of this picture which is unknown to us, at the time of publishing. The Co-op branch is Tiverton Industrial No. 2.
Picture of Uffculme Square c. 1970
The much later picture appears to have been taken sometime around 1970. Clicking on the image will show the Square, as it is today.
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Uffculme Bowls Club members c. 1960
On 29 September 1911, forty people attended a meeting in the Old Sunday School, Uff
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
About 125 years ago, Lord Sidmouth built Upottery School, providing free education for the village children. The distinctive building, with its single high-vaulted schoolroom and the adjacent Victorian schoolhouse, is very much a feature of the village landscape still.
Early Picture of Upottery School
It was built in the centre of the village for the local community and is surrounded by beautiful countryside, in the heart of the Blackdown Hills. The listed original Victorian building has been improved and extended to meet the needs of a modern curriculum, but the school retains much of its close family atmosphere.
Class of 1928
The football boots in 1933 look more like a challenge than an advantage and more than one of the boys in the picture looks like they are fully armed with a catapult in their back pocket! In 2011, they would be well in to their 80’s – time to own up lads!
The 1933 Upottery School Football Squad
We’d like to know more about this school and would love to know who these pupils are. Can you help us?
Upottery Mothers' Union Members 1928
In 2010, 82 years after this picture was taken, the Upottery Mothers’ Union was still going strong.
Perhaps you can tell us more about the members, old and new.
Local farming skills being put to the test in 1958. Some of these young lads are likely to be in the area, still.
Do you know anything about this match or the people involved? Please tell us what you know.
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.
James and sone William, digging out their Austin 7 Van.
James Berry and his son, William. Taken in 1947, the picture shows them, clearing the snow by hand. Their tiny (by today’s standards) Austin Seven van still has a long way to go!
Do you know the Berry family? Can you tell us more about James and William or why they were battling against the odds, that day?