1963. Reg Hart in a snowdrift with a milk can, at the top of Pencross Hill.
Reg Hart at Pencross Hill
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Station Road during the floods.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howe watching Station Rd. in full flood.
Flooding near Hemyock Motors.
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Flooding by Hemyock Motors before Castle Park was built.
The Old Saw Mill Yard, Hemyock
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The Old Saw Mill Yard c 1891-1893. This circular saw was driven by a portable steam engine, as opposed to a traction engine which moved under it’s own power. This engine was hauled by a horse, the shafts are visible in front of the smoke box. The chimney was hinged to fold horizontally, laying in the
A group at Redwood coach depot around 1988.
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A group at Redwood’s coach depot c. 1988. L to R. Brian, Paul and Jackie Redwood with pram and Geoffrey Sutton, Charlie Burston, Paul Cross, late Terry Smith from Tonedale, and Ann Redwood.
The Paxton-Derwent bus in 1970
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A later Paxton-Derwent service bus c.1970
Redwoods 1945 Bedford Duple Vista
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One of Redwood’s early coaches. A Bedford Duple Vista (Royal Blue). A 29 seater used from 1945, pictured at a rally.
Mrs. Webbers mobile fish and chip van, Hemyock Square
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c. 1972. Mr. and Mrs. Webbers mobile fish and chip van in Hemyock Square.
An Excerpt from George Clist’s account books.
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2 Pages from George Clist’s Account Book, detailing journeys undertaken by his hearse for the years 1852-1853. Details are given where the coffin was taken from, the churchyard to which it was taken, the distance in miles, whether the palls were used and the cost. Some ten years later two of his children had managed to write their names on the bottom of the account book.
