Bring the past to the present
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.
A copy of the Hemyock entry in White’s Directory 1852
A Christmas card from Hemyock, pre 1900 because the old village pump is in the Square and the old school / Parish house is still on the corner of the Churchyard where the War Memorial now stands. The two pubs can be seen on the left.
Culmbridge Road in the 1920s. Henry and Victress Trickey outside their home.
Station Road before Castle Park was built. c. 1950
Modern view from the Church tower. The smaller white building on the left (recently demolished) was once the Midland Bank Agency Office. The property in the centre of the picture was a shop for many years, last used as a butchers, it is now a private house.
A very old photograph pre 1900 of the Square showing the original water pump. The window of the coffee shop is on the left, the cottages that were burnt down in the centre, then A. Wides original shop and on the right Hides shop always known as Up Steps
Looking down the High St. towards the Pump. The cottages have climbing roses against their walls.
To the left of the Pump there is farm machinery on display in front of the blacksmiths.
