Another view of the bomb.
Unexploded bomb at Mackham Farm
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The unexploded bomb at Mackham Farm in WWII with members of the Forbear family, (even the dog is posing for the photo). Presumably the soldier had defused the bomb? At least one other unexploded bomb still remains buried in the area.
Hemyock Home Guard, early 1940s
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Hemyock Home Guard, early 1940s
L to R Back Row – Geoff James, Leslie Hart, Stanley Salter, Stanley Lowman, Chris Doble, Frank Lowman, George Salter Percy Pike, Albert Salter, Stanley Doble, Harry Richards, Leonard Stuart, Jack Wood, Roy Granger, Harold Durman.
Middle Row – Arthur Shire, Bill Pike, Jack Trenchard, Frank Simmonds, Dennis Pring, Cedric Jenkins, Eric Cubitt, ? Chichester, Jim Hart, Dr. Muir, George Gammon Dick Granger, Walter Lee, Jack Lilley.
Front Row – Fred Clark, Fred Lawrence, Jim Lowman, Bill Alway, Bill Trickey, Dick Pooley, Harold Cubitt, H.O.Lowry, R. Thorne, George Franks, Bill Hutchings, Jim Woodgate, Harry Bale, Bill Bradford, Harry Trickey.
Hemyock School Open Day June 1955.
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School open day June 1955. Names at each table starting in the bottom left going clockwise around the room and around each table.
Table 1. Raymond Granger(bottom left), Doreen Howe, Derek Granger, Ronald Kallaway, Heather Cox, Janet South. Table 2.- Brian Jenkins, David Kallaway, Raymond Vian, Monica Bright. Table 3-Heather Grabham, Shelagh Bourdon, John Northam, Alan Ridler, Jean Burston, Shirley Troake, Bill Guppy, Raymond Salter. Table 4- Andrew Clements, Mary Sanders, – Edwards. Table 5- Michael Sweetland, Jennifer Smith, Patricia Maltby.
Parents and teachers. Left to right. Mrs Drew, Mrs Mutter, Mrs Evans, Mrs Coles, Mrs Burston, Mrs Perrott, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Grabham with Coralie, Mr.Jack Reed, (Headmaster) Miss Mavis Baker (Mistress), Beryl Sanders, Mrs Sanders.
Hemyock School Senior PE March 1954.
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Senior School P.E. March 1954. Back Row L to R. John Churchill, John Barrow, Christine Howe, Brenda Warren, Yvonne Gibbs, Margaret Hallett, Michael Bradford, Tom Bright. Middle Row- Phillip Martin, Michael Ashton, Harold South, Elsie Doble, Janet Lowman, Margaret Manley, Annette Maltby, Gordon Lowman, Michael Bishop, Winston Scoble. Front Row- Nigel Pring, John Doble, Pauline King, Sylvia Bright, Mr. Frank Warren (Senior Master), Anne Cox, Diane Mitchell, Brian Spiller and Derek Hadley.
Hemyock School, Christmas 1956.
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Hemyock School pupils in historical costume. Christmas 1956. With teacher Mavis Clist at the back.
Back Row. L to R. Marilyn Jones, Raymond Drew, Tom Fouracre, Rosalind Bourden, Maureen Granger, Michael Knott, Christine Henson, Carolyn Dew, Janet Granger, Rosemary Hurd, Janice Fuller, Roy Perrott.
Front Row. L to R. Brian Doble, Trevor Coles, Malcolm Edwards, Gwen Kallaway, John Lawrence, Keith Gammon, Christine Middleton.
Hemyock School Gardners – Girls 1938 / 1940.
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School gardeners-girls. c 1938/40 Back Row.L -R Rose Pike, Pat Guppy, Aylwin Alway. 2nd Row- Yvonne Summers, Joan Hassan, Peggy Howe. 3rd Row- Pam Stokes, ?.
Hemyock School Class of 1919.
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Hemyock School. Class 1 1919.
Back Row. Olive Hill, Mary Salter, Mary Morgan, Olive Pring, Stella Clist, Ethel Doble.
Upper Middle Row. Mr.Baxter, Mildred White, Queenie Pring, Laura Lowman, Kathleen Peardon, ? Wyatt, Olive Ayres, ? Salter, Les Hart, Bob Wyatt, Albert Causley.
Lower Middle Row. ?, Victor Stradling, ? Phillips, Ivy Phillips, ?, ?, ?, Edie Slater, Phyllis Manley, ?.
Front Row. ?, Bill Pike, ?, ?, Walter Hart, Edward Lutley or Chris Doble, Denis Pring.
Hemyock School Class of 1910/1912
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Hemyock School. Class 1. C 1910/12
Back Row. Headmaster Mr.A.T. Baxter, John Stradling, Sam Cross, Walter Salter, Fred (or Sidney) Hart, Cecil Pike, Stanley Wide, George Hold, Percy Wide.
Second. Row. Ernest Lowman, William Marklew, May Florence(?) Hill, Hilda Parsons, Ida Wide, Emily Pring, William Baker
Third Row. Sarah Lowman, Ellen Pike. Alice Cross, Katie Hart, Florence Hart, May Clapp, Ivy Ayres, May Salter.
Front Row. Wilfred George Clist, Charlie Manley, Walter Webber, James Graves, Harold Quick, Walter Ridgeway, Harold Lawrence, William Granger.