Rogation Day at Culm Davy Chapel c.1960. The Churchwardens either side of the gateway are Mr.
Rogation Day at Culm Davy Chapel in 1960.
8th October 2011 by 1 Comment
The Star Inn, 1908.
27th September 2011 by 3 Comments
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.
24th September 2011 by Leave a Comment
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.
24th September 2011 by 2 Comments
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.
Mr Hassan with a new fleeet of lorries.
24th September 2011 by Leave a Comment
c. 1950s Mr. Hassan the motor engineer by the garage for the lorries. A fleet of 14 Bedford lorries had just been purchased.
Mr Hole’s First Milk Lorry.
9th September 2011 by Leave a Comment
Mr. Hole with the first milk lorry, note the horn on his right and the lights which appear to be oil lit, c. 1920
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A Michaelmas Fair held in the castle grounds on the 27th. September 1986. L to R.
Phyllis Fleming, Joan Austin, Meg Palmer, Beryl Smith, Joan Lutley, Ted Wassink, Charlotte Whitby, Phyll Kallaway in the stocks, Betty Wassink, and David Palmer
Golden Jubilee at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Chapel.
2nd September 2011 by Leave a Comment
Outside St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Chapel (now demolished) on the celebration of the Golden Jubilee, 1989. L to R. Roman Catholic Bishop of Exeter, The Rt. Rev. Christopher Budd, Betty and Bill Granger and Father Terence Perkins.
Hemyock Church Choir in the 1990’s.
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St. Mary’s Church Choir in the early 1990s L to R.
Back row Rev. Tony Grosse, Polly Eden, Rebekah Bawler, Peter Reed, Olive Goodman, David Palmer and Joan Lawrence with Stuart Summers and Betty Petch in front.