Bring the past to the present
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.
School Gardeners-boys. c 1942/43. Back Row- ?, Rodney Clist, ?, Second Row. Ken Clarke, ?, Michael Northam. Front Row- Mervyn Shepperd(?), Michael Pike.
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 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.
George Lowman pictured above Knoll Cottage in the snows of 1963.
Jim Lowman at his Whitehall Forge, this building has since been converted to a residential property.
Rogation Day at Culm Davy Chapel c.1960. The Churchwardens either side of the gateway are Mr.
The Somerset cricketer, Vic Marks pulling a pint after opening the renovated Catherine Wheel in 1983. On the left are Jane and Keith Root, the licensees at that time.
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.