Bring the past to the present
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.
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.
Bill Northam with an early milk churn that could hold 17 gallons of milk (75 litres) and would weigh 210 lbs (90kgs) when full.
Mr. W. Miller at the controls of the milk powder plant.
Mr. L. Mutter with one days supply of milk in 5 tankers ready to be taken to London.
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
Looking down into one of the towers under repair in the 1980s with Gerald Lane who worked on the stone masonry of the buildings.
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.
St. Mary’s Church choir c.1960, L to R
Back row Patricia Fuller, Ann Turner, Margaret Llewellyn-Jones, John Northam, Sid Turner, Leslie Purcell, Francis Bustard, Susan Pring, Brenda Pring, Monica Bright, Janice Fuller and Sheila Marke
Seated Mr Farmer, ? Hannaford, Frances Hart, Rev. W. Llewellyn-Jones, Ron Cork, Ray Clapp, and Mr J. Hart
Front row Ian McCulloch, Gary Still, Richard McCulloch, Geoffrey Casely, David Llewellyn-Jones, Martin Pring
Gordon Hold and Brian Middleton