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.
The Star Inn, 1908.
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Milk factory staff of 1957/8 outside Taunton station.
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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.
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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.
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c. 1950s Mr. Hassan the motor engineer by the garage for the lorries. A fleet of 14 Bedford lorries had just been purchased.
Early lorry stuck following a snowdrift.
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An early lorry being dug out of a snowdrift, snow caused problems in the very early days.
The entrance to the factory when it was called Culm Valley Dairy Co.
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The entrance to the factory when it was the Culm Valley Dairy Co. There were two houses on the left, both of which were subsequently demolished to make way for the office block and the yard beyond. The railway lines on the right ran into the factory.
Picture of the dried milk powder barrels.
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The dried milk powder was dispatched in these barrels made of plywood and known as Venestas (from the name of the firm that made them).
Bill Northam with an early milk churn.
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Bill Northam with an early milk churn that could hold 17 gallons of milk (75 litres) and would weigh 210 lbs (90kgs) when full.
The first sterilisation plant for the milk churns.
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The first plant for sterilising milk churns before their re-use. These 10 gallon churns were emptied and upended on the receiving tank, they were then placed inside the steam steriliser where they revolved in a clockwise direction. The man on the right is removing the clean churn ready for re-use. The churn lids went through the same process.