A receipt from Uffculme Mills for oats and meal etc. to Mr. Clode, one of the village publicans dated Lady Day 1897.
An Uffculme Mills receipt.
27th September 2011 by 2 Comments
Margaret Mitchell at work in Hemyock Post Office
13th August 2011 by Leave a Comment
Margaret Mitchell caught on camera at work in Hemyock Post Office. The post office staff dress up and enter into the spirit of Carnivals and Christmas, which brings a smile to the customer’s faces.
Mrs Alford outside R&EM Alford shop, Hemyock
29th June 2011 by Leave a Comment
Evelyn Alford of Mrs. Alford up the steps, pictured outside her shop. She sold everything from groceries to collar studs. The shop has gone but the premises Brook House is now a food take-away and bed and breakfast business.
Modern view from the Church tower.
26th June 2011 by Leave a Comment
Modern view from the Church tower. The smaller white building on the left (recently demolished) was once the Midland Bank Agency Office. The property in the centre of the picture was a shop for many years, last used as a butchers, it is now a private house.
Mr Carricks shop, High Street, Hemyock.
26th June 2011 by Leave a Comment
Looking up the High St. to Mr. Carricks shop, the windows are elaborately dressed with oil-lamps on the left and a tiered display on the right. Inside the shop, boots, buckets and jugs etc. were hung from many hooks on the ceiling.
The Square, Hemyock
26th June 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Square, the thatched cottages have been replaced by the brick built Orpington House and the old Post Office. A range of farm machinery is on display outside the Blacksmiths.
Hemyock Square pre 1900’s
26th June 2011 by 4 Comments
A very old photograph pre 1900 of the Square showing the original water pump. The window of the coffee shop is on the left, the cottages that were burnt down in the centre, then A. Wides original shop and on the right Hides shop always known as Up Steps
Mr. Halls saddlers shop, Cornhill
25th June 2011 by Leave a Comment
At the bottom of Cornhill with Mr. Halls saddlers shop, later to become the butcher’s shop. It is also worth noting the oil lam on the right of the picture.
East Street & Kitwell Street, Uffculme
22nd April 2011 by 1 Comment
The old Baker’s shop at No. 6 East Street on the immediate right
Taken in the show of the Mill, at High Street. This picture looks south-east, down East Street, towards Kitwell Street, Uffculme.
On the immediate right of the shot, is the old baker’s, owned by Mr Richards, at number 6 East Street – now a private home.