Bring the past to the present
This is the completed return, in 1798, listing all the men in Hemyock who would form the Active Service force (an early form of the Home Guard). It gives very important information. The men are listed in groups:-
(a) Artificers, viz. Smiths, carpenters, sawyers and masons.
(b) Pioneers- with felling axes etc.
(c) The main body, complete with their occupations.
(d) Pioneers, with shovels & pick axes.
This document (just one page of several) that lists 26 men. The first three columns show their rank in the proposed defence force, (separate from the Militia and Volunteers), Chief, Petty and Privates. The other columns list their waggons, carts, cart horses and Directors of Stock.
May 2000, some of the evacuees who stayed and still live in Hemyock. L to R. Betty Arnold, her brother John Dimmock and Ted Tartaglia.
Some Hemyock evacuees dressed as Junior Home Guard.
Hemyock Home Guard, early 1940s
L to R Back Row – Geoff James, Leslie Hart, Stanley Salter, Stanley Lowman, Chris Doble, Frank Lowman, George Salter Percy Pike, Albert Salter, Stanley Doble, Harry Richards, Leonard Stuart, Jack Wood, Roy Granger, Harold Durman.
Middle Row – Arthur Shire, Bill Pike, Jack Trenchard, Frank Simmonds, Dennis Pring, Cedric Jenkins, Eric Cubitt, ? Chichester, Jim Hart, Dr. Muir, George Gammon Dick Granger, Walter Lee, Jack Lilley.
Front Row – Fred Clark, Fred Lawrence, Jim Lowman, Bill Alway, Bill Trickey, Dick Pooley, Harold Cubitt, H.O.Lowry, R. Thorne, George Franks, Bill Hutchings, Jim Woodgate, Harry Bale, Bill Bradford, Harry Trickey.
The animals are paraded at Millhayes looking towards what is now Lower Millhayes.
A year later in 1922 the calves have become yearlings, they are seen here behind the milk factory at Millhayes. Two old cars and an early Albion lorry can be seen in the background.
Master Wilfred Ackland and Master William Tucker with their calves.
A selection of the shorthorn calves after distribution in Hemyock market which was behind what is now the Catherine Wheel.