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.
Vic Marks visits the Catherine Wheel.
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An Uffculme Mills receipt.
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A receipt from Uffculme Mills for oats and meal etc. to Mr. Clode, one of the village publicans dated Lady Day 1897.
The remains of The Star after a fire in 1928.
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The remains of The Star after a fire destroyed it in 1928.
The Star and Railway Inn in 1920’s.
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The Star and Railway Inns in the early 1920s.
The Star Inn, 1908.
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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.
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.
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.