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The top photograph was taken in 1920 of two (very) young brothers. On the left is Leonard Copp, born the 7th of February 1917 (1) and Cyril Copp is seen to the right. World War I was raging and six months after the arrival of Leonard, his father,…

The top photograph, taken in 1909 (1), appears to be of a rather grand, self-assured young Edwardian woman, all of which would be somewhat true. She is also Elizabeth Ann Stenner, better known as Bessie and was eighteen-years old when the photograph…

Above are five photographs of Walter John Copp, depicting five aspects of his life--a tailor, husband and father, soldier, cyclist and a friend to many. There could be more, depicting Mr. Copp as a musician, sportsman, woodcarver, painter,…

The five photographs seen here, featuring the life of John Copp, are part of a series of photographs of the Copp family, long-time residents of both Timberscombe and Wootton Courtenay. The likely donor of three of these photographs, Cyril Copp (the…

On the 26th of January 2022, Joy and Martin Booth agreed to be interviewed at The Knapp on Church Street, their home in Timberscombe. Joy was born in 1949 at Stowey Farm, where her father, Abraham Land, worked as shepherd and farm bailiff for Eric…

The three photographs above were taken by R. Kingsley Tayler, depicting Timberscombe's Old Mill and the area in front of it. It is not clear when the photographs were taken, but long after the former corn mill was converted to a private residence.…

The photographs on this entry all feature Ellen Kate Brewer at four distinct stages of her life. Born in 1916, she was the youngest of the five children of Thomas William Brewer Junr. and Maud Kate (nee Fletcher) Brewer and indeed she seems to be the…

Margaret Bessie Brewer was born 27 September 1910 (1), a middle child of Thomas William and Maud Kate (nee Fletcher) Brewer. The Brewer family was well established in Timberscombe, dating back to at least 1760 (2). Both her father and her…

A photograph of Thomas William Fletcher Brewer and his wife, the former Hilda Emma Beaney. They married in October 1942 at her hometown, Tonbridge, Kent (1). Thomas, born 17January 1908, would have been 34-years-old and Hilda was 40, born at…

Three photographs, ranging from 1932 to c. 1959, of members of the Brewer family, originally from Timberscombe. All are directly connected by Florence Mary (nee Brewer) Hensley, seen in all three images that were donated by her grand-daughter, Jo…