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Two original photographs of Timberscombe schoolchildren, taken at the Blenheim Gardens in Minehead, a 6 acre park in the town's centre that opened in the 1920's (1). Standing behind the children, on the lower photograph, is their Head Teacher, Mrs.…

A photograph that was rediscovered at the Timberscombe School in 2019. Handwritten in light pencil on the reverse, some kind person from the past has attempted to identify some of the schoolchildren and on the bottom left wrote "TAKEN 1922?".…

The photographs above are of the front and reverse of a postcard that was mailed in Dunster on the 15th of July 1910 (1). On the front are five children, not looking very happy, in front of the original doorway to the first schoolroom of the…

The three photographs seen above were rediscovered in 2019 among various papers at Timberscombe School. The only clue to identify the photographs is a faded stamp on the reverse of the bottom photograph that indicates it was taken by Henry Herbert…

Seen above is an aerial photograph that had been stored at Timberscombe School and rediscovered in 2021. Identified as an "AIR PIC" photograph, it was labeled on the reverse as being taken on the 18th of April 1967. Too large to be scanned on one…

A photograph of Lady Constance Susan Euphemia Ryder that has been dated as 1919 but could have been taken later. It was donated to the Timberscombe School by Mr. Cyril Copp (or his family). Mr. Copp also features as one of the Timberscombe Wolf Cub…

A photograph, identified as being taken in 1928, of six children, two women and a dog. It is part of a group of photographs from the Timberscombe School, possibly donated by Mr. Cyril Copp, born at Wootton Courtenay in 1918, but who lived in…

A photograph, likely in the late 1920's or the 1930's, of a rather dramatic storefront set up on the corner of Timberscombe's Brook Street, as it turns after entering the village from the northeast, to a more southern direction, leading into the…

A photograph of the front of the Old Forge in Timberscombe . A sign over the doorway states "C. PHILLIPS & SON GENERAL SMITHS". "C. Phillips" would be Charles Phillips, born in 1855 (1). The gentleman pictured in the work apron is the "son", Henry…

A photograph of Jubilee Terrace, at the centre of Timberscombe. The photograph depicts the road as it runs toward the western end of the village. The white building, the furthest structure seen in the photograph, is the School House, built beginning…