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The Post Office at Little Farthings, with the Bond Family
The top photograph depicts a postcard of the cottage known as Little Farthings, on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe. It was built in 1929 (1) and first appeared on the 1921-1943 Ordnance Survey Map, with another newly built house to its right. …
Pre 15 July 1910 Postcard, from "EM", of Five Children at the Doorway to the Schoolroom of Timberscombe School
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…
An RP Postcard of the Tower at St. Petrock' s, c. 1940 and the History of its Eight Bells
The upper photograph depicts St. Petrock's Church from a northwestern angle featuring its two-stage church tower. The image has been utilised as a postcard, with a seemingly handwritten label across the bottom reading "51254, St. Petroc (as variously…
A Blackmore Series Postcard of Timberscombe's Brook Street, c. 1950's
An unsent original postcard, labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE" on the lower right corner, owned and donated by Maurice Huxtable, a lifelong resident of Timberscombe. The postcard depicts the southern end of Brook Street, at the village centre. The reverse of…
Sunnyside, Timberscombe, on the Road to Cowbridge and Dunster / Maggie Brewer and Nellie (nee Brewer) Hooper at Brewers Green, Autumn 1990
The upper undated photograph, used as a postcard, is of the house known as Sunnyside, on the northeastern edge of the village of Timberscombe. It is alongside the road that became classified as the A396 in 1922 (1), probably more likely known as the…
Church Street, Timberscombe, Around 1909 and 1950
Two photographs of Timberscombe's Church Street, separated by at least four decades, yet remarkably similar. The upper photograph is undated but is probably from around 1909. It has a slightly grainy quality similar to other Timberscombe photographs…
The Great House, Timberscombe, an RA Series Postcard, co-published by Mrs. E.H. Hyde
A sepia tinted postcard depicting The Great House, on the right, through the trees. It is on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe, situated on a bend of Great House Street-also known as Duck Lane until the 1960's (1).
The postcard is labelled…
The postcard is labelled…
St. Petrock's Church, From the Southeast, An RA Series Post Card, c. 1920s
Above are two versions, one sepia-tinted and one coloured, of the same postcard featuring St. Petrock's Church, both erroneously labeled on the bottom left as "ST. PETROCH'S CHURCH, TIMBERSCOMBE". The gate in the foreground is one of three…
Timberscombe Children Dressed for a "Hospital Gala", 15th May 1948
A photograph of 13 children of Timberscombe, rather grandly dressed. The occasion is a 15th of May 1948 Hospital Gala (1). The reverse of the photograph is stamped "THE CHORLEY GUARDIAN CO. LTD COPYRIGHT". The Chorley Guardian is a well known…
The Timberscombe Friendly Society and a Brass Band, 1908, by Herbert John (Bert) Hole
An original 1908 postcard, depicting the Timberscombe Friendly Society, by the Watchet photographer, Herbert John Hole (1873-1915), who generally identified himself as Bert Hole, possibly to distinguish himself professionally from Herbert Henry Hole…
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Joy (nee Land) and Martin Booth, Somerset Born
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…