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Agnes Stenner at Brook House and S.J. Stenner's Butcher Shop, c. early 1920's
An undated photograph showing three semi-detached structures situated at the centre of the southern end of TImberscombe's Brook Street. On the left is S. J. Stenner's Butcher Shop and next door is the Stenner family home called Brook House, with a…
Alfred Vowles Photographs of St. Petrock's, From Three Angles, Possibly c. 1936
Featured are three photographs of Timberscombe's St. Petrock's Church, taken by Alfred Vowles, West Somerset's pre-eminent photographer from 1910 to c. 1940. These photographs were likely taken around 1936. Seen at SP-115 are two Vowles photographs…
An Aerial Photograph of the Northern Side of Timberscombe (from the mid to later 1960's to mid 1970's) Featuring Changes and Changes Yet to Come
The top photograph is an undated aerial photograph that features the northern half of Timberscombe. It captures a side of the village undergoing and soon to undergo distinct changes. The photograph seemingly can be dated between the mid to late…
An Outing of the Timberscombe Girl Guides, c. 1924 (and Agnes Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, founder and leader of the Girl Guides)
The top photograph depicts the Timberscombe Girl Guides on an outing in a charabanc. It is undated but is likely around 1924, also the supposed date of SP-068, a photograph of the St. Petrock's Timberscombe bell-ringers on an outing in a similar…
An R. Kingsley Tayler Photograph of Knowle House
An undated photograph of Knowle House or Knowle Manor as more commonly called in the later 20th century. The photograph is by Richard Kingsley Tayler.
Mr Tayler, who professionally was known as R. Kingsley Tayler, was a commercial and portrait…
Mr Tayler, who professionally was known as R. Kingsley Tayler, was a commercial and portrait…
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…
Archie and Phyllis Dyer
The romantic couple, pictured in the top photograph, had been married the previous March in Blyth, a rural district in Suffolk, where the young woman, Phyllis Warne, was born on the 1st of May 1941 (1). The young man is Archie William John Dyer, born…
Bernadette Brunker AKA Bernadette Ash and Ronald Brunker, of School House
The top photograph was taken in 2022 and depicts the artist, Bernadette Brunker in the living room of School House, her home for the previous 42 years. The painting visible behind her is one of her creations, a vividly coloured oil of flowers against…
Bessie Thorne and her Family
The woman in the top photograph is Bessie Thorne, who lived from 1873 to 1958. Perhaps she would not have appreciated being remembered as having a hard life, although she certainly did. Her husband died at the age of 36, leaving her a widow with six…
Bickham Manor, as Photographed for the 1916 Knowle Estate Auction
A photograph of Bickham Manor, as presented in a Sales Particulars booklet titled "THE KNOWLE ESTATE, DUNSTER, SOMERSET", published by Messrs. W. R. J. Greenslade & Co., of Taunton and Wellington. Bickham Manor and its 250 acres were listed as Lot 6…
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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…