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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…

For a small village, Timberscombe has a surprising number of surviving structures built by men who also lived in the village. Among them was William Floyde (1878-1947), a mason who constructed many homes with No. 1 Willow View and No. 2 Willow House…

Three black and white photographs taken by R. Kingsley Tayler of the aftermath of a major fire in the early morning of the 4th of June 1948 at the historic Stowey Farmhouse (1). A subsequent headline of the Somerset County Herald read "WEST SOMERSET…

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,…