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Bere Aller maps
Historic maps of Bere Aller and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bere Aller maps
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Happy Childhood Memories
I moved with my family to 1 Fountain Cottages, High Ham when I was 2 years old. I have wonderful memories of playing and exploring the village in the hot summers and harsh winters. I remember the only visits we had to the local pub "The Kings Head" were to see the doctor who had a room there that he used as his surgery once a week. I also remember my Dad coming home from a night at the Kings Head with a hesian sac containing a piglet that he had bought that night proving that in this village it was as if time had stood still. The school also gave me fond memories but this was very sadly knocked down and rebuilt in the late 80's. I think myself very fortunate to have spent part of my childhood in such a fantastic place. Sandra (nee Wall)
My Home
I was born in the third house along on this photo and I like to think that the child in the photo next to the telegraph pole is in fact me. My Mum and Dad had six of us children and quite often my Mother would be looking after an elderly relative as well, it beats me how we all used to fit.
I used to have this photo once upon a time I bought it from the local Post Office as a post card but I lost it years ago it's lovely to be able to get another copy.
There are twelve houses in the row now as they must have built two more in the late fifties and six more in the sixties.
With Regards
Marilyn
Othery
I was born in North Lane on a farm in 1951 spent all of my childhood in Othery and left the village in 1974. I have got fond memories.
Those Lovely Days
These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and look through the gateways you will come to a gate where nothing grows properly in a strip down the field. This is where the drove led down to two houses that belonged to my Granny Frampton and her brother Jimmy Martin. By the time I was born my Grandad and Jimmy were dead so I didn't know too much about them, apart that Grandad lost a hand in a threshing machine. One thing that always struck me as outstandingly different about the houses was the fact that every little bit of water that they used had to be fetched down the lane from the standpipe at the top and of course there was no electric or indoor plumbing. My Gran lived with my Uncle and a grandson... Read more
The Bakery Stores, Post Office
I was born in 1943, I don't remember much until school years at Burrowbridge Primary, head teacher was Mr Brazier. My father used to be 'Jack of all trades', he used to recharge the old accumulaters, run the bakery, he used to make pop, Mother ran the shop and Gran used to run the post office and telephone exchange. Me and my brothers used to bake bread, make cakes and do deliveries, and my sister helped Mum.
Wonderful Visit!
We had the priviledge of staying in Muchelney during December 2007! What a discovery! We stayed in a beautiful cottage, had lovely hosts. As visitors from Africa, we experienced our first real heavy frost. The pools of water looked as if were covered in glass! One morning we went for a walk in the village and stepped onto these "glass pools", which of course cracked under out feet, breaking it into fragments of glass. A visit to the Muchelney Church building proved to be very interesting, and the inside of the church is quite informative and beautiful. Opposite the church a cottage was being rethatched. It was the first time we visited Somerset, and Muchelney of course, and were pleasantly surprised. We loved the quaintness of the village, and felt quite at home. Being December, it was very cold, and the area had quite a lot of rain. At one stage we... Read more
The Old School House
The Old School House was the village school, which opened in 1868 and closed in 1960. The school was built by the landowner using the local blue lias stone. The windows were reclaimed from the Abbey, as were corbals and other pieces of stonework and are a definite feature of the property. The school took all ages until the early 1870's when it was split into infants and juniors. At its height there were 52 children on the register and two teachers. The school was overseen by a management committee and the record book of the meetings of the committee, from the day it was opened to when it was closed, is still in the possession of a family in the village. The teacher lived in accommodation attached to the school rooms. This comprised a sitting room, kitchen and upstairs bedroom.
The property was converted into residential accommodation when it was closed in the 1960's and further, sympathetic conversion and restoration, has made it into a comfortable home.... Read more
