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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 ...read more here
Contributed by Marilyn Kick
Somerset memories
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 ...read more here
A memory of Othery contributed by Marilyn Kick
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 ...read more here
A memory of Muchelney contributed by Stephen Baker
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 ...read more here
A memory of Muchelney contributed by Susan Neethling
Extracts From Othery & Somerset books
The fine Perpendicular Gothic 15th-century crossing tower dominates the church. The photographer is facing the
chancel. The unusual niche below the belfry openings for once retains its original statue. To the right the 19th-
century Church Rooms, also in stone, survive, but all else in the view has gone; the thatched cottage has been
replaced by bungalows!
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
From Bridgwater we head south-east into Sedgemoor to Othery, a village built on a low hill that rises 60 feet above
the Moors. The main A361 Taunton road loops through the village, with the church in the back lane. This view looks
south-west along the A361. The former Congregational Chapel, with a reused date plaque of 1836, was rebuilt about
1883 when the hall beyond was added.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
It is a relief to reach the archaeologically rich and
beautiful headland of Brean Down, a carboniferous
limestone outlier of the Mendips reaching 300 feet
high, from whose bare grassy slopes are long views
to Wales, Glastonbury and along the Somerset coast.
Closer in, you can look down on Weston Bay and
Weston-super-Mare to the north: it is probably
better not to look too closely at the holiday sprawl
along the road back to Burnham-on-Sea.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
The Church 1961
Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of
this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the
north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias
limestone outlier rising steeply from the flat lands
surrounding it. East Brent’s church has a tall,
slender spire, but its most remarkable feature is the
nave ceiling of 1637 which has a sinuous pattern of
imitation vault ribs focusing on three pendant
bosses done in a Gothic revival style.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
This lane leads from the main through road to the church and Manor House. The house on the left has been
demolished, and the lane now has modern houses on both sides. The church with its elegant 15th-century west tower
is well worth visiting for its medieval woodwork, including the benches and roofs.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".