Wiveliscombe
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Wiveliscombe books (15 available)
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Wiveliscombe memories
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1939-1945
I have lovely memories of Wiveliscombe and my Father moved us there in September 1939. We lived in London and with the war upon us the move for me was very positive .I was just 3 at the time and really took to country life and we were lucky because we managed to rent Norton Cottage(Oposite the Vicarage). The Cottage was part of Norton House(Which was Condemmed) and we had a lovely garden which was part of the House. My Father was in a reserved occupation and had to live in London but visited us at every opportunity.
I was really too young to appreciate the terrible war which was going on in the world and I can recall going to ...read more here
Contributed by Kenneth Cox
Somerset memories
1939-1945
I have lovely memories of Wiveliscombe and my Father moved us there in September 1939. We lived in London and with the war upon us the move for me was very positive .I was just 3 at the time and really took to country life and we were lucky because we managed to rent Norton Cottage(Oposite the Vicarage). The Cottage was part of Norton House(Which was Condemmed) and we had a lovely garden which was part of the House. My Father was in a reserved occupation and had to live in London but visited us at every opportunity.
I was really too young to appreciate the terrible war which was going on in the world and I can recall going to ...read more here
A memory of Wiveliscombe contributed by Kenneth Cox
Mother's memory
My mother is now 86 years old and her short term memory is failing fast. She can remember things from her childhood more easily. She was born in Silver Street, Milverton in 1921, the daughter of Percy Frank Moore and Hilda Winter. Percy was a local baker and he would take her on his bike to deliver bread around the village. She says she played in an area of land called the "the Kill".
Percy was later persuaded to join his brothers in Cambridgeshire and the family moved in about 1927-8ish to the flat fens. Hilda never got over the move, and hated the flat landscape all her life.
A memory of Milverton contributed by Carole Chiverton
Combe Florey Primary School
The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum would accompany us with younger siblings in a big green metal pushchair, so for her it was twice the distance. I remember little of the actual school, except that it was one big room with tall windows and a wood burning stove in it. The playground was on the other side of the road, so we were all hearded across at playtime and shut in, and then hearded back afterwards. I dont remember how many were at ...read more here
A memory of Combe Florey contributed by Kathy Farmer
Extracts From Wiveliscombe & Somerset books
Wivey’s main street was by-passed in 1980. The Lion, the town’s main hotel, became a church, and Baigent’s the draper’s next door a restaurant. The building by the pole on the left was built as a Public Dispensary in 1804, and provided free medical attention for the poor.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
The tile-hung building to the right of the Square has woodwork elaborately carved with figures, fruit and mythical animals. Constructed as the Court House in 1881, it became a bank, then the library. The tall building opposite was the Town Hall, which had lost its colonnaded front when it became a shop.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away. It is
still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century
ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.
An extract from from"Taunton Photographic Memories".
A splendid view over the heart of Taunton town. In late Victorian times many of the old buildings of Taunton were
demolished and new streets were created. Notice the early marked parking spaces in the street below.
An extract from from"Taunton Photographic Memories".
A fine example of a village stocks is to be seen at West Monkton, sheltered beneath the yews of the churchyard.
Notice the whipping post on the right. The shelter above is of a later date, for miscreants were seldom protected
from the vagaries of the English weather.
An extract from from"Taunton Photographic Memories".