Mells, Gay Street c.1950
Photo ref:
M56019
Photo ref:
M56019
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This gabled thatched cottage is very typical of the area. Thatch was used before tile and slate. This cottage might be a local store, as the bottom sign is advertising Typhoo Tea. The street remains much the same today.
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A Selection of Memories from Mells
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Mells
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We lived in this house also from 1965-67 ( I think ?).
I was 5 years old in 1965 and my brothers and I started school at Locks Hill in Frome.
The house came with a lovely naughty goat called Billy .
My parents told us Little Jack Horner lived here once upon a time which I have no idea whether he was a real character or not .
Our time was brief as my Grandmother became very ill and my Father wanted to move back ...see more
This home also belonged to our family The Hill family; My parents owned it for a few years. The house came with a goat named Billy who was very naughty and ate our vegetables from the veg garden .
I was 4 when we moved in and this photo was taken whilst we owned the house in 1965. I am now 61 !
It was a gorgeous house and we were always told as young children that Little Jack Horner had lived here once upon a time .
Lovely memories .
Louise Callander
I visited the house with my 2nd cousins as their mother, Ethel Smith, and my grandmother, Rosa Matilda Smith, lived in the house with their family for many, many years until the last of the Smiths living in the house died, Will Smith. My grandmother came to Australia in 1920 with her husband and new baby, Rosa Carolyn. All of my childhood I heard of the life and family who lived in this house.
My great ...see more
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