Nurse at her cottage gate. The boy is identified as Lewes Kinchin. Next to him is Mrs Harper [grandmother of Bessie Clark, who gave the original photograph to the WI], then Alice Mills (nee Kinchin) in the arms of her mother, Mrs Frances Kinchin. [Editor's note: Alice Rosina Kinchin, daughter of John Kinchin, a gardener, and his ...
Showing Three Ways House in Chapel Lane before it became a hotel. Previous names were St Lawrence's, Salford House and Seaton Lea.
Shows Tudor House at the time it was the village post office, circa.1900.
Miss Hammond is photographed outside her cottage.
Conscripts from this area assembled in Chipping Campden in 1914.
An identical photograph to another which was described in the original index as 'Fish Delivery at the Milking Pail'. The information in the index for this image identifies the man on the donkey cart as Mr. Booker, a rag and bone man. He was collecting rabbit skins for which he paid 3d. Others identified as ...
Shows Stephen Cowley (Licensee) and his family and a cartload of barrels being delivered.
Public house at far end of Lawson Square run, at the time of this photograph, by Stephen Cowley. The girl on the far left is Florence Collett [her family were living at neighbouring Hidcote Cottage] and next to her is Annie Beatrice Cowley. The occasion is not known but the girls and their mothers seem to be ...
Stephen Cowley, in the centre, was licensee of the Milking Pail pub. This photograph was lent to Mickleton Women's Institute by Mrs Florence Bennett who had written 'August House Party' on the reverse. She grew up next door, in Hidcote Cottage, and her family and the Cowley family were great friends.
Class of 24 boys with two male teachers (names not known). [The date 1880-1890 was given for this image in the index to the W.I. collection but an envelope containing the two original photographs given by Miss Hammond, has the 1907 date].
Three cloth bound volumes, each containing 12 months worth of parish magazines, covering the years 1913, 1914 and 1915. The magazines are copies of 'The Dawn of Day, a monthly magazine published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K.) with items of news specific to Mickleton confined to a single page inserted inside the ...
Joan Coles ( Mrs. Sheppard) in middle, Mrs. Sheppard's mother ( Chrissie Coles) and her father in law George Coles in front. Hillside Nursery was located at Stratford Road, Mickleton. The original owners were George and Anne Coles ( Joan's grandparents).
Probably the North Cotswold Hunt who regularly met at The Kings Arms in this period.
Notebook with black cover and lined pages. The contents cover the history of the Village Hall - subsequently named King George's Hall - from the first meeting held on 9th January 1911to consider the scheme and the Committee Minutes thereafter, up until 1920. Stored in Box 1
Left to Right: Chrissy Coles ( mother of Joan Cole), Joan Coles ( later Sheppard), Diane Coles ( Joan's sister) and Freda Brain ( later wife of Barlow Stanley)
Anne Coles, Georrge Coles wife, and her sister on the back of the lorry. They were taking produce from Hillside Nursery to Coventry market in the 1920s. George Cole was the owner.
An old family of Mickleton
Workers at Hillside Nurseries ( located off the Stratford Road) pea picking 1920s. The nursery grew mainly tomatoes and cucumbers but also other vegetables. The market was set up in the 1800s and sold after World War II.
Bill Brain and Jack Barnes ploughing at Hillside Nursery.
The goalkeeper in the white shirt is Frank Fairfax.
Perce James, the carter, who looked after the horses at Hillside Nurseries.