From left to right David, Thomas, Oliver and Lynden Stowe in the greenhouses at 'TOPS' behind Arbour House. Also pictured in the front is Adrian?
N side of High Street, opposite the King's Arms Camera facing SW Original cottage at back and some of the farm buildings, built in brick with 'tumbling' in at gable, if that is the term when the inset is stone. Roof Cotswold stone. Windows - ground floor recently modernised; formerly 3-light wooden frames, single side-hung casements under ...
An orchard is on the left hand side.
These belong to Granbrook Farm and can be seen at the end of Ivy House Lane. In c.2016 the building was converted into a house.
Held on the Senior Playing Field off Long Marston Road.
Outbuildings behind Greyrick,
Arthur Kinchin , market gardener, off to market in Birmingham or Bristol.
An old farmhouse fronting the High Street. The Bayliss family lived here in the 1940s/50s.
Upper Clopton Farm with Meon Hill behind.
This farmhouse now stands just outside the village boundary, on the road to Ilmington.
This building, just off Canada Lane was where the tomatoes and other crops produced by Joseph Webb's market gardening business were packed and sent off to market. It was then used by a laundry business before being transformed as housing alongside the building of the Cala development.
This certificate, dated 1915, shows that Joseph Webb, Snr was the holder of the first five shares in the Mickleton and District Farmers and Market Gardeners' Co-Operative Association, Ltd. We haven't been able to find any information about this organisation so please contact us if you can add more.
This was taken on Mr Webb's market garden land off Canada Lane. The railway track and one of the wagons used to transport produce to the packing sheds, can be clearly seen. The man on the left has been identified as Mr Loynes.
These men all worked for market gardener, Joseph Webb. From left to right, they have been identified as : John Hopkins (father of the John who provided this image), Frank Clark, Jim Harper, Percy Powell, Johnnie Farmer.
These people all worked for Joseph Webb and are photographed here outside the Block 21 greenhouses on Canada Lane. This block were the last built up the Lane, on the left hand side, and, as the name suggests, there were 21 of them! The only person identified, to date, is John Richard Hopkins who is ...
Ann Cole and her sister going to Coventry market in the 1920s ( from Hillside Nurseries).
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).
Left to Right: Bill Brain, Charlie Cowley, Bill Coles ( brother of George), George Alliborne, Ray Cowley, Maurice Smith ( from Ilmington), George Cowles Owner ( Grandfather of Joan Sheppard), Jack Barnes
The lorry was the first one purchased by Hillside Nursery to take the produce to Coventry market.
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)
Hillside Nursery was set up by Joan Coles ( later Sheppard) grandfather, George Coles. They moved to Mickleton when Joan's father was 6 or 7. Workers Left to Right front: Bill Brain ( Rose Cottage), Charlie Cowley, Bill Coles ( a miner in Wales), George Alibone, Ray Cowley ( brother of George Cowley), Reg Read Left to Right ...
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.