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WOODBURY man Roger Stokes gives us a glimpse of the past with photographs from his mammoth collection.
Retired farmer Roger has collected more than 2,000 pictures of Woodbury, Woodbury Salterton and Exton dating back to 1863. His collection began with a box of 200 photographs which he inherited from his father.
Since 1998, he has expanded the collection ten-fold by advertising locally and visiting various archives.
Roger, who lives in Woodbury, has used the photographs to produce a book and a website, www.woodburydevon.co.uk
This picture was taken in 1902 in the northern end of Woodbury village. The scene on the near left has not changed very much. On the right, with the white gable end, is the old Govetts cottages which formed a courtyard around a central yard
This picture, probably taken in the early 1970s, shows farmer Stamp’s cows going down the main street of Woodbury and past his house to come home for milking
This is a picture of Higher Venmore Farm at Woodbury taken in 1940. Nothing unusual about that you might say, except have you noticed the two small boys sitting on the gate? These were not local lads from the village as you might expect, but boys from the London area.
Boys will be boys! The two boys in this picture, which was taken in the early 1940s, were evacuees from the London area during the last war. They were billetted to a house in Bonds Lane, at Woodbury, at very short notice, and lived there with their mother for some three years.
I MAY have said before, but back in the days of the Woodbury carnivals in the 1940s and 50s, the village always elected a "mayor" for the week, to oversee all the festivities. The position of mayor was high on the priority list of all the contenders.
This picture was taken at Higher Mallocks Farm c1914, and had written on the back of it "One for the army".
THIS classic picture was taken at Gulliford Farm, near Pink House Corner, way back, probably in the 1920s. It shows the rick making taking place following the gathering of the harvest
Blackhill Quarry has, for all my lifetime, played a great part in Woodbury village life. Throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, in particular, many Woodbury men were employed there in various capacities from digging the gravel from the quarry face to operating the weighbridge.
This photo shows the school children at Exton in 1935 while celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary
This was the wedding of Eliza Dagworthy, of Browns Farm, to John Stooke, of Bridge Farm, both in Woodbury Salterton, in 1915
This 1920 picture of a very stern bunch of local ladies, was taken at one of the many Dairy School events that were part of a country lady's requirements. There were classes for all sorts of things from cooking to cheese making and butter production.
Woodbury has always been a sporting village, with thriving cricket and football clubs in particular.
This is an old picture of the pupils at Exton school. It is difficult to date it exactly, but I should think it is somewhere between 1910 and 1920, by the dress of the children. The school was in operation between 1875 and 1947, when it closed down.>>
THE Globe Inn once stood at the top of Globe Hill on the way out towards Clyst St George. > >
These Woodbury men of the Devonshire Regiment were pictured here before leaving for India in 1914. > >
Back in the 1960s Woodbury had a very active "60 plus" club. Outings were arranged to many different places for senior citizens, and quite a few pictures are on the file > >
This lovely colour postcard of the Arch in Woodbury was taken around 1900. As you will know by now, the Arch is in effect the village square. > >
This lovely colour postcard of the Arch in Woodbury was taken around 1900. As you will know by now, the Arch is in effect the village square. > >
Woodbury has always had a competitive element within its midst, especially in the gardening department. > >
A photo from the 1935 Silver Jubilee celebrations taken on the Arch in Woodbury. >>
This group of likely looking lads was photographed on the Green one Sunday afternoon prior to going to Mrs Blanche Fulford’s Bible Class at 2.30pm . >>
This photograph of the Woodbury Young Farmers Club was taken sometime in the mid 1950s in the village hall. . >>
The Woodbury Fire Brigade was formed in the 1860s, following a series of devastating fires, both in Woodbury itself and also Woodbury Salterton. >>
Up to 1898, when he died, the Revd J Loveband Fulford would have been seen daily on his “Reverend Mobile”, a three-wheeler tricycle which was his form of transport to and from the parsonage to the church. . >>
This picture, taken in the early years of the 20th century, shows quite probably most of the pupils of Woodbury School sitting on the wall during a break or lunch time. >>
How many of you remember the Woodbury Castle Tea Cottage? This was situated right in the middle of the Castle wood and a most popular place for a Sunday afternoon tea in particular. >>
During the late 1930s to early ’50s advances in mechanisation brought better methods of harvesting the annual grain crop. >>
Back in 1943 if you were involved in farming you had your first driving lessons at an early age - none of this waiting until you were 17 or so! >>
This picture of Thorn's Cottages, situated just above the village green, was taken in 1914, and is a scene which has changed little since >>
Throughout the 1940s and ’50s Woodbury was truly a rural village. Four herds of cows used to traverse it every day, as all the farms seemed to have fields on the opposite side of the village to the farm! >>
This shows the full extent of a military camp, whereby the band members also had to turn up to play the music for the Sunday service. >>
A picture of the activities of the Woodbury Young Farmers’ Club in the early 1940s taken at Gulliford Farm. >>
This picture, taken around 1895, shows the inside of St Swithun’s church in Woodbury when it had chair seating instead of pews. >>
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