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WOODBURY man Roger Stokes gives usa 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
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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