The Fire Brigade

Today we have another article from an issue of Lavington Forum – the Market Lavington School magazine issued for a while in the late 1940s. This one is about the fire brigade which used to keep an a...

Being a Pixie

“I wanted to be a Fairy but I was a Pixie”. That’s what Lily told us when we showed her some Girl Guide and Brownie memorabilia recently. Amongst this collection of newly acquired Girl Guide and...

The shoeing shed

Judy Livyer was a friend and house share mate of Peggy Welch/Gye. We believe she came to Market Lavington as a World War Two land girl, palled up with Peggy and shared her High Street accommodation. S...

Reverend Jack Collins

John Brenton Collins, known as Jack, was the Vicar of Market Lavington between 1953 and 1958. The London Gazette reported that in 1954 he also held the job at Easterton. The only photo we have is o...

Easterton milk round

The photo we have today, taken well within living memory, may amaze younger readers of this site. It shows a milk delivery round at Easterton Sands in the 1940s. This is the milk round from Vicarag...

Court Close Farm

There are some photos you just have to love and this is one of them. It says so much about past times. It shows Court Close Farm in about 1940. This is taken from the front garden of recently renov...

Mr Hiscock, the thatcher

Items, particularly photographs, continue to be donated to Market Lavington Museum. Some recently arrived in an email from Toronto in Canada. Maurice told us, ‘I just came across these pictures of...

Miss Windo – mark III

We have met Miss Gladys Windo, head teacher at Easterton School and also the same Miss Windo, member of the St Barnabas Parochial Church Council. Today we see Gladys in a third role. Here we see G...

Weetabix

We have another advert from Harry Hobbs’ shop today and we think this one may date from the 1930s or 40s It’s a simple sheet of card which could fold and it is for Weetabix. This is a product whic...

Market Lavington Fire Brigade in 1942

We have recently been given a photo of the fire brigade. The caption is a model of perfection. But first, the photo. The photograph was taken in the Market Place and shows the men, smartly attired,...