Butcher’s delivery

This is a still from a promotional film shot and edited by Peter Francis during the inter war years. The film shows the full process – and we really mean full – of getting meat from farm to door....

Jim Sheppard again

Today we’ll complete the recently given sequence of photos of Jim Sheppard. Jim, as we know, was the ‘Tip Top’ baker in Easterton. We have seen him with a colleague, using a motorbike and sideca...

The baker’s delivery van

We are continuing our look at Mr Shepppard who ran the Tip Top bakery in Easterton today. Yesterday we saw his motorcycle combination delivery system. Today we see his first delivery van. What a s...

The Market Place in the early 1960s

During the 1950s the Market Place in Market Lavington fell into a rather derelict state. The agricultural engineer’s yard was always a rather ramshackle affair and the fire station and associated bu...