Then and now

Modern Stambourne and how it appeared many years ago

* …Closure of the Butcher’s Arms, 1968
L-R: George Boughtwood, Walter (Bumper) Barnard, Oscar Pickess, Mrs Crowe, Mr Crowe, Herbert Mickley, Frank Metson


Derrick Johnson compiled these pictures in 1996 with help from the following people:

Adrian Corder-Birch, Jane Pickess, Ivor Debenham, Kenneth Pyman, Jessie Ruggles, Bryan Wright, Mary Rawlinson, Neil Cockrell, Ronald Hawkins, Martyn Fall, Matthew Fall, Elizabeth Fall.

With thanks to Martyn and Elizabeth Fall — these photos compare modern Stambourne with as it appeared many years ago.

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