STAPLEHURST ARCHIVE Photograph Index
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STAPLEHURST ARCHIVE Photograph Index This is a an index to photographs held by The Staplehurst Archive. To find photos of interest to you, use your computer's pdf search facility to search for key words. If there is an image you wish to view, make a note of its reference in the “Index” column. Some photos are displayed on this website. The Archive is located in the Staplehurst Village Centre. INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES No3 Freda Tomlin, 4 Stuart Cutbush, 5 Young farmers at Staplehurst Station. The calves Trixie Tipples, 6 Jack Ashley, 7 Peggy A01 Rural life arrive by rail c1950 Day, 10 James Day Mr Ted Reader, husband of Mary Reader stringing hops for Mr William Tipples at Iden Grange Farm A02 Rural life circa 1950s Cyril Reader son of Ted and Mary Reader driving a Ferguson tractor in the Hop Gardens at Iden A03 Rural life Grange Farm, he is cultivating between the plants. Mrs Mary Reader training hops for Mr William A04 Rural life Tipples at Iden Grange Farm circa 1950? Lady on right hand side probably Viv A05 Rural life Hop picking Butcher from Hawkenbury Lady in middle probably is Viv Butcher A06 Rural life Hop picking from Hawkenbury A07 Rural life Measuring the hops A08 Rural life Off to the oast A08a Rural life Hop pickers 1920's? Henhurst? A08b House Bletchingley Sept 1953 A09 Rural life Hop pickers at Lovehurst Farm possibly 1900's A10 Rural life Hop pickers at Lovehurst Farm A10a Rural life Hop pickers at Lovehurst Farm A11 Rural life Hops at Brattle Woman and nephew from London A11a Rural life Hop picking at Couchman Green circa 1904 A11b Hopping Stanley Catt with wagon load of hop pockets Fred Skinner (on right) admiring his hops at Rose A12 Rural lifeCottage Farm, Knoxbridge Hop picking Alan Shead A12a Rural life Spraying hops, Couchman Green c1904 A12b Rural life Spraying hops at Couchman Green c1904 Scotts A12c Rural life Couchman Green farm spraying hops circa 1904. INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES A13 Rural life In the hop field early 1900's A14 Rural life Hopping group round the bin early 1900's A14a Rural life Hop picking Couchman Green 1904 A15 Rural life Hop pickers circa 1890 Staplehurst Book Page 82 Couchman Green Oast firing circa 1904 - taken at A15a Rural life night Phillips lorry with hop pockets. Sweetlands in the A15b Rural life 30's A15c Rural life Bletchingley A15d Rural life Hop pockets at Church Hill A16 Rural life The end product! A17 Rural life Cherry pickers at Paley Farm July 1915 Stanley Catt with his horse and cart, name of Note Winch and sons billboard behind A18 Rural life wagon is H.O. Edmunds Staplehurst him A19 Rural life Thompson Farm , Marden Road Staplehurst book page 19 A20 Rural life 3 horses with self-binder on oats, Lovehurst Farm A20a Rural life Pulling the timber onto the cart at Lovehurst Ivel tractor probably at Golford perhaps the one seen by Mr Dungey of Golford which inspired his A21 Rural life weeks - study Dungey tractor circa 1913. Aveling and Porter ploughing engine in distress A22 Rural lifeThe Mole plough is behind. (Printed backwards) The giant in distress. Ploughing engines worked in A23 Rural life pairs Threshing. Steam Driven threshing drum with 10 A24 Rural life men Driven by steam engine with 1 man. Weeks hand sprayer 1 man pumping,2 men A25 Rural life squirting and 1 filling up the pump wearing a yoke Old threshing machine which stood in Chapel Lane A26 Rural life for years. INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES A26a Rural life Old wagon stood in Chapel Lane for years A27 Rural life 2 horse mower Standard Fordson with hop garden conversion with A28 Rural liferide on mower. Bletchingley Farm 1940's Richard Catchpole sitting on the ground Father Scott circa 1904. Couchman Green. 2 horse A28a Rural life mower Top left on wagon W. Boorman. Adult 3rd on left Mrs W Boorman died 1908 aged 46. Child 3rd on left Elsie Boorman, child on right Florence Catt's mother. Lady on right Sarah Anne A29 Rural life Haymaking at Sayden Farm 1893-1894 Boorman, W. Boorman's 2nd wife Horse as rope. When he moves away Haymaking at Bletchingley . Pile of hay moved with the grab rises, when he moves back the hay sweep not shown for the stack pole grab to empty grab moves back to pick up more A30 Rural life pick up hay Passing sheaves from stack bond-cutter which are passed to men on stack. They A31 Rural life Threshing at Couchman Green circa 1904 have to get the string out. A31a Rural life Haymaking, loading the wagon circa 1904 Haystacks circa 1904. Couchman Green or Biddenden. With stackpole for loading. The waterproof cover hoisted but folded up ready for A31b Rural life bad weather North and South Cottages on the left so must be what is now the school playing A32 Rural life Joe Chapman and Kitty clean raking the hay field. field. From L to R Joseph Chapman, his younger brother Jim, and Tom Swan. These fields have now become Offens Tom Swan was also the stacker and A32a Rural life Haying on road wagon. Drive. also the thatcher. INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES Haying with Joe Chapman and Stib Gurr. Joe House on right is The Bower. The Chapman is leading Ginny, the ex world war 1 wagon is standing on what is now A33 Rural life horse. Offens Drive On the load Mr F J Tomlin. On left probably Mr F. Standen lived at Hen and In school uniform David Standen Duckhurst . He was the son of David youngest son of Fred. Little boy with A34 Rural life Haymaking at Lime Trees circa 1930 Standen (with beard). rake is Frank Tomlin. From the far end to the right was what is From L to R Jim Chapman, Joe A35 Rural life Carrying strawberries now Offens Drive Chapman, Alf Boorman, Stib Gurr. Newstead Cottages, Miss Gibson's house and Old A35a Rural lifeNewstead in background. Weeding/picking strawberries. The sheep dip give organo-phosphoric poisoning to many farmers and workmen, as the village policeman had to attend every sheep dipping he was A36 Rural life Sheep dipping at Lovehurst greatly at risk. A36a Rural life Bletchingley Farm Milk cart at Lovehurst taking churns to the railway A37 Rural lifestation Boy Dave A38 Rural life 4 horses heavy cultivating at Lovehurst The Sussex plough had a skid in front and not a wheel, but the Kentish plough A39 Rural life 3 horses in line with a Sussex plough had a wheel. Taken from a Staplehurst ploughing match certificate dated 1913. Possibly from Lovehurst because harness is of a A40 Rural life 4 horses in line with a Kent turn wrest plough. Scottish pattern. Boy and ploughman in front, single Couchman Green Lane, Sussex plough with 3 horse with harrow and man behind. A40a Rural life horses, Circa 1904 A41 Rural life A plough team in Kent INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES Harvesting, scything, stooking wheat bound with A42 Rural life straw bond. After scything with cradle. A43 Rural life Harvesting mangold wurzels. Horse-drawn tip-carts or tumbrils. A44 The Grange, poultry farm, George Street From a Staplehurst Society postcard A44a Rural life Feeding chickens early 1900's. Mr Frederick Collins, charcoal burner burning a A45 Rural life clamp on Hartsheath Farm woods.1936 Charlie Smith (Chucker) now lives in Hay elevator on Humphries farm which is brick Bell Lane and Wallace Crouch (now A47 Rural life yard field. Fishers? 1936. dead) A47a Rural life Hay elevator Humphries farm 1936. Charlie Smith Grandpa Clough, wife and Auntie Alice Hay elevator Humphries farm Brick Field 1936. Charlie Smith and Wallie Crouch on bed Broad who is a blind young lady in a A47b Rural life First hay elevator in Staplehurst of elevator. white dress. and with him and Grandpa Clough, wife A48 Group Alan Humphrey on tractor (Humphrey's farm) and Alice Broad. Charlie Smith on load, David Smith left, Grandpa Clough on holiday and A48a Building Humphries farm 1936 Brick yard fields. Wallace Crouch on right A49 Forge Bell Lane Forge at end of lane We think is Elsie L Jenner of Crown Villa, Newtown. Ivy Hardy nee Jenner on right possibly Stan Jenner at rear, boy next to Elsie was evacuee called A50 Rural life Hopping, people round bin Harvey. A group of people are possibly setting out for the hop fields, or maybe for an A51 a & outing or picnic as they seem to be in b Rural life Hop pickers best clothes 2 photos. Setting out, with wagon. A51 a & Pokes on wagon.. There may be larger b Rural life Hoppickers 1 at Scott's farm, Couchman Green copies. A52 Tractor Titan Tractor colour snapshot. 1984. Ploughing Day Brian & William Thompson INDEX CATEGORY DESCRIPTION DETAILS NAMES A53 Rural life Brattle Farm open Day Changing a wheel. 1982? Brian Thompson Robert Longley A54 Oast Kent oast house 1861. Interior Illustration of unknown origin. Chittenden Farm 1954-55, Hop garden A55 Hop Garden Hop PickerPinnock Lane owned by Mr Cutbush Godden, Sergison, Baker 4 Hop pickers with bin; 2 measurers with A56 Hop Pickers Hop picking detail. measuring baskets. Oxen muzzled. Bavins. Firewood for A57 Team of oxen Team of 8 oxen with drivers. Cranbrook hop-pickers. A58 Grass cutting Grass cutting with donkey Audience voted this photo as the one Oxen Stuff and Nonsense at Brattle Farm May being of most interest when viewed 100 A59 Oxen1995 by Edith Jones years hence Brian Thompson, Brigid Longley A60 Hop Garden 2 Ladies Hoares? in Hop Garden 1935 A61 Portrait Mr Peter Scott Jnr in Couchman Green Orchard circa 1904.