Old Ledbury - Wellington Heath

View Ledbury Guardian Newspaper Articles for Wellington Heath during World War One 1914 - 1918

The rest of this page is divided into the following categories

BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES | CLUBS AND SOCIETIES | EMPLOYERS | ENTERTAINMENT | FETES ROYALTY AND SHOWS| MILITARY | PUBS AND HOTELS | SCHOOLS | SPORTS | WEDDINGS | FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS BDM |OBITUARIES

Buildings and Churches

Clubs and Societies

Employers

Entertainment

Fetes Royalty and Shows

Military

Pubs and Hotels

Schools

1955

Back Row - Bob BARNES, Lavinia NICHOLLS, .. TAYLOR, Sandra PHILLIPS, Paul PHILLIPS

Front Row - Christine WEAGER, Colin ROWBERRY, Launa DREW, Keith MOWBRAY, Tony LOVERIDGE

A well groomed bunch!...SD

What a lovely photo, I wonder if that was the whole class!...BB

How lovely, Chris WEAGER still looks the same now ...CP

Love it...BH

What a great photo...LS

Was Bob BARNES a relation to Titch BARNES...LJ

Thanks for this pic. I have never seen a pic of my dad this young!! And yes Bob BARNES was a relation of Titch ...DA

Mrs EDWARDS was teacher there when I started in 1946. She lived in the bungalow just past the van rental place on the Hereford Road...CT

Not just the whole class but the whole year, it was a small school, & my gran was dinner lady...RB

I went to this school - I ran home on the first day...SM

And Christine WEAGER taught me to dance the mashed potato ...

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Sports

Football

1950s

Back Row - Fatty TAYLOR, unknown, Gerald MOWBRAY, Eric GROVES, Bert HATHAWAY, Roly BARNES, Jeff MOWBRAY, Tom DAVIES

Front Row - Dick'Baggott' BAGLEY, Tony VICARAGE, Reg BARNES, Reg MOWBRAY, Tom DAVIS, Baffy DREW, Ernie BARNES

Floor - unknown, unknown

1970s

Most of the players worked at Ledbury Preserves at the time

Back Row - Brian HAINES, Ian WHEELER, Bob JEYNES, Colin HILL, Colin DAVIES, Mike STERRY, Phil MANNS

Front Row - Brian DAVIES, Ronnie DAVIES, Bob FLETCHER, Ken POWELL, Colin ROWBERRY, Colin PROTHERO

1978

Photo taken at Much Marcle

Back Row - Ken BULLARD, Joe GLADWIN, Paul Bunny SMITH, Chris GUMMER, Paul BLOISE, Ralph TYLER, Roy ELVINS.

Front Row - ... TYLER. Mark HERBERT, Alex SHAKESHEFF, Ronnie DAVIES, Ron DAVIS, Ray SHAKESHEFF

Skittles

1960s

Rovers Skittles Team were based at the Plough in Ledbury

Back Row - Rolly BARNES, Gerald MOWBRAY, Davy 'Crocket' JONES, Reg MOWBRAY, Dennis BARNES

Front Row - Michael HAINES, Stan SLEEMAN, Don SAVERY, Fred ...

Tug of War Team

1960s

Wellington Heath before the Tug-o-war, White Hart v Farmers Arms

Back row - Albert ROSE, Mike ING, George DREW, Phil GREEN, Lionel FLEETWOOD, Roly LILLEY

Front Row - Mike SMITH ( Percher ), Joe HOLTHAM, Bunny SMITH, Tommy VICARAGE, Bill PREEDY, Harry CARPENTER

Weddings

Family Announcements Births, Deaths, Marriages

Obituaries

Sources

1914 Newent Reporter Newspaper - Herefordshire History

1914 - 1919 Ledbury Guardian Newspaper - Herefordshire History

1916 Tilley's Almanack

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