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Old & Past  Hullavingtonians 1

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Mrs Phyliss Stern in the driving seat of this motor cycle  combination in the Lane at Newtown, Hullavington circa 1929. Behind her on the bike is her niece Marion Fry  and in the sidecar are her sister Enid Wicks and her brother Jim


Mr George Sterne, at the age of 17, was employed at Hullavington station and is shown here pushing a trolley on the station platform, with workmate, probably Harry Peters, in 1929. When Mr Sterne was on his way to work at great Somerford station on the April 18th  1949, an airman fell from the platform at Dauntsey  station into the path of the train on which Mr Sterne was travelling. He went  straight to the airman's assistance and, according to the newspaper report, his prompt action was the only thing that saved the airman's life, his arm having been severed. Mr Sterne  received an award for this action  and had to go to London for the presentation



Hullavington railway station in the early 1930s, one of the stations closed by Dr Beeching. Passenger traffic ceased in 1951 and the goods yard closed in 1962


Mr John Wicks and his wife Ada Jane of Hullavington, pictured  before John left for action in the First World War, from which he returned safely. John  and Ada had 8 children: John, Maurice, Frank, Lilian, Mary, Cecily and Rose. One bay died


Jack Giles of Bromham at the outbreak of the First World War. He served in the  Field Artillery and survived the war. He later moved to Manor Farm, Hullavington around 1936


Hullavington School, 1928.

Front row, left to right:
Mable Greenman, Una Greenman, Marion Fry, ? , Jim Wicks, Molly Greenman, Jean Giles, Dorothy Smart, Edgar Jones, Mrs Ray.

Middle row:
Enid Wicks, Sylvia Peters, Helen Tanner, Bill Norris, Bert Greenman,  ?  ,  Lucy Neal,  Molly Tanner,  ? ,

Back row: 
Mr Ray,  Eric Neate,  Bob Jones,  ?  Eddington,  Miss Price,  M Smart, Jim Chapel,  Miss Lillywhite, Jim Chapel, Bob Tanner, Ethel Tanner, Tony Scrivener, G Skull


 

On leaving the army, James Wicks lived with his family in Luckington before they moved to Hullavington. This photo shows three of his daughters attending Hullavington School in around 1905. Nelly Wicks is seated first on the left, Phyllis is sixth and Dolly seventh. Note the lace decorating some of the girls aprons


 

Tom Hazel (in dark suit) driving a cow past Hullavington pond, which no longer exists, in the mid 1920s. his parents Mr & Mrs Hazel kept The Star Inn