Home Guard House - Oct 21

[BikinGlynn]

Home Guard House - Aug 21

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Just throwing this one out with a little story attached.
So we (well my mate if Im honest) found this place well over a year back much like many others we have found by some good hard work & painstaking hours of map scouring to get a "possible pin" & it was one of the 1 in 10 that turned out rather nice.
Without going into too much of a rant one of the goons recently found it and no surprise there has been about 10 fb posts in the last few weeks. One person even claiming "they didnt break the window frame clean out they simply opened it but someone since has" The window in question was not openable at all.
There was of course another way in that required a little bit more finesse & skill that this lot obviously didn't posses.

The only plus side is that this is on a regularly used farm track & the house obviously checked with new padlock on door so hopefully the damage will be spotted quickly & sealed before the place gets robbed blind.

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I haven't even tried to find any history as its rarely possible with domestic properties, but there was obviously a military man that lived here, it was otherwise a pretty typical farm house with a lot of stuff left where it sat.
If you have seen any of the fb posts you wil notice that a fair amount has been cleared out since our visit, so I guess the family are slowly clearing the property.

Hopefully it will be sold or lived in again in the not too distant future as it seems in good structural condition.

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Iv got rather a lot of pics from here btw as there was a lot to see, some see it as just someone's old tat, but to me its a glimpse into a life.
So on with the pics.

Nurses belt buckle & fusiliers badge

1934 Bank Statement

Loved this pair of inkwells

Interesting 50s newspaper article

some 1909 bookkeeping

I could go on but that will have to do. Thanks for looking​

 

[HughieD]

Cracking bit of residential there mate.

 

[night crawler]

Wow that is a museum if ever I saw one, hope no one trashes it the place deserves keeping
OK it's on FB so that's killed it then

 

[BikinGlynn]

Cracking bit of residential there mate.

thanks dude its another cracker

 

[BikinGlynn]

Wow that is a museum if ever I saw one, hope no one trashes it the place deserves keeping
OK it's on FB so that's killed it then

yeah it is a bit nice. Not so much the fact that its on there as its still hard to find, more that one guy found it & has obviously immediately gave it out to a dozen others.
Its difficult I know some would criticise us for keeping it quiet for so long but honestly I would of gave it but only to a few who I really trust, these goons just hand em round like candy

 

[Hayman]

Yet another welll-presented rounded snapshot of history. My grandfather had his bank acount at the Totnes branch of the Midland. And my grandmother had a complete set of willow pattern plates and serving dishes. The Champ reminds me that my RE unit had them in the late 1950s, early 1960s, before the army went for the Land Rover; the dunking was perhaps to show the waterproofness of the engine.
The 1 DEN flash on the Home Guard blouse probably indicated the 1st Battalion of the Denbighshire and Flintshire Home Guard. This would tie in with the front page of the Liverpool Daily Post. The Hignett Bros' tobacco tin's S D V brand may also have been army related - the V referring to a Volunteers unit. Think of the Player's Please adverts with an RN matelot. And, of course, Camp Coffee. Well done.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Yet another welll-presented rounded snapshot of history. My grandfather had his bank acount at the Totnes branch of the Midland. And my grandmother had a complete set of willow pattern plates and serving dishes. The Champ reminds me that my RE unit had them in the late 1950s, early 1960s, before the army went for the Land Rover; the dunking was perhaps to show the waterproofness of the engine.
The 1 DEN flash on the Home Guard blouse probably indicated the 1st Battalion of the Denbighshire and Flintshire Home Guard. This would tie in with the front page of the Liverpool Daily Post. The Hignett Bros' tobacco tin's S D V brand may also have been army related - the V referring to a Volunteers unit. Think of the Player's Please adverts with an RN matelot. And, of course, Camp Coffee. Well done.

nice bit of research. Yes the champ was demonstrating its apparent ability to wade 5ft of water! thats pretty impressive & only achievable if the driver is 5ft 6or over lol

 

[Richard Davies]

Quite a time capsule, the TV looks like the 1970s Sharp B&W portable my Aunt & Uncle had for many years as a second set.

 

[Hayman]

nice bit of research. Yes the champ was demonstrating its apparent ability to wade 5ft of water! thats pretty impressive & only achievable if the driver is 5ft 6or over lol

I recall seeing a Champ with a snorkel air intake. Even so, when driving through water, the driver had to make sure he kept his foot on the accelerator pedal to maintain positive exhaust gas flow through the whole exhaust system, or water could enter the engine that way. I'm pretty sure there was no one-way valve anywhere between the exhaust manifold and the tail pipe. The high air-intake pipe is seen at the bottom right of the photo. The short body length of the Champ is very obvious; very much like that of a US Army Jeep. The electrics all needed sealing as well. The engines were made by Rolls Royce, and MT mechanics were not allowed to do very much to them. Maybe OK in peace time.

 

[macabethiele]

Amazing time capsule of a typical rural dweller before the age of consumerism & so called influencers.

 

[BikinGlynn]

Amazing time capsule of a typical rural dweller before the age of consumerism & so called influencers.

Thanks

 

[Hayman]

Thanks

In the centre of the pic taken in what looks to have been the scullery (the room off the kitchen for minor domestic tasks and often used as a cool room), the green and silver-coloured machine is a hand-operated Alfa Laval cream separator. Milk direct from the cows would be poured into the top, with the thicker part used as cream – or possibly churned into butter. The thinner remainder would be the milk used for drinking, pouring on cereals, etc.

Alfa Laval began as a Swedish company involved in making centrifugal separators. It also produced milking machines. Back in the early to mid 20 century, when a herd of milking cows was being moved by train from one farm to another, it might have taken more than a day. I was told that Alfa Laval would provide a service to ensure that the cows were milked the usual twice a day, and that the milk was not wasted. In the 1980s the company had offices near the elevated section of the M4 in Brentford, west London.

Attached is a photo of an instruction booklet for a machine similar to the one in the derelict house, and one of a larger Alfa Laval separator.

 

[BikinGlynn]

In the centre of the pic taken in what looks to have been the scullery (the room off the kitchen for minor domestic tasks and often used as a cool room), the green and silver-coloured machine is a hand-operated Alfa Laval cream separator. Milk direct from the cows would be poured into the top, with the thicker part used as cream – or possibly churned into butter. The thinner remainder would be the milk used for drinking, pouring on cereals, etc.

Alfa Laval began as a Swedish company involved in making centrifugal separators. It also produced milking machines. Back in the early to mid 20 century, when a herd of milking cows was being moved by train from one farm to another, it might have taken more than a day. I was told that Alfa Laval would provide a service to ensure that the cows were milked the usual twice a day, and that the milk was not wasted. In the 1980s the company had offices near the elevated section of the M4 in Brentford, west London.

Attached is a photo of an instruction booklet for a machine similar to the one in the derelict house, and one of a larger Alfa Laval separator.

good bit of info again thanks.
Yes there was a decent size scullery (glorified larder) in there. The house was a nice size tbh, not too large but something Id love to own.

 

[Echo Seven]

Home Guard House - Aug 21

​

Just throwing this one out with a little story attached.
So we (well my mate if Im honest) found this place well over a year back much like many others we have found by some good hard work & painstaking hours of map scouring to get a "possible pin" & it was one of the 1 in 10 that turned out rather nice.
Without going into too much of a rant one of the goons recently found it and no surprise there has been about 10 fb posts in the last few weeks. One person even claiming "they didnt break the window frame clean out they simply opened it but someone since has" The window in question was not openable at all.
There was of course another way in that required a little bit more finesse & skill that this lot obviously didn't posses.

The only plus side is that this is on a regularly used farm track & the house obviously checked with new padlock on door so hopefully the damage will be spotted quickly & sealed before the place gets robbed blind.

​

I haven't even tried to find any history as its rarely possible with domestic properties, but there was obviously a military man that lived here, it was otherwise a pretty typical farm house with a lot of stuff left where it sat.
If you have seen any of the fb posts you wil notice that a fair amount has been cleared out since our visit, so I guess the family are slowly clearing the property.

Hopefully it will be sold or lived in again in the not too distant future as it seems in good structural condition.

​

Iv got rather a lot of pics from here btw as there was a lot to see, some see it as just someone's old tat, but to me its a glimpse into a life.
So on with the pics.

Nurses belt buckle & fusiliers badge

1934 Bank Statement

Loved this pair of inkwells

Interesting 50s newspaper article

some 1909 bookkeeping

I could go on but that will have to do. Thanks for looking​

 

[Echo Seven]

WOW, what a find!

 

[BikinGlynn]

WOW, what a find!

thanks dude, honestly Iv done quite a few like it but tend to keep houses off the net cos if or when they get out thats usually the end of them

 

[whg060846]

WOW, what a gem, thank you for posting.
I hope this house becomes lived in again.
Some photos show lovely memorabilia, perhaps worthy of sharing with a local History Group or local County Record Office?

 

[Priority 7]

Superb set fella, its now fully boarded and bolted at the front. Was there this weekend Brand new fresh sheets and CCTV too :-(

 

[Catweazle64]

Wow!

 

[John_D]

The portable battery radio, shown in picture 6, next to the binoculars is an Eveready Sky King, from 1956. I have an identical one that I have restored to full working order ......