History of the Harvest Home
Contents
Page 01 - Introduction - "The Whoame Harras"
Page 02 - From 1930’s to the Present Day
Page 03 - “The Best in the West”
Page 04 - The Fun Fair
Page 05 - The Variety of Attractions and Competitions
Page 06 - The Sense of Community
Page 07 - The Church Celebrations & Thanksgiving
Page 08 - Unexpected Surprises
Page 09 - The Changing Landscape & Community of the Chew Valley
Page 10 - The Present Day
Acknowledgements
With many thanks to those individuals and organisations who gave kind permissions to reproduce excerpts or summaries from published articles -
Steve Egginton at “Mendip Times” for consent to reproduce large extracts from the feature article “The Chew Stoke Harvest Home – Celebrating the Spirit of the Community” (published “Mendip Times” August 2008), Mr Phil Walker and Mr A.Young for historical contributions (and large amounts of time!)
Thank you so much to all those villagers from Chew Stoke and environs who were kind enough to take the time to contribute their recollections and comments about the Chew Stoke Harvest Home – it has been wonderful to hear all your stories – thank you. You all know who you are and many of you have asked to remain anonymous!