Inscribed on back “At Stubbs Farm Ingersley Road 1880”.
Locations 2: Sowcar Lane
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Len Stubbs in the snow at Sowcar farm
Len Stubbs recalls the German POWs who dug out the snow on Ingersley Road and Blaze Hill. It took 3 days to dig out Blaze Hill then the snow blew back again in one night. the Germans camped in outbuildings at Sowcar Farm. A German officer in a long leather coat marched about supervising and had a brazier to warm his hands.
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Sowcar Farm in the snow.
John Stubbs, the farmer at Sowcar, has a bag around his shoulders for warmth. Photograph taken in the gateway of the farm.
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Sarah Stubbs and son at Sowcar Farm
Sarah, wife of Henshaw Stubbs. Died 1939 aged 74. Farmed at Sowcar Farm. Sons Percy,Richard,Henshaw, James, John, Leonard. John born in 1888 at Harrop Fold. When married farmed at Burton’s farm Saltersford, then Bay Tree Farm Hedgerow the Sowcar from 1932.
