John and Martha Stubbs, with children (not theirs) at Bay Tree farm, Hedgerow. The family later moved to Sowcar farm. Martha, nee Lomas, married Len Stubbs in 1916. John was the son of Henshaw Stubbs of Sowcar Farm.
People 2: Lomas, Martha
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Haymaking on Billinge
Haymaking on Billinge, on Sowcar farmland. Spots on the original photograph. Martha Stubbs, nee Lomas.
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Hayfield at Sowcar Farm
Hayfields on Sowcar Farm. Country Cafe on Spuley Lane in the background. Matha Stubbs, nee Lomas.
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Outing to Rhyl
Third from right Betsy?, aunt of Len Stubbs. no surname given. Martha Stubbs, nee Lomas.
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Martha Stubbs, nee Lomas
Martha Stubbs, nee Lomas, daughter of George Lomas, timber merchant of Chapel en le Frith. She was born at Tunstead Farm c.1890. She later lived with an aunt at Hardy Green Cottages, Kettleshulme, until she moved in 1916. John Stubbs, who then farmed Burton’s Farm, Saltersford, then Bay Tree Farm, Hedgerow, then Sowcar Farm from c.1932. Sowcar Farm has been farmed by the Stubbs family for many hundreds of years and is one of the oldest buildings in the area.
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Belle Vue Zoo
Bollington folk visiting Bell Vue Zoo in east Manchester. People in this picture include Martha Stubbs (of Sowcar Farm), nee Lomas, Ellen Pickford, Elizabeth Robinson, Mary Henson (daughter of Martha Stubbs), David Henson.