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| The Vernon Lamb Archive, Commercial |
| A Unique Photographic Record of Matlock & District, 1910-1915, and World War One Soldiers |
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| Place: | Holly Tree Inn, Over Hackney, Darley Dale, Matlock |
| Property / Street / Road: | - |
| Date: | 1913 - 1914 |
| Description/Historical Information: | Outside the inn is a dray belonging to Joseph Boden, a coal merchant of Darley Bridge, who collected his
coal from the station yard at Darley and delivered it around the district. According to Keith Taylor "he was the first person
in the locality to sell coal in a sack, rather than just piling it in a heap in the street!" He lived at the Homestead, where
he stored coal in one of the stables. The horse - called Kit - and the cart were kept in another*. "Coaly Joe", as he
was known, was making a delivery to the Holly Tree. *This information from Taylor, Keith (2002), "Darley Dale Remembered Through 50 Years of War and Peace", ISBN 1 898941 79 3, Country Books, Little Longstone. The inn's landlord, Thomas Stephen Bridge, was 24 in 1911. He married Sarah Alice Fleet at All Saints' in 1910. He was granted a transfer of the licence from William Holmes at Matlock's Brewster Sessions in February 1913. The two children standing in the doorway are Tom and Sarah's children, Dan and Ida. It is difficult to see her, but their mother is standing behind them. Thomas S Bridge joined the 19th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Toronto, Canada in 1915 although his wife Sarah Alice remained in Matlock. He went to Port Sydney in Ontario where he later retired. He died and was buried there in 1959. There is a picture of Sarah Alice with her family on VLA5115. There is also a photo of the Hackney Foresters Football Team, plus Tom Bridge, outside the Holly Tree on VLA5264. |
| Further information elsewhere on this site: |
- Matlock:
Thomas Stephen Bridge & his Family, 19th & 20th Century - Darley Dale, Holly Tree Inn, Over Hackney, about 1914 |
| Image Reference: | VLA5023 |
| Copyright: | © The Vernon Lamb Archive and Robert White. See About the Archive and About Vernon Lamb, Photographer. |