We had a huge response to last week’s Mystery Photo – thank you to reader, Mike Gould, who sent us the photograph of the newly completed renovation of Norton Hill garage on Fosseway, taken about 1955. Note the lack of traffic on the main road!

Well done to: Ivor Davis, Colin Button, Valerie

Rogers, Peter Box, Jonathon Griffin, Ellen Salmon, Paul Hancock, Lynne Waton, Simon Chard, Jeff Parsons, Nigel Shoosmith, Katie Thayer, Peter Maggs, Samuel Hansford, Norman Allward, Frankie Ford, Jodie Wells, Martin and Jude Cole, Gilmour Jones, Dave Curtis, Eric Brain, Paul Kirkwood, Vince Gill, Les Box and Hannah Selway, Pete Clements and Lynsey Gould-Knowles. Apologies to anyone we might have missed!!

We also had some late answers for the previous week’s photograph (see

bottom image). Christine Watts says: “The week before last we didn’t manage to get The Journal as we normally do, so what a surprise to see the Mystery Photo. The photo of Bromley Colliery trucks showed my Grandfather Harry Baber, of Pensford. Such a treat to see it in print, we have the photograph as a family, but it doesn’t show the complete line of trucks.”

Paul Hunt adds: “The mystery photo in Thursday 26th August’s edition of The Journal was taken on what was called the ‘Dram Line’ which ran between the Pensford and Bromley collieries. It was mainly used to transport coal from Bromley to Pensford in the tracks visual in the photo (which I believe was taken late-1940s or very early -1950s). There was also a set of what they called ‘dillies’ which carried miners to and from the collieries. The engine which pulled these trucks to Pensford was driven by George Hanney, who lived just above the George & Dragon in Pensford in a cottage. The trucks were then separated and my uncle, Leslie Hoddinott, would then pull them with a smaller engine up a very short, but very steep incline to be loaded into main rail trucks. My uncle later drove the main engine after Mr Hanney, I think, retired. If you look top left of the photo, you will see the Bromley chimney stack in the distance. The person sat on the truck I do 99% believe it to be Harry Baber who lived in No 13 (now ‘Hillcrest’) in Pensford.

A big thank you to Radstock Museum, who support this feature so wonderfully! If you think you know where this week’s Mystery Photograph was taken and would like a mention, please email: [email protected] before 5pm on Monday.

The Museum is now open 2 pm – 5 pm every day except for Mondays and 11 am –

5 pm on Saturdays.