Wednesday 23rd October 2013
This photograph shows a scene by the old barn at Boreham Farm, Warminster, and was taken during the period when Tom Bazley was the tenant farmer. It may be in the 1920s. These days, the descendants of the Bazley family live in New Zealand. They very kindly sent this photograph to Richard Dombkowski in Warminster in more recent years (he thinks in the 1980s). Richard’s father Bruno Dombkowski worked for Tom Bazley in the 1950s. The farm buildings no longer exist ~ they were demolished circa 1969 and the rubble was bulldozed into the ground in situ, where the St. George’s Playing Field (Kingdown School’s Sports Field) is now.
Richard Dombkowski writes ~ “The Bazleys sent me a letter with the photograph, as far as I can remember, explaining who the man and the woman were in the picture. I have temporarily mislaid the letter but I hope to find it soon. So, for now, I’ll let you [Danny Howell] share the photo on your website and will hopefully let you have the information later. I do remember the barn very well, going back to when I was about five years old (circa 1959).”
Our thanks to Richard for sharing this wonderful photograph.