- Bandmill at Penn Street
Bandmill at Penn Street. Wilfy Stevens on the right - Bench Men at Penn Street 1910
B.Lacey, E.Meeks, A.Hatch, W.B.Hearne, O.Wingrove. Taken 1910 they were the bench men at Penn Street – not to be confused with the chair makers! - Bench worker, A Wingrove
Bench worker, A Wingrove ? - C1888 workforce outside Hit or Miss
c.1888 workforce posed outside the Hit or Miss. William Hearne died 1876, and Eliza re-married to Sam Dancer, the origin of Dancer & Hearne. Sam Dancer in bowler hat is at extreme right, the girl third from right on back row, is his daughter Alice Minnie. - Chair made for the Furniture Exhibition 1934.
Chair made for the Furniture Exhibition 1934. It was for many years on the roof of Dancer & Hearne Fairmeadow factory in West Wycombe road. Mr Bunce on the left and Eric Hearne on the right. - Chair shop at Penn Street C1950s.
Chair shop at Penn Street C1950s. - Chairs drying, c.1958
Chairs drying, c.1958 - Dancer and Hearne Holmer Green
Dancer and Hearne, Factory Street (now Orchard Way), Holmer Green - First bandmill installed at Penn Street
First bandmill installed at Penn Street. W. Stevens, M. Stevens, Cecil (AC) Hearne, W B Hearne, F A Hearne, ? Burrows - First Dancer and Hearne Lorry C1924
Cecil Hearne, Mr Gutteridge, Fred Hearne. C1924. First Dancer & Hearne lorry C.1924 – a Thorneycroft from Basingstoke cost £250. Mr Gutteridge was a chauffeur and was employed as no one else could drive a lorry at that time. - JT Hearne? c.1930
JT Hearne? c.1930 - Martin Haswell Workshop 2022
The same view of the Factory in 2022, now home to Martin Haswell's Handmade Bespoke Furniture Design Studio and Workshop. . - Mosquito Main Wing
Mosquito Main Wing under construction. During WWII the Penn Street factory was given over completely to making parts for the De Havilland Mosquito. The Lindsay Avenue, HW, site also made plane parts. - Penn Street Chair Shop, c.1964
Penn Street Chair Shop, c.1964 - Penn Street Factory c 1930's
Penn Street Factory c 1930's - Screwing plywood strim to Mosquito Wing
Screwing plywood trim to Mosquito Wing. Note women on wartime work working with the men. - Stacking wood, Penn Street, 1944
Stacking wood, Penn Street, 1944 - Timber wagon 1940's (SWOP)
Looking N, a view of timber arriving at Dancer and Hearne's factory next to the Hit or Miss PH, 1940's - W B Hearne & Office Girls c 1930's
W B Hearne & Office Girls c 1930's - W Hearne\\\'s original shed 1840 behind the Hit or Miss.
William Hearne a chair maker married Eliza Taylor, and in the 1860s they took over as licensees of The Hit and Miss. William started making chairs in a little shed at the back, it was demolished in about 1953.