- (16711) Bandmill at Penn Street
Bandmill at Penn Street. Wilfy Stevens on the right - (15868) Penn Street Factory c 1930's
Penn Street Factory c 1930's - (15350) 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. - (15327) Dancer and Hearne Holmer Green
Dancer and Hearne, Factory Street (now Orchard Way), Holmer Green - (15182) 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 - (14978) Screwing plywood strim to Mosquito Wing
Screwing plywood trim to Mosquito Wing. Note women on wartime work working with the men. - (14658) Bench worker, A Wingrove
Bench worker, A Wingrove ? - (14262) WB Hearne and Local Businessmen
Tom Parslow, ? Pursey, W B Hearne, Bill Wright, Bill Randall, J Wright. Photo taken at top of New Road 1909/10. Tom Parslow’s father had Penn Street Farm, the family moved to Mop End and Tom’s son sold it a few years ago. Bill Wright kept The Squirrel. Bill Randall started the Amersham Bus Co. D - (13956) Workforce c1900's-key
Workforce c1900's Key: - (13834) 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! - (13788) 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. - (13600) Workforce c1900's - before WW1
Workforce c1900's - before WW1.
Sidney Miles, (bottom RH) was Killed in action 5 June 1918, aged 41, and is named on the Penn Street War Memorial. - (13524) Chair shop at Penn Street C1950s.
Chair shop at Penn Street C1950s.