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100-102 High Street, Feb 2007 — p3030919
100-102 High Street, Feb 2007

100-102 High Street, Feb 2007

Champ &amp; Sons, Mineral Water Works, 100 High Street, c1900. (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012) — uhs-091
Champ & Sons, Mineral Water Works, 100 High Street, c1900. (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012)

Champ & Sons, Mineral Water Works, 100 High Street, c1900. (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012)

Labelled: "G Garlick, Pro Wiggins &amp; Champ, Dec 1887 to 11 Jun 1893". The painted wagon includes "Ginger Bear, Ginger Ale, Lemonade" and ?"William Champ, Hungerford, Berks" (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012) — uhs-094
Labelled: "G Garlick, Pro Wiggins & Champ, Dec 1887 to 11 Jun 1893". The painted wagon includes "Ginger Bear, Ginger Ale, Lemonade" and ?"William Champ, Hungerford, Berks" (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012)

Labelled: "G Garlick, Pro Wiggins & Champ, Dec 1887 to 11 Jun 1893". The painted wagon includes "Ginger Bear, Ginger Ale, Lemonade" and ?"William Champ, Hungerford, Berks" (By kind permission of Astra West, nee Champ, 2012)

High Street, c1905 — uhs-097
High Street, c1905

High Street, c1905

Stoneware bottle from "Champ &amp; Son, Brewed Ginger Beer and Mineral Water Manufactory" — img_5004
Stoneware bottle from "Champ & Son, Brewed Ginger Beer and Mineral Water Manufactory"

Stoneware bottle from "Champ & Son, Brewed Ginger Beer and Mineral Water Manufactory"

Mineral Water bottles by Champ &amp; Son — Mineral Water
Mineral Water bottles by Champ & Son

Mineral Water bottles by Champ & Son

Alfred and Edith Macklin with one of the 101st US Airborne Div.soldiers billeted with them prior to D-Day, outside the entrance to Macklin's Dairy "Established 1884" (kindly sent by Andrew Macey) — 19450600 100 hs
Alfred and Edith Macklin with one of the 101st US Airborne Div.soldiers billeted with them prior to D-Day, outside the entrance to Macklin's Dairy "Established 1884" (kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

Alfred and Edith Macklin with one of the 101st US Airborne Div.soldiers billeted with them prior to D-Day, outside the entrance to Macklin's Dairy "Established 1884" (kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

Frederick &amp; Annie Macklin's headstone. — 19410814 frederick annie macklins headstone
Frederick & Annie Macklin's headstone.

Frederick & Annie Macklin's headstone.

Frederick Macklin and his family, undated, c1920. (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey) — 19200000ca fred macklin family
Frederick Macklin and his family, undated, c1920. (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

Frederick Macklin and his family, undated, c1920. (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)

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