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100-102 High Street, Feb 2007
Champ & Sons, Mineral Water Works, 100 High Street, c1900. (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
Stoneware bottle from "Champ & Son, Brewed Ginger Beer and Mineral Water Manufactory"
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)
Frederick & Annie Macklin's headstone.
Frederick Macklin and his family, undated, c1920. (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)
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