Earle Male, No 6 Council Houses

This photograph was taken at the rear of what was then the family home of No. 6 Council Houses, Stembridge. The photograph shows my father’s Earle Male’s workshop where he set up his withy business. The tin shed at the rear on the right was where things took place as well as in the yard where the people are standing. There is a withy stripping brake on the right of the photo, set up on a post. It was quite usual for families to run their work from home. Shaun Stuckey – who was a waggon builder and wheelwright lived in No 4 Council houses and he also worked out of sheds to the rear. Ray Barrett lived in No 3, Joe Mitchell in No 13. Notes Leslie Male March 2017

Earle Male, No 6 Council Houses