The stories behind our black and white photos on the restaurant wall

If you’ve been into our new restaurant and seen our wonderful black and white feature wall, then you might be wondering where they were taken and who by?

Our lovely curvy wall includes scenes from across Somerset and all but one were taken by Somerset photographer, Pauline Rook from Lopen.

The roots shot was taken on a walk to the south of Crewkerne and the willows image comes from the River Parrett near Muchelney.

The ploughing match photo was taken during the Crewkerne Young Farmers’ 50th ploughing match at Hinton Park, when everyone who had ever been a member was invited to take part.

The ploughman in our image is Pete Smith, who was ploughing in Class 6, in the ‘trailed vintage’ section.

Pete was placed fourth in the class, ploughing with a Fordson E27N tractor manufactured in 1946, and a Ransomes trailed two furrow plough.

The apple gathering shot shows Roger Parris picking up cider apples. He is using a traditional basket to collect them. The basket was made by Ivor Hancock one of the oldest and best-loved and known basket makers in Somerset.

Also featured on our wall is the ruined Chapel of St. Michael. This sits on top of Burrow Mump at Burrowbridge and dates back to the thirteenth century.

The steam train picture at Bishop’s Lydeard was taken by our team member, Matthew Vowles, who is a keen photographer in his spare time.