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Description: | View of the rear of Kemp and Stevens - Monumental Masons and Undertakers - premises taken from the opposite side of Mount Pleasant Road. To the right can be seen the flat roofed brick building, formerly the Air Raid Warden's post, which was enlarged to become the Chapel of Rest. In the centre is the wooden shed of the stonemason which was also shared by the coffin maker until other premises were found for him elsewhere. To the left of that is the wooden garage that housed the hearse. Kemp and Stevens premises comprised 91 - 95 High Street with this yard behind with the domestic residence in Fern Cottage. This site had belonged to the building firm of J H and E Dyer - who amongst other things built All Saints Church - then early last century it was bought by another builder, Thomas Sewry. In 1932 Kemp and Stevens started as a carpenters and undertakers and in 1961 the business was sold to their former apprentice undertaker Ron Thorne who continues the business with his son Geoff Thorne. The rear yard as seen in this photograph was demolished and rebuilt 1983 - 1984. The name Kemp and Stevens is retained. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Margaret Smith | Subjects: | Kemp and Stevens Dyer, J H and E undertaker building Thorne, Ron Mount Pleasant Road street Air Raid Warden stonemason Thorne Geoff | Temporal: | start=1982-01-01; end=1982-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Margaret Smith | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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