Rachael Amos - Seavington Memories
The Seeavington News - 1985
I REMEMBER
I remember when the two Seavingtons between them (though
not all at one time) had a school, two smithies, an annual
Club Day, two carpenter-wheelwrights, two cobblers, a
collar factory, three farmers selling milk on the premises,
a post office, a washerwoman, two shops, a resident person,
a saddler and a baker. For 3d., the baker would cook
anybody’s Sunday dinner, usually left with him on the way
to morning service and collected on the way home. One
could also buy sixpennyworth of cream at Warry’s farm.
There were letters on Sunday, but only for those who
called at the Post Office to ask for their own mail.
I remember when there were no Council houses in Seavington;
none of the present houses in Water Street except The
Beeches, Beech Cottage and The Pheasant (then a farmhouse);
none of today’s houses in Upton Lane except Court Farm,
The Rectory, the two semi-detached houses opposite, and
Upton House. There was an orchard behind Upton House
and a private door, kept locked, giving on to Upton Lane
near the junction with the main road.I remember when the Chapel was Wesleyan. The Sunday School
teacher there was Hiss Harding, who had originally lived
in Lower Seavington but later moved to South Petherton,
and cane out every Sunday afternoon on a tricycle. (Her
home in Seavington was, I believe, in the property now
owned by Col. Burrell and Mr. Budd, and there was a room
used for chapel services before the present building was
erected. I cannot remember this, but have been told about it. I remember when the two Churches had a robed choir, men
and boys, and a weekly choir practice. Rachael Amos