Plenty of you were guessing correctly again with last week’s Mystery Photograph. Well done to all who got it right - we were indeed in Midsomer Norton for this one.

Last week’s Mystery Photo was taken during the 1920s and featured another bygone mode of transport, known as a ‘charabanc’.

Midsomer Norton Charabanc (1920s)
Last week’s Mystery Photograph was taken in Midsomer Norton in the 1920s and featured an old bus-like motor coach called a charabanc. (Radstock Museum)

Thank you to Radstock Museum for supplying the photograph.

Well done to Simon Chard, Chris Gill, Roger Brooks, Regan Moyle, Steven Eyles, Paul Hancock, Graeme Harrington, Peter Box, Paul Kirkwood, Mike Ford, Roy Barnes and Val Rogers.

Shirley Steele guessed the time period and location correctly, as well as identifying the vehicles pictured. She told us: “The photograph shows two charabancs loaded ready for a day's outing, parked in The Island, Midsomer Norton. Likely the date was in the 1920s, since that was the age of popularity of motorised charabancs like these.

The building to the left is the Town Hall; on the right is a shoe shop, the sign on the wall advertising "Mocassins for men". That shop was later run by the Lippiatt family. Just out of view on the right is a building that was taken over by my family soon after the war, and where I lived for several years: older readers may remember "Percy Parsons' Newsagency" (though we sold many other things, and even ran a subscription library). It is now an optician's store, while the shoe shop was a branch of Barclays Bank for some years but is now private residences.”

Dave Seddon also guessed correctly. He said: “The picture of the charabancs is clearly taken at the Island, Midsomer Norton with the Town Hall behind on the left. Difficult to say when but I would guess at around 1920.”

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