35 Interview with Douglas Gough - October 1979

Cable at Rose Wood and could have been last of the mining – early 1920s. Douglas remembered this because he could see it from the road. Did not know of any other mines.

43 Interview with Earnest Thorne - April 1984

Quarry and or Rift worked after Axbridge Ochre cavern.

Charles Filer and William Tripp worked for Myatt before Channon’s and well before 1^st World War.

44 Interview with Earnest Thorne

The “Ochre House”, Hillside, Axbridge is where Mr Myatt once lived, and where the miners he employed on Axbridge Hill drew their pay, (in the porch). The miners employed were the Channons. This mining was private enterprise.

Mr Myatt started mining 1903.

48 Interview with Jack Weare

Myatt, Hillside, Axbridge, private enterprise.

Vic and Percy Channon lived at Axbridge, brothers. William Tripp formerly of Shipham and Tom Shepstone. Four miners plus foreman.

Rift, Quarry above Rose Wood and other pits in between. Cable from Rift (natural) or Quarry down the hillside and both worked for ochre.

51 Interview with Chris Ellis (Channon)

Mr Myatt employed Vic Channon, Percy Channon and Fred Curtis, not William, during the 1920’s ochre mining on Axbridge Hill. Mining on Axbridge Hill ceased 1920’s

Information Jack Weare

Mr Myatt, Hillside, Axbridge, employed miners for ochre digging on Axbridge Hill. This was a private enterprise. He employed Vic and Percy Channon who were brothers and they lived at Axbridge, also William Tripp formerly of Shipham and Tom Shepstone. There were four miners plus the foreman. The ochre was taken to Cheddar, treated there and then sent by rail to an unknown destination. The mines worked were Rift and Quarry, above Rose Wood and other pits in between. Cable from (Rift (natural) or Quarry down the hillside and both worked for ochre.

57a Interview with Daisy Channon

Daisy was not sure when she married Percy but it may have been 1928, however, Percy was already working on Axbridge Hill as an ochre miner 5½ days a week. This was for a Mr Myatt (Margin note – Myatt died 1925), Hillside, Axbridge, after the 1^st World War (1920’s). Towards the end Mr Myatt let the mining run down and then it stopped altogether when Myatt died.

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