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Cedric employed as a bath chair attendant

Cedric Wield with donkey bathchair...

Photograph by John Wield of his son Cedric circa 1914. The family business involved...

Date added to website:
15/12/2005

Cedric and Effie Wield on enjoying themselves onholiday

Children at the Seaside

Cedric and Effie Wield at the seaside. They probably would have been in Skegness...

Date added to website:
15/12/2005

Members of the extended Wield Family on an outing to the seaside

Five Children at the Seaside

Five members of the extended Wield family are having fun at the seaside

Date added to website:
07/02/2006

The Bungalow, once home to the Wield family, now houses the Cottage Museum and its extensive collection of early photographs taken by, among others, Johnny Wield

The Bungalow

The Bungalow is the home of the Cottage Museum. It is made from corrugated iron...

Date added to website:
20/01/2006

Photograph of The Bungalow

The Bungalow in Winter

Photograph of the Bungalow in Winter

Date added to website:
14/06/2006

The Bungalow used to be next to the railway line. This photograph shows the train that had stopped for passengers to get off at the station

The Bungalow With The Train Stopped...

<br /> <strong>This photograph shows the bungalow with a steam train stationary...

Date added to website:
05/02/2006

Photograph of the Bungalow showing one of the donkeys, a bathchair and members of the family.

The Bungalow, Woodhall Spa

This photograph shows Thomas and a young lady with a donkey drawn bath chair. It...

Date added to website:
05/02/2006

Photograph of the Spa Baths in Woodhall Spa. This was where the healing Spa waters were pumped into bath houses and to be drunk by paptients who suffered from rheumatism

The Spa Baths and Doctor's House

<p align="left">The Spa Baths were built so that people who were ill could take...

Date added to website:
10/01/2006

The family enjoying themselves

The Wield Family of Woodhall Spa...

The women and girls of the Wield family playing at the rear of the bungalow on Iddesleigh...

Date added to website:
15/12/2005

Thomas Wield made his own bathchairs that were pulled by donkeys. He was the first taxi service in Woodhall Spa. People who were ill used them to travel to and from the Spa Baths where they were treated

Thomas Wield with his bathchair

Thomas Wield made his own bathchairs that were pulled by donkeys. He was Woodhall...

Date added to website:
10/01/2006

Thomas Wield at the rear of The Bungalow with his bath chairs and donkeys

Thomas Wield With His Donkeys and...

Thomas Wield made his own bath chairs pulled by donkeys. He can be seen here preparing...

Date added to website:
05/02/2006

These were two of the donkeys owned by the Wield family. They were well looked after, having a small shed to keep them warm and a nearby field to graze in when they weren

Two of the working donkeys from...

These two donkeys belonged to the Wield family. They were used to pull the bathchairs...

Date added to website:
10/01/2006