1901 Census (31 March)
Joseph Howe – Head of Family – Age 25 – Married – Coal Miner, Well Sinker – Born Withiel Florey Somerset
Elizabeth E. Howe – Wife – Age 23 – Married – Born Farmborough, Somerset
Elizabeth B. Moore – Boarder – Age 80 – Widow – Living on own means – Born Chelwood, Somerset
George B. Moore – Boarder – Son – Age 11 – Born Clutton, Somerset
1911 Census (2 April)
George Ames Sage – Head of family – Age 53 – Married – Colliery Engine Driver – Born Timsbury, Somerset
Sarah Marion Frances Sage – Wife – Age 54 – Married – Born Yeovil, Somerset
Gertrude Alice Sage – Daughter – Age 30 – Single – General Servant – Born Liverpool, Lancashire
Whyndlam Sage – Son – Age 24 – Single – Hotel Waiter – Born Bishop Sutton, Somerset
Constance Anne Sage – Daughter – Age 23 – Single – Assistant Teacher – Born Bishop Sutton, Somerset
Stanley John Sage – Son – Age 20 – Colliery – Engine Driver, above ground – Born Bishop Sutton, Somerset
1920 Auction of the Earl of Warwick’s land and properties – G. Sage (Rent 5s 1d per week).
Lot No. 98a comprising of Nos. 25, 26, 27 and 28 Maynard Terrace.
Fifty six cottages in Maynard Terrace were lotted in groups of three, four, and five but as there were no offers the auction closed and negotiations took place privately for the houses. Several of them together with some of the other lots were withdrawn, were disposed of, and negotiations are proceeding in regard to the others. It should be stated that all the properties are occupied and none of the tenants are under notice to quit. [Bristol Times and Mirror, 27 August 1920].
1921 Census (Planned for 24 April but did not take place until 19 June due to the Black Friday Strike)
George Amesbury Sage – Head of family – Age 63 – Widower – Colliery Boiler Stoker, above ground, Clutton Colliery Company – Born Timsbury, Somerset
Gertrude Alice Sage – Daughter – Age 42 – Single – Home Duties – Born Liverpool, Lancashire
Constance Anne Seymour – Daughter – Age 33 – Widow – Elementary School Teacher – Born Bishop Sutton, Somerset
Gwendoline Constance Seymour – Granddaughter – Age 6 – Father dead – School – Born Bristol
Raymond Charles Seymour – Grandson – Age 2 – Father Dead – Born Devonport, Devonshire
1939 Register (29 September 1939)
Charles H. Clare – Lorry Driver, Married, b. 17 November 1909
Doris M. Clare – Unpaid Domestic Duties, Married, b. 13 September 1911
Peggy D.M. Clare (Dunster) – At School, Single, b. 30 December 1924
One record closed under 100 year rule
REGISTER OF ELECTORS
1902 to 1903 – Joseph Howe
1904 – Not specified
1905 – Joseph Howe
1906 – Not specified
1907 to 1910 – George Sage
1912 to 1915 – George Sage
1918 to 1929 – George Amebury Sage
1918 to 1923 – Marina Sage
1921 – Wyndham Sage
1924 to 1929 – Constance Anne
1930 to 1935 – Edward Cyril Tovey
1930 to 1931 – Catherine Jane Tovey
1932 to 1935 – Edith Jane Tovey
1936 to 1974 – Charles Henry Clare, Doris M. Clare
1945 – Franklyn Brimble, Hilda Brimble
1947 to 1954 – Eliza J. Burridge
1960 – Basil Dunster, Peggy Doreen Maud Dunster
1975 – Doris M. Clare, Henry C. Clare
NEWSPAPER REPORT
Monday 17 January 1908, Western Gazette
Temple Cloud
Police Court, Tuesday before Messrs. C. A. Kemble (in the chair), W. H. C. Shaw and E. C. Bird – For being drunk George Sage of Maynard Terrace, Clutton, was fined 5s.
Tuesday 15 December 1936, Western Daily Press
Two Drivers Fined at Radstock Police Court
Two lorry drivers of Clutton were summoned at Radstock Police Court yesterday, for driving a motor lorry upon the highway at Stratton-on-the-Fosse, and for permitting the vehicle to emit smoke which could have been prevented.
They were Charles Henry Clare (24), of Maynard Terrace, Clutton, and Harold John Stevens (27), of The Mead, Clutton.
Neither appeared, but they wrote letters to the Bench.
A fine of 10s was imposed in each case.
Friday 18 June 1937, Shepton Mallet Journal
For excessive speed with a motor lorry Henry Charles Clare, 28, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, was fined £1 and had his licence endorsed.
Friday 20 October 1939, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer
Lighting Offences – Many Fines Inflicted at Temple Cloud
At the Temple Cloud Police court on Tuesday, the magistrates dealt with a further batch of summonses for offences against the Lighting Restrictions Order, 1939*. the following defendants being fined for failing to obscure light in their dwelling houses so as to prevent the illumination from
being visible outside.
Doris Maud Clare, 28, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, 7s. and 2s. expenses; Melbourne Boulton, 15,
Maynard Terrace. Clutton. 5s. and 2s, witness expenses; Arthur Beacham, 16, Maynard Terrace. Clutton. 5s. and 2s. expenses; Ellen Beatrice Owen. 26, Maynard Terrace. Clutton. 5s. and 2s. expenses; Arthur John Gill, 20, Maynard Terrace. Clutton, 5s. and 2s. expenses.
Blackout regulations were imposed on 1 September 1939, before the declaration of war. These required that all windows and doors should be covered at night with suitable material such as heavy curtains, cardboard or paint, to prevent the escape of any glimmer of light that might aid enemy aircraft.
Friday 29 June 1956, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer
Camerton – Two Accused of Flowers Theft at Horningsham
“This man has been a special constable for 25 years and he has a medal with two bars for his good services in the police. If he is convicted of stealing these flowers he will be dismissed from the Somerset Constabulary.”
Mr. R. A. Ingle (solicitor., of Bath) said this to Warminster magistrates on June 21, in a case in which Bernard Thatcher was accused of stealing flowers at Horningsham, the property of the Marques of Bath.
Thatcher pleaded guilty.
A similar plea was entered on behalf of Charles Clare, of Maynard Terrace, Clutton, who was also charged with stealing flowers on the Longleat Estate.
PC. Hook said that he saw men carrying flowers in highway at Horningsham. Thatcher said “ I thought they were wild flowers and when my little girl asked me for some I picked them for her. Clare also thought the blooms were wild flowers.
Mr. Ingle said that both the accused were of the highest characters.
The chairman (Mr. Harold Dewey) said in view of plea by Mr. Ingle the magistrates would be extremely lenient, but their action must not regarded as a precedent.
The magistrates granted an absolute discharge to Thatcher and Clare, and ordered them to pay 4s. each costs.
Friday 23 March 1962, Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer
Policeman Weds at Yeovil
P.C Ivan Clare, of 8, Salisbury Terrace, Yeovil, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Clare, of 28, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, and Miss Ruth Christine Nicholas, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Nicholas, of
111, Huish, Yeovil, were married on Saturday at Yeovil Parish Church.
The Rev. R. Derek Knight officiated. and organist was Mr. David Wilds for the choral service,
the singing being led by the boys of the choir.
The bride. given away by her father, wore a full-length dress of witchcraft lace with back inset of nylon net falling into a short train. Her bouffant veil was held in place by a coronet of pearl flowers and net leaves, and she wore a treble string of pearls, a gift from the bridegroom. Her bouquet was of
lemon rosebuds, lilies of the valley and white freesias.
Attending the bride were Miss Sylvia Hawkins and Mrs. Peggy Dunster (bridegroom’s sister).
They wore full-length dresses of lemon nylon over taffeta with green headdresses and gloves. They carried bouquets of carnations and lemon freesias.
Best man was PC. Colin Stabbins, of Minehead.
Saturday 4 December 1965, Bristol Evening Post
Clutton Fancier Takes Top Prize
Pigeon fancier Mr. Charles
Clare (56), of Maynard Terrace, Clutton took two first prizes at the International Show of Racing Pigeons in London yesterday. Mr. Clare, a maintenance engineer, entered 16 birds in the show,
which included competitors from six other countries.
This year 2,386 birds were entered in 28 classes. Mr. Clare took first prize in Class 14 (young cocks raised this year with 100miles or more flying experience), and in Class 15 (young hens in same category). He came third in Class 25 (hens judged purely on appearance).
Monday16 January 1967, Bristol Evening Post
Clutton Pigeon is Runner-Up
A Clutton man’s exhibit won second prize at the Old Comrades’ racing pigeon show; the biggest show of its kind in the country.
He is Mr. C. Clare, of 38, Maynard Terrace, whose exhibit competed against 36 other entries. The show in London at the week end is held annually in aid of the Star and Garter Home for disabled ex-servicemen at Richmond, Surrey.
Monday 20 January 1969, Bristol Evening Post
Clutton Man Wins Pigeon Show Trophy
Charles Clare, of Maynard Terrace, Clutton, has been awarded the Racing Pigeon Diamond Jubilee Perpetual Trophy for winning the most points at the Old Comrades' Racing Pigeon Show in London.
His entries at the show won three first prizes, two second and one third.
Mr. Clare has kept pigeons for nearly 50 years. He races with the Timsbury club, and has held sever
administrative positions in the racing pigeon sport.
Friday 14 February 1969, Bristol Evening Post
Devotees of the Pigeon World Feather a Nest
Charlie Clare and his pigeons live in the middle of long-shaped rank of cottages at Maynard Terrace, Clutton.
Once the terrace, built for colliery workers, could boast nearly as many pigeon lofts as miners.
For where you get miners, you tend to find pigeons too; though no one seems quite sure why.
Now most of the miners have left Maynard Terrace, and so have most of the pigeons.
And only Charlie Clare's loft of 32 "miners' race horses" is left. But the nickname is hardly apt for Charlie Clare is not a miner, and he has abandoned racing pigeons in favour of the show variety.
"1 used to be a fanatic about racing pigeons," he said. "But how I am a fanatic about show pigeons.
“I had to switch when they closed Clutton station."
Charlie, who works as a maintenance engineer in Temple Cloud, used to drop off his consignment
of racing pigeons at the station on his way to work,
"They would then be transported to the liberation point," he said.
“But now there are no railways round here. So that is out."
Then he decided to specialise in breeding a finer feathered version of pigeon for showing.
" I suppose my ambition is to be tops in both kinds of pigeon fancying," he said.
Mr. Clare started keep pigeons more than half a century ago when he as eight. He is now 59.
It was by developing a successful strain of racing pigeons that the loft-full left by the late Mr. Jack
Brain, of Timsbury, fetched more than £1,000 at auction. He worked as a railway ganger.
The big money is infiltrating the pigeon world, but it does not impress the pigeon fanciers or North Somerset.
"I believe that the highest price paid for a single pigeon topped £1,000," said Mr. Ronald Trueman Dicken, of Wells.
Mr. Trueman Dicken lives in an imposing house in Bath Road, Wells, and his pigeons are housed equally impressively in a converted stable.
But he is completely since when he says that money will never be a prime factor in pigeon fancying.
"I am convinced that success” in this field is one-third due to the pigeon, one third the fancier, and one third luck," he said.