Before World War II, local children would stand at the door of Mr. Hudson’s workshop watching him make coffins! It was intriguing to see the shape and how they were make and always wondering why he did not make rectangular boxes. It didn’t register to the children what the shaped boxes were for. All they knew was they were so neatly made, compared with those boxes that were knocked up at home for bedding plants. Not sure on the date of the top left photo, though the poster boards look a little unkempt and may therefore be nearer 1960s. Photo taken from the excellent book ‘A Walk Down Station Street’ (available from Cheslyn Hay Library £7). Information says The British and Foreign Society School was built approx 1824 as a paying day school, and opened by the Methodist Church as a free Sunday School. For decades it was Pency Hudson’s Undertakens, followed by Thackers Hardware in the 1960s. Panache fitted kitchens in the 1990s, Supreme Windows in the 2000s. It became once again a Funeral Directors in 2014. The building was owned by the Hawkins family until 2009 when Miss Jean Hawkins died. The stone on the side of the building became unreadable, but then A J Sellman replaced the stone sign with a replica. Most of the building couldn’t be saved, so had to be rebuild. It was nice to see that when it was being rebuild that they tried to keep it in character of the original building.