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Living in Church End

I lived at number 14 for about 11 years and I miss it greatly. My parents moved from Cambridge and I was born at Mill Road in 1968. I remember long summers and playing in the fields just outside the village boundary. Neighbours were Joy and Andrew, Olive and Ray and across the road in the farm opposite was Ricky the Alsation dog. My mother had MS and my parents seperated in about 1978 when my Grandparents bought the cottage to look after my mum. They missed Anglesey too much and in 1979 we left. I still miss the place greatly and try and return for a look around every couple of years. I was in the local cub pack and ...read more here
A memory of Gamlingay contributed by tom knight

Grantchester School  1953-1955

Grantchester School 1953-1955: Mrs Alice Freeman was the Head Teacher, in charge of the Juniors. Miss Chatterton took the Infants class.
We had regular visits from a lady from the British Red Cross who taught us how to dress any wound, anywhere on the body, with nothing more than a triangular bandage.  A kind of applied Origami - in linen!
We also used to visit an archaeologist in the village and admire his collection of flint artifacts.
I still have a photo of a 1954 visit to Hatfield House (via the Roman Verulanium at St. Albans).
I was transferred to Grantchester School to avoid the bullying I was going through at Fawcett School, but it was a case of "Out of ...read more here
A memory of Grantchester contributed by Brian Goodliffe

Florence Pansy Muggleton

Florence Pansy Muggleton born in Grantchester 1920 can trace her family back to her great, great grandparents Joseph Muggleton and Mary Ann Boutle who married at Grantchester church on 17th January 1822.  Flo has many memories over the years of the village.  She moved from the village in 1945 but still kept in contact via her family.  If anyone has any queries about the village pre 1942 she will try and help you and can be contacted via her daughter Gill Casper at gillian.casper@ntlworld.com.
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I lived in those cottages! 1948 - 1957-ish

In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the Pembertons, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street. Then, in 1948, we moved into 18 Grantchester Road which is the white cottage that's set back in the photo. In those days it was known as Dated Cottage, as it had the year 1654 on the front in big metal numerals; plus a plaque depicting the rays of the sun with a smiley face in the middle. Many years ago these plaques, I found out much later, used to be affixed to properties covered by The Sun Fire Insurance Company. ...read more here
A memory of Trumpington contributed by Brian Goodliffe