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Gamlingay books (10 available)
- 4 photos on Gamlingay appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Gamlingay
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Gamlingay memories
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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
Contributed by tom knight
Bedfordshire memories
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
Eynesbury House
My first husband, David Beames, and I, moved into Eynesbury House in July, 1968, and our first son, Andrew, was born at Mill Road Hospital, Cambridge, a few weeks later. William was born in 1971, also at Mill Road. Both boys went to St. Mary's Primary School, Eynesbury. (They are now both married and living in America. I have two lovely grand-daughters, Mary and Catherine (Andy's children). Will married a nice girl called Janna two years ago, but so far no sign of children.) I joined the St. Neots Musicmakers a short time after Andrew's birth. We all found St. Neots a very friendly place, and were happy there. Unfortunately my husband had to move North when his office closed, and ...read more here
A memory of Eynesbury contributed by Jenny Given
Michells Boutique
My first job as a 15year old was a sales assistant in a newly opened boutique just off Market Place. The shop was 'Michelles' and it had one foot in the fashion world where corsets abounded and the other in the exciting mini skirted fashion trend. There were two side windows that were often 'dressed' to appeal to holidaymakers walking up from the boat moorings. Roger and Pauline Wilkinson were the owners and the shop was opposite the Electricity Board Showrooms. I used to bike from Little Paxton to get to work, across the common. I would love to know what happened to the Wilkinsons as I lost touch when I moved from the area I ...read more here
A memory of St Neots contributed by Marilyn Messenger
Extracts From Gamlingay & Bedfordshire books
The parish church of St Mary is built from deep golden Carstone with limestone details. Much of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century by Merton College, Oxford, and the steward of their estate, Walter Taylard. The church was restored in 1880 by J P St Aubyn, who designed and built the church on Gamlingay Heath.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Situated on the Cambridgeshire border with Bedfordshire, Gamlingay was once a thriving market town. After a disastrous fire in 1600 which nearly destroyed the entire town, the market was moved to nearby Potton, in Bedfordshire.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
There was a great fire in 1600 in Gamlingay, and most of the buildings along Church Street were burnt down. The Cock is one of the early replacements; in 1965 the beer was supplied by Greene King. Further down the street was the village maltings.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Here we see a variety of village houses with a bicycle shop selling Raleigh bicycles, inner tubes and puncture kits. At the end of the street is the great medieval hall house, Emplins. Above the chimney pots we can see the small lead spire of the parish church.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Crescent. An ambitious programme
of celebrations and entertainments was
undertaken, with pony races and cycle,
athletic, and rural sports. In the evening
dancing on the Market Square ended with
a bonfire and fireworks display.
At the end of the 19th century, a church
service was held ‘to bury the old century
and usher in the new’. St Neots and
Eynesbury people no doubt felt that there
was much from the past on which they
could reflect with pride, and also that they
had good grounds to look forward to the
future with optimism.
An extract from from"St Neots - A History & Celebration".