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Trouble tut'mill
Whilst this isn't actually one of my recollections, I do know that Haddenham had at least two mills. One of them being owned back in 1809 by Messrs William and Robert Pate. My Gtx5 Grandfather, Philip Newman was a miller at their mill but unfortunately got 'caught in the workings' and was accidentally killed. Pretty gruesome really - no wonder he was buried the next day.
I'm unsure as to whether this mill is 'killer mill' or whether it was the other mill. I believe that only one is standing today.
A memory of Haddenham contributed by Andrew Martin
village website for Earith is now launched,..
Hi Bill,
I saw your comments on the FrancisFrith site.
I live in Earith (70 High St) and recently created a website for the village (www.earithvillage.com).
I would absolutely love to get in contact with you and get copies of your photos for the website,.. would be a really valuable addition to the site.
Feel free to contact me anytime
kind regards
Dusan
A memory of Earith contributed by Dusan Hamlin
School Master's House, High Street
Anyone living in Earith before 1970 will know my name, not because of me, but through my father, Don Guymer, and my mother Beryl. Dad was known because of the haulage firm he used to run out of the house in the High Street.
What I would dearly love is to find some photos of the house as it used to be, not as it is now, a bungalow. If there is ANYONE who has any pics of the OLD SCHOOLMASTER'S HOUSE, PEMBROOKE HOUSE in Earith, I would be gratefull for a copy of the pics, photocopy, scanned copy, I don't mind.
I was born in the house in 1961, one of the last I think to be born ...read more here
A memory of Earith contributed by Russ Guymer
Earith, Cook's Drove
Hi, my husband, Tony, was born in Cooks Drove, Earith, in the actual house that's still there to this day. After a year there he moved to St Ives but we now live in Bluntisham.
All his sisters were born in Earith and his dad used to bike to over railway crossing where he worked as the guardsman and crossing guard. But when we moved to St Ives his dad worked for the then St Ives borough council. His dad's name was Ernie Simons, and I wondered if anyone remembers him.
A memory of Earith contributed by noreen simons
Extracts From Sutton & Cambridgeshire books
Sutton’s church was started in 1366 by Bishop Barnett of Ely, and the octagon - in fact, two octagons, one on top of the other - was doubtless inspired by the octagon adorning Ely Cathedral.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Oats Lane on the left, named after the Oats family who for many generations were the local millers, is still a narrow by-road, but the Green in the distance has been developed with a One Stop shop, a bus stop and a telephone box.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Here on the left is the old post office before it moved to the Green. The library beside it has now expanded to fill the whole building. In the distance, Nunns the outfitter has been replaced by an Indian takeaway restaurant. Both the Crown and the George & Dragon public houses (on the right-hand side of the street) have ceased trading, and are now private dwellings.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
The cyclists here obviously felt sufficiently safe not to worry too much about hugging the kerb and avoiding brushes with the traffic. The practice of parking a bicycle by leaning it on one pedal against the kerb is rarely seen these days.
An extract from from"Cambridge Photographic Memories".
With their knee-length breeches and caps, the word that comes to mind is ‘urchins’. More to the point, one wonders just what it was they were conspiring about when the photographer set up to take this photograph!
An extract from from"Cambridge Photographic Memories".