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- 4 photos on Swavesey appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Swavesey
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The Lanes
This photo shows me, my mother and two of my sisters walking home, in either 1967 or 1968. I am the small boy looking back towards the camera. We lived in a bungalow not visible in the photo, on the left hand side almost opposite the large house on the right. This house was owned by Mrs Turner, from whom we would buy our eggs and whenever we went round there, she would always give us a Nuttalls Mintoe.
A memory of Over contributed by sean baker
grandad lack
Hello again. I don`t know when Grandad Lack was born. I have no contakt with any of the Lack family because my mother remarried after my father Eric Lack died. Let me know if you find a link between the Lacks
Anna Stearn
A memory of Willingham contributed by anna stearn
The Lacks
My great great grandfather was born in Willingham, his name was Joseph Lack. Many of my family are buried in the churchyard. I have not been to Willingham yet but hope to do so in the near future. I feel that I know the place so well even though I haven't been there. I am researching my family history, and found that they come from Willingham. Quite a lot of my family were carpenters. It was nice to see someone relating to Lack. Maybe not a good memory but hopefuly it will be a good one when I go to Willingham. Pat Mason
A memory of Willingham contributed by patricia mason
Grandad Lack of the Black Bull
I remember staying in the Black Bull, run by my grandad, grandad Lack. In the back garden was a huge willow tree and in one of the outhouses all the metal tops from the beer bottles were discarded. I used to sit in the tap room and look though the net curtains smelling strongly of cigarette smoke at the main road. He gave me fizzy cherryade. Auntie Peggy and Uncle George lived with grandad and took over when he died. Up the road was the fruit orchard where we picked apples and plums. I was very young but remember it well. How wonderful to find this photograph.
A memory of Willingham contributed by anna stearn
Extracts From Swavesey & Cambridgeshire books
Coming off the old A604, now the A14, the High Street meanders through Swavesey village for over a mile passing chapels, farm houses, cottages and 19th-century terraces - very little has changed here for generations.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
The centre of the village is located around the White Horse public house (centre right). The baker's shop (extreme right) has gone, and is now called The Old Bakehouse, whilst the end portion has become a hairdresser's shop with windows inserted at ground and first floor level.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
The quiet High Street, populated
only by a Ford 105E Anglia, a
Wolseley Hornet, a Ford Consul,
and (peeping out of the corner on
the left) a Fordson tractor, is a far
cry from the days when Swavesey
enjoyed its annual and weekly
markets. On 26th July 1244, Alan la
Zouche and his heirs were granted a
Tuesday market and a yearly three-
day market at the Feast of Holy
Trinity. The market day changed
over the years, and it finally closed
around 1890. Today, however,
the High Street is again a busy
thoroughfare taking traffic between
the villages and Cambridge.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
Built around 1130, the Manor
is supposed to be the oldest
continuously inhabited house
in Britain. Lucy Maria Wood
Boston, born in December 1892,
bought the building in 1939
and spent two years restoring
it. During the Second World
War she kept open house for
the RAF officers stationed at the
nearby airfield at Wyton, and
arranged musical and literary
evenings. She used the Manor
as an inspiration for her series
of six children`s stories known
as the Green Knowe books.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
On non-market days, the centre
of St Ives was a quiet and
unhurried place. There are few
cars other than those parked
between the Cromwell statue and
the war memorial, and people
are able to pass the time of day
in the middle of the road. J W
Angood, the cycle and motor-
cycle repairer (right), seems to
have been busy: seven or eight of
his customer`s machines await
collection. Before he took over,
the shop had been owned by
Rowell & Sons, tailors. Next door
is Senescall`s animal and petfood
store - today the site is occupied
by a Help the Aged shop.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".