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Bricklayers Arms
Researching my family history I have found the sale papers for the Bricklayers Arms. It was sold by my Great Grandmother, her husband was Frederick Easom Robinson. It was sold on Friday 8th august 1890. The sale was for Brewhouse Blacksmiths & Wheelwright shops, two Brick Built & Slated Tenements, an orchard, and 4 acres of land intersected by the railway, formerly the Brick Yard.
Contributed by Myrtle Neville
Cambridgeshire memories
Bricklayers Arms
Researching my family history I have found the sale papers for the Bricklayers Arms. It was sold by my Great Grandmother, her husband was Frederick Easom Robinson. It was sold on Friday 8th august 1890. The sale was for Brewhouse Blacksmiths & Wheelwright shops, two Brick Built & Slated Tenements, an orchard, and 4 acres of land intersected by the railway, formerly the Brick Yard.
A memory of Whittlesey contributed by Myrtle Neville
childhood memory
The old photographs helped me remember some lovely memories of when I was a very young child, when it was a daily routine walking past the old brick works to go to Eye school, I believe that just past the brick works (obviously depending on which way you were walking) there was a bridge that went over the old railway.
My father Sid Earnshaw knew Bill Oliver who worked at the site and his brother Ray, sadly my father is no longer here, but the pictures were wonderful to see, and I cannot help but feel a little sad that Eye now looks nothing like it was when I was a child, but thats progress I suppose!! Although it's not all ...read more here
Crowland Road
My uncle, Bill Oliver, who lived in Crowland Road used to work at the brickyards pictured. He worked on the kilns. I can remember on Sunday mornings going to see my uncle and my nan, Florrie Oliver. My dad Russell Oliver and I used to cycle over the old bridge which is now part of the Ete bypass. I was born in Eye in Northam Terrace just of the Crowland Road and lived there till I was 21. I now live in Stilton.
A memory of Eye contributed by SUE BOON
Extracts From Whittlesey & Cambridgeshire books
This view down Market Street shows how Whittlesey has prospered in the past fifty years. The right-hand side of Market Street has been redeveloped, with the Queens Head replaced by the Market Street Cafe and a hairdresser's shop. Further along, shops have taken over the garage, but the cycle shop remains.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating. Most of the shops around the square have changed in the past ten years, including the thatched greengrocer's shop to the left of the Butter Cross, now a cab company and insurance office.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
The war memorial to the men of two world wars also includes W G Greenwood, who died in 1951 in Korea. The NatWest Bank now occupies the left-hand corner building, whilst on the right the street was completely redeveloped in the 1980s with estate agents' offices and Lloyds Bank.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Whilst the High Street is a shadow
of its former self, the Rose & Crown
Hotel, located at the junction with the
Market Place, is enjoying somewhat
of a renaissance, with its current
owners investing heavily in restoring the
hotel to its former prominence in the
town and locality. The provision of good
accommodation for visitors and tourists
must be seen as a priority, if Wisbech is
to tap into the tourism market and give a
welcome boost to the local economy.
An extract from from"Wisbech Town and City Memories".
The north side of the Market Place was the drinking heart of Wisbech, whose taste for alcohol saw one hundred inns, taverns and pubs recorded around the town. In this view the Freeman Hardy & Willis shop stands on the site of the Old Talbot, and two shops along is where the Golden Lion was situated. The `Tudor` building is the George Inn and next door is the Mermaid. The lower storey of the Shop Hotel has been opened up to allow greater pedestrian access to the Horsefair, and the Griffin next-door is now a barbers shop.
An extract from from"Wisbech Town and City Memories".