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Wisbech Town and City Memories
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Ely and the Fens Photographic Memories
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Eye memories
Read and share memories of Eye and Cambridgeshire inspired by Frith photos
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.
Contributed by SUE BOON
Cambridgeshire memories
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 Eye & Cambridgeshire books
This view, taken from
St John’s Church across
Cathedral Square,
shows the Canadian
Government offices
next door to the Capital
and Counties Bank, St
Nicholas’ Gate, the print
works, a toy shop and
the London Furnishing
Co. The Cathedral’s
bulk rises among
lush greenery in the background.
An extract from from"Peterborough Photographic Memories".
At this time, Peterborough’s people were looking hopefully toward peace after a brutal war whose only consolation
had been that God was supposed to be on our side. If these great walls had ears, they had undoubtedly heard it all before.
An extract from from"Peterborough Photographic Memories".
Where have all the
flowers gone? They are
here in the park, and a
fitting reminder of all the
men lost during the First
World War, which ended
less than a year before
this picture was taken.
Nurse Edith Cavell had
also gone, condemned
to death by firing squad
for helping prisoners
escape; she was shot
point blank by an officer
because the squad faltered.
An extract from from"Peterborough Photographic Memories".
Historically the Great
North Road made Stilton
a busy place, though
here in the 1950s it
looks rather quiet. A
huge Bell sign marks the
ancient stone inn. The
Stamford coach called
here; it cost 4d (old
pennies) a mile and a
shilling to the coachman,
and to send a letter cost
6d to 9d a sheet.
An extract from from"Peterborough Photographic Memories".
A final view of the
Cathedral in all its glory.
So much has changed
around the world, but St
Peter’s lives on, looking
solid as a rock.
An extract from from"Peterborough Photographic Memories".