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Fen Drayton
Fen Drayton maps
Historic maps of Fen Drayton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Fen Drayton maps
Fen Drayton photos
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Fenstanton| Holywell| Swavesey| Over| St Ives| Hemingford Grey| Hilton| Hemingford Abbots| Houghton| Willingham| Bluntisham| Earith| Godmanchester| Hartford| Madingley| Huntingdon
Fen Drayton area books
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Memories of Fen Drayton
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I Lived in Needingworth
I lived in Needingworth from 1977 to 1981, to get to the Ferry Boat Inn was within walking distance. We would sit on the grass near to the river and have our drinks on a warm summer day. If I remember correctly, this was one of the oldest pubs in the country and it was haunted. The outside of the building looks the same as I remember it, it had low ceilings and dark oak beams and a good atmosphere. The walk to it was down a two way road not that busy but the Ferry Boat always seemed crowded when we went. It was a mooring place for the boats on the river so it also picked up their trade.
Christening
My daughter was Christened in the Parish Church in Holywell in 1981.
Needingworth
We moved to Needingworth in 1977 and bought a home 16 The Furlongs. We lived there until 1982. I worked at Silent Channel in the Industrial Engineering Office in Huntingdon and my then husband was in the RAF. I worked part time evenings at the local pub on the High Street The Queens Head then owned by Dennis and Peggy and they had two sons. I got to know a lot of the people who lived in the village. I also worked part time at St. Ives Motel then run by Mr & Mrs Cooper. My daughter was christened at Holywell Church in 1981. I was back in England in 2008 and couldn't find how to get into the village. I now live in the USA. We lived there until 1982. I would walk down to the river, pushing my daughter in her pram or walk into St Ives and back and life was good living in the village.
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.
The Rendevous Cafe
The year this picture was taken I lived in a flat above the Rendevous Cafe in the building directly behind the statue. Owned by Pat and John Harvey, this was home to a newly arrived American family, and this town has lived in the hearts of my sister and me ever since. I love to return whenever I can and am happy to feel right at home again each time!
Grocer Of Bridge Street
My 3 x great-grandfather William Lightfoot was born in 1809 in Roxton, Bedfordshire. He was a grocer. His wife was Mary Jane Lightfoot (nee Clarke). They had 5 children, 3 of whom worked in the shop. The youngest son James (1846) was born in St Ives, he and his brother John Scott Lightfoot were painters. The family moved between 1861 and 1871 to Merryland, St Ives.
I am a descendant of William and Mary's eldest son William (1841) who became a grocer and tea dealer in Northampton.
Tractors
Monday market, being taken there by my Mum to do the shopping and then being indulged by the generous salesmen from Standens agricultural engineers and allowed to sit up in the (then) enormous cab and glory in watching our market hub-bub flowing past whilst imagining myself ploughing some vast Fen field. ( Genetics? My eldest son is now an agricultural equipment engineer and has always loved being around the machines.)
