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Haverhill maps
Historic maps of Haverhill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Haverhill maps
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Haverhill books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Memories of Haverhill
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We moved excitedly from London in my dads old Austin 7 to a country village we had never heard haverhill. we couldnt even pronounce it as we found out it still is unpronounceable by many. Arrived at our new house 118 Burton End. a four bedroom HOUSE (not a flat) which is all we had been used to. we had never... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2008
The only school in Haverhill was The Cangle. The new secondary modern, now known as Castle Manor, had not yet been finished. We arrived at school very bewildered being the first of the Londoners and feeling like aliens. I made a new friend in the short while I had been in Haverhill. His name was Michael Geagon, I didn't know at... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2008
Suffolk memories
Childhood in Helions Bumpstead
My family moved to Helions Bumpstead in around 1964. My parents renovated an old farmhouse which they named "Roslyns" because my Mum went to the Chelmsford Records Office and discovered that the place had been called Roskins Meadow in the 17th century. The first thing I remember is the smell of the house (dusty and musty) and the fact... [more]
Shared on 06 May 2009
My Grandparents stayed here in 1955
My Grandparents stayed here in 1955, they had emigrated to Canada in 1951 and come "home" on Holiday.
I have the original receipt for their stay!
Greetings from Canada eh!
Shared on 06 November 2006
I am putting this on here to contact Carefree....did you go to Clare Secondary School and start in 1 Alpha? If so you sat next to me on your first day at school there!!!! If so I have thought of you no end of times over the years and wondered how you have got on. looks as if the answer may... [more]
Shared on 17 August 2009
When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down that hill. I now live in Biloxi, Missouri in the USA... [more]
Shared on 28 July 2009
Can any one from Hartest remember the local boys having cycle races around the Green?
Shared on 23 July 2009
Andrew Lindborg - My Grandfather
I have a copy of this postcard myself - the family kept it as the leading horse (on the left, closest to the camera is being ridden by my grandfather - Andrew Lindborg.
The copy that I have is coloured, somewhat artificially.
Shared on 16 August 2009
Extracts From Haverhill & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Haverhill, inspired by Frith photos.
The old part of the town is mainly late Victorian, although it expanded rapidly after World War II as an overspill for London.
This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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The old part of the town is mainly late Victorian, although it expanded rapidly after World War II as an overspill for London.
This is an extract from Suffolk Pocket Album.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
As a result of the expansion of the town since 1959 due to London overspill, much of the center was redeveloped. The buildings in the distance, including National Stores and Jarvis, the butchers, have been demolished. The grand building was the Corn Exchange of 1889. On the right are Barclay's Bank, Merchant's, haberdashers, the post office, Bell, the Co-op (with... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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