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School Days at Stapleford Primary
I was born in the village in 1953 and went to the junior school from 1958 until 1969 when I then went to Sawston Village College, I had many a happy day at the schoo. I can remember my first teacher, her name was Miss Deany, she was a nice teacher as I can recall. My first classroom is in the photo, it is the room to the left of the picture. My next classroom was to the back of the photo, I can't recall the teacher's name. I then moved to the classroom just behind the tree in the picture, the teacher's name was Mrs Stocks, very strict as I remember. I then moved into the room to left of the dustbins in the photo. The head teacher was dear old Mr Holt. All the time I was in these old buildings the school was being added to with a new hall and new office rooms, plus four more classrooms in which through the years I moved into one... Read more
Milestone Cottage
My name is Jacqueline Erickson Morgan. I lived in Milestone Cottage from August 1968 - January 1971. I know this thatched cottage as Milestone Cottage; the name was due to the Milestone in front of the cottage that indicated the number of miles to Cambridge and to London.
The house number of the cottage was, I believe, 14 Whittlesford Rd.
This thatched cottage was absolutely delightful. My ex husband was doing post doctoral research at the MRC lab in Cambridge and Milestone Cottage was home.
It was tiny, 4 tiny rooms, 2 up and 2 down, brick floors downstairs. No hot water in the kitchen, no heat except for a fireplace in the living room and a storage heater in the kitchen, no fridge when we moved in, an added on bathroom, but I loved it.
It was home for the 1st 2 1/2 years of our daughter Rachel's life. She had wonderful friends in the neighbourhood, & in the Courtyard development. My time in Little Shelford... Read more
Post Office Memories
I was 6 mths old when my parents moved into Magna Close, my maiden name being Stenson. 1955 I was born. Well, I have many warming memories of my childhood in Great Abington, some of which relate to the post office. Harry and Hilda Jaggard owned and ran it then, Harry seeing to the post office side of things and Hilda looking after the shop. To this day I still remember the penny arrows, the 2d bars of Cadbury's chocolate, the toffee cushions, winter mixtures, fruit salad and black jacks (I'd love to be able to get 4 for a penny nowadays wouldn't you?), liquourice (comforts, bootlaces, pipes and catherine wheels), all manner of spellbinding goodies and Hilda, bless her heart, she had the patience of a saint as the village children would take what seemed like forever to try and get as many sweets as possible for our 3d or 6d. Treasured memories indeed. The vegetables got tumbled into the vast brass dish of the weighing scales and Hilda... Read more
Is This Correct?
I was a pupil at the local primary school in Great Abington. This picture shows the Old School House that the headmasters of the school lived in during my time there. The Village Shop and Post Office is the white building making up the corner of the road as it leads round to the right. The road that leads round the corner to the right was the main A604 towards Cambridge. This photograph must have been taken after the village bypass was built, since the triangle on the road was painted after the rights of way were altered to allow the High Street traffic to take priority. The High Street actually crosses the picture and is taken on the Hildersham Road into Great Abington High Street. Also, I remember a lorry toppling over into the front grounds of the school itself just visible to the right of the house. You can see the black and white Armco barrier which was subsequently erected after this particular accident, again just visible where... Read more
Robinson Graves
My paternal Robinson relatives (married Moore) are buried in the churchyard at Great Shelford from 1839 and at one time lived in Woollard's Lane. In 1849 they moved into Cambridge when William Joseph Robinson marrried Jane Rayment Mansfield Barrett. One branch remained in Cambridge whilst others moved to Lancashire and the United States.
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