Godmanchester
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Godmanchester books (13 available)
Wisbech Town and City Memories
Paperback
Ely and the Fens Photographic Memories
Paperback
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The Cromwell Museum
Better known today as The Cromwell Museum!!
A memory of Huntingdon contributed by Korina Morris
My Parents Lived there
My sister and her husband Mr. & Mrs. E. Parkinson built a bungalow and shop on the corner of the main street and Pound Road. They kept it for many years and during that period my Mother and Father moved there and lived in Pound Road for a number of years before returning to Wales. My wife and I visited a number of times and we sometimes went out on the river in the punts that were moored at the Boat House. There was a small restaraunt in the Boat House. A very nice village on the side of the Ely river. We often walked to the adjacent village of Hemmingford Abbots, Houghton Mill and into Ely town. The Church is ...read more here
A memory of Hemingford Grey contributed by Roy Newton
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!
A memory of St Ives contributed by Linda Christie
Evacuation to Abbots Ripton 1939
My father, Gerald Blockley, originally from Derby, had just completed a degree in History from Unversity College, London and was appointed to teach at Bruce Grove School in Tottenham in 1939. He was evacuated with a lot of the children to Abbots Ripton in the autumn of 1939. He managed to find lodgings for all the children but none for himself, so the owner of the Manor House took pity on him and took him in to stay with him. It was a particularly bad winter with a lot of snow and they all used to meet up at the village pub. He had very happy memories of his time there. He volunteered to join the army from there.
A memory of Abbots Ripton contributed by vivienne charrett
Extracts From Godmanchester & Cambridgeshire books
This beautiful wooden trellised bridge crosses the end of a mill stream, where it joins the River Ouse. It was built in 1827, but it has been rebuilt twice, most recently in 1960.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Photographed from the north-east when
the lands to the north were under water,
the church is silhouetted against the sky.
The church was built between 1623 and
1625 of materials from the original 13th-
century structure. The cost of erecting the
tower and spire were funded by public
subscription - those who failed to pay
went to prison. Today, the wet land has
been drained and forms part of the school
playing field, and the rather unkempt
burial ground is a haven for butterflies
and all kinds of wildlife. Inside the gate
leading to Church Place are memorials
to the Hunnybun family; a branch of this
family were well-known coach builders
and harness makers in Cambridge.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
This photograph looks
northwards along the Ouse from
the riverside walk. The footpath
crosses the river firstly over the
weir and then across the Chinese
Bridge. The building with the bell
tower below the church is the
old Grammar School founded in
1559, although mostly rebuilt in
the mid 19th century. The plaque
on its wall records its foundation
and subsequent restoration in
1851 and 1987: it reads `Eliz reg
hujus scholae fundatrix` (`Queen
Elizabeth founded this school`).
To the left of the school are the
Council Offices, which were
restored in 1979.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
While the village lads pose
for the camera and the girls
stroll nonchalantly by on the
other side, a `bullnose` Morris
overtakes a horse and cart.
The jettied, gabled building
(centre right) was renovated
in the early 1950s and is home
to the Riverside Fish and
Chip Shop. The next part of
the half-timbered complex is
still a chemist and optician`s
practice - today John & Doris
Clifford. The building closest to
the camera has changed little,
but it underwent extensive
restoration and cleaning
during the spring of 2004.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
This is almost the same view as 81882, but twenty-five years later. The bullnose Morris has been
replaced by a Chevrolet Corvair, whilst a Hillman Minx is parked outside the opticians. The landing
stage has become a little derelict and overgrown. By 2004, it had all but disappeared, but the
Causeway is unchanged.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".