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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 ...read more here
A memory of Little Shelford contributed by jacqueline morgan

I lived in those cottages! 1948 - 1957-ish

In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the Pembertons, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street. Then, in 1948, we moved into 18 Grantchester Road which is the white cottage that's set back in the photo. In those days it was known as Dated Cottage, as it had the year 1654 on the front in big metal numerals; plus a plaque depicting the rays of the sun with a smiley face in the middle. Many years ago these plaques, I found out much later, used to be affixed to properties covered by The Sun Fire Insurance Company. ...read more here
A memory of Trumpington contributed by Brian Goodliffe

To Ron Goodliffe - A Trumpington Ploughman 1946 - 1958

My late father worked for the Pemberton Estate as a tractor driver from 1946 to around 1958.
I offer below, in his memory, an extract from the tribute I composed for his funeral in March 2005.

But, there was another love in your life,
by the name of Allis-Chalmers.
And you spent many hours alone in her company
as she ploughed each field with furrows.

As a child I’d sometimes join you on her ample bench type seat.
The constant roar of the engine and the screaming of the gulls
made conversation difficult
and I often fell asleep.

So you’d put your strong arm round me,
to stop me falling and getting crushed,
and we’d plough ...read more here
A memory of Trumpington contributed by Brian Goodliffe

Grantchester School  1953-1955

Grantchester School 1953-1955: Mrs Alice Freeman was the Head Teacher, in charge of the Juniors. Miss Chatterton took the Infants class.
We had regular visits from a lady from the British Red Cross who taught us how to dress any wound, anywhere on the body, with nothing more than a triangular bandage.  A kind of applied Origami - in linen!
We also used to visit an archaeologist in the village and admire his collection of flint artifacts.
I still have a photo of a 1954 visit to Hatfield House (via the Roman Verulanium at St. Albans).
I was transferred to Grantchester School to avoid the bullying I was going through at Fawcett School, but it was a case of "Out of ...read more here
A memory of Grantchester contributed by Brian Goodliffe