Great Sampford
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Fishing in whitleys farm pond with don martin eyes glued on the water for tench bubbles. catching one of two pounds and scared half to death of it getting off the hook [ granny knots] ..riding in trailers full of warm wheat.. birds nesting down the old farm and falling in the moat. getting shouted at for riding my bike on the cricket pitch. having my foot run over by the roller [same day] scrumping apples out of mrs cardys garden and falling in the stinging nettles when she came out. getting wood for bonfire night. fights.pic meadow pond a magical place [sadly filled in long ago] lots more, post later using accent of the place mite be funny ...read more here
A memory of Cornish Hall End contributed by jeremy underwood
A search in progress
Finchingfield to me, in my younger days, was a place that Dad would take Mum and me to on a Sunday afternoon drive. Never to stop for very long but it is a place that leaves a snapshot in your memory.
Being an adopted child I did not realise at the time that Finchingfield would play a large part in a search that I have been on for nearly 15 years.
Little did I know until I applied for and recived my original birth cert that "Pond View Restaurant" in Finchingfield in 1952 was the last address of my "birth mother".
I have searched records and even visited Finchingfield but to no avail to find any reference to "Pond View" ...read more here
A memory of Finchingfield contributed by Christine Browne
In My Day
In my days in the village I recall the upstairs room of the Guildhall having a snooker table where the men used to gather, this would be shortly after the war. Of more interest to me was the Library that was situated downstairs. As a very small child I was able to borrow and read books of all kinds which stimulated a life-long interest and love of books. The Guildhall had a gateway from the churchyard to the road right through the middle of the building (not quite apparent in this photo) and one day whilst walking through to my home (Church Hill Stores) I had my picture taken by a photographer who used it to produce a postcard. I wonder ...read more here
A memory of Finchingfield contributed by lesley alexander
Growing up in Finchingfield
My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces and events come flooding back. This picture shows a row of cottages known to me as The Causeway where in my time there was an ice cream shop. The lane opposite - The Pikle -(spelling unknown) had high brick walls on both sides and as a child I used to stamp along in my wellingtons making a lovely echoing plonk. I can still hear the sound.
A memory of Finchingfield contributed by lesley alexander
Extracts From Great Sampford & Essex books
The Friends’ School, a Quaker boarding school, moved to Saffron Walden from Croydon in 1879. It was built on land given by George Stacey Gibson, and was designed by Edward Burgess. It is a fine building of red brick, and stands in a commanding position.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The Hospital opened in 1866 and was designed by William Beck. It was built on land given by the 5th Lord Braybrooke of Audley End House, and cost £5,504 to build.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The Baptist Church was built 1878-9. The memorial stone was set up on 3 June 1879; tea was served in the body of the chapel, while a choir of 200 children sang from the gallery. The building opened for worship on 15 October 1879. The War Memorial stands outside the Baptist Church. On the other side of the road is the lamp-post which was first in the Market Square, with its black-painted cast iron base. On the left, behind the tiled building, is all that remained of one of the many malting kilns - there were over 30 in the town in the 19th century.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses. On the right we can make out Marjorie Jolland, wools and art needlework, next to Goddard’s, electrical engineers, and then a stone archway with YMCA. Further down the hill is De Barr’s shoe shop. The large brick-faced building on the corner of George Street announces A V Britton, cars and coaches for hire.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
It is from the War Memorial that the procession begins to St Mary’s Church on Remembrance Sunday. On the left is a small shop, now an accountants’ office. The pillar box is now further down the High Street. In the foreground are Nos 1 and 2 Debden Road. No 1 is divided by a drainpipe from 100 High Street. Next to the archway was Miss Fitch’s bakery, and then beyond another house was the early 19th-century Duke of York pub, a listed building.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".