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Burnt House Cottage
This was of course taken long before Burnt House Cottage was built. This was where my grandmother Ruth Hare lived. The cottage is now to the right of the road. In the background are accommodation blocks at Carver Barracks (Debden Aerodrome). Burnt House Farm is to the left of the picture where the Boutwood family lived in the 70's.
Contributed by Andrew Wright
Essex memories
Burnt House Cottage
This was of course taken long before Burnt House Cottage was built. This was where my grandmother Ruth Hare lived. The cottage is now to the right of the road. In the background are accommodation blocks at Carver Barracks (Debden Aerodrome). Burnt House Farm is to the left of the picture where the Boutwood family lived in the 70's.
A memory of Wimbish contributed by Andrew Wright
The Summer of '42
Another view of The Fox, one of 5 local 'hostelries' which was frequented by the Debden Royal Airforce crowd, including, most likely, my dear mother, Elma Rivis,a WAAF.
A memory of Debden contributed by DYLAN RIVIS
Wartime Watering Hole
More than likely The Fox was a popular watering hole for the pilots, mechanics and WAAFs at Debden Aerodrome during the war.
A memory of Debden contributed by DYLAN RIVIS
Extracts From Wimbish & 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".