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Where we used to go some Saturday nights
In the 50s my mum used to take us to see our Great Uncle Herb and Aunt Nell at Sawbridgeworth. He used to take my sister and I to his allotment, buy us both a toy then listen to the sports report and take us down the Old Bull Pub for a lemonade and crisps. Great Aunt Nell was bedridden and died soon after. Great Uncle Herb was a very nice old man.
Contributed by eddie tait
Hertfordshire memories
Where we used to go some Saturday nights
In the 50s my mum used to take us to see our Great Uncle Herb and Aunt Nell at Sawbridgeworth. He used to take my sister and I to his allotment, buy us both a toy then listen to the sports report and take us down the Old Bull Pub for a lemonade and crisps. Great Aunt Nell was bedridden and died soon after. Great Uncle Herb was a very nice old man.
A memory of Sawbridgeworth contributed by eddie tait
Coopers
I remember this building being Handscombes Ironmongers. And one end of it being a pram shop in the early 80's I think . I bought my parents their 25th wedding anniversary present in Handscombes... a dinner service in a Poppy design. Full service with tureens etc only cost £24.99! This was in 1978. They held their party at the Bell in Stanstead.
A memory of Bishop's Stortford contributed by Sue Spooner
A good time in Much Hadham
I spent about one year in Much Hadham as German prisoner of war, 1946 till July 1947, working for the Hertfordshire War Agricultural Executice Committee; I specially was engaged in our camp labour office as clerk, under Mr. Wooley and later Mr. Smolenski, two wonderful men. We enjoyed already a lot of liberty, and I really loved this little village, which I visited once again in the late sixties, when I still discovered some remainders of one of our old Nissen huts! These months in Hertfordshire had an immense positive influence on all my further life, especially when I then worked in out of school civic education. Thank you, Much Hadham!
Walter Scharnagl, Dechant-Heimbach-Str. 43, D-53177 Bonn, Germany.
A memory of Much Hadham contributed by Walter Scharnagl
Extracts From Sawbridgeworth & Hertfordshire books
We are looking southwards from Walnut Tree Corner, and London Road is deserted apart from the wagon standing outside the Gate public house (centre left). The Gate was originally one of a pair of cottages built by Samuel Legerton in 1830; the northernmost of the cottages was converted to the public house around 1843. All the wooden fences still stand today, although many of the cast iron railings have disappeared, probably as part of scrap metal collection during the two world wars. The building between the lamp post and the telegraph pole on the left was until recently a builders' hire shop, but is now Unwins off-licence.
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
Towards the southern end of London Road, the 'tip-up' cart is parked waiting for its horse to be harnessed, whilst a milk cart (left) winds slowly up the hill towards the Congregational church close to the junction with Maylins Drive. Sawbridgeworth was renowned for the longevity of its inhabitants. In 1869, John Edwin Cussans, the respected Hertfordshire historian, noted that Mrs Elizabeth Puckle, who was born here in 1765, was still alive at nearby High Wych. The house on the right, Boatmans, still stands today.
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
St Mary's contains a particularly fine group of sculptures, and is renowned for its collection of monumental brasses. The church was built in the late 14th century, and was extensively restored in 1868. In the old days the interior of this church was strewn with pea straw, but one year it caught fire and the interior was considerably damaged. The tradition was immediately terminated!
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
Hyde Hall was probably given to Geoffrey de Mandeville after the Norman Conquest. It passed down through the Jocelyn family, whose monuments can be seen in the church of St Mary the Great. Hyde Hall was extended in 1806 and completely refurbished in 1869. When part of the property was sold in 1983 for £80,000, Hyde Hall was described as 'a magnificent mansion enjoying 40 acres of maintained ground'.
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
The eastern end of Bell Street is crossed by Knight Street, a wide road leading from Station Road to Fair Green where a market and fair have been held since the charter was granted in 1306. On 1 April, and later in October, children would have streamed along Knight Street from the school to buy treacle toffee or sherbet and liquorice straws from Mrs Cockerton. Today, the market which originally covered the Market Square and Fair Green has gone, but each year a few roundabouts and stalls still visit the town.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".