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Melbourn books (13 available)
Wisbech Town and City Memories
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Ely and the Fens Photographic Memories
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- 3 photos on Melbourn appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Melbourn
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A ghost in Melbourn High Streeet
I lived at 65 High Street from 1964 to 1971. The two little figures on the left of the photo are my two daughters, Lisa and Jane. We shared our house with a ghost who, we believe, was Miss Howard, who had previously lived there. Her father owned the baker's shop next door and had built the two houses next to it. Miss Howard 'appeared' to both my daughters at different times, when they were 18 months old and 3 years old, and I think that, at that young age, they were not capable of inventing such a story. Our dog was also aware of her presence, and over the years we were there, we frequently heard her walking about, along ...read more here
Contributed by Joycee Davey
Hertfordshire memories
A ghost in Melbourn High Streeet
I lived at 65 High Street from 1964 to 1971. The two little figures on the left of the photo are my two daughters, Lisa and Jane. We shared our house with a ghost who, we believe, was Miss Howard, who had previously lived there. Her father owned the baker's shop next door and had built the two houses next to it. Miss Howard 'appeared' to both my daughters at different times, when they were 18 months old and 3 years old, and I think that, at that young age, they were not capable of inventing such a story. Our dog was also aware of her presence, and over the years we were there, we frequently heard her walking about, along ...read more here
A memory of Melbourn contributed by Joycee Davey
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
Florence Pansy Muggleton
Florence Pansy Muggleton born in Grantchester 1920 can trace her family back to her great, great grandparents Joseph Muggleton and Mary Ann Boutle who married at Grantchester church on 17th January 1822. Flo has many memories over the years of the village. She moved from the village in 1945 but still kept in contact via her family. If anyone has any queries about the village pre 1942 she will try and help you and can be contacted via her daughter Gill Casper at gillian.casper@ntlworld.com.
A memory of Grantchester contributed by First name Last name
Extracts From Melbourn & Hertfordshire books
Here we see an attractive row of thatched cottages on Melbourn’s High Street. Not far from here is Bran Ditch, a defensive earthworks in which the skeletons of Romano-British soldiers have been discovered.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Further up the High Street is the newly built Co-op, where a mother and father are perhaps sharing out the ‘sweety money’. The Baptist Church is opposite.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
This view of the High Street must have been taken from a bedroom window. The shops and houses mix with small workshops and boundary walls. On the left is the post office, and babies in coach-built prams.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
The cyclists here obviously felt sufficiently safe not to worry too much about hugging the kerb and avoiding brushes with the traffic. The practice of parking a bicycle by leaning it on one pedal against the kerb is rarely seen these days.
An extract from from"Cambridge Photographic Memories".
With their knee-length breeches and caps, the word that comes to mind is ‘urchins’. More to the point, one wonders just what it was they were conspiring about when the photographer set up to take this photograph!
An extract from from"Cambridge Photographic Memories".