Old Weston
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Old Weston memories
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The Swan
I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the community together. Introduced bar skittles, darts, and instead of the restaurant, kept to plain English home-made cooking. We always had a themed New Year party, and people would be queueing outside on a Saturday night. The hardest three years work of my life, and while there were many happy memories, there were more unhappy ones. I was so glad to leave it. I have visited only once since, in the mid 90s. ...read more here
Contributed by Angela Cain
The Black Swan (Pub)
Old Weston & the Black Swan.
My first memory of Old Weston was back in 1955 and actually when the picture of the Black Swan was taken. I was stationed at RAF Molesworth from March 1955 to March 1957. This was one of the first pubs I went to after arriving in England that year. I have since visited Old Weston in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and have visited Old Weston on every trip. The pub is now called The Swan. Lots of good memories from back then and always enjoyed visiting the area.
Contributed by Ken Leder
Old Weston & the Black Swan
My first memory of Old Weston was back in 1955 when the picture of the Black Swan was taken. I was stationed at RAF Molesworth from March 1955 to March 1957. This was one of the first pubs I went to after arriving in England that year.
I have since visited England in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 and have visited Old Weston on every trip. The pub is now called The Swan, lots of good memories from back then and always enjoyed visiting the area.
Contributed by Ken Leder
Cambridgeshire memories
The Swan
I became landlady of The White Swan as it was then, with my husband Gordon, who has since died. It had previously been run as an up market restaurant, but had not been successful. We concentrated on the village life, bringing the community together. Introduced bar skittles, darts, and instead of the restaurant, kept to plain English home-made cooking. We always had a themed New Year party, and people would be queueing outside on a Saturday night. The hardest three years work of my life, and while there were many happy memories, there were more unhappy ones. I was so glad to leave it. I have visited only once since, in the mid 90s. ...read more here
A memory of Old Weston contributed by Angela Cain
Extracts From Old Weston & Cambridgeshire books
A farmhouse with a picket fence stands on a bend with a Morris outside. It is a typical building of the Cambridgeshire countryside, three rooms long with an entrance opposite the chimney stack. There is a plaque dated 1622 on the chimney-stack. Part of the roof is covered with corrugated iron - this was used when thatchers were difficult to find.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
The Black Swan Inn would have been a popular resting place for the cattle drovers who used the Bullock Road. The ancient road linking the villages on the west side of the county became an alternative route for the cattle drovers when the Great North Road was turnpiked in 1662.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
Old Weston is fragmented as a village, with the church standing somewhat detached from the main part of it. The village originally extended beyond the church, but was lost in a devastating fire in 1701.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
Built around 1130, the Manor
is supposed to be the oldest
continuously inhabited house
in Britain. Lucy Maria Wood
Boston, born in December 1892,
bought the building in 1939
and spent two years restoring
it. During the Second World
War she kept open house for
the RAF officers stationed at the
nearby airfield at Wyton, and
arranged musical and literary
evenings. She used the Manor
as an inspiration for her series
of six children`s stories known
as the Green Knowe books.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
On non-market days, the centre
of St Ives was a quiet and
unhurried place. There are few
cars other than those parked
between the Cromwell statue and
the war memorial, and people
are able to pass the time of day
in the middle of the road. J W
Angood, the cycle and motor-
cycle repairer (right), seems to
have been busy: seven or eight of
his customer`s machines await
collection. Before he took over,
the shop had been owned by
Rowell & Sons, tailors. Next door
is Senescall`s animal and petfood
store - today the site is occupied
by a Help the Aged shop.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".