Willingham
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Willingham books (14 available)
Wisbech Town and City Memories
Paperback
Ely and the Fens Photographic Memories
Paperback
- 4 photos on Willingham appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Willingham
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Willingham and Cambridgeshire
Willingham memories
Read and share memories of Willingham and Cambridgeshire inspired by Frith photos
grandad lack
Hello again. I don`t know when Grandad Lack was born. I have no contakt with any of the Lack family because my mother remarried after my father Eric Lack died. Let me know if you find a link between the Lacks
Anna Stearn
Contributed by anna stearn
The Lacks
My great great grandfather was born in Willingham, his name was Joseph Lack. Many of my family are buried in the churchyard. I have not been to Willingham yet but hope to do so in the near future. I feel that I know the place so well even though I haven't been there. I am researching my family history, and found that they come from Willingham. Quite a lot of my family were carpenters. It was nice to see someone relating to Lack. Maybe not a good memory but hopefuly it will be a good one when I go to Willingham. Pat Mason
Contributed by patricia mason
Grandad Lack of the Black Bull
I remember staying in the Black Bull, run by my grandad, grandad Lack. In the back garden was a huge willow tree and in one of the outhouses all the metal tops from the beer bottles were discarded. I used to sit in the tap room and look though the net curtains smelling strongly of cigarette smoke at the main road. He gave me fizzy cherryade. Auntie Peggy and Uncle George lived with grandad and took over when he died. Up the road was the fruit orchard where we picked apples and plums. I was very young but remember it well. How wonderful to find this photograph.
Contributed by anna stearn
Cambridgeshire memories
grandad lack
Hello again. I don`t know when Grandad Lack was born. I have no contakt with any of the Lack family because my mother remarried after my father Eric Lack died. Let me know if you find a link between the Lacks
Anna Stearn
A memory of Willingham contributed by anna stearn
Extracts From Willingham & Cambridgeshire books
This is the largest smock mill in Cambridgeshire. It was built for William Huckle in 1828; in the 1890s the mill was bought by Charles Cattell, and it is known as Cattell’s mill to this day. Raymond Cattell continued the family business after his father’s death in 1943. There are two patent sails on the mill, and a very curious fringe of planking to the cap, which may be protecting the gallery which the miller used to service the fantail.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Villages Photographic Memories".
This public house has changed very little - the white boarding is now black, and the poster for Greene King Harvest Brown Ale has gone. Patrons using the outside seating in what used to be the car park can now watch the traffic flow across this busy junction with the Over/Rampton road.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living Memories".
Situated on the edge of the Fens, Wilingham is a typical example of the ‘shoreline’ villages that prospered through their access to better grazing for their sheep. The superb church has a hammerbeam roof almost as perfect as the one at March.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Photographic Memories".
The view down the High Street has changed very little, but the increased volume of traffic has brought traffic lights to the junction with the road to Over. A barber's shop has replaced the radio shop on the left, and the Willingham Auction Rooms now occupy the adjoining building.
An extract from from"Cambridgeshire Living 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".