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School Days at Stapleford Primary
I was born in the village in 1953 and went to the junior school from 1958 until 1969 when I then went to Sawston Village College, I had many a happy day at the schoo. I can remember my first teacher, her name was Miss Deany, she was a nice teacher as I can recall. My first classroom is in the photo, it is the room to the left of the picture. My next classroom was to the back of the photo, I can't recall the teacher's name. I then moved to the classroom just behind the tree in the picture, the teacher's name was Mrs Stocks, very strict as I remember. I then moved into the room to left of the dustbins in the photo. The head teacher was dear old Mr Holt. All the time I was in these old buildings the school was being added to with a new hall and new office rooms, plus four more classrooms in which through the years I moved into one... Read more
Cambridgeshire memories
Robinson Graves
My paternal Robinson relatives (married Moore) are buried in the churchyard at Great Shelford from 1839 and at one time lived in Woollard's Lane. In 1849 they moved into Cambridge when William Joseph Robinson marrried Jane Rayment Mansfield Barrett. One branch remained in Cambridge whilst others moved to Lancashire and the United States.
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 in the kitchen, no fridge when we moved in, an added on bathroom, but I loved it.
It was home for the 1st 2 1/2 years of our daughter Rachel's life. She had wonderful friends in the neighbourhood, & in the Courtyard development. My time in Little Shelford... Read more
I Lived in Those Cottages!1948 - 1957-Ish
In 1946 my late father, Ron Goodliffe, got a job as a tractor driver for the vast Pemberton estate, and we moved into one of their tied-cottages in Swans Yard, that used to be off the High Street. Then, in 1948, we moved into 18 Grantchester Road which is the white cottage that's set back in the photo. In those days it was known as Dated Cottage, as it had the year 1654 on the front in big metal numerals; plus a plaque depicting the rays of the sun with a smiley face in the middle. Many years later I found out that these plaques used to be affixed to properties covered by The Sun Fire Insurance Company. In around 1954 we moved next-door-but-one to number 22 Grantchester Road, still known as Park Cottage. This was the far end of the thatched building that is furthest away on the photo. In those days it contained two residences. In fact it may have originally been built as three residences as there... Read more
To Ron Goodliffe - A Trumpington Ploughman 1946 - 1958
My late father worked for the Pemberton Estate as a tractor driver from 1946 to around 1958.
I offer below, in his memory, an extract from the tribute I composed for his funeral in March 2005.
But, there was another love in your life,
by the name of Allis-Chalmers.
And you spent many hours alone in her company
as she ploughed each field with furrows.
As a child I’d sometimes join you on her ample bench type seat.
The constant roar of the engine and the screaming of the gulls
made conversation difficult
and I often fell asleep.
So you’d put your strong arm round me,
to stop me falling and getting crushed,
and we’d plough ‘till after sunset
then bike home through the dusk.
This is how we bonded...
a father and his son...
In silence...on a tractor...
the three of us as one.
Many hours I spent in your company
through all seasons on the farm.
The other... Read more
THE VILLAGE FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE 1950s
I remember in the 1950s when Cherry Hinton had the best village football team in Cambridgeshire, and around the 1950s when Cherry Hinton was a village, sadly no more. Farms up the High Street. Smiths bakers in Fulbourn Road. A piano playing all the old songs on a Saturday night in the Robin Hood.
I remember the sheep being brought from Fulbourn Road down the High Street to Chalks Farm. Old Ken Baker riding side-saddle on the big Shire horse, chewing a bit of straw, delivering muck for the allotments behind Fulbourn Road. Those were the days. Walking to school from Fulbourn Road down what was classed as Long Walker (a path which ran from Fulbourn Road to Fishers Lane) before the council estate was built. And the other footpath which ran from between Fulbourn Road and the old Dutch barn over the hill to the beech woods. No longer there (but could be if the locals had it opened up). I remember Mr Olie Chapman, 56 Fulbourn Road. He... Read more
Evacuee From London
I was interested to read the article by Ron Clarke (1950s football team). I lived at 34 Fulbourne Road with Mr and Mrs Clarke in the war. They were looking after their grandson whose father I believe was named Phil and was posted abroad. I have a few memories of Cherry Hinton in the war, some good, some not so good. I had a good time with the Clarke family and they are among my best childhood memories.
Before them I was billeted at 'Mafeking Cottages' and then Cherry Hinton Hall. I was one of 9 children and never saw my mother till the war ended. I left 34 Fulbourne Road in 1945 to return to a very poor family. I would love to hear if Ron was that grandchild. I am 75.
