Barkway, High Street c.1965
Photo ref:
B281019
More about this scene
Barkway spanned the main route from London to Cambridge, and it was only the coming of the railways in the 1850s that transformed it into a countryside backwater. The building on the right with the tall brick chimneys is the Reading Room, erected in the 1860s to provide a respectable meeting place for the young men of the village. On the left, the Chaise and Pair, one of five inns still functioning in the village in 1965, offered fine beer and accommodation. It closed for business in 1993.
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