Great Easton, The Village c.1955
Photo ref:
G95009
Photo ref:
G95009
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This is a typical quiet Essex village, with some impressive timber-framed houses. The cross in the centre of the picture is a memorial to those killed in both the First and Second World Wars. The Bell Stores, shown on the right, is now a private house.
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A Selection of Memories from Great Easton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Great Easton
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I lived in this house for a year in 1958 when my father was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. We spent a good deal of time in the kitchen as the warmest room in the house. When spring came it was lovely in the back garden with snowdrops and other spring flowers abounding.
All the village children introduced my sister and I to the old abandoned RAF station in Little Easton where we rode our bicycles on the old tarmac. It remains a cherished memory.
I worked at the Green Man, a lovely little thatched pub. The manager was Phillip Hanson Lester who used to play a grand piano in the bar. He was quite famous inthe are for his pub meals and eventually retired to Spain. We all had great fun after hours in the bar and I particularly remember Jeff Sewell who owned a BMW garage in Great Dunmow. Cliff Richard lived nearby. I have gret memories of lovely ...see more
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