Horseheath, Post Office c.1960
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H444009
Photo ref:
H444009
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The post office and shop are at the junction with the Haverhill Road and the village green. In the distance is a very fine 17th-century farmhouse with a jettied cross-wing.
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Memories of Horseheath, Post Office c1960
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Growing up in the late 40s and 50s, a highlight of my visits to relatives was the trip to Horseheath to see uncle Fred and Auntie Stina at the post-office. I was always drawn to the large greenhouse they had as this had a grapevine. I had never seen grapes growing until then, but soon learned that while they looked nice, they tasted lovely - forbidden fruit! We always had tea and then ...see more
My Great Grandad Frederick Ashfield was the Post Master at this Post Office, I have a photograph of him standing outside, where it looked like a grocery shop, I have a distant memory of being inside the Post Office, as a young child I remember the house next door where we use to visit my Great Grandparents, they lived in this house I believe when they retired, in the 1960s.
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