Trumpington, Grantchester Road c.1960
Photo ref: T94028
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Photo ref: T94028
Photo of Trumpington, Grantchester Road c.1960

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A row of cottages with weather-boarding and a thatched roof faces the parish church. Set back from the road edge is a substantial 17th-century farmhouse; we can just see its large chimney stack with grouped diagonal shafts.

Memories of Trumpington, Grantchester Road c1960

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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 ...see more