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Wisbech Town and City Memories
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Read and share memories of Eye and Cambridgeshire inspired by Frith photos
childhood memory
The old photographs helped me remember some lovely memories of when I was a very young child, when it was a daily routine walking past the old brick works to go to Eye school, I believe that just past the brick works (obviously depending on which way you were walking) there was a bridge that went over the old railway.
My father Sid Earnshaw knew Bill Oliver who worked at the site and his brother Ray, sadly my father is no longer here, but the pictures were wonderful to see, and I cannot help but feel a little sad that Eye now looks nothing like it was when I was a child, but thats progress I suppose!! Although it's not all ...read more here
Crowland Road
My uncle, Bill Oliver, who lived in Crowland Road used to work at the brickyards pictured. He worked on the kilns. I can remember on Sunday mornings going to see my uncle and my nan, Florrie Oliver. My dad Russell Oliver and I used to cycle over the old bridge which is now part of the Ete bypass. I was born in Eye in Northam Terrace just of the Crowland Road and lived there till I was 21. I now live in Stilton.
Contributed by SUE BOON
Cambridgeshire memories
childhood memory
The old photographs helped me remember some lovely memories of when I was a very young child, when it was a daily routine walking past the old brick works to go to Eye school, I believe that just past the brick works (obviously depending on which way you were walking) there was a bridge that went over the old railway.
My father Sid Earnshaw knew Bill Oliver who worked at the site and his brother Ray, sadly my father is no longer here, but the pictures were wonderful to see, and I cannot help but feel a little sad that Eye now looks nothing like it was when I was a child, but thats progress I suppose!! Although it's not all ...read more here
Crowland Road
My uncle, Bill Oliver, who lived in Crowland Road used to work at the brickyards pictured. He worked on the kilns. I can remember on Sunday mornings going to see my uncle and my nan, Florrie Oliver. My dad Russell Oliver and I used to cycle over the old bridge which is now part of the Ete bypass. I was born in Eye in Northam Terrace just of the Crowland Road and lived there till I was 21. I now live in Stilton.
A memory of Eye contributed by SUE BOON
Extracts From Eye & Cambridgeshire books
Whilst the High Street is a shadow
of its former self, the Rose & Crown
Hotel, located at the junction with the
Market Place, is enjoying somewhat
of a renaissance, with its current
owners investing heavily in restoring the
hotel to its former prominence in the
town and locality. The provision of good
accommodation for visitors and tourists
must be seen as a priority, if Wisbech is
to tap into the tourism market and give a
welcome boost to the local economy.
An extract from from"Wisbech Town and City Memories".
The north side of the Market Place was the drinking heart of Wisbech, whose taste for alcohol saw one hundred inns, taverns and pubs recorded around the town. In this view the Freeman Hardy & Willis shop stands on the site of the Old Talbot, and two shops along is where the Golden Lion was situated. The `Tudor` building is the George Inn and next door is the Mermaid. The lower storey of the Shop Hotel has been opened up to allow greater pedestrian access to the Horsefair, and the Griffin next-door is now a barbers shop.
An extract from from"Wisbech Town and City Memories".
We are looking towards the west end of
the Market Place. The two tailors and
outfitters businesses, John Collier and
J E Hall, sit side-by-side, next to the
Home & Colonial Tea Store. In the
foreground can be seen the underground
toilets, which were later filled in.
An extract from from"Wisbech Town and City Memories".
Built around 1130, the Manor
is supposed to be the oldest
continuously inhabited house
in Britain. Lucy Maria Wood
Boston, born in December 1892,
bought the building in 1939
and spent two years restoring
it. During the Second World
War she kept open house for
the RAF officers stationed at the
nearby airfield at Wyton, and
arranged musical and literary
evenings. She used the Manor
as an inspiration for her series
of six children`s stories known
as the Green Knowe books.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".
On non-market days, the centre
of St Ives was a quiet and
unhurried place. There are few
cars other than those parked
between the Cromwell statue and
the war memorial, and people
are able to pass the time of day
in the middle of the road. J W
Angood, the cycle and motor-
cycle repairer (right), seems to
have been busy: seven or eight of
his customer`s machines await
collection. Before he took over,
the shop had been owned by
Rowell & Sons, tailors. Next door
is Senescall`s animal and petfood
store - today the site is occupied
by a Help the Aged shop.
An extract from from"Huntingdon, St Neots and St Ives Photographic Memories".