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This photo was taken on the village green in the 1950’s. On the right is the Gas Showroom full of cookers and so on (now the library). Our regular correspondent tells me that until the early 1930’s →

Last month we showed the Willingham Water tower. This prompted the following letter from Malcolm Sargeant: “The tower was there when we bought a "Tower Cottage" in 1967. It belonged to the Cambridge →

For many years people drew their water from the village pump on the green. But in 1912 the Willingham Water and General Supply Co. was established with money from wealthy local families. This huge water →

Newcomers to the village might wonder why there is an ATM in the front of a house in the High St. Here is a picture of that house in earlier days. Eighty years ago there was an ancient rambling thatched →

It’s been a busy time for Willingham beekeepers this year with quite a number of bee swarms in the village. A bee swarm occurs when half the bees in a colony leave and go looking for a new home of their →

A hundred years ago horses and carts were the prime means of moving larger loads in the village. In those days the village had its own wheelwright who both made and repaired cartwheels. The cartwheels →

Most people will instantly recognise this location as both buildings are still on the High Street and surprisingly unchanged. Here we see Alec Norman (and his dog.) Mr. Norman was well known in the village →

There has been a baker on the corner on Church Lane and Church Street for well over 100 years. An old thatched building was there until the early 1900’s but it burnt down. The current building was built →

If you go round to the back of the Parish Church you will find this little building. It is very old – built in the 1300’s and has an interesting history. Today it is called the “sacristy” but it →

Drama on Church St. around 1905 as the shop on the corner with Long Lane burns. Crowds have gathered to watch and the village fire pump is in action with a rather puny jet of water spraying on the building. →