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The old church hall on Church St. (now a private house) has been used for many things since it was constructed at the end of the 19th century including meetings, parties for young and old and, of course, →

This building stood on the corner of the green by Priest Lane. Today you would be standing outside the current library to take this shot but the building itself is long gone. There are two cottages, one →

The two men by the door are blacksmiths, each with a hammer in hand and wearing a leather apron. The burly man on the left might be the master smithy and the younger man his apprentice. This building stood →

A fixture of village life at Christmas used to be the Pensioners’ Christmas Tea Party. There would be tea and cake, games and singing and a merry time would be had by all. Here we see the assembled party →

This month’s photo shows people in their Sunday best outside a rather dilapidated cottage. One woman is holding a baby in a fine white dress and the boy next to her has a wide brimmed hat. On the right, →

Residents of the High St. and others will be pleased to see that the building on the corner of Over Road is being repaired after many years lying derelict. In this month’s picture we see the building →

Most people know that the guided busway was built on the path of the old railway through Longstanton. But did you know that there was another railway North of the village which ran from Ely to St.Ives? →

This photo shows the corner of Church Lane and Church St. On the right you can see the gravestones in the Churchyard (many of which were removed in 1970s to make it easier to mow the grass!) On the West →

There are several pictures of this house on the OldWillingham web site at various periods. The house still stands on Rampton End and, for those who have lived in the village for 10 years or more, it was →

The finale of “Alice in Wonderland” in 1985 as presented by Willingham Amateur Dramatics Society aka WAMADS. Amateur Dramatics was very popular in the second half of the 20th century and Willingham’s →