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If you look at the top of the spire on the Parish Church you will see a cockerel weather vane (reputedly covered in gold) indicating the direction of the wind. How did it get there? Well the answer in →

Here we see William Norman in his village dairy – probably in the 1930s. I am not certain, but I believe the equipment is for pasteurisation. Raw milk from the cow may contain nasty things like bacteria. →

Here is a picture sent by Suzanne Michard of her and other children on the dreaded “buckeroo” at the Willingham play area in 1953. This set of equipment was location on the “rec” between the bowling →

Roll over no. 5a – here is your ancestor picking up passengers on Church St. The bus is parked opposite the church and these shops still exist pretty much unchanged (apart from their use). The shop →

Until the early 1960s the village had no sewers or drains. Houses either had underground cess pits into which drains emptied or very good rhubarb! As can be imagined the task of installing main drainage →

This sad scene shows an old building being demolished in the 1970. It stood near the library on the corner of Priest Ln. and Green St. facing the green. Originally it was two cottages built of brick but →

Many of you will have noticed that the exterior of this house, near the traffic lights on High St. has recently been renovated by the current owners. It has been done using all traditional materials such →

This photo was taken on the High St. towards the crossroads about 1913. It shows the “Hospital Sunday” parade. There was no NHS so each year money would be raised and given to Addenbrookes hospital →

In 1890 a new Rector, John Watkins, arrived and, unlike previous rectors, he intended to live in Willingham rather than just visit from time to time. He must have been fairly wealthy as he used his own →

During the 1914-1918 world war many wounded soldiers were billeted in Willingham. The old Church Hall on Church St. was turned into a hospital and we know from carvings in the wall that some men were →