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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 →

This is a very early photo of what is, today, the Green. The photo is probably about 1900 and before the arrival of gas to the village. When gas arrived in 1920s the cottages were demolished a new gas →

Many will be surprised to know that the “Black Bull” pub – now renamed “Porterhouse” – was on the corner of Station Rd and Berrycroft long before the current pub was built in 1960s. As can →

This photo looks almost medieval but, amazingly, it is taken in Willingham – probably around 1890. We don’t know the exact location but the buildings in the background are probably Church St and the →

A short way down Station Road from the traffic lights we find a general store on the east side. It is the 1970’s and Heinz baked beans are 7p per can and a jar of marmalade 12 ½ p. This shop was popular →

This is one of the oldest photographs in the collection, taken in the 1890s. It shows village life with two women chatting (one holding a well wrapped baby) and children gathered – probably playing →

Here is a photo taken on Berrycroft, almost opposite Berrycroft stores. The men (and child) are passing the time of day outside R. Smith’s Tobacco Shop – a small wooden building fronting onto the →

This is the Willingham Tabernacle Baptist Church – date unknown. It resided on the same site as the current modern building that replaced it in 1980s. The original “strict” Baptist church was opposite, →