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Much has been written recently about the politics leading up to the first world war. The picture this month shows a house on Church Lane (still there today) which appears to be the local party headquarters →

This photo is taken at the end of George St. looking up towards the High Street. Today, you would have the ploughman hall and recreation ground on your right. The pub on the end (Rose and Crown) is still →

This month we see a sergeant posing for a photograph, probably before heading to France. We don’t know who he is but interestingly his lapel badges are the maple leaf of Canada and, zooming in on his →

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? →