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Another aerial photo this month, taken in about 1950. This time we see the crossroads at the top of the High St. where the traffic lights are today. Over Road goes up the left side and you can see Rook →

Here we see the two “Miss Olivers” with the Oliver’s Bakery van. The text says “S. Oliver. Baker Flour & Corn Dealer”. Around 1910, Sayers Oliver with his wife Emily built a new bakery on →

This parade is on Long Lane between the entrance to the medical centre and the school playing field. The houses in the top left are on Silver Street. The long row of windows are part of the greenhouses →

Here is a scene looking down the High St. with (until recently) the hair-dresser’s on the right. The car looks like a Morris Oxford which would place the photo in the early to mid 1950’s. Surprisingly, →

Compared to last month this photo is not very old at all. However, if you are new to the village in the last 25 years you might be surprised to see that there was a full size petrol station at Millberry →

This strange contraption is a fire pump which was operated by two people to pump water in the event that a fire broke out. Fire was a constant threat due to the number of thatched roofs and open fires. →

This large barn is situated on the corner of Church St. and Long Lane. It was built in the 1600’s but it looks pretty shabby here in the 1970s. However, while cladding has been replaced many times over →

Last month we saw the churchwardens holding the church weather-vane which had blown off the spire. But how did they replace it? Well in this month’s photo we see the new one being taken up to the top →

In the early 1960’s a storm blew the weather vane off the top of the church spire – which probably had been there since Victorian times. Here we see the churchwardens Alec Denson and Dr. James Flower, →

This picture was taken in Willingham 100 years ago in somebody’s back garden - we don’t know where. There are a couple of things that are striking. The first is the bike. We take them for granted, →