Views in the village

 

 


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Several old views of the High Street    
     
Aerial view of the village by the Anchor Hotel 1963   Aerial view of the village by the Anchor Hotel 1963
   

 

 

What is now called "Dormouse Cottage" (they didn't use to have names)

and Donkey Lane pre-second world war

 

Dormouse Cottage and Donkey Lane c1959

     

"Parish Pump" now called "Village Green" before the WI Hall was built c1933

Note the original street light

Village Green c1933
 

 

 

View of the Church from the Village Green mid-1950's

Dickey Thorner with his wheelbarrow

View of the Church from the Village Green
 

 

 

Looking towards the Village Green and the Rectory.

Beaulah Cottage on the right and the Red House on the left.

Looking towards the Village Green and the Rectory
 

 

 

White House by the Village Green - note the old original gateway

and no windows in the end wall c1900

White House by the Village Green - note the old original gateway
 

 

 

An old view of the White House on the Village Green
An old view of the White House on the Village Green
 

 

 

Children on the "School" bridge by the Rookery c1950

"Clapper Bridge" is the old stone one to the right

Children on the bridge by the Rookery
 

 

 

View towards the cliffs from the building site of 31 Annings Lane -

note no bungalows on the south side of that part of the lane at that time

View towards the cliffs from the building site of 31 Annings Lane - note no bungalows in the lane at that time

Photo from David Cole

   

Douglas Northover surveying the garden of 31 Annings Lane - he had to landscape it!

Joe Linnie built the bungalow in 1960

Douglas Northover surveying the garden of 31 Annings Lane - he had to landscape it!

Photo from David Cole

   

"Rookery Cottage" - a pretty Longhouse in Church Street - early 1950's

Note the garage at the far end - now a gateway

 

 

The pretty Longhouse in Church Street
 

 

 

A view over Greenwich Corner in the 1930's. A view over Greenwich Corner in the 1930's.
 

 

 

Another view over Greenwich Cottage in the 1900's.

Note the tall (but somewhat lowered from its original height) chimney by the church.

This used to be as high as the church tower - was for boiler house at end of what is now "Mill Terrace",

but which was then a warehouse - part of the old flax mill

Another view over Greenwich Cottage in the 1900's.
 

 

 

Mill Street before the Post Office was moved from the corner. Note no 'phone box in High Street.

Also before Mill Street had tarmac

Mill Street before the Post Office was moved from the corner
 

 

 

Shadrach before "Gages House" was built. Early 1900's Shadrach before "Gauges House" was built. Early 1900's
   
 
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