Photograph from the Bruce Drury Collection View from Church road towards Martenholme in the 1940s or early 1950s. Note the (red & white?) kerbs - was this a wartime safety measure? The gates you can see in the centre of the picture were apparently, at one...
Village Centre
Known as “the green” even though there is relatively little ‘green’ to be seen, but this is right at the centre of the village of Chrishall today.
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Martinholme and The Green
Another picture of Martinholme here taken from further back near Ede Negus's cottage. You can see how much the pond encroached on the road and also how much narrower the roads were then.
The Red Cow and brushwood
The Red Cow looking much smarter here and what looks like large piles of brushwood, stakes and poles stacked around the small shed that is now where the Red Cow car park is. It looks like someone was perhaps running a fencing and hedging business - do we know any...
The Post Office at Martinholme
Martinholme clearly marked here as Chrishall Post Office. Run by the Chambers family for many years, this was apparently not only the Post Office but one of the several village shops in the village at that time. Not only was it well stocked with anything you needed...
The Red Cow in harder times
The Red Cow as a basic drinking pub rather than the lovely restaurant and activities provided by the pub today: http://www.theredcow.com/
The Green 1920s?
The Green at Chrishall looking somewhat different to what it does today. This postcard is undated but possibly comes from the 1920s? It is obviously after the War Memorial was placed on the Green but I'm not sure when those large telegraph poles appeared in the...
War Memorial
The War Memorial without railings: October 2015 World War I - 1914 - 1918 Chrishall lost eight men in the First World War and another 45 villagers are listed on a board in the Church as serving their country in one way or...
Morris Dancers
Cotswold Morris Dancers beside the war memorial with the Red Cow in the background. Appropriately, a Morris 8 is parked on the far side of the green! Premier's bus garage - since redeveloped with housing - can be seen in the photo below.
Village Centre Bungalow and shop
This bungalow still stands in front of Barleymans and opposite the village sign, albeit it is much changed. The photograph probably dates from the 1950s. The village shop moved from Martinholme, to Stanmore Place and then to this bungalow in the centre of the village....
Chrishall Mummers
This lovely photo looking north along Hogs Lane (Brick Row is on the left and The Red Cow is hidden behind the hedge on the right) appears to be of a group of villagers dressed as itinerant tradesmen. Could they be on their way to a village fancy dress event? The...
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