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Alfred Brand and the bees

Alfred Brand and the bees

Alfred Brand lived at Peacock Cottage in Crawley End Chrishall. We don't know where the above photograph was taken - whether it was in Peacock Cottage garden or at an allotment. At the time Alfred Brand lived there, there would have been allotments just over the road...

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The Royal Observer Corps

The Royal Observer Corps

The following article was written by Joe Hagger who was one of the village cobblers or shoe-makers and lived in the cottage that faces the green next to The Red Cow. (This article is published as written and the language reflects the time at which Mr Hagger was...

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Kelly’s Directory 1933

This extract from Kellys directory of 1933 for Chrishall shows the first appearance of telephone numbers (T N) in the directory.  (It is also interesting that Mr Crocker felt he could advertise "any make of car supplied"!) We know quite a bit about the people...

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Heydon Fowlmere Road Barn

Heydon Fowlmere Road Barn

See a larger version of this image by clicking on the picture below. We are told that the house on the right is now 84 Fowlmere Rd, combined from two houses in 1998. The barn was the Cobblers workshop, removed a long time ago but the owners of the house still find...

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Chrishall House Name Index

The following house names and place names are listed alphabetically. The list is still being compiled and is not yet complete. Notes are intended to direct the visitor or delivery person. This page can be accessed by the visitor or  can be printed off and faxed to...

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Crawley End 1900

Crawley End 1900

This lovely old picture from 1900 shows Crawley End.  Note no railings around Rooks Pond.  Left to right can be seen the Chapel, Chapel Cottage, Manana, Phoenix Cottage, Rose Cottage, Cobblers and Faerie Cottage. (With thanks to the Rogers family collection for this...

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Rooks Pond

Rooks Pond

This photograph was taken circa 1930.    On the left is Chapel Cottage recently rethatched.  Primrose Cottage is just visible behind the telegraph pole. Cobblers, at the end of the pond, has since been extended and rendered in a peach colour. Faerie Cottage is on the...

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