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Irene Cranwell – obituary

Irene Cranwell – obituary

Irene Cranwell died peacefully at her home at Faerie Cottage in Crawley End on Thursday 7th January 2010. She would have been 100 years old in February. She was born Emily Irene White in 1910 but from an early age she was known as Irene or Irenie. The daughter of a...

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Mrs Cranwell’s Driving Test

This lovely extract is from a recording made by Zofia Everett with Irene Cranwell and is from the Essex Record Office Archive. Irene Cranwell was Chrishall's village historian for many years and much of the current archive that we have is from her collection. You can...

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Chamberses

Chamberses

(The following article was written by Irene Cranwell) I suppose everyone has a favorite saying, or sayings – nearly 60 years ago Richard Llewellyn was the author of one of mine.  He wrote “There is no fence or hedge round time that has gone.  You can go back and have...

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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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Local quotes

Local quotes

Some local quotes The following extract comes from a newspaper article of 10 August 1962. The article was written for the Royston Crow which at that time appears to have been called the Herts and Ca(mbridge Observer?) and Royston Crow - I only have part of the...

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Art and Archive 2019

Art and Archive 2019

On November 23rd we ran the third Irene Cranwell Memorial Lecture. This year it took the form of an afternoon exhibition plus evening talk. We were very pleased to work with SOCA, the Society of Chrishall Artists at this event. Chrishall Archive Group had a history...

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