Rosemarie
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Church Road from the Green
This postcard, of a similar age to the earlier picture of The Green, shows Church Road with the Pigg / Rush garage on the left. You can also see Ede Negus’s slate roofed cottage on the far left of the picture. This cottage has been replaced with a modern house but Ede is remembered in…
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A brief background of the Chapel by Mrs Cranwell
Methodist Chapel Built 1862. “that piece of land containing by estimation twelve perches situate at Crowley End, whereon a cottage in the occupation of Widow Read formally stood, but whereon there has since been erected a Primitive Methodist Chapel.” The Trustees were admitted tenants on 28th of May, (1862?) the original Trustees were:- Joshua Brand, Joseph…
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1893 January 27
Hop on the train at Chrishall Railway Station? In January of 1893 there was a proposal that would have included Chrishall in the railway line that ran through to Haverhill. (Spelling as in the original article). Chelmsford Chronicle 27 January 1893 ANOTHER RAILWAY SCHEME It is proposed to connect Haverhill with the Midland Railway system…
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The Abrams family of Builden End
Samuel and Lucy Abrams lived at Builden End and had four children. Here they are outside their house in Builden End with two of their daughters. We have some lovely photographs of the Abrams family thanks to Jane Spengler and Penny Swift, relations of the Ives family, so look out for a longer article all…
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Charlie Rogers, Home Farm
A lovely photo of Charlie Rogers looking confidently down into the camera standing out the front of Home Farm in High Street. Charlie went on to marry Dorothy Rush whose parents ran the garage.
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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 village. It is interesting to note the lack of…
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George Cranwell
The painting above of Chrishall Chapel was done in 1915 by George Cranwell. George was the youngest son of Oswald and Ann Cranwell who lived at what is now Ramblers, Crawley End, Chrishall. Oswald and Ann had seven children, six boys and one girl: Charles, Walter, Frederick, John, Ralph, George and Ivy. George was born…
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Church Road then and now
This postcard of Chrishall has recently come to light and shows how much the trees and hedges have now grown up to obscure the view. This card is undated and was never used so it is difficult to say when the photograph was taken but it is of a similar style to other pictures we…
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Halloween 1971
1971 and the very last years spent at the old Chrishall school. Outdoor toilets and a huge A-frame climbing frame in the playground where a careless tumble sent you crashing onto the tarmac playground. All fun times! And some of the best bits were the school parties that were run by Mr and Mrs Nelson,…