Chrishall Archive Group (CAG)
Chrishall Archive Group are interested in promoting and preserving the history of Chrishall and its locality for the enjoyment of current and future generations. This is done via the website, the Archive at the Pavilion and via local events. Why do we exist? Well simply because everyone loves a good story!
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Chrishall History Facebook Page
Chrishall History Facebook page so we can continue to share the collection even when the Archive is closed. As I write this we are in the midst of a pandemic – Covid-19 has changed our lives and is a historic event in itself. One of the impacts of the virus is that public gatherings have…
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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 exhibition in the main Chapel Hall and SOCA had…
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The boy with the birds
The boy with the birds continues to fascinate Just over a year ago I wrote about a picture of the boy with the birds. This was around the time when we found the photographs that turned out to be (we think) the Mallow family from Hamlet House, Pond Street near Duddenhoe End. The Mallows family…
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Irene Cranwell Memorial Lecture 2017
CHRISHALL ARCHIVE GROUP PRESENTS The Inaugural Irene Cranwell Memorial Lecture A talk by Kevin Swann THE TRACTION ENGINES OF DRAGE AND KENT, CHRISHALL 8pm Wednesday 4th October 2017 at Chrishall Village Hall (South Hall) Tickets on the door: £3 per person or £2 for Archive Friends. Refreshments will be served and there will…
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Prints from glass plates
I have had such a fun morning. A little while ago I was handed a box of glass plates which had been found many, many years ago when a local house was being cleared. These were glass plate negatives of photographs and contained pictures of family groups as well as individuals, people in a carriage…
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A virtual tour of the old museum
Before the Archive we have today, Chrishall Museum was housed in a large site caravan and for a while was actually mobile! This mobile museum travelled round the county visiting shows at Wimpole Hall and Radio Cambridgeshire. It was immensely difficult taking a very large caravan full of delicate – and some very heavy –…
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Official Pavilion Opening
The weather kept dry, just about, on Sunday 25th June 2017 when the official opening of the Chrishall Pavilion community building took place. The whole building was looking very spick and span and decked out with flowers and bunting to celebrate the day. Teas and cakes were served in the main room and visitors were…
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Archive at the Pavilion progressing well
The new Chrishall Archive at the Pavilion is progressing well and should be open soon. We hear the official date for the opening of the new facilities at the pavilion is to be the first May bank holiday, Monday 1st May. More details will be available nearer the time. All the details about what you…
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The development of CAG
Chrishall Archive Group is a group of individuals who are interested in researching and preserving the village history. The first official meeting of CAG was Thursday 3rd November 2016. However there had been informal meetings before that to share village stories and photographs. And in fact the CAG group in its informal capacity organised its first…