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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...
This nice study of the primary school is postmarked 1908 and addressed to Mrs King in Barnet. Note how narrow the High Street appears to be. The gate marks the current pedestrian access to Jigneys Meadow.
Barleymans is the cottage in the background in the upper photo (lent by John Cane). The rot at the base of the signpost in both photos suggests they are of the same date which, judging by the new appearance of the war memorial in the lower photo (lent by Bruce Drury),...
The photos below are from the Bruce Drury Collection (taken by John Harvey) and date from the mid 1960s. The occasion appears to have been a car rally.
The photo on the left probably dates from the early 1970s. At this time the pub was a Flowers house.
Looking down Church Road. This beautifully clear picture almost certainly dates from the early 1920s - note the pristine state of the memorial and the children's dress. The slate roofed cottage on the left has now been replaced but bears the name of a former owner...
This picture, taken from where the bus depot later stood and where Loveday Close now stands, shows how rural the centre of the village used to be. The new school site is just to the left of the picture. The white railings in front of the pond can just be seen. The...
These two photographs were taken in 1959 from Barleymans - (top) looking across to Martenholme Pond and (bottom) looking towards Wire farm (that's a Premier double decker in the distance!)
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