Showing posts with label burwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burwell. Show all posts
31 Oct 2024

Village History - NOT amateur radio

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Yesterday we walked to our village garden nursery to buy some plants.  Opposite was a plaque to an old Jewish cemetery. It is called "J...
7 Oct 2024

Expanding - NOT amateur radio

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When we came to this village in 1975 the population was just over 4000. Now it is approaching 8000. Some prefer to expand their homes rather...
30 Sept 2024

Fitzball’s house - NOT amateur radio

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 Edward Fitzball was a famous lyricist in the 1800s . He lived in this cottage in our village (Burwell).
15 Jul 2024

Cars - NOT amateur radio

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There were several vintage cars at our local museum and windmill on Sunday. See  https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/  .
29 Mar 2024

Village cottage - NOT amateur radio

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  There is a mix of both old and new houses in our village.
10 Mar 2024

Daffodils - NOT amateur radio

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  Yesterday, we did a short walk in the village.  This well kept garden (seen on our walk) has lots of daffodils.
1 Feb 2024

Pauline's Swamp - NOT amateur radio

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Today, on a cold bright morning, we walked through the village to a nature reserve known as Pauline's  Swamp.   It was created several y...
8 Jan 2024

Quiet village lane - NOT amateur radio

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This is a quiet lane near the church in our village yesterday. There were lots of snowdrops out. Our village is a mix of old and new houses.
10 Dec 2023

Outside our post office - NOT amateur radio

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Our village (Burwell, Cambs, UK) is a mix of old and new buildings. This photo was taken about now several years ago. One of the trees was r...
7 Sept 2023

Another website - NOT amateur radio

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 Another website I have created is www.burwellhistory.org .  They were in need of a website.
6 Aug 2023

Afternoon walk - NOT amateur radio

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 Later, we hope to go on a walk in the village. It is an area called "Paulines' Swamp". It is a nature reserve created some ye...
2 Apr 2023

"Our" windmill - NOT amateur radio

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This photo was taken in 2016 and shows our windmill next door.  The windmill is part of the very impressive Burwell Museum  that opens next ...
18 Feb 2023

Our church in Burwell - NOT amateur radio

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This is a view of our village church in silhouette. It is mostly 15th century although some parts of the tower are Saxon.
15 Nov 2022

Local shop in the village - NOT amateur radio

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  This was our local shop a few days ago with my wife in the yellow jacket.

Late afternoon sky - NOT amateur radio

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  This was the sky on Sunday afternoon in our village. Today has been mostly showery - very November.
12 Nov 2022

Village scene (Saturday) - NOT amateur radio

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The photo shows our village earlier today.
31 Oct 2022

Our local museum - NOT amateur radio

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This weekend was the last time our museum was open until Easter. Today was a free day (no admission charge). Although the day started wet, i...
24 Jul 2022

30 years old - NOT amateur radio

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Our local museum is 30 years old and they celebrated the occasion today.
18 Jul 2022

Early morning walk - NOT amateur radio

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Today is expected to be very hot today with UK weather records being broken, so we did an early walk.  It is currently late morning and it i...
10 Apr 2022

Village Cottage - NOT amateur radio

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This cottage is in our village. We have a real mix of old and new houses.