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X351/9
Title
MILTON ERNEST Women's Institute scrapbook
Date free text
1965
Production date
From: 1965 To: 1965
Scope and Content
p1 Brief history of Milton Ernest.
p2 judges comments.
p3 map of parish of Milton Ernest showing ownership of agricultural land and crops grown.
p5 photographs of: Thurleigh Road, Aerial view looking south over Milton Ernest Hall, River Ouse at London End, Aerial view of Church, school and village hall, aerial view of A6, Oakley Hunt kennels and village farm.
p7 photographs of: view from Forge hall showing Radwell Road juction and methodist church extreme left, The Old Forge Hall, School, Queen's Head, Swimming pool, Thurleigh Road, pump outside the hall, views from Oakley hill showing river Ouse in flood, village hall.
p9. Church including photographs of exterior, interior and Brian Haycock and Pamela Cooper signing the marriage register.
p11 events in the church.
p13 births, marriages and deaths in 1965.
p15-19 Institute activities including planting a tree.
p21 1st Milton Ernest Brownie Pack.
p23-25 The Good Companions Club.
p27-29 Archaeology.
p31 Milton Ernest gymkhana.
p33 Oakley Hunt.
p35-7 pressed flowers of the village.
p39 beekeeping.
p41 birds around the village.
p43 Housing including photographs of RDC houses in Church Close, General store and post office, Swan Inn, Mrs Machon the post woman on her bicycle, and Radwell Road.
p45 Almshouses demolished 1965 and their replacement.
p47 the village policeman.
p49-55 fashion 1965.
p57 fabric samples 1965.
p59 bills giving an idea of prices in 1965.
p61-63 popular recipes of 1965.
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