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This book details life as remembered by the author of village life within Cranfield. 36 pages with some very interesting photos of the high street, various houses and Cranfield Court mansion. The contents include: Cranfield Court, Memorial Hall, The Church, Sunday School, Day School, Chapels, Charities, Ghosts, The Village, Doctor, Public Houses, Shops, Bakers, Butchers, Rabbit skins, Rags and Bones, Rag Mats, Rag and Wollen Dolls, Washing Days,Ironing, Bath Night, Sanitation, Burials, Trips to Bedford, Newspapers and Letters, Blackberries, Jam Making, Coal Carting, Drovers, Harvesting, Thrashing Machine, Grass Fields, Steam Engine Ploughing and Bedfordshire Lace. A few paragraphs on each subject with more on Lace and Cranfield Court.
Includes photographs of Wood End Farm, Cranfield Court, Whit Monday Sports day held in the Court's park, The Church, Almshouses / High Street, Crow Inn / Hotel, The Old Post Office, The Black Smiths / High Street, Farm Cart and Lace Making.
... a much more of an interesting read than it might first appear. Anyone interested in what Cranfield / life within the village was like in the early 20th century will find this enjoyable.
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