A tall stone cross stands in a village square beside the Red Lion pub, with a church steeple visible through nearby trees.

The Cross Stretham nr Ely

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Two boys stand on a dirt road in front of a brick building with a thatched roof, while an adult stands in the doorway.

The Malt and Hops, Stretham, 1928 (photo H Bullock) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Beatrice Stevens in Stretham: A Feast of Memories, 1989 recalls that there were 14 pubs in Stretham. Isaac Nicholas and his wife kept the malt and Hops. The pub was popular because of its location near the Gravel or Wooden Bridge, both on the river. The pub was later taken over by Tom Stubbins.

Online the pub is described as having been in Pond Street but a Pond Street in Stretham is currently untraceable.

A large group of people in formal attire are seated at two long tables set with tea service in a bright, high-ceilinged room.

First Old Age Pensioners Tea Party, Stretham 1909,(MoC1/513/74)

Elderly bearded man with light hair sitting at a table with a walking stick in front of blurred figures in the background.

Oldest man at Stretham pensioners Tea Party 3.2.1909 (MoC2/513/74)

A large group of children stand before the wooden frame of a fairground ride with a ladder leaning against its structure.

Stretham Feast, c.1910

The fair was held in the street between the rectory gate and the cross. It was referred to as Stretham Pont Feast because of MIss Pont who sold home-made rock.

Four men and a small dog stand by a trench in a field containing a large, submerged log, with a small tractor in the distance.

Bog oak in Stretham, 1956 (MoC)

A sepia photograph shows a farmyard littered with charred debris and the remains of several dead animals before stone barns.

Stretham farmyard fire 22nd April. The year of this fire is unknown. There are animal carcasses in the photo.

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