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A tinted postcard view of an open market square with a large central canopy on pillars, flanked by brick shops and figures.

Market Place, Whittlesey

Market Place, Whittlesey

History of the Market Place, Whittlesey

Black and white street scene with The Whittlesea Motor Co Garage on the left and The Angel Inn on the right.

Market Place, Whittlesey, 1934 (photo W M Palmer) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

CDN 26.9.1931 recounted the story of the former lock-up next to the Town Hall which had then beem used as a magazine by the Whittlesey Company of the Cambridgeshire Regiment. The key was lost however after 1914 and the magazine not reopened until 1931 when a bag of ammunition was found.

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