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A lane winds past a large, pollarded tree in the foreground towards a cottage with a steep roof and a long wooden fence.

Elsworth in early spring (MoC117/57)

Elsworth Data

Elsworth Data

A winding country road bordered by tall, thin trees leads through a village with small houses and overhanging foliage.

Elsworth (MoC119/57) location unknown

A dirt track leads past a white cottage with two dormer windows and a dark roof, with a smaller cottage visible in the distance.

Elsworth (MoC81/57) location unknown

Black and white view of a large thatched barn and a distant cottage set in a rural landscape with trees and tall grasses.

Elsworth August Afternoon undated (MoC140/57)

A narrow ditch runs through grass beside a curving asphalt road, with a white thatched cottage visible in the background.

Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)

A narrow brook flows through a grassy verge beside a country road with houses and bare trees under an overcast sky.

Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)

A wooden footbridge with a slatted railing crosses over a small, overgrown stone culvert and stream amidst trees and ivy.

Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)


The blind model maker Philip Brand was born in Elsworth in 1863. He lived for much of his life at a location described as Lucerne Field cottage which was near Howlatt Causeway, possibly the same as Church Causeway.

1871 aged 9, at Addenbrookes Hospital [it seems possible that this time at the hospital was part of the treatment for his oncoming blindness]

1881 aged 18, at Elsworth, blind

1891 aged 28, Pit Dean, Elsworth, blind

1901 aged 38, Lucerne field [next to Howlatt Causeway], blind

1911 aged 48, Lucerne Field cottage, totally blind from 10

died 1922

CamSight in Cambridgeshire have a record of him as a model maker including a photo of an engine made to drive a gramophone.

A bearded man in a flat cap standing behind a table displaying a small, complex machine with a large horn and wheels.

Philip Brand (Cambridgeshire Collection Y.Els.K 7818)


Mike Petty’s Scrapbook:

https://archive.org/details/ElyScrapbook1897To1999_201704

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