Swavesey

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Mike Petty’s Swavesey Scrapbook – Newspaper articles by C R Vincent:

https://archive.org/details/SwaveseyNewspapertArticles19001943

https://archive.org/details/SwaveseyScrapbook1897To1990

Memories of Swavesey by F C Wood, Review September 2000, Cambridgeshire Local History Society

1875 Geeson’s Flood. A Geeson was drowned rescuing people from the chapel.

A group of men in matching military-style uniforms stand in front of a stone building, holding drums and other instruments.

Swavesey drum and fife band formed in 1885. Uniforms paid for by concerts and public subscription. But by time uniforms delivered, bandmaster had left the village and band disbanded (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A man and woman stand by the door of a white cottage with a corrugated metal roof, a dormer window, and a bicycle outside.

Swavesey, originally thatched cottage. Mr and Mrs Brooks lived here for many years. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A white-walled thatched cottage stands beside a larger brick building, with a small figure near a gate along the roadside.

Brooks house when it was still thatched. To right is Quaker Meeting House. Miss Fanny Gaunt, a quaker, is entering the gate. She looked after the chapel. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Five women and children stand in front of a white-walled thatched cottage with a single dormer window and two ground-floor windows.

Swavesey: Brooks family (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A brick terrace building with a shopfront on the right, two people standing near the entrance and doorway, and signage above.

Aldrich’s shop late 1920s. Stan Godfrey outside shop. Daughter outside house. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Fourteen men posed in three rows on grass with a trophy on the ground, wearing white cricket sweaters, shirts, and trousers.

Swavesey cricket team 1913. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) Back row from left: Jack Colpin, Frank Beaumont, Harold Colpin, Ernest Smytham, George Beaumont, Rev. Sharp, Walter Dean. Middle row from left, A T Scard, Dr Robert Ellis, Charles Wood (capt), Fred Johnson, Sam Mepham. Front row from left: T Harris and S J Froment.

A large group of people seated around a long table in a hall, some holding trays and bowls, in a black and white photograph.

Swavesey over 60s taken in early 1950s. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) Alan knew them all from his time as post master.

Mr Pettit of Askew Row in his 3 wheeler Morgan. Carried cream cheeses and home made icecream. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A man in a coat and cap leans against a light delivery van labeled W. Spolton, Butcher, Swavesey, as a young boy sits beside it.

Walter Spalton of High Street. Taken in front of cottages on Green at Lolworth. Boy is his assistant, Jack Clark. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Large group of children posing on stage in front of Union flags and decorations, with King and Queen text on the front rail.

Pageant c 1920s put on by Mr and Mrs Wood (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A group of children in costumes stand and sit before a backdrop of Union Jack flags and bunting, some holding star-topped wands.

Pageant c 1920s put on by Mr and Mrs Wood (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Thirteen men in cricket whites stand and sit in three rows on a grassy field, with one holding a clipboard in the center.

Swavesey Second XI cricket team 1937 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) 1st and 2nd elevens entered same competition and met each other in the final. 2nd eleven won by 40 runs. Back row from left: Tom Fromant, Eric Parrish, Tom Savidge, Alec Kester, Ted Brashier, Clarence Wagstaff. Centre row, left to right, Bob Wright, Sid Wright, Bert Feakin, Reg Ansell, Bill Kester. Front row, Percy Wright scorer, and Neville Cannon.

A large group of men in casual 1930s sports attire pose in a field around a giant ball marked with the letters MAIL.

Swavesey Feast week 1936. Push ball loaned by the Daily Mail. Finalists were Prime Godfreys (eventual winners) and Swavesey Football Club. Proceeds went to Addenbrookes Hospital. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A group of adults and children in various fancy dress costumes stand in a line on a grassy field on a bright day.

Silver Jubilee, 1935. Fancy Dress parade on School Green (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) From left: Mrs Whybrow, Mrs Prucy Colson, Lady Key, Joan Pryor, Mary Lee, Ernie Whybrow, Len Day, Alan Mee, Norah Smart, John Smart, Vic Smart, Olive Nightingale, Joan Jacklin.

Seven children in various fancy dress costumes, including a jester, a kilt-wearing figure, and a sailor, stand in a line.

1935 fancy dress. Winners from left, Vic Smart, Joan Jacklin, Nora Smart, Alan Lee, John Smart, Ernie Whybrow, Ken Nightingale (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Eleven men in sports kits pose for a group portrait on a field, with one standing at the back and ten seated in two rows.

Swavesey FC 1st team 1931-32 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) Back: Harry Unwin. Back row from left: George Prime, Freddie Colson, Jim Kester, Alec Keysman, Harold Britchford. Front from left: Joe Sutton, George Oakman, Henry Holmes, Reg Seekins, Jack Clark.

A group of people wearing hats and formal attire sit and stand around a table set for tea in a lush garden setting.

Party for Mr Payne’s 80th birthday who lived in School Lane (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A group of people in fancy dress, including one dressed as a bride, stand in a village square surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

VE Day Fancy Dress. From left: Phil Smalley, Punch Carter in pram, Benny Carter, Dennis Froment, Len Froment as bride, Vallis Froment as groom, Harold Brookes and George Oakman (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A large group of children in diverse fancy dress costumes stand in a field with houses and adults visible in the background.

Children’s Fancy Dress Parade VE Day 1945 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A group of men in suits and uniforms, some holding brass instruments, walk along a road past houses and a brick wall.

Swavesey Feast Sunday 1935, Somersham Town Band leading parade back from church (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A group of men in suits and hats walk in procession, with one man on the right carrying a long staff over his shoulder.

Swavesey Feast Sunday 1935 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) from left Ern Prior, Bill Peppercorn from Lolworth, Charlie Heffer, Herbert Berryman, Tom Savidge carrying flag.

Two men in suits and hats with medals pinned to their jackets walk down a street followed by a procession of people.

(Alan Lee Swavesey collection) Veterans in parade. Centre is Harry Cole, behind him Percy Lee.

A brass band marches along a village street, with groups of people standing on the sidewalks and buildings lining the road.

Somersham Town Band coming along Swavesey High Street (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) This is the day each year that money was collected for Addenbrookes Hospital.

People dance in a circle holding ribbons attached to a central pole on a field, viewed by a crowd under bunting strings.

Celebration of Queen’s Jubilee in 1977 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection) Demonstration of Country Dancing.

Children in historical-style dresses and bonnets move around a maypole on a grassy field with spectators in the background.

Primary School children dance round Maypole under direction of Mrs Chillingworth, Queen’s Jubilee 1977 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

People in fancy dress, including a person in a naval uniform and others wearing costumes, pose for a photograph outdoors.

Silver Jubilee fancy dress parade (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

A large group of men in suits and women in dresses arranged in rows on a stage for a black and white formal group portrait.

Swavesey and District Old Time Dancing Club (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Four young women standing in a row with an older woman in a dark coat, several holding small trophies, in black and white.

Mrs Mrs Heffer MBE presenting prizes to winning team of annual barrel rolling contest in aid of Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1981 (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

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