SEETHING
The OLD........ and the NEW
Seven views around the village illustrate the changes - or lack of change - during almost a century.
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The main street of Seething looking northwards in the 1920s |
The same main street of Seething looking northwards in August 2000 - power lines and parked cars on the road are the main visual changes |
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The old Seething Smithy, situated almost opposite the church. The last horse was shod here in 1928 when the blacksmith retired. |
"Myhills" - a modern house built on the site of the Seething Smithy in 1976 |
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Pond Farm situated opposite the mere as it looked in about the 1920s |
Pond Farm as it appeared in the 1990s with timber frames now exposed |
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Mr. James Thrower, the Seething postman circa 1920 |
Mrs. June Stevenson, post-lady delivering our morning mail in August 2000 |
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A horse and cart at the junction of The Street and Wheelers Lane c. 1920 |
July 2000 at the junction of The Street and Wheelers Lane - now a tarmac road with lots of cars, overhead power cables and two new modern-style houses in place of the single cottage |
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Seething Mere in the 1920s overlooked by Mere House and White Lodge. The public road, which passed in front of these houses, is gated and diverted to the east. |
The Mere today - haunt of ducks and with many more trees and bushes to hide these two houses from the public road |
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The "Cherry Tree" public house, which closed in about 1960 |
The "Cherry Tree" is now a private house, as the demand for public drinking places has greatly diminished |
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The photographs shown on this pages are part of the extensive picture collection of our village historian - Mrs. Patricia Everson E-MAIL: patricia.everson@lineone.net |