SEETHING

The OLD........ and the NEW


Seven views around the village illustrate the changes - or lack of change - during almost a century.

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

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

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

Mr. James Thrower, the Seething postman circa 1920

Mrs. June Stevenson, post-lady delivering our morning mail in August 2000

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

 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

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