Category Archives: Houses

Foxton Planets from Google Maps

A great little application that allows you to create little planet views of locations in Google Maps! Do you recognise the places?

Memories of Foxton – by Jennifer Harrington (nee Gee)

10 Nov ’11

I have many memories of Foxton as it was when I was growing up. In the beginning when I lived at WhitegatesI remember my step-grandfather (Alf Lyons) taking me when he delivered milk in the village. He lived at Foxton … Continue reading →

Foxton Cross – Foxton Post office 1933

29 Oct ’11

This is a picture sent to us by Vicky Herod (nee Hardman). It was taken on the 12 of September 1933 and shows Vicky’s mother Ivy Coles (who would become Ivy Hardman) with Eliza Coles. The little dog was called … Continue reading →

Robert Clark

Group of women and a child on the Green 1900′s

2 Oct ’11

Another photographic post card most likely taken by Robert Clark in the 1900′s – looks 1920/30-ish to me. In the zooms you can see the covered well from side on and there is something written on it. I think I … Continue reading →

Robert Clark

Village Green 1900′s

1 Oct ’11

This is a photographic postcard, most probably taken by Robert Clark, that I found on ebay and kickstarted my interest in local history. It had been posted to Dresden in Germany in 1906 and found its way back to Foxton … Continue reading →