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View from back of Goldacre in the 1950s, once the Queen’s Head pub

Hadstock Memories, Photos-Parish places, Public Houses, St Botolph's Church, The Green, Walden Road

‘Picnic on the Green’ Sunday 7th May 2023 – photo gallery

Events, Hadstock Memories, People, Photos-Events, Photos-Parish places, Photos-People/Groups, The Green

To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III which took place on Saturday 6th May 2023, the Parish Council organised a picnic the following day on the village green. The event included a fancy dress competition, games, a children’s entertainer, visiting donkeys and free Saffron ice cream. Every child attending received a souvenir water bottle.
A lovely sunny afternoon saw nearly 150 people come to the green. The event was filmed by John Lockton and his stills along with photographs from others are recorded here. The drone picture depicting CR was taken by Toby and Ben Chandler. In the evening, there was a Ceilidh in the Village Hall with dancing to the Lairds Ceilidh Band. Funding was provided by the Parish Council and Uttlesford District Council.

Aerial View 1980

Linton Road, Photos-Parish places, St Botolph's Church, Walden Road

Aerial View 1980

Photos-Parish places, Places, The Green

Morris men on the Green

Hadstock Memories, People, Photographs, Photos-Events, Photos-Parish places, Photos-People/Groups, The Green

St Botolph’s from The Green, photo by Donald Stewart, 1981

Photos-Parish places, St Botolph's Church, The Green

St Botolph’s Church from Church Path, photo by Donald Stewart, 1981

Photos-Parish places, St Botolph's Church

The Green 1981, photographed by then resident Donald Stewart

Photos-Parish places, The Green

A look-back at Bartlow Station, 1949-1966

Photos-Parish places, Railway

A look-back at Bartlow station in the busiest period of its life, when Hadstock parishioners could travel to Haverhill and Colchester, or to Cambridge and beyond.
These pictures were compiled by Richard Dolby and Hamish McIlwrick.

Reg Wood , 1977

Linton Road, People, Photos-Parish places

Reg Wood running the village shop in Queen’s Jubilee Year, 1977

Aerial views of USAAF Station 165, 1944-1946

Airfield, Bowsers, Landscape / Farming, Photos-Parish places

These images are courtesy of the American Air Museum in Britain, part of the Imperial War Museums, (www.americanairmuseum.com)

Parish Boundary Walk, May 2021

1020-2020 St Botolph's Church, Bowsers, Events, Landscape / Farming, Photos-Events, Photos-Parish places, Photos-People/Groups

On Rogation Sunday, May 23rd 2021, and organised and led by Gill Butterworth, a group of Hadstock residents ‘beat the bounds’ and walked 7.5 miles round the Parish boundary as part of the 1020-2020 Millennium celebrations. Starting on Linton Road near the zoo, the group walked anticlockwise, had a lunch break in Nunn Wood, and finished in the Grip at Linton.

Breakfast discussions at the King’s Head

Events, Photos-Parish places, Photos-People/Groups, Public Houses

In the Autumn of 2015, the Church arranged a series of breakfast discussions in the pub with local residents talking about their expertise. This was the first. James Hewlett (far right) talked about Nepal and the devastating effect of its earthquake. David Taylor (seated second right), landlord of the King’s Head, provided breakfast, and the event raised funds for James’s chosen charity in Nepal.