Hadstock Memories
A Fete day with a difference – camel racing
In 1976, the Fete Committee hired camels from Chipperfields and put on races in the recreation ground. Some residents still talk about the camels arriving by lorry in Hadstock. Money raised went towards the £50,000 St Botolph’s restoration fund. Read the press cutting.
Riot in Hadstock…….in 1795
Read this sworn statement by a baker from Linton who was delivering loaves to Hadstock but was confronted by around 40 villagers complaining about the price.
Reg Wood looks back at village life in Hadstock in 1947
At the time of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, Reg Wood looks back to 1947 and explains how life, facilities and services in Hadstock over the next 30 years had improved out of all recognition.
Hadstock Histories – Episode 1
This is the first of three podcasts in which young Hadstock residents reflect on their experience of living in a small rural village and learn about previous village life from interviews with four long-time residents. The podcasts are narrated by Dylan Abbiss and Tabby Hannam, who carried out the interviews along with Freddie Doel. Transcribing was by Poppy and Lil Woods, scripts by Lil Woods and the series produced by Saul Woods.
Hadstock Histories – Episode 2
This is the second of three podcasts in which young Hadstock residents reflect on their experience of living in a small rural village and learn about previous village life from interviews with four long-time residents. This episode deals with work, class and culture.
Hadstock Histories – Episode 3
This is last of three podcasts in which young Hadstock residents reflect on their experience of living in a small rural village and learn about previous village life from interviews with four long-time residents. This episode is concerned with community spirit.
Memories of veterinary life in Hadstock by Crocky
Crocky worked with Dr Jock Dawson at the White House and recalls her work with dairy cows and other related happenings.
30 Glimpses of Hadstock, 1900-2021
This sequence of photographs was compiled by Lorna Mufty and Richard Dolby to illustrate life in Hadstock over the past 120 years.
Memories of Reg Wood
Transcribed from tape in 1997 by Patricia Croxton-Smith, this is a wonderful and detailed look at Hadstock places and people in the previous 60 years.
Memories of Dr Jock Dawson – a tribute by Paul Young
Read this tribute to ‘Skipper’ Dawson who lived and worked in Hadstock and founded the Hadstock Mounted Scout Troop, the only mounted troop in the country.
The Memories of Bob Morris
Bob Morris was not only choirmaster at St Botolphs Church in the 1960s but also ran a Youth Club for a time.
Memories of Hadstock School by Bertha Stone
This essay on ‘My Schooldays’ won third prize in a 1968-69 Essay Competition organised by Cambs and Isle of Ely Old People’s Welfare Council. Mrs. Stone, née Fordham, was then living in East Barnwell, Cambridge.
Memories of Hadstock by Hilda Peck
Hilda Peck, née Fordham, was born in 1892 and died in 1984, aged 92, so her memories were written in about 1964. She lived nearly all her life in Lilac, now Pippin, Cottage; her father owned the two cottages. Hilda married Harry Peck in 1929 and, when the tenant died, Harry combined the two into one house. Harry died in 1967, and soon after that Hilda went to live in Back Road, Linton.
‘The Yanks are coming!’ Memories of Susan Mackay and Roy Swann
Extracted from Susan Mackay and Roy Swann’s book “To stand and stare” which describes life in Hadstock in the middle twentieth century, this article is a lovely insight into Hadstock life during the building and operation of United States Army Airforce (USAAF) Station 165 between 1942 and 1946.
War Records – The stories behind our WW1 war memorial, by Roger Mance
Read this fascinating research by Roger Mance into the background stories and family history of 18 men who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918 AD. The names of the 18 are to be found on the village war memorial in the south transept of St Botolph’s Church, Hadstock. All were born in Hadstock or had families with a close association to our village. Roger’s account was created as a tribute to the memory, courage and sacrifice of these men and produced as part of the 2020 Millennium celebrations for the Church.
