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Windy Nook Cottage, New Street

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Windy Nook Cottage, New Street - Now demolished. The cottage was the home of Annie Mayhew and her three children from c1911 to 1931. Annie was the village midwife.

A view of the Church Tower and New Street

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A view of the Church Tower and New Street

Adding the Fire Device to an Automobile

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A group of men studying the attachment of the Fire device to a car.
Getting a horse to the engine house and then towing an engine to a fire took time so towing it by car seemed a good idea. When it became detached during it's first journey and ended…

Fire in New Street , circa 1920 - series

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Fire in New Street in 1920 - onlookers on bicycles.

Fire fighters standing in front of their Fire Engine. - series

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Fire fighters standing in front of their Fire Engine. The picture is taken in New Street.

Stradbroke Village Post Office and Postmaster

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The Village PostmasterThe Ephraim was born circa 1845 to Simon and Harriet Mills of New Street in Stradbroke. He first appears on the 1851 census as the 6yr old son of Simon Mills, 52 a shoemaker. By the 1861 census return Simon has become a Widower.…

Maid with a pram in New Street looking towards Church Street c1905

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Maid with a pram in New Street looking towards Church Street c1905

Report dd 1967 in which there is divided opinion on a new village hall.

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Report dd 1967 in which there is divided opinion on a new village hall.

Should Stradbroke have a new village hall?

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Should Stradbroke have a new village hall?

News report - Serving Stradbroke

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Serving Stradbroke 1967 when the Parish Council welcomed 2 new members.

British Legion hut opening New Street.

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The RBL Stradbroke branch was formed in 1921. Four years later the new British Legion hut was opened in New Street and members photographed to mark the occasion.