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Postcard from Exning

Please note. The comments about each picture are those written in 2000. Where things have changed they will be updated in italics .

Many photographs of Exning in the early part of last century still survive thanks to the humble postcard. Many photographs were produced commercially and then sold as postcards.

Compiled by Richard Bye 04/2000

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22 Villages – Exning

A Forest Heath District Council (Suffolk) Project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the Millennium Festival

W a r M e m o r i a l

1		White Horse Inn and Swan Lane, Card dated 9.9.1908. Selling Royston Ales and Stout. Licensee William Gale
2		The front of Glanely Rest, (Exning House) last used as an old peoples home, now standing empty. Around 2004 the building was converted into luxury appartments
3		Rear view of Exning House.
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5		After a fire at Exning House APRIL 11 1909
6		One of a pair of wrought iron gates leading into Glanely Rest from Windmill Hill, opposite entrance to May's Garden Center. The gates are no longer there. In fact we believe they were auctioned in early 21st Century. May’s Garden Centre closed around 2003 and is now Glanely Close )
7		Windmill Hill. Flint barn still standing. Note large gates to Exning House in wall on left. (No longer there)
8		Church Street. The white building on the left was originally stables, Then a garage and now West's car sales. Card dated 1911
9		Church Street again, the trees in the Church Yard were cut down in the early 1950's Card dated 1935.
10		The Bent Tree again. Card .
11		Exning River, card date stamped 31 August 1910.
12		The "Bent Tree", in the river in Ducks Lane, at the turn of the century, a well known local novelty.
13		Exning Stream, the wall on the right around Harraton Lodge is still the same today
14		Looking down Lacey's Lane.
15		Chapel Street showing the Post Office with Mr. Harvey the Postmaster at the door. The shop on the left was the Co-op. About 1948. Note this is the Post Office after the one mentioned in slide 18 until it was transferred to the Londis Shop on Oixford Street
16		High Street', now Oxford Street. School is behind house in left foreground.
17		Oxford Street, 1921, Layng & Co., Wines and Spirits Wholesaler, High Street, Newmarket. Two-horse dray.
18		Oxford Street 1915, before King George Avenue was built
19		Bottom of Burwell Road, looking much the same as today, except for steam engine coming round the top corner.
20		bottom of Burwell Road, note wide pathway on right hand side. Card dated 1908
21		Post Office, next to Social Club with Miss Dalzells drapery shop on the left. The Post Office is now a private home and the office was moved to Chapel Street (see slide 3)
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23		The Water Mill, Card dated 25.04.1909.
24		Exning Halt - between Exning and Burwell. Guard supplied stepladder for passengers to enter/depart train.