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Around the Pond
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To the right of the "classic view" this foot-bridge crosses the Pant, the
stream that feeds the pond. I wonder how many people have stood on it and
watched the ducks in the sixty years or so between these two photographs.
The windmill appears to be in poor condition in the 1930s but looks much
better by the 90s. There are some views of it on another
page.
 The new house in the centre
of the modern picture is one of several around another green. They were designed
to blend into the village scene, having red-tile roofs, dormer windows, white-washed
walls and oak doors.
 Walk into the view in the previous
two pictures and, once again, look back. The large gabled house in the centre
of this 1930s picture was called Ffitches. The modern picture (1990s) shows
new houses in the top left corner  and more trees hide Ffitches.
In the fifties it was renamed Hill House and is now called Finchingfield
House. My great- grandmother lived in the first white cottage on the left
behind the pond.
Copyright Roger Beckwith 2000. All rights reserved.
This page last modified 7th August 2002.
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