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June 30, 2026 • posted in Articles
Braybrookes-The Succession
The recent death of the 10th Lord Braybrooke, and subsequent national and local press stories around the title only going to a male heir.
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June 24, 2026 • posted in Articles
Four Acres Community, Saffron Walden 1962-2012
A front page report in the Saffron Walden Weekly News of 20 November 1959 declared: £65,000 FOR ELDERLY FOLK’S HOME
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June 18, 2026 • posted in News
SOCIETY MEMBERS GO UNDERGROUND
On 17th June 2026 for their annual summer outing, a group from the Society took a dive into Royston Cave,
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June 16, 2026 • posted in Articles
Portrait: David Campbell (1921-2001)
Everyone and no-one knew David Campbell. Everyone from Rab Butler and Stanley Wilson to the little boy playing an angel in the Nativity play
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June 10, 2026 • posted in Articles
Gold Street Chapel
I was born in Walthamstow, in April 1940 during the WW2 Blitz. As a family we were sent to live in Saffron Walden,
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June 3, 2026 • posted in Articles
Saffron Walden Survey 1912
The few dog-eared carbon copies that provided my introduction to the Saffron Walden Survey failed to reveal the unusual story behind its compilation.
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May 29, 2026 • posted in News
Gibson Boulders get noticed!
At the junction of Gibson Gardens and Margaret Way in Saffron Walden is a mound of grass with a few trees. On closer inspection it becomes apparent that there are also a number of large boulders here.
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May 28, 2026 • posted in Articles
The Richest Man in Walden
George Stacey Gibson was not only Saffron Walden’s greatest Victorian benefactor but he was also probably the richest citizen of the town in his lifetime.
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May 26, 2026 • posted in News
Annual General Meeting
We will be hearing from Douglas Kent on the latest developments at the Old Sun Inn, famous for its association with Oliver Cromwell.
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May 22, 2026 • posted in Articles
‘Fishmere’ and the Brickworks
If you walked along Chestnut Avenue towards the Old Cambridge Road last winter, you’ll have had a surprise: a large lake seen through the trees to the south
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May 16, 2026 • posted in Articles
Gold Street Fire, July 1941
It seems ironic that the biggest fire in the town during the Second World War was not caused by enemy action, but through what was probably an electrical fault.
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