This page will, over time, be populated with photos of village scenes, both from the archives and from the present day - for you to compare and contrast:
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| A Great Maplestead Postcard... Can you identify the scenes? |
Church Street:
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| The Old Vicarage - then | The Old Vicarage - now | |
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| St Giles' School - then... | St Giles' School - now... |
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| The Old Post Office - just before it closed... | The Old Post Office - now |
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| Barretts Hall - in the 1970s | Barretts Hall - today |
Lucking Street:
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| Mossings & The Forge - then... | Mossings & The Forge - now... | |
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| The Forge & Smithy - then... | The Forge & Smithy - now... |
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| Skippers (foreground), Lucking & St Giles' Cottages (background) - then... | Skippers, Lucking & St Giles' Cottages - now... |
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| Brook & Croft Cottages - in the 1930s | Brook & Croft Cottages - today |
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| Lucking House Farm - in the 1930s | Lucking House Farm - today |
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| Lucking St looking N - with Brook & Croft Cottages (L) & Skippers (centre) | Lucking St looking N - the willow now partly hides Skippers and the rest of the road! |
Monks' Lodge Road:
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| Monks' Lodge Road - with Nursery House in the background then... | Monks' Lodge Road - with Nursery House in the background today... |
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| The Old Clubhouse - then | The Old Clubhouse - now Library Cottage |