My first three stories
Here is a free PDF of my three story taster of Capturing the Covers. Three stories from Covers
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Three Holes: Portrait of a fen village
I started this website after my Mum (Audrey Carnson) and her friend Rita Cuss organised four talks...
Read More‘Merrie England’ a fine show
“WOLF WHISTLES and catcalls greeted the rise of the curtain on the opening night of “Merrie England” presented by the Queen’s Boys’ School, Wisbech, on Tuesday and Wednesday. The reason was the appearance of a chorus of...
Read MoreDisplay of local history in the Three Holes Village Hall
Donated farming equipment laid out on the Village Hall stage The Three Holes Village Hall and Playing Field Committee has been building on village records compiled over the years at its own previous events and in the book ‘Three...
Read MoreHouses in Three Holes village
The first eight council houses in Three Holes were built before 1920 for returned First World War soldiers.
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Three Holes village hall
After WWII, Arthur Johnson chaired a committee to raise money to build a village hall. Edna Dalton...
Read MoreLanding craft LCF 14 in the Mediteranean sea
This photo is the first of a series taken from the landing craft LCF 14 during World War II, in 1943 and 1944. These photographs come from my father, Malcolm Stuart Maxwell Carnson’s photo album. He never talked about it, but I...
Read MoreWorld War II in Audrey Watson’s family
Audrey Carnson (nee Watson) remembered her time during the war: We had a good life. We were all poor – probably we were less poor than some, as it was only me and not lots of children. Our fare was simple – we always started a...
Read MoreThe knackery
A knackerman is a person who collects dead, dying and injured farm animals and horses, then sells the meat or hides.Jack Waterfield ran the Three Holes knackers yard in Mudd’s Drove in the 1920s and 1930s. The Waterfields lived...
Read MoreEastern Counties buses
The the green Eastern Counties bus garage opened in 1935. Edna Dalton remembered it being built by labourers who lodged at the Red Hart pub, looked after by Mrs. Fiske. The garage was home to many single and double-decker buses....
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