Fire Brigade – Steam Engine

In 1887 a Fire Engine Fund was set up in reaction to a spate of field fires. This photo is of Henry Kings’ steam fire engine in 1904, the first fire engine with a crew of unpaid volunteers, pulled manually and kept primarily at the Mill. Colonel Stanley was 1st...

Mill Farm Labour Account Book

Mill Farm Labour Account Book for 1940 containing the names of the farm workers and the type of work done to earn their wages. On 5th April 1940 they had a wage increase of 1/6 per week. One of the better paid was H Squirrel who earned £2.5.6 a week in April, rising...

Fire Brigade Drill Book 1902

National Fire Brigade Union Drill Book from 1902 used by the Chesterford Fire Brigade until it was disbanded in 1955. The inside front cover has a list of names of the fire crew in 1904 when Colonel Stanley was 1st Officer, and the inside back cover from 1931-1955...

Mill Farm

Mid 1900s photo of Mr Dyball of Mill Farm at work on his tractor in the field just off Walden Road. The farmhouse can be seen top left and the row of cottages and farm buildings have not yet been demolished. The farmhouse became a private property called Two...

Mill Farm

Mr Dyball used Suffolk Punch shire horses at Mill Farm but this photo shows their eventual demise in favour of tractors as was happening elsewhere on village farms.