"memories of the 1950s" Finchingfield by uglyscot

My father's eldest brother used to own The Stores in Finchingfield . One weekend we set off in our souped up Ford V8 Pilot [ex-police car] to pay a visit. I remember it as a typical English village with a green, a stream running through it, and a church. While the adults [mother, father and my grandmother] would be chatting to my uncle and his wife, my brother and I would go to explore with my cousin.

[Photo from Stockvault. My old Brownie wouldn't take colour in those days!]

my brother and I by the church

The church of St John the Baptist largely dates from the 14th Century, though parts of the tower were built in the 12th. Century A spire was blown down during a gale in 1658 and was not rebuilt and the bell is now in a cupola at the top of the tower.