We want you to tell us about your memories of the village from years gone by.  Do you know the names of residents from yesteryear. Did your parents or grandparents live in Huntington? Please get in touch.

This is exactly what Gordon Rhead has done, read his story by clicking here. 

Gordon has also kindly annotated an aerial photograph of the village to show how it looked in the 1940's. Click here to view.

Nigel Griffiths left Huntington in 1964 and now lives in Brussels. His mother Joan, who still lives in Huntington, gave Nigel an essay written by Mrs F. Roberts who lived in Keristal Avenue. It traces the development of the village back to 1926 and ends in the early 1990's. Nigel has kindly provided a copy of the essay for the website. You can read it by clicking here.

Have you ever wondered how much a new bungalow or semi detached house on the newly developed Butter Bache Estate would have set you back? Click here to find out, you may be quite surprised.

Thanks also to Margaret Mills, now living in Norwich', who contacted us to say:

'I lived in Huntington from 1951 to 1959, in Butterbache Rd. It was a lovely village to grow up in. We played down by the river (no health and safety in those days, ) made dens in the fields and fished in the brook. Every year, we had the 'rose queen'festival. Village life revolved very much round the , the mission, the wooden church which preceded the present one. I was fascinated to read your website and how much is going on there today, how the world has changed.

The shops - Jopes groceries, Deva dairies and the post office was always there.

Lovely to read about it all, makes me want to come back and visit after all these years!'


 

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Page Last Updated October 2009