Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc

1968 Poetry Competion. Report and poem of Dennis Claydon, winner click 1968 The Bard of Lacey Green for details.

1967 Police Constable Smith reports on his working conditions. It was during The Cold War. click 1967 The Last Village Bobby for his detailed report.

1962. Coldest winter for 200 years. click Weather for more.

1960. End of National Service in peacetime. Started in 1949. click National Service for more details

1948-1960. click 1948-1960 Stocken Farm with Dick & Hilda West for the description of farming Stocken Farm in Lacey Green during these years

1858. Coombs. The site of Coombs had been sold, but click Coombs for its long history going back to the 1600s

1956. Living at Parslows Hillock. Click 1956 Life at 4 Hillock Cottages for a visitor's view.

1956. click Rita Probert as she describes Loosley Row in 1956.

1953. The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. click 1953 Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Celebrations for the celebrations in Lacey Green and Loosley Row.

1952. Visiting Lacey Green in the 1950s. click 1953 Barbara Harmon (Autobiography) for the full story.

1952. King George VI died on 6th February 1952. Princess Elizabeth, on tour in Kenya, returned to Britain as Queen Elizabeth II.

1949. Start of National Service in peacetime.. click National Service for more details

1947. A terrible winter. click 1947 A Bitter Winter for information.

1944. Lacey Green Airfield constructed. clich 1944 Stocken Farm Airfield for the story and photos

1939. Rationing started in 1939. It was extended several times. The figures recorded here were in 1945. click 1945 Standard rationing WW2 for details.