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Photographic Archive » Fifield
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Mr Arthur Gee of Fifield. The old man on the left is not identified. Date: not known.
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Amy, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Gee with her Grandson. Date: not known.
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Charles Gee, the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Gee of Fifield. He is wearing the uniform of Wembley Police. On retirement, he came to live in Farm Cottage, High Street, Milton, then on to Fifield with foster son Bim Champness. Bim was always called Bim Gee until the Second World War call up. Date: Not known
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Fifield Fete; Tug-of-War competition Winners. ; Rear (L to R): Wilf Bridge, Charlie Wilkes. : Date: 17th July 1926
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Fifield Tennis Club. ; Standing: Oliver Fiel, Frank Webb, John Townsend, Bernard Wixey, Michael Hatnes and Derek Strong. ; Seated: Lilian Davis, Margaret Dore, Mrs Webb, Miss Townsend (from Chadlington; probably Jean who later married Frank Webb), Anne Gee, ; In front: M Mason. Date: c.1954
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Heythrop Hunt Meet at Fifield, ; Date: Not known
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Fifield Ladies (poss. W.I.or M.U.), ; Rear Row (L to R): Mrs E. Harris, Miss Lumsdon, Mrs Norah Haynes, Mrs Jenny Webb, Mme Porovianne, Miss Dalston. ; Middle Row: Mrs Dix, Mrs Thorne, Miss Field, Mrs Doris Field, Mrs Durham, Mrs Burdock. ; Front Row: Mrs Heanley,Kathleen Matthews, Mrs Acock, Mrs Hartmold, a friend of the Burrows Family, an aunt of the Burrows family, Mrs Broom - the Vicar's wife. Date: c.1950s
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Fifield Fete, Bus Barn from the cross roads. Date: Not known
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Fifield Band outside the Post Office and Store. ; Date: Not known
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Fifield Home Guard; Date: possibly 1940s
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Fifield Choir Boys: Date: Not known
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Girls Friendly Society Croquet players at Fifield. ; Date: 1895
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Fete at Fifield close up to the ladder outside the Barn that was used as the garage for the Local Bus: Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s
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Mr Robertson-Scott at Fifield Fete. ; Date: Not known, possibly early 1900s.
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Said to be Harvest Time at Fifield, no further information available, ; Date: not known.
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Mr John Fields with Bert and Sisters at The Merrymouth Inn, Fifield. ; Date 1920
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John Fields and daughter with an implement for cutting ladder rungs, Date: early 1920s
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Bert Fields and his sisters; Fifield. ; Date 1924
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Bert Fields in fancy dress seen on the Idbury Road. ; Date: 1929
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Bert Fields on the first tractor used in Fifield. Date: 1930
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Fifield Baby Show. Second from the left: Mrs Jim Hicks (sister of Roland Davis), Centre: Mrs Dore and son Harold. Date: 1926
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Mr and Mrs Manders of Fifield listening to their Radio. Date: 1928
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Photo by Maria Matthews of Fifield. Model is said to be a Shepherd from Fifield. : Date: 1902
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Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, at a tree planting ceremony. ; Date: 1937
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About the collection. Members of the Society who carried out scans of John Rawlins’ extensive photographic archive included Alan Murphy, Alan Vickers, Peter Crofts, Chris Bailey, Chris Trotman, Edwin Wilson, Ian Drainer and Janet Wiltshire.

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