Cranfield 1930 - historic

Cranfield Lower School, Spring 1930. Another gem from the Lord archive.They all seem well turned out but I don't know if this was special because the photographer was coming. The real gold dust is overleaf (see below). All the names have been written in offering a great opportunity for family genealogists.

Summer of fun

Cranfield's summer of fun continues on Saturday week.




Come to The Fete at Cranfield Church of England Academy 30 June 12-3pm lots of fun! Super BBQ, Win the new iPad!! Have fun, bring the family - enjoy a relaxing village event with an Olympic theme! 


Then Cranfest the following week with Olympic torch in Bedfordshire

Lower School

The Lower School is now Cranfield Church of England Academy which is a lot to say (and write) so I'm sticking with lower school. Head teacher Jo Farbon attended the annual parish meeting and gave a really helpful presentation about the issues facing the school as our population looks set to expand by to 1000 or more thanks to Home Farm and Central Motors. Chair Delise Ball reminded the meeting that one option which is nowhere near the table, as a solution,  is the Recreation Ground.  Cranfield is stuffed with vacant land including glebe land and the best answer is a new lower school on some of that.
Mrs Ball also reminded the meeting that charity Fields in Trust which facilitated the covenant on the Rec Ground, blocking development, has been approached by Central Beds about finding a way round that. The emails helpfully found their way in our direction and we asked some questions. 

Children's Centre

I'm hoping to visit the lower school in the next week to see the important role the children's centre there plays in the lives of children who use this facility.