A couple of days in Essex

 We spent 15-16-17 March 2025 in Essex.

The house in Thaxted where I lived from 1972-75 - the tiny house in the centre with the brown door. The photograph could have been taken 50 years ago, exactly as it was then and in 1966 in the black and white photograph . . . and the town was pretty much unchanged too.

Mill End: a typical Grade III group.  Although some of
these 17C and 18C buildings have special individual merit
in themselves, they combine to form an attractive row. 
Thaxted, an Essex County Council Survey. 1966

The Cricketers pub at Rickling Green where we stayed on Saturday night (3rd time we've stayed)

Silver End, near Braintree - a "factory village" built in modernist style for workers at the Crittall Window Company (the classic steel-frame windows, still being made today)

The house with the green door is listed and in immaculate condition, the others in nearby streets not quite so smart - not quite on a par with Napier in New Zealand!