Earthworks for playing fields, 1983
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Image: © Robin Webster Taken: Unknown
The fields behind Humber Road sloping down to the River Chelmer are being levelled to convert them into playing fields. They were previously arable, and a little earlier held cattle. The hedge was preserved.