Barber's Littleport & District Directory & Almanack

For nearly 100 years there was a printed book available in Littleport that was full of information about the town along with a listing of every address and name of every resident in the village and surrounding area. It also contained  Marrages and Burials listed for the previous year as well as newpaper items of local interest.
It was in the year 1897 that the late William Charles Barber produced the first Household Almanack and Street Directory ever printed and published in Littleport.

In those days it was no mean accomplishment to produce even such a modest little book, but sustained by enthusiasm and untiring perseverance, Mr Barber overcame all obstacles, and the Almanack was born.

Mr Barber, himself, was a man of genial disposition and sterling character, and was greatly respected by all who knew him. He died on April 21st, 1929, aged 70 years.

William Charles Barber - drawing by A.S.Harlock
William Charles Barber

Due to the amount of information in these books I have used a hand-held scanner and OCR software to extract some of the information. Click on the links under the cover pictures to go to the information. (Please note that my OCR software is not perfect in translating pictures to words so there may be some spelling mistakes in the extracted text. If you wish to contact me to confirm any details in the extracted information please e-mail me).

Remember, the information in each book is historical, that means that the information in the 1947 book is from the previous years 1945-1946 etc..

 

Local Interest Items Uploaded So Far, newest in red......

1909, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1976/77, 1978/79, 1980/81, 1983/84, 1985/86

I will be adding more pages of information in the future as I get them scanned..

Some of the books have lost their covers, in these cases I have used an advert from the book instead . The adverts are clickable and will enlarge in a new window.

 1909
  1909 Newspaper Items
1925 Cover, Click for an advert from this issue Advert from 1926 Almanack Advert from 1927 Almanack Advert from 1928 Almanack
1925 Newspaper Items 1926 Newspaper Items 1927 Newspaper Items 1928 Newspaper Items
Advert from 1929 Almanack   Advert from 1931 Almanack Advert from 1932 Almanack
1929 Newspaper Items   1931 Newspaper Items 1932 Newspaper Items
Advert from 1933 Almanack Advert from 1934 Almanack 1935 Cover, Click for an advert from this issue Advert from 1936 Almanack
1933 Newspaper Items 1934 Newspaper Items 1935 Newspaper Items 1936 Newspaper Items
1937 1938 1939 1940 Cover
1937 Newspaper Items 1938 Newspaper Items 1939 Newspaper Items 1940 Newspaper Items
      1947
      1947 Newspaper Items
1948 1949 1950 1951
1948 Newspaper Items 1949 Newspaper Items 1950 Newspaper Items 1951 Newspaper Items
1952 1953 1954 1955
1952 Newspaper Items 1953 Newspaper Items 1954 Newspaper Items 1955 Newspaper Items
1956 1957 1958 1959
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1960 1961 1962 1963
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1964 1965 1966  
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Littleport Official Guide

The almanack was changed in the late 1960's, early 1970's to become the Official Guide and Street Directory. It still had a full listing of every resident in the village and still retained newspaper articles of local interest over the past two years.
1974-1975 1976-1977 1978-1979 1981-1982
No articles in this issue 1976-77 News Items 1978-79 News Items 1980-81 News Items
  1983-1984 1985-1986  
  1983-84 News Items 1985-86 News Items  

 

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