V.E. Festival 1995
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<p>Military vehicles joined the parade for the Cawston Festival, Trucks. Jeeps and Motorbikes owned by members of the Norfolk Millitary Vehicle Club and locale people in 1940s outfits joined in the parade from station yard to the market place led by stiltwalkers from the Tom Tom Troupe.</p>
<p>The parade was was not all on a wartime theme.</p>
<p>The winning float was from an earller conflict, a Viking Longboat manned by the Scouts and Cubs, runners up being the Land Army girls from the Womens Institute. </p>
<p>On the Monday was archive film show by the University of East Anglia followed by a wartime singalong led by Ivan Purdy and Alan Lee.</p>
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Cawston Festival V.E. Week May 1995
Souvenir Programme and photographs
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1995
May Purdy
Richard Howard
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Festivities including Royal Occasions">Festivities including Royal Occasions</a></span>
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Mills at Cawston
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<p>It was quite unique for 2 windmills to be built on the same site as the twin mills at Sygate being only about 50 yards apart and linked by railway lines, built possibly at the same time as the 4 Mill Cottages by the road in front of the mills and bearing the date 1853-JSH.</p>
<p>One mill had a white cap and the other a black.</p>
<p>The grain for milling would come from local farmers and from Cawston railway station, it was transported from the station to the the mill by horse and cart, the horses being stabled at the mill. The black mill was on right of the white mill looking from the road and was bought by Mr Stanley Oakes from Mr Bamber Stackwood. (also coal merchant).</p>
<p>The Black Mill was taken down in 1955 and the brick rubble used for a private road way (Jerry's Loke) off the Booton road in Cawston, the Mill was partly pulled down by way of a girder being placed on the inside across a window, a rope was then attached and tied to a motorized timber drudge, (winch) demolition was carried out by Taylor Bros of Wroxham. the white mill would have had the same fate but was saved by the rope breaking.</p>
<p>In the 1970's, the 2 left cottages were made into one.</p>
<p>In 2003 the white mill was converted to holiday accommodation.<br /><br />Click on file to view full screen....</p>
<p>More information can be found at the Heritage Centre.</p>
<p>Ivan Purdy</p>
<p>Alan Lee</p>
<p>Vic and Sally Purdy</p>
<p>Martin Sercombe</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media Projects East</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span>Neil Storey<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p>
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<p>Memorials and Remembrance</p>
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Photos and details required for:-
1976 - Gift of wooden seat to the school by Cawston Brownies.
1976 - Special efforts and donation for a wooden seat at school in memory of Mrs Rose Douglas who died 1975 after serving on the school canteen staff for more then 25 years.
Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....
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Richard Howard
Cawston Parish Council
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/63" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Roll of Honour and War Memorials">Roll of Honour and War Memorials</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/15" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="GGravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project">Gravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bluestone Plantation Bomber Plane Crash"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bluestone Plantation Bomber Plane Crash Memorial</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lucky Strik Plane Crash Memorial</span></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
Chapel - Wesleyan Reform. Chapel Street.
<p>Inside view 2006</p>
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<p><strong>The Wesleyan Reform Chapel:</strong> Opened for place of worship at Chapel Street in 1829 and closed 18th April 2006....</p>
<p>For more information about the Wesleyan Reform church Click on this link: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://thewru.com/">http://thewru.com/</a></span><br /><br />Cick on files to view full screen....</p>
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Eileen Oakes. Mary Gurteen. Michael Yaxley. Ivan & May Purdy.
Bert Stone.
<span><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/98" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Harmonica Band"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cawston Harmonica Band</span></a> made up from members of the Cawston Wesleyan Reform Chapel.</span>