Journey into time
Cawston Primary School reenacted scenes from the past including the duel fought in 1698 as part of their local history studies.
On 30 October 1970 children from Cawston Primary School reenacted various events from the past. These included Saxon girls gathering fuel from the local wood, a young Stone Age couple butchering their catch on Cawston Heath, 19C smugglers crouched in the bushes, the last duel fought in Norfolk and a highwayman waiting to steal money from Mr Johnson in 1786. Click on the PDF to see the press cutting and photographs. Apologies that some of the photos are not completely visible but the originals are in the archive.
Naomi Horrocks
John Kett Headteacher of Cawston Primary School
Teacher World publication 30 October 1970
1970
Jeremiah Able
<p>A Norfolk Smuggler: Jeremiah Abel was born in Morton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk on 7th December 1764.</p>
<p>Supported his family by farming, and later running a butchery business, but he sought to supplement his income by a more risky venture: smuggling....</p>
<p>Click in file to view full screen....</p>
Judith Havens
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/275" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Jeremiah - The Smuggler"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jeremiah - The Smuggler</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/249" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Smugglers">Smugglers</a></span></p>
Jeremiah - The Smuggler
Long ago in Cawston so the tale was told. Lived a band of rough, tough, smugglers bold....
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/249" title="Smuggler Jeremiah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smugglers</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/354" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Jeremiah Able">Jeremiah Able</a></span></p>
Smugglers
Smuggling was very common in around the 1800's.
see file 1: Smugglers: An Affray at Cawston & Smugglers and file 2: An Unhappy Christmas and relation links below....
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John Kett
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/275" title="Smuggler Jeremiah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smuggler Jeremiah</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/354" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Jeremiah Able"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Jeremiah Able</span></a></p>