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  • Collection: Memories of Cawston (Collection)

A GLIMPSE OF CAWSTON'S HISTORY:
In the not-too-distant past, when cars were few and television unthought of....

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There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street....

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As remembered by Ivy Lake 1912 to 1920....

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Mr Chapman - Village Store & Post Office. Mr Lloyd White Store Manager. Church repairs in progress at this time. The workforce of M.D Howard had carried out repairs up to.... Click on file to view full screen....

The year was 1952 I had just reached the all-knowing age of 11....

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The first years of one’s life are normally the years that one treasures most and for many children going to school is the first experience of being outside the care of their family....

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It is 1936; we had moved from Brockdish, primarily because of my illnesses. The police authority had arranged a transfer....

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This is some history of Cawston from notes of a speech given by Peggy Payne as she remembered Cawston in the 1940's....

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Cawston Remembers Project. The 70 minute film, a Cawston Historical Society History Project is complete and was launched on Saturday July 5th 2014 at Cawston Primary School. The show started with a performance by the Cawston Brass Band which is…

Mary Gurteen: It is more than 50 years since I first went to Sunday School, and continued to go almost every Sunday for the next twelve years....

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In 1897 my Grandfather and his family moved into The Rats,...

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Written by the late Mr Stanley Oakes in 2002....

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As I spent my holiday in the country this year----We left home at 10.30 and after passing through Newmarket and Norwich, arrived in Cawston at 3pm....

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Dennis W. Easton: Way back in the 30's we worked from the station yard so I saw several things happen there. I remember one day an engine coming off the track... Click on file to view full screen....

Long ago in Cawston so the tale was told. Lived a band of rough, tough, smugglers bold....

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Ivan Purdy: Living in Cawston in the late 1920’s was vastly different to the life and conditions we know today.
My first thoughts are about transport and how people moved around in those days....

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Our magazine finds its way into the homes of a number of readers far away from Cawston. Including a Ghostly Experience ....

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Cawston old school stood at the top of Cook's Hill....

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Memories of Cawston: Click on Files to view full screen.... 1/Life at Ratcatchers Row in the 1950s by Michael Yaxley. Related Link: Michael Yaxley 2/Days Gone By by John Kett 3/Denny's Memories by Dennis W. Easton 4/Shopingin Cawston1950's by…

Alfred Easton: There were a number of real old characters in Cawston when I was a boy, and some kind benefactors too....

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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…

Billy Beckerton in 1912 would visit Eastgate....

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Photo Memories of Cawston....

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Photos and Video from above including photos from church tower.

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Audio Interview of 100 year old Rose Tooke by Vic and Sally Purdy....

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Wesleyan Reform Sunday School in Cawston in the 1950s and 1960s. What was it that made the Wesleyan Reform Sunday School in Cawston so appealing in the 1950s and 1960s....

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Eileen Oakes Memories from 1929:
One of the highlights of the year, the great day was always the first Sunday in June, when June days were warm and sunny....

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The Sunday School Outings of the three Sunday schools in the village were real red letter days....

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There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street, named Obadiah....

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