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Beccles photos

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Beccles maps

Historic maps of Beccles and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Beccles maps

Beccles map

Historic map of Beccles

Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

Beccles map

Historic Map of any Beccles postcode

Beccles maps
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Beccles books

Displaying 3 of 10 books about Beccles and the local area.   View all Beccles books

Newmarket Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Beccles books
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Memories of Beccles

Beccles memories
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Rhoos Hall (aka Roos Hall or Rose Hall)

Previously I had posted to My Memories, a much longer, "informative" post, but I learned from further research that a lot of what I had previously heard was not accurate in fact.  My memories remain unchanged, regardless of the more accurate details so kindly provided to me.  It had never before occured to me to go to the best source of... [more]

Shared on 01 June 2009 by Julie Freitag.

Maurice Dunn (Alberta, Canada)

Playing Cowboys and Indians, down the steps, and along the cliff, after coming out of the old Picture House on a Saturday afternoon, in the Second World War years.

Shared on 03 July 2008

Suffolk memories

Bungay and Woodton

Early years - Nurse Britton was a friend as she was to most I believe. I was too young to be exact with memories but my gran lived opposite Whitemans shop which got hit by a bomb in the Second World War. I remember the garage which sold Ford cars as the man said he would keep the car on display(Ford... [more]

Shared on 11 August 2009 by Gerald Wase.

Somerleyton Primary School

My first memories of school were of Miss Barwood the First Year teacher. She lived in Oulton, driving to school in a china blue Morris Minor. The school was heated by coke fires in each class which a monitor would stoke up during the winter. We would often throw coke at each other after classes. Unfortunately one day the Morris was... [more]

Shared on 04 August 2009 by Julian Burdett.

Holidays with my grandparents in Somerleyton

My grandparents lived at 5 The Green until my grandad retired from working on the Estate farms. They then moved to 5 Widows Cottages. My grandma lived there after grandad died in 1951 until her death in 1959.

I have very happy memories of school holidays spent with them. My cousin and I used to walk everywhere,... [more]

Shared on 21 July 2009 by Carol Roice.

My home as a child

I was born in the house on the right and spent my childhood here.  It's nice to see a photo of the crossroads with the Town Hall with the spire.

Shared on 28 December 2009 by Ed Lansdell.

Wilfred Albert Parsk

I think my Grandfather was born on this street! He was called Wilfred Albert Parsk and fought in the Somme at about 16 years of age He never spoke much about the war but I know he lost a lot of his friends. He died in the 1980s but his memory is still cherished!

Shared on 19 April 2008 by Roy Parsk.

Dene's Holiday Camp

My memories of Kessingland was us catching the coach from outside the bakers in Stotfold (my home town), travelling down via Newmarket, passing the site where a young gypsy boy had been killed many moons ago.  We would then get to Lowestoft bus depot where a minibus would then take us into Kessingland.  We would get to the pub on the... [more]

Shared on 22 May 2007 by Jacqueline Lunness.

Extracts From Beccles & Suffolk books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Beccles, inspired by Frith photos.

East Anglia Photographic Memories

The River Waveney has been the making of Beccles. In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

This is an extract from East Anglia Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk Photographic Memories

This view is from the marsh-lined River Waveney. In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories

The Waveney forms a natural boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. Along the river frontage are boat yards, moorings and maltings. The church is unusual because the slope of the ground down to Puddingmore meant that the tower had to be built on firmer ground to the south-east of the building. Even so, it seems that the money ran out - the... [more]

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