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Beccles, Suffolk
Beccles maps
Historic maps of Beccles and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Beccles maps
Historic map of Beccles
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Beccles books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Beccles and the local area. View all Beccles books
Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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£14
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Memories of Beccles
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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
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
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
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
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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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]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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