Botesdale, the Village c1960
Botesdale, the Village c1960
Botesdale, Thatched Cottage c1960
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Botesdale, Norfolk
Botesdale maps
Historic maps of Botesdale and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Botesdale maps
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Botesdale books
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Newmarket Town and City Memories
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Suffolk Coast Photographic Memories
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Ipswich Photographic Memories
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Memories of Botesdale
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In 1954 I was assigned as a second Lieutenant United States Weather Forecaster to RAF Sheperds Grove. After a few months living on the base I moved to a Pub in Botesdale, but unfortunately i do not remember the name. Several rooms were available. Please let me know the name. L. I. Miller
Shared on 05 June 2006
My years living next to the butchers
My dad Rowland Cook took over Lasts butchers in 1985. I grew up in The Maltings which was attached to the shop and is the house on the right hand side of the photo with the big bay window from the age of 11 until I left home when I was 20. My parents ran the shop for 10 years before it closed and they moved on. The shop has since been demolished and a nasty modern house has replaced it which looks totally out of place in the street scene. Although I have many fond memories of my years in Botesdale I was glad to move away to the town.
Shared on 19 September 2006
Norfolk memories
Rickinghall Chapel
I came to a chapel on high ground,
The door of old English oak invited,
History was captured on the uneven white walls
And reflected on high stained windows,
And there was love
Such love,
She spoke of God as a family friend,
A guest for dinner, that would never attend,
Of times he would talk, but never speak,
Sometimes go, but never leave,
A friend that would always be there,
So clear the song,
The metaphor stayed,
And I
just sat there and prayed
And there was love,
Such love,
If this filled me with such emotion now,
How would I feel when I finally meet Him.
David Coe 2000
Shared on 08 November 2006
I remember Southgate's shop, although as a general store rather than as a greengrocer. My grandparents (and great-grandparents before them) lived next door (Fred and Carrie Bridges) in Mill Street, and we used to visit every school holiday from when I was about 5 years old. Harry was dead by then, but his widow (Ivy) and daughter (June) were still there. The village pump was just outside the gate, and Fisk's coal and grain merchants were on the other side of my grandparents' cottage. My grandmother died in 1976, and I have been back only a couple of times since - very special childhood memories.
Shared on 06 May 2009
Extracts From Botesdale & Norfolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Botesdale, inspired by Frith photos.
On the right is St Catherine’s, reputedly the oldest house in the village, then Last’s butcher’s shop, once noted for its fine sausages, but now demolished. The gable on the left is Southgate Farm, the home of Eric and Emma Burroughes, the village wheelwright, whose work was featured in the film ‘Requiem for the Village’.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
On the left, in Rickinghall Inferior, is the bow window of Edmund Kerry’s hardware and newsagent’s shop. The next house beside The Bell Hotel has been demolished. Set back before the gable of Southgate Farmhouse is the wheelwright’s shop of Eric Burroughes in the former Congregational chapel. The large building across the market place was Chilver’s from 1945 to 1989 - the name is retained. The war memorial is in the centre of the market place.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories
This photograph shows the churchyard just before the removal of the monuments in 1958, although the rails have already been removed.
This is an extract from Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories.
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