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Historic maps of Clare and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Clare maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Clare books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Memories of Clare
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Suffolk memories
My Grandparents stayed here in 1955
My Grandparents stayed here in 1955, they had emigrated to Canada in 1951 and come "home" on Holiday.
I have the original receipt for their stay!
Greetings from Canada eh!
Shared on 06 November 2006
I am putting this on here to contact Carefree....did you go to Clare Secondary School and start in 1 Alpha? If so you sat next to me on your first day at school there!!!! If so I have thought of you no end of times over the years and wondered how you have got on. looks as if the answer may... [more]
Shared on 17 August 2009
When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down that hill. I now live in Biloxi, Missouri in the USA... [more]
Shared on 28 July 2009
Can any one from Hartest remember the local boys having cycle races around the Green?
Shared on 23 July 2009
The only school in Haverhill was The Cangle. The new secondary modern, now known as Castle Manor, had not yet been finished. We arrived at school very bewildered being the first of the Londoners and feeling like aliens. I made a new friend in the short while I had been in Haverhill. His name was Michael Geagon, I didn't know at... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2008
We moved excitedly from London in my dads old Austin 7 to a country village we had never heard haverhill. we couldnt even pronounce it as we found out it still is unpronounceable by many. Arrived at our new house 118 Burton End. a four bedroom HOUSE (not a flat) which is all we had been used to. we had never... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2008
I started working at Brundon Farm when I was ten years old. Mr Norman was very kind to me and I helped out on the the farm for the next five years. I had a great time when I was a kid fishing at Brundon Mill mainly for pike. There were concrete tank traps that were left over from the Second... [more]
Shared on 01 May 2009
Childhood in Helions Bumpstead
My family moved to Helions Bumpstead in around 1964. My parents renovated an old farmhouse which they named "Roslyns" because my Mum went to the Chelmsford Records Office and discovered that the place had been called Roskins Meadow in the 17th century. The first thing I remember is the smell of the house (dusty and musty) and the fact... [more]
Shared on 06 May 2009
Extracts From Clare & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Clare, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
On the left is a terrace of brick houses and shops built c1865. Barclay's Bank closed in 2000, but the Co-op still trades from the ground floor, although it now has a mid-1990s shop front. Wilkins's garage closed c1985; next door was Bruce's, watchmaker, with the butchers on the corner. On the right is the Town Hall of 1912-13.
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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The Cock Inn and Peterhouse (left) are 17th-century buildings. The Cock, run by H Painter, has a later door case, and Peterhouse has a Victorian shop window. The Globe Inn, beyond, run by Mrs Stiff, is 18th-century, but re-fronted in the 19th century. The County Primary School is set back behind the Globe.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories
The church of St Andrew with its distinctive wooden spire was restored in 1862. The south aisle with its square-headed windows was rebuilt in 1887 by a bequest of William King. The gable cross has gone, and clock faces have been inserted into the tower roundels; otherwise the view is unchanged today.
This is an extract from Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories.
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