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Framlingham 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 Framlingham
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My parents Angela and Leslie Jecks-Wright bought the house in the picture on the right and made a successful business called the Moat Tea Room of it! Our house was at 64 Fore Street. We used to get coaches visiting the castle, and we were kept very busy when that happened. We used to let the college boys use the upstairs... [more]
Shared on 19 December 2006
Suffolk memories
Earlier this year, my wife and I visited St Kitts, which has a small museum; here we discovered that Thomas Warner, son of William Warner 'gentleman farmer from near Framlingham', had landed on St Kitts as the first European settler on 16th January 1628, colonising same for the English, and later the same of Antigua. With him was Thomas Jefferson whose... [more]
Shared on 06 November 2009
What happened to the Kotarski's ?
Fond memories of Parham makes me write this, remembering the peacefulness.
Surfing the Web, here I am posting a question all the way from he USA.
It was early summer 1954 and I was a Dutch farm exchange student staying with the family Kotarski on the so called "White House farm" just outside Parham village. The farmer was of Polish decent,... [more]
Shared on 03 March 2008
The Piggeries, Fair Oaks Farm, Dennington
My parents had a large pig farm at Fair Oaks during WW2 - does anyone by any chance have any photes or memories, please?
Shared on 16 April 2009
My great grandparents, my nanna (and all of her siblings)and my mother all lived in this house. I'm not sure of the timeframe but it was for a number of years. My mom had many fond memories and stories of the crinkly wall across the street, as well as the 5 Bridges. My family name is Harvey. ... [more]
Shared on 31 August 2008
Rendham White Horse Pub & village shop
The White Horse Pub used to be owned by a brewery in Ipswich, and the name of the former brewery can just be seen on the l.h side of the building. There was once an entrance to an off-license on that side. My uncle wired up a coloured lighting system outside the pub in the early 1960's when he worked as... [more]
Shared on 03 February 2008
It is great to see this scene again, 47 years later. My family and I spent our holidays in this village with my grandparents (Russell), and my auntie & uncle and cousins (Shawcross). They all lived in the cottage shown to the far right of the photo. We used to travel from Leeds (overnight) in an old Commer Express Delivery van... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2008
During the 1960s while stationed at RAF Bentwaters I, with my family, lived at #6 Broad Road, in Wickham Market. Our landlord was Richard Upson, who with his family lived on one side of the house and we occupied the other side. Our neighbour was Police Sergeant Alan Airey who has since passed away.
My time spent in England was without... [more]
Shared on 21 April 2008
Extracts From Framlingham & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Framlingham, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
This 16th-century building with an 18th-century façade was built after 1564 on the site of St Mary's Guildhall. Aubrey Thomas Wicks traded from London House. In an advertisement of 1907 he described his shop as 'the leading house in the District for Keen and Thrifty buyers of all kind of Millinery, Drapery, Ready made clothes, outfitting, Boots etc. All goods marked... [more]
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The castle was built in 1190 by the famous Bigod family, and was one of the first castles not to include a keep. Instead, it has thirteen separate towers, linked by a curtain wall, a Saracen idea brought back by returning Crusaders. It was at Framlingham in 1553 that Mary Tudor organised her army of supporters to march on Lady Jane... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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The castle, built between 1190 and 1210, is amongst the earliest castles in England to be constructed with a fortified curtain wall. The Poor House (left) was built at the direction of Sir Robert Hitcham (d1636), who owned the castle. The gable wing dates from 1637, and the remainder from 1729. The Poor House, closed in the 1830s, had a variety... [more]
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