Castle Street 1929, Framlingham
Castle Street 1929, Framlingham Ref: 82069
Memories of Castle Street 1929, Framlingham
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Moat Tea Room
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 room as a sort of "clubhouse". A lot of GIs used to visit and eat there. I currently live in California. Whilst in a line in the bank we all started talking to each other. One man on hearing my accent told me he remembered the Tea Room and my Mother's wonderful cakes. He said to me, "If you can cook like your Mother, will you marry me?" What a compliment from a stranger so many miles from Fram!!
Dad had a small vegetable patch in the back garden. I remember each year he would dig up something of historical interest. Once it was an arrow barb and point,... Read more
Earl Soham
Does anyone know if there is an abundance of Hall family members in Earl Soham?
My grandmother had 17 sons and two daughters so I'd expect there to be a few!
King Sweet Shop - Market Hill/ Maria Stannard (nee Creasey)
My aunt and uncle were Gladys and Ted King who had a little sweet shop on Market Hill in the 1950's & early 1960's. I spent many happy hours helping in the shop and remember the large shoe size boxes which held the sweets and the scales used for weighing them out. The chocolate buttons I remember with great fondness as my aunt told me I could sample some if I liked! What is the saying 'like a kid in a sweet shop'.
My uncle Ted was a clock and watch repairer and had a shop on Market Hill which my cousin Graham ran for many years after uncle Ted retired. I remember going with Graham to wind customers clocks in many of the surrounding villages.
A sadder memory of Framlingham I have is that my father's sister, Maria Stannard, (nee Creasey), and her two sons Leslie and Neville were killed by an incendiary bomb at their home in Albert Road in June 1942. My father Arthur Creasey... Read more
