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Historic maps of Hartest and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hartest maps
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Memories of Hartest
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School Days
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 be 'very well'!!!!!
Carefree
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 on the Gulf of Mexico.
Racing
Can any one from Hartest remember the local boys having cycle races around the Green?
Suffolk memories
Memories of Shimpling (Suffolk)
I live in Shimpling in Suffolk near Bury St Edmunds (not Shimpling in Norfolk) and would like to hear from anyone who has memories of the village. I am compiling a catalogue of historic recollections that will disappear if not recorded.
Perhaps you were in the Women's Land Army during or after the last war as there was a training establishment here and someone who helped in training still lives in the village. You may have been a resident of the village or went to school here and can recall a few anecdotes. Maybe you used to call into the village to sell your wares to the villagers or did you make stained glass windows or tapestries. I know
there were people who did.
I would love to hear from you.
Family Ties
No, I don't remember back to 1881, but my great-grandfather was born and lived in Gents Lane, Shimpling. My grandmother and her sisters attended the village school too! I would be interested to know if anyone remembers the Campan family or their neighbours the Cobbold family. We have had many happy visits to Shimpling over the years, loving the peace and tranquility, a true step back in time.
Lawshall Shop
In the 1930s my grandparents had a small general store/shop at the crossroads in Lawshall. It has long since converted back to a cottage and has an extension where the shop used to be we think. They left there before the Second World War. Does anyone remember them or have a photo? Their names were Albert Pratt and Violet (Cissie) Pratt. My mother's name was Eileen who was about 8/9 at the time.
The Lawshall Stores Sign
My parents were good friends of the Days in the 1950s. We spent many summer holidays there with them. My brother, William, painted the sign which hung outside the shop. He has since passed away and I would love to know if the sign still exists somewhere. Does anyone know who lives in the cottage now or where the sign might be?
