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Garboldisham| Rickinghall| Walsham-Le-Willows| Botesdale| East Harling| Ixworth| Pakenham| Conyers Green
Market Weston area books
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The Other Village Shop
I was born and brougt up in the village of Garboldisham in Norfolk and have so many memories of when I was a child - I always felt safe and everybody knew each other, a real village. One of my best memories is of the village shops - the General PO & Stores were looked after then by a lovely mixed race family called the Fades. However, the shop dearest in my memory is the little tiny cottage shop set down the lane next door to the main stores. At one time also the bakery used to be down here but at the very bottom was Miss Chillingsworth's! I can still hear the clanging of the bell that was above the door and alerted the lovely lady that she had customers - she used to appear round the counter from her private quarters within seconds - the little front room of the shop was full to the brim with everything you can imagine and had an especially fantastic selection of... Read more
Parkinsons Store
I have very fond memories of holidays spent with my Aunt Susan Parkinson and my cousins Jane and David Boggia and their daughters Mel and Bev. I helped out in the store one holiday and had my first romance with a lad from the village. We were always made very welcome. My dad used to live and work on Uncle Ben's farm and it was from there he joined the army. Dad's name was Bill Byatt.
I remember playing with the children from the village, we would walk to the little stream that ran under the bridge and paddle in the cold water, watching out for the very large Pike that was rumoured to live in the pond. I have not visited East Harling for many years now and I would love to know if it has changed much.
East Harling Cricket
I have spent a lot of my young child hood on the recreation ground with my father Christopher Patrick and his brother George, playing cricket for East Harling.
Memories of traveling on the crossbar seat of my dads bicycle with his cricket kit strapped on the back carrier. This was every sunday during the season, having tea in the pavillion . Mr Rudd, Mr Frost also played .
I also used to help put the numbers on the score board.
I also spent my early teens staying summer holidays with my aunt and uncle down fenn lane , Helping Audrey with milking her cows each morning and picking mushrooms from the meadow and her mother Mrs Hudson cooking them with a egg from the hens for breakfast.
What a innocent happy childhood we had in the 60s.
There was some lovely shops, Baker the Baker made lovely hot cross buns, also made my wedding cake, Palmers stores for groceries market store for sweets... Read more
Don't Tell Him, Pike!
Staying at North Lopham back in 2002 with my friends I decided to spend the day at Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens,where the annual 'Dad's Army' exhibition was taking place. As a fan of the TV series it was an opportunity not to be missed. It was really 'cool' to see Jones's van up close and for real where I noticed along the right hand side one of the 'rifle' covers missing (up two three, down two three). One chap explained that it had 'fallen off' somewhere outside Thetford. I often wondered if they ever recovered it and the words 'Don't panic!,don't panic!' usually come to mind with the memory. It was a really interesting time - steeped in 1940s nostalgia - there was even a newspaper 'ragging off' Gracie Fields, who had to move to the States with husband Monty Banks and was seen at the time by the public as 'deserting England and taking all her money'! I believe she was 'forgiven' after the war.
Chorister 1935 to 1938
As a choir boy I had many an annual treat at Great Yarmouth for the day. Had a wonderful vicar, Rev Cooling, commonly referred to as POP. He was a model train advocate and had a big lame Red Setter who bowled me over every time I went to the vicarage. Stump Hayward.
Row Boat
Many times I rowed my little row boat down the river past Haling Path on the way to the Staunches where we fished for hours or chased rabbits.
Inspiration
We had a wonderful english teacher, Mr Troman, who installed in me a great love of the language and its literature. We nicknamed him HUDDY Because of his teaching. Forty years later I was inspired to write, and have printed a history of our family during the depression years.
Stump.
