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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
Reminders of my Youth
I remember being taken to the village when I was very young - I believe one of my great uncles ran the Pub - One of the ubquitous Jermy Family - I am coming to Norfolk to try and research my roots at the end of July this year - Seeing the photo rang a real bell - it must have been about 1955 when we came !
There was a farm yard behind the pub with pigs and chickens and the roads seemed dry and dusty. It was a hot summer and we had been taken to Great Yarmouth and I was sun burned ! - If memory serves the pub was called "The White Horse" It seemed dark and there was a lot of dark wood in the bar area ?
Ah well - look forward to coming for the first time since then - may be it will trigger other memories - and I might be able to find other family members
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
Family Killed by Mushrooms... Circa. 1950
Hi. Does anyone recall a family who ate wild mushrooms and died around 1950? I was reliving memories of Rocklands St Peter and Caston and the man I was talking to, now 75 years old, asked if I could remember this family dying. I have no knowledge of the event. I am intrigued as to when it happened. If anyone knows please do tell.
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