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Sapiston maps
Historic maps of Sapiston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sapiston maps
Sapiston photos
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Ixworth| Pakenham| Conyers Green| Great Barton| Walsham-Le-Willows| Thetford| Garboldisham| Fornham St Martin| Fornham All Saints
Sapiston area books
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Memories of Sapiston
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Suffolk memories
Service Memories
I served as an SAC general mechanic in the general workshops for most of my NATIONAL SERVICE.
Visit of Krustchev
I was stationed at Honington and was on the station guard of honour. I remember the visit of Kruschev during the Cold War. Being in air traffic control, the tower approach windows were covered. Kruschev was only permitted on the local balcony. Have tried to find photos and write-ups without success.
Troston
The Mayes family of Troston were my ancestors. Henry Mayes, son of Ruth Mayes, was born 1869 and was a gamekeeper locally.
Mayes Family
Ruth Mayes was born 1850, became a singe parent in 1868, married John Manning in 1896, and died in 1937 - the longest-lived of her family I think. Henry her son also died in 1937. Ruth had 9 brothers and sisters - John born 1853, Lucy 1835, Charles 1836, Sarah 1840, Samuel 1842, Benjamin 1844, Ann 1846, Mary 1849, Crispus 1853 (moved to Yorkshire). Their parents were John and Maria, both buried in Troston churchyard. John's father and grandfather were also called John Mayes.
Childhood Memories
Being born in a house opposite the Angel pub in 1952, and having a family history going back over 300 hundred years in the village, I think we were a local family. Those memories of the school holiday times will last a life time. Our favourite place was the Grundle and to this day you can still see remnants of the tree huts and underground tunnells etc. When it rained hard we used to build a dam in the Grundle and then try and flood the street as there was no drain there then, only the grup as it was called. Poor old Sid Peck had a fish and chip shop on George Hill, health and safety would have a field day now, flies everywhere, but those chips always tasted good. Bernie Grofer had his shop at the bottom of George Hill, he sold firewoks to anybody but they were bloody dangerous, light them, leave them for about ten minutes then they would go off. Sid Talbot was landlord of the Stanton... Read more
The Hall
Don`t have any memories of the Hall but am searching for anyone who lived there when it was a Childrens Nursery which was run by London County Council. Have had some info on the place & know a Miss Yorath was Matron during my stay there. Is there anyone out there who can help my research?
So Many Happy Hours
I spent so many happy summer holidays in Great Barton, and in particular Conyers Green where my Aunt Norah Lovelace lived in a cottage next to the old chapel building. I cycled often to the village store/post office, and to my friend's parent's farm up the lane at the side of the cottage, their name was Rolfe and we had many lovely Sunday lunches there, going to Sunday school afterward. There was no great television to watch in those days, my aunt only watched the news on her black and white, but it didn't matter as there always seemed to be something to do and living most of the year round in a city the countryside was great, I loved it so much. My last visit there was in 1980 and although most of the village appeared just the same I was sad to see my aunt's cottage with a fence around it, it had always been open plan with a very pretty garden. I didn't get to see too... Read more
