Scole, Norfolk
Scole photos
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Scole maps
Historic maps of Scole and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Scole maps
Scole books
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There used to be an old house next to the River Waveney, which was demolished sometime in the 1970s to make way for a housing estate. I used to play in the gardens, and remember an old pond outside surrounded with tiles. Does anyone have any pictures of this house or information about it? I am now a singer/songwriter and have... [more]
Shared on 09 October 2009
My parents Bernard (better known as Syd) and Margret (Peggy) Blunsom owned Scole stores in the main street of Scole. I rember the house well across the road was pretty"s garage. Old Mrs Johnsons cottage was sandwiched between us and the Scole Inn. On the other side was an antique shop where every mothers day I would go with the five... [more]
Shared on 31 December 2007
I have very fond memories of Scole because I spent an awful lot of my childhood and adult years visiting and staying with my Great Uncle & Aunt Tom & Florrie Clark who lived in High House. They initially had an antique shop at the front of the house, stables at the back and two orchards one at the side of... [more]
Shared on 14 May 2007
My great-aunt lived in this house - we always knew it as 'Beam Ends'. She had a little antique shop in the single storey bit at the end (on the right). I also remember the garage on the right in the picture which was run by a Mr Chapman. There is now a village by-pass but in the days when I... [more]
Shared on 24 October 2008
Norfolk memories
Changes happen all so fast, about 10 years ago we were camping near Dickleburgh, a wonderfully friendly village and we bought the most wonderful sausages from there local butcher.
Returning this Easter (2009), we returned to holiday near the village, and I must admit I was quite looking forward to breakfast of sausages - but alas the shop had gone(!),... [more]
Shared on 26 April 2009
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... [more]
Shared on 31 July 2009
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... [more]
Shared on 18 February 2008
I am writing this for my dad. He is 81 now. He lived in Attleborough until he was 11 yreas old. His name is Colin Whybrow, his dad was Harold Whybrow. Dad also had a sister Janet, and brothers Brian, Trevor, and Ernest who was later killed in France in the Second World War. If any one remembers any of the... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2009
Extracts From Scole & Norfolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Scole, inspired by Frith photos.
Scole is on the old main road south from Norwich. The large coaching-inn is the White Hart, which once boasted perhaps the most famous inn sign in England, an enormous wooden structure stretching right across the street which included 25 life-size figures.
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On the road leading to the priory gateway, this fine 14th-century, jettied, timber-frame building may have been built for visitors to the abbey. The period petrol pumps have now gone.
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The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed 'cross' building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.
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