Botesdale
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Living in a Pub
In 1954 I was assigned as a second Lieutenant United States Weather Forecaster to RAF Sheperds Grove. After a few months living on the base I moved to a Pub in Botesdale, but unfortunately i do not remember the name. Several rooms were available. Please let me know the name. L. I. Miller
Contributed by Larry Miller
My years living next to the butchers
My dad Rowland Cook took over Lasts butchers in 1985. I grew up in The Maltings which was attached to the shop and is the house on the right hand side of the photo with the big bay window from the age of 11 until I left home when I was 20. My parents ran the shop for 10 years before it closed and they moved on. The shop has since been demolished and a nasty modern house has replaced it which looks totally out of place in the street scene. Although I have many fond memories of my years in Botesdale I was glad to move away to the town.
Contributed by Kevin Cook
Norfolk memories
My years living next to the butchers
My dad Rowland Cook took over Lasts butchers in 1985. I grew up in The Maltings which was attached to the shop and is the house on the right hand side of the photo with the big bay window from the age of 11 until I left home when I was 20. My parents ran the shop for 10 years before it closed and they moved on. The shop has since been demolished and a nasty modern house has replaced it which looks totally out of place in the street scene. Although I have many fond memories of my years in Botesdale I was glad to move away to the town.
A memory of Botesdale contributed by Kevin Cook
Living in a Pub
In 1954 I was assigned as a second Lieutenant United States Weather Forecaster to RAF Sheperds Grove. After a few months living on the base I moved to a Pub in Botesdale, but unfortunately i do not remember the name. Several rooms were available. Please let me know the name. L. I. Miller
A memory of Botesdale contributed by Larry Miller
Extracts From Botesdale & Norfolk books
On the right is St Catherine’s, reputedly the oldest house in the village, then Last’s butcher’s shop, once noted for its fine sausages, but now demolished. The gable on the left is Southgate Farm, the home of Eric and Emma Burroughes, the village wheelwright, whose work was featured in the film ‘Requiem for the Village’.
An extract from from"Suffolk Living Memories".
This photograph shows the churchyard just before the removal of the monuments in 1958, although the rails have already been removed.
An extract from from"Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories".
This shows the early 16th-century nave and aisle designed by John Wastell, the architect of King’s College, Cambridge. Sir George Scott designed the hammer-beam roof and the chancel (1865-69). The chancel was demolished in the 1960s, when the new choir and crossing were begun. The building of the central crossing tower is now under way, and should be completed in 2003.
An extract from from"Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories".
The monuments have been removed, and the area has been laid to lawn. On the right, we see evidence of the building work which was under way from 1964 to 1970. The chapel on the side of the chancel now forms part of the transept of the crossing.
An extract from from"Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories".
The width of the pathway in this photograph compared with the width today shows how much further east the choir was rebuilt in the 1960s
An extract from from"Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories".