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Old John Barley Corn....
Known as the 'John Barley Corn' children because at the Staithe where they all used to play, there is an inlet. In the 1920s, when boats came past, the children would sing 'Old John Barley Corn if you throw us a penny we will sing you a song'. Sometimes handfuls of pennies would be thrown. The people on one boat 'Nelson' were always quite generous. It was quite a scramble to each get a couple of pennies.
Contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Norfolk memories
Old John Barley Corn....
Known as the 'John Barley Corn' children because at the Staithe where they all used to play, there is an inlet. In the 1920s, when boats came past, the children would sing 'Old John Barley Corn if you throw us a penny we will sing you a song'. Sometimes handfuls of pennies would be thrown. The people on one boat 'Nelson' were always quite generous. It was quite a scramble to each get a couple of pennies.
A memory of Belaugh contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
A R Taylor
I left school at 15 in 1953, and like many others of my age went to work at A R Taylors timber merchants. I first worked at the Tunstead road site. It was hard work and unlike today there was no such thing as a contract of employment so you did whatever anyone who was older than you told you to do. I remember one of my jobs was to go around every morning to take orders from the workers for cigarettes, tobacco and sweets and such and then in all weathers cycle into the village and purchase the orders. I remember Alfie Ransom asking me to go to the Ironmongers and get him a left handed hammer and a bubble ...read more here
A memory of Hoveton contributed by Calvin Simper
Neatishead - the enchanted village!
I spent holidays in this magical place as a boy, staying year after year with my beloved aunt and uncle and my two cousins. It was a vibrant and exciting English village that buzzed and thronged with life and activity. I watched each dawn from my bedroom window as the village street and the busy post office slowly came to life. I ran the lanes and glorious fields with my cousins and our friends from dawn til dusk and the river drew us kids like a magnet and it was here that we languished in summer bliss, fishing and watching the coots and even the occasional kingfisher. I met friends in that glorious place that remains special to me to this ...read more here
A memory of Neatishead contributed by Ray Gedling
Extracts From Belaugh & Norfolk books
St Peter’s Church perches on a lofty crest overlooking the River Bure which twists through a series of loops below. Following in the Norfolk tradition of fine churches, St Peter’s is a noble if diminutive edifice, with a fine old traceried screen and Norman font.
An extract from from"Norfolk Photographic Memories".
It is hard to imagine a more tranquil scene than this one, taken from Belaugh staithe. The peaceful stretch of the river Bure is the same today as it was 70 years ago.
An extract from from"Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories".
The staithe at Belaugh has been tidied since this picture was taken, and houses have been built on the land across the road. Boys wearing ties, jackets and short trousers, and girls with neat ankle socks and strap shoes are typical of school-age children of the 1940s and 50s.
An extract from from"Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories".
A loop from the Coltishall to Wroxham road can take you down to the delightful small village of Belaugh. This view from the river shows almost the whole village, including the church of St Peter, whose tiny churchyard is a designated conservation area with particularly interesting ferns, lichens and flowers. The fine rood screen inside the church depicts the twelve apostles, whose faces were said, by a zealous Puritan, to have been obliterated by ‘a godly trooper’ during the Civil War.
An extract from from"Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".