Beccles
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Beccles books (10 available)
- 2 photos on Beccles appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Beccles
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Maurice Dunn (Alberta, Canada)
Playing Cowboys and Indians, down the steps, and along the cliff, after coming out of the old Picture House on a Saturday afternoon, in the Second World War years.
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Suffolk memories
Maurice Dunn (Alberta, Canada)
Playing Cowboys and Indians, down the steps, and along the cliff, after coming out of the old Picture House on a Saturday afternoon, in the Second World War years.
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Wilfred Albert Parsk
I think my Grandfather was born on this street! He was called Wilfred Albert Parsk and fought in the Somme at about 16 years of age He never spoke much about the war but I know he lost a lot of his friends. He died in the 1980s but his memory is still cherished!
A memory of Wrentham contributed by roy parsk
Dene's Holiday Camp
My memories of Kessingland was us catching the coach from outside the bakers in Stotfold (my home town), travelling down via Newmarket, passing the site where a young gypsy boy had been killed many moons ago. We would then get to Lowestoft bus depot where a minibus would then take us into Kessingland. We would get to the pub on the top of the hill where you could look down and see the sea and an old boy would pick us up on his tractor and take us into the camp site.
What a wonderful time we had! There was the major out to greet all and the photo stand where pictures had been taken from the previous 2 weeks. We ...read more here
A memory of Kessingland contributed by Jacqueline Lunness
Extracts From Beccles & Suffolk books
This view is from the marsh-lined River Waveney. In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
The Market Square of Beccles is overlooked by the detached tower of St Michael’s Church. The building on the left was home to the offices of the East Suffolk Gazette, with the ground floor taken up as a shop. In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney, was a thriving port.
An extract from from"East Anglia".
The Market Square of Beccles is overlooked by the detached tower of St Michael’s church. The building on the left was home to the offices of the East Suffolk Gazette, with the ground floor taken up as a shop.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
Sixty years on, Beccles has declined as a port, with goods being carried more by road. The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
St Mary’s, one of the largest
in Suffolk, is not a typical
Suffolk wool church, and has
an elegant lead spire. Inside is
the 600-year-old Angelus Bell,
one of the oldest in the country,
which is inscribed ‘Ave Maria
Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum’.
Perhaps the man who made the
bell had other things on his mind
when it came to putting in the
inscription, as he forgot to invert
the words laterally in the mould,
and they appear backwards on
the finished article!
An extract from from"Ispwich Pocket Album".