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Swinging 60s
Memories of dances at Leiston/Aldeburgh to the music of local band, The Rebels, with mates Steve Mew and Keith Tomblin. I worked at G.A. Hubbards as an aerial erector before moving to London, where I still live with my wife and 3 children. I remember the 8 Bells pub whose landlords were Jack & Sylvia Ford. My aunt & uncle Dot & George Scopes still live at Beaumont Cottages, my dad's name is Matt (Paddy) Mckenna.
Contributed by david mckenna
Suffolk memories
Swinging 60s
Memories of dances at Leiston/Aldeburgh to the music of local band, The Rebels, with mates Steve Mew and Keith Tomblin. I worked at G.A. Hubbards as an aerial erector before moving to London, where I still live with my wife and 3 children. I remember the 8 Bells pub whose landlords were Jack & Sylvia Ford. My aunt & uncle Dot & George Scopes still live at Beaumont Cottages, my dad's name is Matt (Paddy) Mckenna.
A memory of Kelsale contributed by david mckenna
International Stores
A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston, then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day as he delivered groceries.
He had his own band - he played piano - and met my mother, Joan Spatchet, at a dance in the Market Hall. They married in 1937, my sister Ann was born a year later and I arrived on February 23rd 1944 - just a few weeks after my father was killed on a bombing raid over Germany on January 1/2nd, when his plane was attacked by a night fighter. Two years ago we travelled to Germany from our ...read more here
A memory of Saxmundham contributed by John Fisher
blacksmiths
Apparently my Gr Grandfather John Freeman owned a blacksmith shop that was situated just on the left hand side of the road here at the beginning of the 20th century. He also made the 'fences' that protected the bases of many of the trees on the Hurts Hall estate. I've never been able to find any written infromation about him or the 'smithy' though.
A memory of Saxmundham contributed by carol allen
Extracts From Kelsale & Suffolk books
This delightful group of contrasting buildings clusters along the river valley, with the church on higher ground to the north. The Eight Bells (left) closed in the 1980s and is now Peal House. Many other houses have a bell connection. The Post Office Stores on the corner closed in 1991. To the centre right is the Guildhall of c1495, with the Arts and Crafts-style Village Hall behind.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
It is the Great Mill, or
Black Mill, which is the
interesting element of
this photograph. This
mill had dominated the
common for just over
100 years, having been
brought down from
Yarmouth in 1798.
An extract from from"Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories".
There has been a ferry across the River Blyth for over
800 years, and between 1885 and 1942 it was the rather
primitive chain ferry, which we see here carrying a horse
and cart across to the Southwold side. This one is steam-
operated. Today, as in the 13th century, a rowing boat
provides the service for a modest fee. So, in this case,
times do not change!
An extract from from"Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories".
Little more than
a shingle beach
protects the Moot
Hall. Once it was
centrally placed
in the town, but
the sea has carried
away a number
of streets, finally
pausing here.
An extract from from"Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories".
Built in 1540, during
the post-moot age
really, this red brick
and half-timbered
Moot Hall would
have been a hotbed
of commercial and
legal activities during
the town’s most
prosperous era. It
has also served as a
police station and a
jail. It is the symbol of
Aldeburgh.
An extract from from"Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories".