Pakenham
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Harry Elmer
I'm sure I remember a Harry Elmer......did he have a shop in Elmswell or did he rent out motor cars or even caravans from Woolpit?
I was born in Elmswell in 1947 and the name certainly rings a very loud bell and was constantly mentioned in our household at the time.
A memory of Woolpit contributed by roger lambourne
Elmers Mill - Family History
Hi there. Harry Elmer (who I understand was my GGrandad's brother) owned and ran this Mill into the 1940s. The Muggeridge Collection has some wonderful images of him replendent in the very gentlemanly working clothes of a miller of his ilk, and still working in his 80's. Anecdotally Elmers Mill in Woolpit and Drinkstone Mill close by were dead ringers for each other, except they ran (i.e. their sails rotated) in the opposite direction to each other. This has recently been questioned on the Suffolk Mills site which has some memories posted about the structure of Elmers Woolpit Mill after it was tail-winded in 1963 and collapsed, saying it was built of "inferior materials" and therefore of much more recent (perhaps ...read more here
A memory of Woolpit contributed by Les Elmer
Steel's Grocers
In 1861 my Great, Great, Great Grandfather Charles Frederick Whiskin worked for the Steel family in their grocer's shop situated in the Butter Market. Charles came originally from Black Friars in London and was born in 1832. He learnt his trade from the Steels and went on to own his own shop in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire which he ran with his wife Susannah.
A memory of Bury St Edmunds contributed by Tammalyn Williams
Rickinghall Chapel
Rickinghall Chapel
I came to a chapel on high ground,
The door of old English oak invited,
History was captured on the uneven white walls
And reflected on high stained windows,
And there was love
Such love,
She spoke of God as a family friend,
A guest for dinner, that would never attend,
Of times he would talk, but never speak,
Sometimes go, but never leave,
A friend that would always be there,
So clear the song,
The metaphor stayed,
And I
just sat there and prayed
And there was love,
Such love,
If this filled me with such emotion now, ...read more here
A memory of Rickinghall contributed by David Coe
Extracts From Pakenham & Suffolk books
The village of Pakenham is noted for having both a watermill and windmill in close proximity to each other. The tower windmill was built in 1831. Note theThe Norman Gate was built by Abbot Anselm in the first half of the 12th century, providing an entrance gate to the impressive abbey church. After the abbey was destroyed, the tower was used as a bell tower for St James’ Church, which, 16 years after this photograph was taken, became the cathedral for the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. large millstones standing up against the tower on either side of the doorway.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
The brick tower mill was built in c1820 to replace an earlier mill. It was damaged by storms in 1948 and repaired in 1950, when a gallery was added to the cap. The Bryant family have owned and maintained the mill since 1920. The turning windmill was used as one of the Intermissions between BBC television programmes in the 1950s.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic 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".