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Shingle Street maps
Historic maps of Shingle Street and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Shingle Street maps
Shingle Street photos
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Alderton| Bawdsey| Felixstowe Ferry| Butley| Orford| Waldringfield| Felixstowe| Melton| Woodbridge| Ufford
Shingle Street area books
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Memories of Shingle Street
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Suffolk memories
Joseph Rouse
This is not actually my memory, I am hoping someone will know of or remember the Rouse family who lived in Hemley. My ggg grandfather was born c1785 in Hemley and I am trying to trace any ancestors. Joseph joined the army in 1806, married an Irish girl, invalided out of the army in 1827 from Kilmainham Hospital.
In 1851 he is living in Winchester with Margaret and his children, he died in 1858
Lynda
The Castle
This photograph features someone sitting on a bench in the foreground of Orford Castle. It is a strong possibility that it is my Uncle Jim (James Ellis) Smy. This was his favourite spot and he could be found sitting there catching up with his friends.
There are several legends attached to Orford Castle. The most famous is that of the Merman. Villagers allegedly caught him in fishing nets and imprisoned him in the castle. He either wouldn't or couldn't speak and was very wild in appearance. One night he escaped and was never seen again.
Another story is that two people had their photograph taken standing either side of the fireplace. When the photograph was developed a ghostly figure was seen standing between them.
Samuel Wright
I am researching my husbands family tree. His great grandad was Samuel Wright who was a coal hauler in Grimsby in 1883, on looking at the census further I found he came from Sudbourne in Suffolk. Terry [my husband] had no idea that his Wright family had originated from there. Does anyone know of any of Sam Wrights family still around there or have any knowledge of the Wrights. Is Sudbourne a small place? What is it like now? We intend to visit one day. Many thanks Chris Wright
Raymond Edward Shaw
My father lived at Southbeach Mansion and apparently died in Ipswich Hospital in 1997. I have been searching for him all my life. I was hoping that someone would remember him and perhaps have some memories or memorabilia that they could share. He was in the RAF. Loved motorcycles, and as I remember when a child he had red hair. My Mother and he lived perhaps in the Cotswolds briefly. Do not know when they divorced. Would like very much to learn something about him, even though he is no longer with us, its an opening and a closure.
Holidays at Grandma’s
Memories are the garnish of our later years...
During my extreme youth, the closest we ever got to a summer holiday was a week spent with our maternal grandparents. My father would trundle us through to their near-seaside town in the family car; a vehicle of indeterminate age that he had lovingly restored, but to which he had never added a rear floor. We could see the ground whistle by beneath us as we hurtled along and my siblings balanced their feet on a single plank, slightly narrower than the chasm below.
Seat belts and child safety seats had not yet been invented, so I, the youngest, would be propped up on the back seat; my personal space (an invention of the distant future) invaded by suitcases and sundry luggage so that I didn’t fall through the gaps. At four, I could hardly be trusted not to let a foot slide through beside the plank.
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HMS 'Ganges'
I did my naval training at HMS 'Ganges' during 1952/53 and enjoyed every muinute of it. It was a super place and now, long retired, I think often of those wonderful days. Lots of discipline and back straigtening instruction. It was super and I would do it all again.
Does Anyone Know of The Weavers or Lambert S of Melton?
My son's grandparents are proving to be a little elusive for the family tree! Cecillia Edith Lambert, married Grenville Redmond Weaver in Suffolk about 1949. Cecillia I remember talked about living with her Aunt Connie in Melton. I have been told Grenville was born in India. I just wondered if any of the family were still there, and what happened to the past family, was Gren's family there? Where were there siblings? If anyone can help me discover anything to do with my son's family please email on: vickyharry@tiscali.co.uk Thankyou very much for taking the time to read this.
