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Historic maps of Somerleyton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Somerleyton maps
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Somerleyton books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Memories of Somerleyton
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My first memories of school were of Miss Barwood the First Year teacher. She lived in Oulton, driving to school in a china blue Morris Minor. The school was heated by coke fires in each class which a monitor would stoke up during the winter. We would often throw coke at each other after classes. Unfortunately one day the Morris was... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2009
Holidays with my grandparents in Somerleyton
My grandparents lived at 5 The Green until my grandad retired from working on the Estate farms. They then moved to 5 Widows Cottages. My grandma lived there after grandad died in 1951 until her death in 1959.
I have very happy memories of school holidays spent with them. My cousin and I used to walk everywhere,... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2009
Suffolk memories
Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp, Corton, Suffolk
I was just putting in "Rogerson Hall" on search and came across this site. Wonderful. I went to Rogerson Hall with my Mum and Dad in 1956 and 1957. In 1956, when I was 6, Dad booked the holiday and within one day of being there I developed chicken pox and we had to come home to London. I was heartbroken... [more]
Shared on 21 October 2008
I have no memories of Corton, I was born there on sept 2nd 1959 @ Rogerson Hall, that is all I know. I did visit this year for about 1 hr as I was in the area but would like to know more about Rogerson Hall and if anybody was around at that time it would be great to here from... [more]
Shared on 27 August 2008
I have very happy memories of staying at Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp. We stayed here every year for two weeks in August from about 1962 to 1968. Every year my brother and I took part in the children's fancy dress competition. I can remember the fun of staying in the chalets and how neat and tidy the grounds were kept. I... [more]
Shared on 12 July 2008
I have very happy memories of Rogerson Hall, I started work in the buffet evenings in the summer season, from 1960-1975 approx when it closed. Working for 4 managers Wit, Carvell, Tamlyn and Auntie Mac. I would love to share my memories with others. My name is Peggy Knight.
Shared on 17 March 2008
Not exact on the dates but went to Lowestoft from Norwich on the steam train for our annual day out by the seaside. We saw the Punch & Judy, watched the men fish off the quay and went to the Kensington gardens (?) for a ride on the motor boats. There was then a long walk at the time to get... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
I went on holiday there when I was only 2. I still have photos somewhere.
Shared on 06 May 2009
Extracts From Somerleyton & Suffolk books
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Somerleyton Hall dates back to Elizabethan times, although it was extensively rebuilt in 1846 by Sir Samuel Morton Peto, who made his fortune out of the railways. The mansion has some lavishly furnished state rooms, and the gardens include a maze.
This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Somerleyton was built 1844-51 by Sir Samuel Morton Peto, the railway contractor, builder and developer of Lowestoft. The building was designed by John Thomas (who had worked with Peto on the new Houses of Parliament) in the Jacobean style, incorporating the existing house. Pevsner described the Hall as 'more Jacobean than any original Jacobean house'.
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
The Winter Garden was a miniature Crystal Palace, 126 feet by 136 feet, with glazed arcades and a domed glass roof. The fountain and statue in the fernery (centre) was made by Joseph Durham in 1868. Under-floor heating allowed tropical and exotic plants to be grown in beds, whilst climbing greenery smothered the pillars and roof. Most of the structure was... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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