Stokesby, the Post Office c1965
Stokesby, the Ferry Inn c1955
Stokesby, the Village c1965
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Norwich Photographic Memories
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My name is Keith Howlett and I was born there in 1946, my father came from Filby and my mother from Norwich. My father was a master grocer and then he became the post master. My first school was Stokesby and then I went to Duncan Hall School in Scratby. We lived there until 1961 when we moved to Norwich.
Shared on 21 April 2009
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I was delighted to find this photo. My great-great-great-grandfather had this pub and it's lovely to see it for the first time.
Shared on 23 June 2009
Heresay says my boat was built in the 1880s for the then-owner of the Red House at Cantley, and was called "Lama" or possibly "Llama". Does anyone have any information on owners/landlords, or boating pictures of that period?
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Shared on 07 March 2008
I feel I could write a book as the memories were brilliant! We used to spend the whole summer there and I cried when I had to leave. I remember the boatyard which was run by Mr May, his son was called Billy and he was my brother's best friend. My mom used to give me 6d to go into Lathams and buy maggots to go fishing, and I would sit all day by Mr May's shop and watch the boats struggling to go under the bridge. My dad would take us sailing on the Broads even up to last year before my parents passed away, we would ALWAYS sit and talk about the memories they had and when they spoke not once was there anything said that they regretted. I'll always have great memories of both which I'm so pleased I can remember and also keeps me feeling young.
Shared on 16 May 2008
Extracts From Stokesby & Norfolk books
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Many of the inns along the broads contain the word ‘Ferry’, commemorating long-gone crossing points. The ferries were often run by the innkeepers themselves, who benefited from the extra trade. Stokesby has two windmills, one for corn and the other for drainage.
This is an extract from Norfolk Living Memories.
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An enormous horse-chestnut tree dominates this photograph of a typical Broadland village: reed cutting is still carried out here. This area of Norfolk is sheep country, and Stokesby is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 180 sheep in the manorial flock.
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On the road leading to the priory gateway, this fine 14th-century, jettied, timber-frame building may have been built for visitors to the abbey. The period petrol pumps have now gone.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
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