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Stowlangtoft maps
Historic maps of Stowlangtoft and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Stowlangtoft maps
Stowlangtoft photos
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Pakenham| Ixworth| Walsham-Le-Willows| Beyton| Elmswell| Woolpit| Great Barton| Conyers Green| Rickinghall| Old Newton| Botesdale| Stowmarket
Stowlangtoft area books
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Memories of Stowlangtoft
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The Hall
Don`t have any memories of the Hall but am searching for anyone who lived there when it was a Childrens Nursery which was run by London County Council. Have had some info on the place & know a Miss Yorath was Matron during my stay there. Is there anyone out there who can help my research?
Suffolk memories
Childhood Memories
Being born in a house opposite the Angel pub in 1952, and having a family history going back over 300 hundred years in the village, I think we were a local family. Those memories of the school holiday times will last a life time. Our favourite place was the Grundle and to this day you can still see remnants of the tree huts and underground tunnells etc. When it rained hard we used to build a dam in the Grundle and then try and flood the street as there was no drain there then, only the grup as it was called. Poor old Sid Peck had a fish and chip shop on George Hill, health and safety would have a field day now, flies everywhere, but those chips always tasted good. Bernie Grofer had his shop at the bottom of George Hill, he sold firewoks to anybody but they were bloody dangerous, light them, leave them for about ten minutes then they would go off. Sid Talbot was landlord of the Stanton... Read more
School in Walsham
I atended primary school in Walsham from 1953 to 1955, my father was stationed at Shepards Grove. We lived in West House about a mile out of town toward Bury St Edmonds. I enjoyed my time in school there. My wife and I made a trip back to places I lived at and we went through Walsham and I remembered most of the places.
I remember catching sticklebacks in the stream by the school. Going to the crash site of one of the jets from the base. It was just past where the school is now.
The school had pictures of the archery class, I was in one of those pictures and I wonder if any one might have a copy of it.
I loved the time I spent there.
Evacuee In The Second World War
I was evacuated to Walsham le Willows during the Second World War, at 9 Palmer Street. I stayed with a Mrs Baker who we kept in touch with until she died. I would be interested to hear from anybody from that time, as I intend to return to Walsham later in the year.
Melanie Gibson
I went to Elmswell primary and I would like to find a few friends from there, one in particular, Jessica.
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 19th century) construction than the recognised ancient (and still-standing) Drinkstone Mill. It's recognisably old design however would seem to counter this argument, and it's more likely I believe that the "inferior materials" found after it collpased may have been due to the need for successive and ongoing repairs, required... Read more
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.
