Westleton, Suffolk

My British Friends

My name is Alan Trageser and I was an American Airman living in Westleton from 1981 to 1985. My son was born at Ipswich hospital.

My greatest memories are of the wonderful people I met there like the older couple that befriended me, I called him Gramps and his wife Jess, and my friends like Adam (Gramps's grandson) and the... [more]

Edward Charles Friend

Edward Charles Friend was my father. His first wife died in 1930, he married my mother in February 1933 and I was born in December that year. Dad died in 1957, aged 88, and active until about three weeks before he died. He was a wonderful man, everyone loved him, I would love to know more of your side of the... [more]

Eddie Friend, miller and millwright at Westleton

My great great uncle, Edward Charles Friend, was listed on the 1901 Census as miller and wheelwright at Westleton.  He was born at Wenhaston 10 April 1869, the ninth child and fifth son of Samuel and Sarah Friend (nee Driver) who married at Easton on 1 October 1849.  

Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories

Old England can still be found in villages like these, and even today Westleton is a delight to explore, with church and green and very particular ducks on the pond. We are looking across one of the greens towards the war memorial and the old elementary school.

Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories

At the south end of the street is a small green, with the 1964 Best Kept Village sign. On the right is Reddish, the contractors, whose van (far left) advertises 'tile and mole draining'. In the centre is Hiller's Garage, now Scarlett, with the skeleton framework of the present workshop, which will block the view of the church from here.

Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories

The tower fell in 1770 and has been replaced by a brick bellcote. Near the priest's door is a monument for the Rev John Hall and his wife Emily, who were with the Church Missionary Society in Palestine for 26 years. He was vicar here for 14 years; she died in 1920, he in 1921. Side by side lie two Westleton war casualties,... [more]