Horning, The Village 1921
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It is lunch time in the village; the post office is closed, and the lady street vendor is resting on her cart. Advertising signs show two makes of chocolate, but Caley's is the brand manufactured in Norfolk and favoured by the locals.

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My father, Herbert Stanley Cole, was the eldest son of the Postmaster, Albert Henry Cole.  He lived here from the early 1900s until about 1945.  His mother Victoria Kate Cole, ran the shop and they also operated the telephone switchboard 24 hours a day.   My uncle, Geoffrey Cole, was born in this building and my grandfather died there.  He was connecting a telephone call when he had a heart attack and died at the ...see more