Shotley Gate, Village c.1955
Photo ref: S581011
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Photo ref: S581011
Photo of Shotley Gate, Village c.1955

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The Deanery Tower 1922 When the Deanery Tower was built in the latter part of the 15th cen- tury by Suffolk's Archdeacon, William Pykenham, it was supposed that it would be the gateway to a palace. But Pykenham's death put paid to further building. It is nevertheless a fine exam- ple of 15th-century brickwork.

Memories of Shotley Gate, Village c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Shotley Gate, Village c.1955

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I remember walking down towards "The Gate" from Gayford terrace where I lived with my older brother he was 15 and I was 10 we passed a man who had a huge camera on a tripod set up to take a picture in the direction that we were walking. I remember him saying "keep walking boys I want you in my picture further on". When I found this picture on this site I was dumbfounded, then all those memories came flooding ...see more