Saxmundham, North Entrance To The Town c.1950
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Photo of Saxmundham, North Entrance To The Town c.1950

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A Selection of Memories from Saxmundham

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. Here are some from Saxmundham

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In the early 1950s myself and two friends had been fishing at the top of Church Hill, Saxmundham. We stopped at a copse halfway down and explored. Removing some rampant Ivy, we uncovered a concrete cover on a well. To our surprise some of the bricks were crumbling, so we dug around them with our sheath knives and managed to loosen some of the bricks. It was very dark in the well, so we lit some paper and ...see more
I seem to remember having piano lessons in the first house here. Must have been early/mid 1960s
I was sent there at the age of 5 in 1951. It was run by Mrs Russel known as Auntie Barbara and her husband Uncle Max who kept pigs. I stayed there for holidays as well and when I went to boarding school at the age of 8 I returned for holidays. It was a very happy time. Granny Edwards her mother also lived there with her Pekingese, Ming who ate horsemeat bought in the town. We had lessons around the dining room table. ...see more
Just to say Peggy Mills remembers the Freeman family & Percy who taught her how to cut gents hair.