Walcott On Sea, The Rookery c.1955
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Photo of Walcott On Sea, The Rookery c.1955

Memories of Walcott on Sea, the Rookery c1955

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My mother and us 4 girls stayed every year for several weeks of the summer holidays. I was the eldest (born in 1935). Our Dad came down from Norwich at weekends. This was probably about 1945 - 1953. My mother was a sports teacher before she married and she only had to come down to the beach and numbers of kids suddenly appeared and we all played French Cricket or another game organised by my mother and had a whale of ...see more
My family lived in part of the Rookery between the years 1955-73. Fredrich Farrow, my father, was the farm manger of Rookery Farm. The farm was owned by James Cargill, who lived at Raveningham. It was a beautiful if cold house to grow up in. A special memory was my wedding reception, held at the house in 1967.