Cawston Remembered 1940's by Peggy Payne
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<p>Peggy and Jimmy Payne 1987</p>
This is some history of Cawston from notes of a speech given by Peggy Payne as she remembered Cawston in the 1940's....
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1940's
Peggy Payne
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Jimmy Payne. Church Farm" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/135" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Payne</a></span> - Church Farm.</p>
<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/14" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Memories of Cawston">Memories of Cawston</a></span> (Collection)</span></p>
Dewing and Spooner by Peggy Dewing
Herbert John Spooner with horses/Imperial Service Medal presented to Arthur Dewing & School Memories by Peggy and Pam....
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Peggy & Pam Spooner (Dewing & Shreeve)
Youth Club
Photos & History....
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Jimmy Payne - Church Farm
<p>Jimmy Payne with his Horse Team</p>
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ROBERT JAMES PAYNE, the seventh in a family of nine children, was born at Wood Dalling 82 years ago, and has been known in Cawston and the surrounding area as a friendly, quick-witted and efficient farmer....
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Peggy Payne.
Beryl Rounce
John Kett
Chris Barringer
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Beryl Rounce" href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beryl Rounce</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="howard Builders & Undertakers" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/115" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Howard Builders & Undertakers</a></span></p>
Silver Jubilee 1935
Silver Jubilee 1935 Cawston Celebrations:
In 1935, King George V celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years of his reign....
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1935
Cawston Band
Part of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Remembers Project:</a></span><br /><br /><br /><iframe width="500" height="281" style="width: 477px; height: 275px;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FIYreOfWDkQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
<p>Cawston & District Band was formed in 1886, practices were carried out on Monday & Wednesday evenings at the Bell Inn at the High Street in Cawston in a first floor room now converted onto 3 Bed & Breakfast rooms, they played around the village including the Market Hill & held band contests a high light of the village....</p>
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<p>Sylvia & Jimmy Raven</p>
<p>Peggy Payne</p>
<p>Richard Howard</p>
<p>Cawston Band - Mary Rae</p>
<p>Martin sercombe</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media Projects East</a></span></p>
<p>Neil Storey</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Band Contest 1930s" href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Band Contest 1930s</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Band Contest 1931" href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Band Contest 1931</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/315"><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cawston Brass Band Festival Programme 1934</span></span></a></p>
Brownies and Guides
Brownies & Guides photos,
The Guides have been closed for some time and sadly the Brownies closed in 2021.
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Women's Institute Cawston
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<p>Photo above: 90th Birthday, 2nd February 2011.</p>
<p>The Women's Institute started on the 23rd February 1921 with 52 members. Members marked their 90th birthday with a special celebration at the same venue as it did 90 years ago at the Cecil Cawston Memorial Institute (Village Hall Cawston).<br /><br />The WI was finally able to celebrate its 100th birthday with a garden party at The Bell in Cawston in the summer of 2022. The celebration had been delayed a year because of the Covid 19 pandemic.</p>
<p>Sadly in 2021 the WI ceased to exixt. However in 2022 a new group has risen from the ashes, the appropriately named Phoenix Ladies Circle (PLC) with plans to meet regularly at the village hall. The WI has donated a number of items to the Cawston Historical Society. Including two photograph albums.<span>.</span></p>
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Des Cooke & Naomi Horrocks
Des Cooke and Naomi Horrocks
1921 - 2021
Cawston WI
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/439" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="WI Table Cloth Cover"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WI Table Cloth Cove</span>rs</a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/85" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Milestone Project 2002-2003">Milestone Project 2002-2003</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/407" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Scrapbook">Scrapbook</a></span></p>
Heydon Minstrels
<p>1954</p>
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Despite its name this village concert party had a strong contingent of Cawston members. Originally conceived as a minstrel show by an American airman based at Heydon in 1953 it evolved under the direction of Jim Howard into a variety show with Jim as the Norfolk comedian and compere and his wife Sylvia as pianist.
The group travelled around more than 44 Norfolk villages giving their full length show of sketches and songs for more than twenty years.
As well as the original American members of the cast Cawston was represented by Dewings: Dinah (Aves), Mollie (Mack); Teddy and David; Lees: Lennie, Alan and Roy; Howards: Jim, Sylvia, Mary and Christopher.
Heydon families: Flo and Robert Wadlow; Peggy and Wendy Knowles; Jean Rowe (George).
Taverham: Chris Hurst.
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1953 and for over 20 years.
Mary Gurteen
School Memories
<p>Part of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Remembers Project:</a></span></p>
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<p>Memories of School Life in Cawston:</p>
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<p>1/Old School Photo 1914</p>
<p>2/Cawston Primary School 1954-60 by Michael Yaxley</p>
<p>3/Fond memoeries of school in the 1940s by Peggy & Pam Spooner</p>
<p>4/School memories 1930 - 1937 by Eileen Lawrence<br /><br />5/Dennys Memories by Dennis Easton (About 1930s?)</p>
<p>6/School child names around 1936<br /><br />Click on file to view full screen....</p>
<p>Michael Yaxley.</p>
<p>Peggy & Pam Spooner.</p>
<p>Eileen Lawrence.</p>
<p>Dennis Easton.</p>
<p>Jim & Linda Lucas.</p>
<p>Martin Sercombe.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Media Projects East</a></span></p>
<p>Neil Storey.</p>
Lucky Strike Plane Crash.
<p>Lucky Strike Plane Crash 1944. Unveiling of Plaque and Flower Festival 1996.</p>
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<p>Memorial at Booton Rd.</p>
<p><span class="C-11">In 1944, Cawston was the scene of a plane crash involving an American bomber....</span></p>
<p>In 1996 a memorial to the crew of the "Lucky Strike" was unveiled by its Flight Engineer, Jack Sasson....</p>
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1944
Plaque unveiling 1996
Sylvia & Jimmy Raven
Mrs Peggy Payne
Judith Snowling
Memorial built & materials given by Richard Howard & maintained by Parish Council.
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Lucky Strike Control Knob" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Control Knob from Lucky Strike</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Collection"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Collection</span></a>: War Times/ Forces including Roll of Honour. Memorials. Home Guard. Memories and Photos etc<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bomber Plane Crash">Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/231" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Crash While Filming"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Air Crash While Filming</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/59" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Fields in Cawston Area">Air Fields in Cawston Area</a></span></p>
Cawston Village Sign and Name
Cawston Name:-
It is believed the Cawston Name probably originated in the Dark Ages in the 8th and 9th Centuries, the area was settled by Scandinavians who's leading family was called Kalf, hence Kalf Tun. In the Domesday survey of 1086 our village is called CAUPSTUNA and in later years it became CAUSTON then CAWSTON
In 1937 the Cawston Sign was carved and painted by Mr. H. Carter of Swaffham, it was unveiled as a memorial of the Coronation of King George V1, by H.M. Lieut, of the County, Mr Colman and given by the Parish Council, the centre panel shows a weaver at his loom, and 4 smaller panels depict St. Agnes, to whom our Church is dedicated, a Dualstone, the "brazen gauntlet" symbol of John of Gaunt, once Lord of the Manor and a Ploughman.
The B/W 1937 photo is of the sign located at the entrance of the railway station on the Reepham road, it is now located at Church Close, Booton Road. The sign was renovated by Mr Richard Howard on its 40th birthday in Jubilee year 1977 and erected in a new location at Church Close.
New Sign:- In 2001 the sign was removed and a new sign was erected made from aluminium by Soanes signs, Shortthorne Road, Stratton Strawless at a cost of £2.450.00.
The old original sign was repainted in 2003 by Soanes Signs at the cost of £500.00 and is now in Cawston Church....
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