Angus Cook
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]]>Shop at new Street: History of the shop and shoping in the 1950's....
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And the Links below for his pieces -
Eric Monsey - He Died for His Country
Alvington - The Extinct Village near Cawston
Monsey Family at the Old Ratcatchers Row
Shopping in Cawston in the 1950's
Life in Cawston 1870 - 1900 (Victorian Age)
Christmas in Cawston 1950's - 1960's
Cawston Primary School 1954-60
Family History: Beatrice Ellen Etherington
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Michael has vivid memory of our village and social changes and have put together numerous pieces about our history.
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And the Links below for his pieces -
Eric Monsey - He Died for His Country
Alvington - The Extinct Village near Cawston
Monsey Family at the Old Ratcatchers Row
Shopping in Cawston in the 1950's
Life in Cawston 1870 - 1900 (Victorian Age)
Christmas in Cawston 1950's - 1960's
Cawston Primary School 1954-60
Family History: Beatrice Ellen Etherington
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]]>Alvington: The Extinct Village near Cawston by Michael Yaxley....
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One mill had a white cap and the other a black.
The grain for milling would come from local farmers and from Cawston railway station, it was transported from the station to the the mill by horse and cart, the horses being stabled at the mill. The black mill was on right of the white mill looking from the road and was bought by Mr Stanley Oakes from Mr Bamber Stackwood. (also coal merchant).
The Black Mill was taken down in 1955 and the brick rubble used for a private road way (Jerry's Loke) off the Booton road in Cawston, the Mill was partly pulled down by way of a girder being placed on the inside across a window, a rope was then attached and tied to a motorized timber drudge, (winch) demolition was carried out by Taylor Bros of Wroxham. the white mill would have had the same fate but was saved by the rope breaking.
In the 1970's, the 2 left cottages were made into one.
In 2003 the white mill was converted to holiday accommodation.
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More information can be found at the Heritage Centre.
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It was quite unique for 2 windmills to be built on the same site as the twin mills at Sygate being only about 50 yards apart and linked by railway lines, built possibly at the same time as the 4 Mill Cottages by the road in front of the mills and bearing the date 1853-JSH.
One mill had a white cap and the other a black.
The grain for milling would come from local farmers and from Cawston railway station, it was transported from the station to the the mill by horse and cart, the horses being stabled at the mill. The black mill was on right of the white mill looking from the road and was bought by Mr Stanley Oakes from Mr Bamber Stackwood. (also coal merchant).
The Black Mill was taken down in 1955 and the brick rubble used for a private road way (Jerry's Loke) off the Booton road in Cawston, the Mill was partly pulled down by way of a girder being placed on the inside across a window, a rope was then attached and tied to a motorized timber drudge, (winch) demolition was carried out by Taylor Bros of Wroxham. the white mill would have had the same fate but was saved by the rope breaking.
In the 1970's, the 2 left cottages were made into one.
In 2003 the white mill was converted to holiday accommodation.
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More information can be found at the Heritage Centre.
File 1/ Eastgate Photos....
File 2/ Life at the Ratcatchers Row. Eastgate by Michael Yaxley....
File 3/ Rough Guide Map....
Roads Info:
Rodwell Corner: Major Hubert Rodwell lived here.
Easton Way: Alfred Easton ran Easton Coach Hire & was Landlord of the Ratcatchers public house.
Friendship Lane: Road to the Friendship Public House.
Crow Hall Lane leading to Crow Hall Farm.
Perrys Lane. Craft Lane. Back Lane. Buxton Road.
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]]>Old unused Telephone Box at Eastgate which is on the crossroads of Back Lane/Perry's Lane now used for a Defibrillator: (For location see file 3 rough guide map)
2017: Cleaned and painted.
2018: Defibrillator purchased and installed on the 26th January from monies donated by Eastgate parishioners in memory of David Kemp.
For more info see Files:
File 1/ Eastgate Photos....
File 2/ Life at the Ratcatchers Row. Eastgate by Michael Yaxley....
File 3/ Rough Guide Map....
Roads Info:
Rodwell Corner: Major Hubert Rodwell lived here.
Easton Way: Alfred Easton ran Easton Coach Hire & was Landlord of the Ratcatchers public house.
Friendship Lane: Road to the Friendship Public House.
Crow Hall Lane leading to Crow Hall Farm.
Perrys Lane. Craft Lane. Back Lane. Buxton Road.
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Eastgate Fruit Farm
Ratcatchers Row
Plus Search Eastgate in Search Box
1/Life at Ratcatchers Row in the 1950s
by Michael Yaxley. Related Link: Michael Yaxley
2/Days Gone By by John Kett
3/Denny's Memories by Dennis W. Easton
4/Shoping in Cawston 1950's by Michael Yaxley
5/Life in Cawston 1870-1900 (Victorian Age)
6/Christmas in Cawston 1950's and 1960's by Michael Yaxley
7/Cawston Remembered 1935 to 1944 by Bill Sampson
Related Link: Second World War by Bill Sampson
8/Cawston 1864 supplied by Peter Kett
9/At the turn of the century by Douglas Hamley
10/A Stroll Through The Centuries by John Kett
11/Down Memory Lane Early 1900s Stanley Oakes
12/Cawston 1912 - 1920 as Remembered by Ivy Lake
13/Memories 1914 - 1920 by O.N.Thrower (Buster)
14/Memories of old Cawston 1930s by Alfred Easton
15/ Do you remember the 1930s by Sid Dack
16/Cawston in 1965 by the W.I.
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Memories of Cawston: Click on Files to view full screen....
1/Life at Ratcatchers Row in the 1950s
by Michael Yaxley. Related Link: Michael Yaxley
2/Days Gone By by John Kett
3/Denny's Memories by Dennis W. Easton
4/Shoping in Cawston 1950's by Michael Yaxley
5/Life in Cawston 1870-1900 (Victorian Age)
6/Christmas in Cawston 1950's and 1960's by Michael Yaxley
7/Cawston Remembered 1935 to 1944 by Bill Sampson
Related Link: Second World War by Bill Sampson
8/Cawston 1864 supplied by Peter Kett
9/At the turn of the century by Douglas Hamley
10/A Stroll Through The Centuries by John Kett
11/Down Memory Lane Early 1900s Stanley Oakes
12/Cawston 1912 - 1920 as Remembered by Ivy Lake
13/Memories 1914 - 1920 by O.N.Thrower (Buster)
14/Memories of old Cawston 1930s by Alfred Easton
15/ Do you remember the 1930s by Sid Dack
16/Cawston in 1965 by the W.I.
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Michael Yaxley. John Kett. Dennis W Easton. Bill Sampson.
Peter Kett. Mr Douglas Hamley. Mr Stanley Oakes. Ivy Lake.
O.N. Thrower ( Buster). Alfred Easton. Cawston W.I.
Mrs Jane Fuller.
Martin Sercombe
Neil Storey
For more memories see links under:
Memories of Cawston (Collection)
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1/Old School Photo 1914
2/Cawston Primary School 1954-60 by Michael Yaxley
3/Fond memoeries of school in the 1940s by Peggy & Pam Spooner
4/School memories 1930 - 1937 by Eileen Lawrence
5/Dennys Memories by Dennis Easton (About 1930s?)
6/School child names around 1936
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Part of the Cawston Remembers Project:
Memories of School Life in Cawston:
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1/Old School Photo 1914
2/Cawston Primary School 1954-60 by Michael Yaxley
3/Fond memoeries of school in the 1940s by Peggy & Pam Spooner
4/School memories 1930 - 1937 by Eileen Lawrence
5/Dennys Memories by Dennis Easton (About 1930s?)
6/School child names around 1936
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Michael Yaxley.
Peggy & Pam Spooner.
Eileen Lawrence.
Dennis Easton.
Jim & Linda Lucas.
Martin Sercombe.
Neil Storey.
For more information about the Wesleyan Reform church Click on this link: http://thewru.com/
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Inside view 2006
The Wesleyan Reform Chapel: Opened for place of worship at Chapel Street in 1829 and closed 18th April 2006....
For more information about the Wesleyan Reform church Click on this link: http://thewru.com/
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