Auxiliary Fire Service
<p>The Cawston Auxiliary firemen with their Green Goddess appliance supported other services all over the Country which required water supplies, the service started during the 2nd World War in Reepham, moved to Haveringland and came to Cawston in 1953....</p>
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WW11 to 1968
Mr & Mrs David Oakes
Thelma Durrant
Kevin Douglas
Leslie Marsham
Oakes Family Playing Field
<p>The Oakes Family Playing Field is a community resource owned and managed by Cawston Parish Council for all the families living in the Cawston parish.</p>
<p>A joint Project Team was formed with the Oakes Memorial Trust and Cawston We Aim Higher Group to co-ordinate the planning and development of the field and a Master Plan was drawn up.</p>
<p>Several applications for funding was successful meaning that in total around £150,000 was raised to develop various 'play landscapes' for toddlers, primary age children, teenagers as well as a multi purpose games area and bmxl skateboard area, most of these was completed by the summer of 2008....<br /><br />Click on files to view full screen....</p>
Mrs Eileen Oakes
Mr David Oakes
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Home Guard
War Times.
Home Guard:
Photo with Old Rectory in background.
Names reading from left:
Back Row: 4/ Don Radford. 5/ Jimmy Payne. 6/ Harrold Pratt. 7/ Tom Barker. 9/ Ernie Whall.
14/ Austin Clifford Roberts.
Second Row: 7/ John Long. 8/ Jack Delph. 9/ Tommy Neal. 11/ Clifford Pye.
12/ Mr J. Underwood.
Front Row: 9/ Mr Groom. 15/ Harry Carman.
Home Guard: The original name of the Home Guard was the Local Defence Volunteers and was changed to the Home Guard on instructions of Winston Churchill in July 1940....
The Home Guard was disbanded on 31st December 1945.
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1940
Peggy Payne
Iris Bramble
Paul Roberts
Sylvia Raven
Audrey Butler
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