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Cricket Club
A Great Club but ceased in about 2008....
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Smugglers
Smuggling was very common in around the 1800's.
see file 1: Smugglers: An Affray at Cawston & Smugglers and file 2: An Unhappy Christmas and relation links below....
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see file 1: Smugglers: An Affray at Cawston & Smugglers and file 2: An Unhappy Christmas and relation links below....
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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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John Covell/Continental Wine Experts
Continental Wine Experts - A Working History at the Winery (CWE) Cawston by John Covell....
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Church Kneelers
Stitch work session for Church Kneelers, Kneeling Boerds made by local builder....
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Ottway
The Ottwell family ran the Blacksmith business in the High Street....
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John Kett
Champion of Norfolk Dialect.
Mr John Kett retired in March 1978 after 26 years as Headmaster of Cawston School.
In a few words it is impossible to do justice to what Mr. Kett has meant and means, to the school, the village and the wider…
Mr John Kett retired in March 1978 after 26 years as Headmaster of Cawston School.
In a few words it is impossible to do justice to what Mr. Kett has meant and means, to the school, the village and the wider…
Changing Scenes
Changing Scenes 1950s - My word - hasn't the place changed!" This was the remark made recently by someone visiting....
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Youth Club
Photos & History....
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Bellboddy
History/Photo Collection
John Gilbert
A mid Norfolk Man has spoken of his pride at laying a wreath alongside one placed by the President....
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John Randal Bradburne
Son of Cawston Rector: Thomas William Bradburne -
Joining the army in 1939, in 1940 he was commissioned into the 9th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the Indian Army and found himself in Malaya, facing....
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Joining the army in 1939, in 1940 he was commissioned into the 9th Gurkha Rifles, a regiment of the Indian Army and found himself in Malaya, facing....
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Hutton, Gould inc Tuddenham Butchers
Mr Frederick George Hutton, father of Billy (Photo Left) had a Butcher Business at the Lamb Inn....
Also see: Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton
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Jimmy Payne - Church Farm
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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John Rogers - Goose Pie Farm
In the early days fruit would go on over night train and be on London market....
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CWE- (Continental Wine Experts)
CWE was formed in 1962 by the Engelhard family, a German father and son traced their winemaking ancestry back to the 16th century in Germany. In about 1970 the businesses premises at Chapel Street was acquired which was the former…
Farming
A visitor to Cawston School in the 1950's remarked that he was pleased to hear the long summer vacation referred to as the Harvest Holiday. At that time it lasted five weeks; originally it was four, during the month of August....
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Cawston College
A new seat of learning came to Cawston in 1964 when Cawston College, a Woodard School, was established at the Manor, with Mr. John Asquith as Headmaster....
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Railways and Transport Part of the Cawston Remembers Project:
The railway/station opened in 1880 and was on the Great Eastern Line, which in 1923 became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. passenger trains ceased in 1952.... Click on file to view full screen....
Church - St Agnes.
The Church of St. Agnes' with its tower (with the exception of the north aisle built by Robert Oxburgh) was built by Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine the daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford....
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Parish Plan
After a public meeting attended by around twenty five people, it was agreed to proceed with a group that would assist with the organization of the work towards producing a village plan.
The first meeting was held on Tuesday 8th April 2007, attended…
Cawston Heath (See File 2 for Heath Guide and Map inc History)
This lovely area of heathland to the east of Cawston might be considered to have changed little over the centuries. This may be true in some respects, for the birch trees, gorse, and heather continue in their beauty, but our ancestors of the First…
Sygate/Southgate
Early last century some misguided surveyor working on the first 1-inch maps of this area decided to rename this hamlet "Southgate", and so it appears on Ordnance Survey maps to this day. However, the name by which we know it, and which is included in…
Roll of Honour and War Memorials Lest We Forget
Roll of Honour for those who gave their lives for our country & War Memorials.
File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War…
File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War…
Schools/Education
According to Mr Sam Hall of Peacock Cottages who told Mr Dennis W. Easton he went to the first school in Cawston which was in the the first house in Church Lane....
1/Education/Schools
2/Moving to new School & Photos 1953
3/Old School…
Memories of Cawston
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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/Shopingin Cawston1950's by…
War Times WW1/11 Memories/Diaries
War Times Memories and Diaries By:
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1/Fifty Years On by John Kett
2/Thoughts of a Wartime childhood by Robert Sonny Dewing
3/School War Times Notes
4/Second World War by Bill Sampson
5/Another Place &…
Home Guard
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.…
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.…
Lucky Strike Plane Crash.
Memorial at Booton Rd.
In 1944, Cawston was the scene of a plane crash involving an American bomber....
In 1996 a memorial to the crew of the "Lucky Strike" was unveiled by its Flight Engineer, Jack Sasson....
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Cawston Village Sign and Name
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…