Chapel Street Building Development
Photo album of 10 photos which are in the Heritage Centre donated by Ivan Purdy....
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Early 2000
Ivan Purdy,
S/Heritage Centre
Scouts
Scouts in the 1990's: (File 1)
Scouts photos including in the Rectory garden having won the district flag 1930’s? and newspaper reports: (File 2)
Scouts Programme 1920's: (File 3)
<p>Miss Avis Marsh started a Scout group at Cawston in 1932.</p>
<p>Born in Southampton, Miss Marsh moved to Norfolk when her father became Rector at Cawston, her 55 years with the Scouts began in 1914 when she became Scoutmaster at Aylsham, running the troop for nearly 20 years. She started a Scout group at Cawston In 1932 and formed a troop at Roughton when she moved to West Runton a year later.</p>
<p> In 1943, she re-formed the West Runton Scout Group and became Assistant District Commissioner for North Norfolk, being promoted to District Commissioner for Sheringham in 1952. Although she retired from her post in 1967. she remained a member of the West Runton Executive Committee.</p>
<p>Miss Marsh was awarded the Medal of Merit in 1932, the Silver Acorn in 1955 and the Silver Wolf in 1961, the highest Scout award presented.</p>
<h4>Scout Meeting Places 1920's by Mr Wilfred E. Tubby - 1/8/99</h4>
<p>THe Cawston Scout Group Headquarters was opened by Miss Avis Marsh in June 22nd 1985.</p>
<p>THE DISPUTE OVER THE SCOUT'S HUT</p>
<p>In the E.D.P. was a report, that the hut used by the scouts for about 70 years, that is wrong, no hut was there at that time. Scouts yes, and a time before that. I joined the 1st Cawston Scout Group in March 1920, as a Wolf Cub, then in the Scouts four years later. Our meeting place was a small room, next to the rectory little kitchen, it had a floor like you would find in a stable, was hardly room to move, then later on, the Rev. T.H. Marsh let us have some buildings at the bottom of the rectory property, backing on to Goose pie Lane. We cleaned all the muck out, and M.D. Howard and Son did all the work on it, and made us a good room.</p>
<p>We got up a concert to raise funds to pay for it, we had two nights, had a full house each time, tickets cost 9 pence and 6 pence. Got enough to pay for it. We also did the same show at Holt, Reepham and Salle.</p>
<p>A Miss Chamber, from West Runton, did some charcoal drawings on the walls. I was a senior scout and helped Rev. Haylock of Booton and Brandiston to run Booton scouts until he moved away, the helper, the late Tom Sayer.</p>
<p>Taken from the Parish magazine September 1999.<br /><br />Click on file to view full screen....</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/115" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Howard Builders">Richard Howard</a></span></p>
<p>Truddie Wilkinson</p>
<p>Dave Brindley</p>
<p><span>Michael Dennison</span></p>
<p><span>Dick Spencer</span></p>
<p><span>Darren Tubby</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/339" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cubs">Cubs</a></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/427" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Avis Marsh"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Avis Marsh</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/408" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Paintings and Drawings"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Paintings and Drawings</span></a></p>
Aylsham Road:
<p>The Road from Cawston to Aylsham, the B1145:</p>
<p><span class="C-9">Leaving Cawston. The first right is Cooks Hill and was originally known as Stocks Hill, the stocks were in this area, probably on the site of the new houses built in 2001 opposite the Post Office, joining this road is the old </span>school<span class="C-9"> and then Marshall </span>Howard<span class="C-9"> Close, the </span>Cemetery<span class="C-9"> and Howard Way, the Howard family carried out a family business in Cawston for many years, just before Howards Way, </span>S.J. Tooke<span class="C-9"> had a garage in the 1940's, <br />then to the </span>School<span class="C-9"> which came into use in 1953, further along we have as at 2012 the building used by the </span>Auxiliary firemen<span class="C-9"> used for their Green Goddess appliance, joining this was Marshall Howard's brick kiln, each brick was moulded in a wooden mould and moulded in each brick was Marshall Howard's initials M.D.H. Then to the Friendship lane being named for the Friendship </span>Public House<span class="C-9"> on this road the last turn right is Perrys lane leading to Eastgate.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9">Leaving Cawston.The first turn left from Cawston is to Fairfields, Fairs where held here and was formerly the Fairstead, off Fairfields the first road on the left lead to Stocks Loke, this was farm land of the White House Farm on Market Hill, probably named to remind us of the stocks being in this area. Clifford Pye Close is the other road leading from Fairfields, Clifford Pye being a Parish Councillor and local farmer in Cawston for many years. The next left is Gayford Road, this was a area used as an artillery training ground during the second world war, the houses being built in 1947, the Gayford's where farmers at the White House Farm at Market Hill.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9"><span class="C-9">Received by e-mail September 2011 - After looking at the interesting history of Cawston and reading my uncle </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/61" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Denny's memories">Denny's memories</a></span><span class="C-9">. The photo of </span>Tooke's<span class="C-9"> garage took my attention it was taken 1931 the lad in the photo was Philip Easton ages 16 years. My father Philip left </span>school<span class="C-9"> at 14 years of age and started work at the garage which was built approx 1929. Petrol was a shilling a gallon. Philip left in 1932/33 at the age of 17/18. His cousin Alfred took over his job as he was almost 3 years younger than him. On his first day in the garage, stood a brand new Grindly peerless motorbike Billy Woods owned it. He taught my father a great deal while he was there. Later he was thrilled to be taken for a spin on it and also allowed to ride it.<br /><br />Very kind regards, <br />Janice Whittred.<br /><br />Many thanks to Janice & her father for the above and permission to use on this website.<br /><br />Click on file to view....<br /></span></span></p>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/137" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="S. J.Tooke">S.J. Tooke</a></span>