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Candle Scissors
Used for snuffer, trim wicks and maintaining candles.....
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Winter 2018
Lots of snow and roads blocked....
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Heath Photo Album
Photo album of 33 photos by Ivan Purdy which are in the Heritage Centre....
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S.G. Oakes. Corner Shop
General Store and much more in the Corner Shop - High Street....
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Cawston Brass Band Festival Programme 1934
The Seventh Annual Cawston Brass Band Festival Souvenir Programme....
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Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.
Handley Page Hampden Bomber Plane 1941
WW11 Bomber Plane crash.
On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight…
WW11 Bomber Plane crash.
On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight…
Down Memory Lane Early 1900's by Stanley Oakes
Written by the late Mr Stanley Oakes in 2002....
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War Times including Zeppelins last visit WW1
Zeppelins last visit from the school exercise book of N. B. Howard age about 10 years....
Mr Charles Clements in his Memories of old Cawston read: Zeppelin Raids; One of the worst moments was when one of the airships cut its engines and drifted in…
Cawston Remembered 1935 to 1944 by Bill Sampson
It is 1936; we had moved from Brockdish, primarily because of my illnesses. The police authority had arranged a transfer....
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Auction Notice 1924
Auction at the Ratcatchers Inn for imported boards etc..
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Kelly's 1904 Directory
Kelly's Directory of Cambridge. Norfolk & Suffolk 1904 which can be viewed at the Cawston Heritage Centre....
Ink Victorian Pot/Well.
Victorian Ink Pot/Well found 2008 in Cawston....
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Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Badge
RAC 1960's Automobile Plastic Grille Badge....
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Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box....
Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box - at Cawston Cross Roads....
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Combo Bottle Opener and Keychain.
CWE (Continental Wine Experts) Combination bottle opener....
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H.A. Gaskin
Hairdresser. Radio business and Licensee of the Kings Head public house etc....
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W.J. Gaskin
Saddler & Harness Maker etc....
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Royal Corps of Signals Badge
Badge found in Cawston....
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WW11: Memories by Bill Sampson
Now the day war broke out, September 3rd, 1939, I remember it well....
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ARP Helmet
ARP Wardens: An organisation set up for WW11....
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Water Hand Pump
Pump removed from kitchen in house at the high street about 2009....
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Map File
File which is in the Heritage Centre for the collection of Cawston Maps....
Map with history note
Old Map with history note: An incident connected with our parish boundary....
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Winter 2004
Photos of the winter 2004....
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Railway Souvenir Tickets
Special Jubilee Train 1977 & Souvenir railway ticket 1980....
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Railway Ticket
RAF Personnel railway ticket....
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Hammer - Railway hand tool.
Hand Track Tool - Railway Keying Sledge Hammer.
Chapel Street Building Development
Photo album of 10 photos which are in the Heritage Centre donated by Ivan Purdy....
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Sygate/Southgate Road Widening
Photo album of 38 photos which are in the Heritage Centre donated by Ivan Purdy which include Shuck & details of as it was etc....
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School from above
Photo....
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Church Roof Restoration 1875
Report of essential repairs....
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Finds File
File which is in the Heritage Centre for the collection of finds found in Cawston....
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Clay Pipe
Found at Sygate....
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Good Companions Club
The Club held meetings once a fortnight....
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Church Restoration 1908/1911-12
The ancient church at Cawston, Restorations in one of the finest in Norfolk....
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Roman Road
A Roman road passed through Cawston. In the 1950's this ancient way was clearly visible on Cawston Heath and the neighbouring fields opposite Botany Bay Farm, running westwards towards the Holt-Norwich road. Aerial photographs show the road nearer…
Woolen Industry
For centuries the woolen industry was important here. In the middle ages Flemish weavers came here, the gables ends on the houses in the High Street and the Rood Screen in the church remind us of this. This area was very prosperous until machines…
Burial Urn
A Bronze Age Burial Urn was found....
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Saxon Ring Brooch
A ring 6cm in diameter and 5mm thick was found....
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Lloyds Bank Savings Box.
Lloyds Bank 1920s Chromed Metal Recording Savings Box....
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Glow Baby.
Glow Baby 1950s - Bed/Clothing Warmer and Airer....
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Plough Guild - Guilds
The Plough Guild was very important in Cawston, the Guild Hall was the Old Plough at Sygate....
More history can be found in the Cawston Archiv.e
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Jeremiah - The Smuggler
Long ago in Cawston so the tale was told. Lived a band of rough, tough, smugglers bold....
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Cricket Club
A Great Club but ceased in about 2008....
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Flower and Scarecrow Festival and Band Concert 2017
A great week for the Church and Village....
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A.H. Harris
The Corner Shop Stores. High Street/Church Lane....
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Eating in the UK in the fifties
Eating: How it was in the 1950's....
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Cawston New School 1953
New School Official Opening Programme....
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19th Century Cawston
Many of the cottages and farm houses in Cawston during the late 19th century dated back to the 17th and 18th century when the housing construction was simple....
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School Trip House to Commons 1954
House of Commons visit 1954....
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