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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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Walter Frederick Carman

He joined the Royal Navy when he was 15 years old.... Click on file to view full screen....

Tags: Ajax, ashes, Carman, Frederick, HMS, scattered, sea, Walter

Ivy Lake

A few years ago Ivy wrote down a few of her memories....

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Tags: Ivy, Lake, Rayner, school, Swannington

Cawston 1912 - 1920 Remembered by Ivy Lake

As remembered by Ivy Lake 1912 to 1920....

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George Chapman

Employment letter 1904 for George Chapman....

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Tags: 1904, Chapman, employment, George, Ivy, Lake, letter

Telephone Lead

Lead as used at the Old Telephone Exchange at Back Lane....

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Tags: back, exchange, Lane, lead, Lily, Monro-Oakley, telephone

Information about our village including the lunch club which started/monthly activity in 2015 at the village hall. the parish plan, defibrillators, andplaying field etc.... Click on files for more infomation & to view full screen....

Tags: information, matters, Parish

Magazine History for Cawston Parish Group

Magazine History - January 1967 saw the first Magazine which was for the then Cawston group for....

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Tags: Blickling, Brandiston, Claude, Corke, Corpusty, Doug, Felthorpe, group, Haveringland, Ingworth, magazine, Oulton, Parish, Revd, Rutter, Saxthorpe, Stallard

John Covell/Continental Wine Experts

Continental Wine Experts - A Working History at the Winery (CWE) Cawston by John Covell....

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Tags: Alan, Andrew, Andrews, Ann, Audrey, Barker, Bass, Betty, big, Briggs, Broome, Burdett, Chapman, Colin, Continental, Continental Wine Experts, Covell, Daniels, David, Dennis, Dennison, Derek, Dick, Doreen, Engelhards, Ethel, Evelyn, experts, Fenn, Gale, George, Gilbert, Glynis, Golden, Graham, Hall, history, Hurren, Jean, John, Joyce, Lucy, Marshall, McCarter, Meek, Michael, Moira, Norton, Overton, peter, Powles, Ray, Riseborough, Rose, Ruby, Secker, Sharpe, small, Southgate, Sue, Sydney, Tanya, Trudy, Valda, Wilkinson, wine, Wine Experts, working

Air Crash While Filming

During filming for "A Yank in the RAF"....

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More info can be found at the Heritage Centre.

Tags: air, Anson, Avro, crash, filming, Hurricane, plane, RAF, Yank

Church Kneelers

Stitch work session for Church Kneelers, Kneeling Boerds made by local builder....

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Tags: Berge, Berry, Boag, boards, Carter, Church, Dorathy, Hopper, Jean, Jennifer, John, Joyce, June, Kett, King, kneelers, kneeling, Margaret, Mary, Michael, Mirian, Moorhouse, Nita, Rachel, Rounce, White

Cawston 1946/47

Mr Chapman - Village Store & Post Office. Mr Lloyd White Store Manager. Church repairs in progress at this time. The workforce of M.D Howard had carried out repairs up to.... Click on file to view full screen....

Tags: 1946, 1947, Cawston, Davies, memories

Ottway

The Ottway family ran the Blacksmith business in the High Street....

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Tags: Annie, blacksmith, Cappleman, Heather, Ivy, John, Maud, Olive, Ottway, peter, Rachel, smithy, Thomas

Church Record and Choirs

28/11/1981: Cawston had its own carols "The Message & Noel Noel"to celebrate Christmas.... Click on file to view full screen.... Click on file 2 for the Record "Noel Noel"

Tags: Andrew, Angus, Auckland, Brownsell, choir, Church, Cook, Davis, Dominic, Harding, Henrietta, Kevin, Lisa, message, Noel, Rebecca, record, Sally, Selwyn, Sharon, Sheila, Stallard, Tracey, Victoria, William

Historical Society/Cawston Heritage

CHS - Cawston Historical Society: The Society was formed following a meeting at Cawston Village Hall on Thursday 20th April 2006. The committee met for the first time on Thursday 4th May and thanked everyone for a well supported evening and for the…

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Hilda Dewing

On the 4th April 1996, Hilda was privileged to be invited to receive the Maundy Money from the Queen in Norwich Cathedral....

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Isabella Bumphrey

Cawston's Own Charity Champion....

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Tags: blind, Bumphrey, champion, charity, dogs, guide, Isabella

Tommy and Grace Neale

Appreciation/Memoriam....

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Tags: Grace, Neal, Rev Farnham, Tommy

Control Knob and Wheel Part from Lucky Strike

Control Knob and wheel Part from Lucky Strike plane crash....

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Tags: control, crash, knob, Lucky, plane, Strike

General Memorabilia

National Insurance - Telegram etc....

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Tags: AA key, electric, insurance, national, telegram

Rationing WW11

Ration books and Buying Permit....

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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…

Tags: Asquith, dialect, headmaster, John, Kett, Norfolk, school

Chain Measure

Chain Measure as used by Mr Walter Carman.... Click on file to view full screen....

Tags: acre, beet, Carman, chain, cutting, jimmy, measure, Raven, sugar

Cawston Weather 1987

Winter January 1987 Sygate Road.
and was also the year of the great storm of October 15th & 16th, a very violent storm with hurricane-force winds causing casualties, fallen trees and schools were closed....

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Tags: 1987, Ivan, January, Purdy, road, storm, Sygate, weather, winds, winter

Defibrillators

The first Defibrillator installed at Cawston was at the Village Hall in 2013, the second being installed at the Bowls Club in 2014 and the third in 2018 at Eastgate in the unused phone box on the crossroads of Back Lane/Perry's Lane....

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Tags: bowls, Club, Defibrillator, guide, Hall, information, map, Village

Peck Measure

As would have been used at the mills....

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Info:
1 Peck: Unit of volume, equal to 2 gallons. Not much in use these days.

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Royal Dragoons Button

Found in Garden about 1998....

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Victorian Bell

Victorian Door Bell/Servants/Shop Bell....

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Diamond Jubilee 1897

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations included a whole week's holiday for the school children....

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Tags: 1897, children, Dewing, diamond, events, Henry, Jubilee, Manor, Marsh, medals, Philip, queens, Rev, school, Theodore

St. Johns Ambulance Brigade

Formed in 1954, meetings were held at the old school.
Classes in First Aid and Home Nursing were taken regularly and members also attended....

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Tags: 1950, 1954, ambulance, Audrey, Barker, Brigade, Burton, cadets, Chapman, Fay, group, Harrison, Irene, Joan, Johns, st

Major Hubert Rodwell

Newspaper Piece regarding History and family information....

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Manor - WW1 History and Photos

Wounded in Battle during WW1, was shipped back to UK to Norwich hospital and then spent a month convalescing at Cawston Manor....

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Tags: battalion, Cheetham, convalescent, fusiliers, James, Manor, Royal, Scots, Shirley, Turner, Waring, ww1

Shopping in Cawston 1950s

In the 1950’s Cawston was quite a lively place. The soldiers who had fought in the Second World War had long returned home and many....

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Tags: 1950s, businesses, Michael, shopping, Yaxley

Stackwood

Business in the High Street: Café, Fish & Chip Plus see Specimen Menus....

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Tags: 1960s, cafe, catering, chip, fish, High, menus, shop, specimen, Stackwood, Street

Photo Memories

Photo Memories of Cawston....

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Tags: Alferd, Arthur, Bakers, Billy, Carman, Chapman, Cheetham, cherrys, Dewing, Douglas, Easton, Ethel, George, Groom, Hutton, Leslie, Marsham, peter, Rogers, Rudd, Spinks, Tuddenham, Vout

Prince of Wales/Forge House

Prince of Wales/Forge House by Trudie Wilkinson. This building was built in 1843, and had a thatched roof. In 1877 it was burnt down in a tremendous fire....

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Tags: burnt, Chapel, Chapel Street, down, forge, house, inn, Prince, Trudie, Wales, Wilkinson

Times in Cawston from the 1930s

Times in Cawston from the 1930s by Eileen Oakes. They are times I remember. Forgive me bringing personal events into this, but both they and I am part of those times....

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Changes Over 50 Years 1948 - 1998

Fifty years ago, in 1948, Cawston was a self-contained village; everything you wanted or needed was here....

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Tags: 1948, 1998, 50years, Briggs, businesses, Carman, changes, Chris, Cook, cyclopaedia, houses, inns, Ivan, Kett, Knowles, pears, public, Purdy, shop, shops, Trudie, Wilkinson

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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Tags: 1950s, changing, John, Kett, scenes