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Yesteryears in Local Area.pdf
Photos of Yesteryears in Local Area....

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Yesterday's Children By John Kett.pdf
Yesterday’s Children: A somewhat unusual local history book written by John Kett in 1980 has been reprinted by the Historical Society by kind permission of the Kett Family.

The price of the book is £4.50 or £6.50 including post & package.

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WW2 POWs Return Home.pdf
Memorabilia & Photos WW2 including POWs return home and The Red Cross....

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WW2 Gift to H.M. Forces.pdf
Provide funds and to send gifts to our Prisoners of War....

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Second World War by Bill Sampson.pdf
Now the day war broke out, September 3rd, 1939, I remember it well....

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WW1 Photos.pdf
Memorabilia and Photos WW1....

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Jim Wight survival behind the lines WW2.pdf
Jim Wight: Private 5776863 6th Battalion. The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
Extraordinary survival behind the lines in Japanese occupied territory WW2.
Full story in the book "A Fearful Freedom" by Robert Hammond and is also in the book "Red Jungle" by…

Workhouse.pdf
A workhouse was built on the West side of Chapel Street, a convenient white brick building accommodating 70 paupers for Cawston and adjacent parishes, it was replaced before 1845 by tenements and let by the overseers to the poor parishioners.Early…

Woollen Industry.pdf
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…

Womens Institute.pdf
The Women's Institute started on the 23rd February 1921 with 52 members. Members marked their 90th birthday with a special celebration at the same venue as it did 90 years ago at the Cecil Cawston Memorial Institute (Village Hall Cawston).The WI was…

Within These Ancient Walls.pdf
Within These Ancient Walls. Discovering St. Agnes’ Church by Susie Timms....

A very detailed book with the objective being to produce a full-length analytical history on our church and lots more....

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Wireless Radio TV.pdf
First Radio in Cawston and TV in the 1950s....

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Winter 2018.pdf
Lots of snow and roads blocked....

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Winter January 2004.pdf
Photos of the winter 2004.... Click on file to view full screen....

William A Bush.pdf
Wagons:- In about 1930 Wagons as in the photo above were supplied to HM the King....

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William Watts.jpg
Notices removed from signal box at railway station.
William Watts - Builder, Contractor, Pump Maker, Well Sinker, Coal bins at the railway station....

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Russell Clock Maker.pdf
A well known Master Clockmaker named John Russell lived at New Street, Cawston in the 1800s, he was in business from 1827 (born 1793 - died 1870). Several of his family were also watch and clockmakers. In the early 1900s Austin Russell lived at the…

William Dove 1809 - 1866.pdf
The resource is an extract from a book by Tony Satchell. 'Linked by chains and lineage' published in Ashburton, Victoria AU in 1992. It provides a background to the Dove family, the political situation in the early 1800s and details about life in a…

WI Table Cloth Covers.pdf
This very unique table cover was made by the Cawston W.I. in the
1977 Jubilee year....

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Corner Shop High St Church Lane.pdf
Corner Shop on High Street/Church Lane Business History:
From Harness Makers to Electrical Business....

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Wesleyan Reform Chapel Indenture 1854.pdf
Chapel Indenture 1854....

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Water Hand Pump.pdf
Pump removed from kitchen in house at the high street about 2009....

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Fifty Years On by John Kett.pdf
War Times Memories and Diaries By: See Files on right and as following:- 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 &…

Zeppelins Last Visit WW1.pdf
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…

Walter Frederick Carman by G Carman.pdf
He joined the Royal Navy when he was 15 years old.... Click on file to view full screen....

Walter Edward Tuddenham.pdf
Walter Edward TUDDENHAM was born in 1859 at Cawston. Into a large and very respectable family of some prosperity. I know.....

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Walter Dunn.jpg
Plumber, Glazier, Painter, Paperhanger, General Decorator.
Invoice dated 1915.

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Walk Cawston Eastgate P.pdf
Selection of walks in Cawston. Also Click Here to see Cawston Heath map and history. Walks will be added as time permit.... Click on file to view full screen...

Walk Down Chalel Street 1930s by Ivan Purdy.pdf
Starting at the market place we have the Kings Head a popular spot after a
days work, Next door the shoemakers shop where Mr. Tom Pitchers earned his living....

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W J Gaskin HD.pdf
Saddler & Harness Maker etc....

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W H Allen Boot and Shoe Manufacturer.pdf
Boot & Shoe Manufacturer.
Invoice from W.H.Allen dated 1905 to Mr Richard Tubby, Eastgate.

Other invoices made out to:
Mr Thos Steairman, Eastgate.
Mr Alfred Beacon, Brandiston.
and ? Mr Sam Pigg, Brandiston.

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Awards Plaque.jpg
The Parish Council volunteers recognition evenings are normally held in May of each year and are organised by Mrs Theresa Carman andCouncillors. Click on File to view full screen....

Village Hall 2015.pdf
The Cecil Cawston Memorial Institute: George Cawston of London in 1896 bought the manorial rights of our manor and he proceeded to build Cawston Manor.... Click on file to view full screen....

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

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Victoria One Penny Model 1844 to 1848.pdf
These model coins were engraved and issued by Joseph Moore between 1844 and 1848....

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V E Festival 1995.pdf
Cawston Festival V.E. Week May 1995
Souvenir Programme and photographs

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At the turn of the century by D Hamley.pdf
There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street, named Obadiah....

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Tug of War.pdf
Photos of Tug of War teams....

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Tuddenham Eggs.pdf
Egg Packing in Cawston....

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Trades in Village 1946.pdf
Driving into Cawston from Haveringland Aerodrome, at the first cross roads in Eastgate is situated the....

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Tommy & Grace Neal.pdf
Appreciation/Memoriam....

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Token Lamp.jpg
Token "LAMP"

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Token 1847.jpg
Token. R. Alden. Norwich. 1847.

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Toc H 2.jpg
The wonderful movement of the Cawston branch "Toc H" was formed in 1953 Coronation year of Queen Elizabeth 11, this was a branch of the Toc H organization set up in the first world war in Belgian in a house called Talbot House and was a rest,…

Times in Cawston from 1930 by Eileen Oakes.pdf
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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Timeline.pdf
Cawston Timeline....

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Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury.pdf
In March 1976 Cawston Church saw the production of Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury, written by Charles Williams and produced by Paul Farnham,...

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