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Beatrice Ellen Etherington

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Silver Jubilee 1935

Silver Jubilee 1935 Cawston Celebrations:
In 1935, King George V celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years of his reign....

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New Street Shop

Shop at new Street: History of the shop and shoping in the 1950's.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Fred Airie, Eastgate - "Knackerman"

Dead, Dying, and Injured farm animals including horses were collected by the Knackerman, a Slaughter House which was used for this purpose was at the rear of Perrys Lane Farm. Eastgate....

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W.H. Allen

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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Walter Dunn

Plumber, Glazier, Painter, Paperhanger, General Decorator.
Invoice dated 1915.

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Tags: decorator, Dunn, glazier, painter, paperhanger, plumber, Walter

C.E. Carman. Ivy Cottage. Dressmaker.

1918 billhead which came from the the Granddaughter of Frederick Charles Howard who had the general store in Chapel Street in the early 20th century and believe he
took in printing etc for invoices/billheads and posters etc.

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William. A Bush

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

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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…

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Billy Dewing - Bakers

Dewing had a Bakers Business at Chapel Street. Photo: Billy Dewing & Alfred Easton Sen at the Ratcatchers Public House, Eastgate.

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J. Gaff

Tokens:- Mr J. Gaff of Eastgate in about 1900 was a licensed hawker and used tokens for trading....

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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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William Russell - Clock maker

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…

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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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Sam Pye: Farmer - Slaughter House & Butcher.

Early 1900's Mr Sam Pye was a Cawston Farmer who also had the slaughter house & butcher shop....

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Tags: Black, butcher, Charles, Darren, farmer, Green, house, Joseph, Mason, Maude, Pye, Pyes, Reggie, Rivett, sam, SamPye, shop, Slaughter

S.J. Tooke - Garage

Received by e-mail September 2011 - After looking at the interesting history of Cawston and reading ....

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Tags: Easton, garage, Janice, petrol, Philip, Tooke, Whittred

William Watts

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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S. A. Wilson - Slaughter House, Farmer and Butcher.

Mr Wilson had the slaughter house, Farmer and butcher shop in Chapel Street/Prince of Wales Road

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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 Click on file to view full screen.....

Tags: Billy, butcher, butchers, cart, Frederick, George, Gould, Hill, horse, Hutton, John, Kathrine, Kybird, market, Norwich, road, shop, Sophia, Tuddenham

Business History: Jones - Eastgate

Jones had the Old Farm at the Friendship Lane, Eastgate, Cawston who must have had a dairy, file include photo of bottle tops....

The telephone No read Cawston 81.

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George Cawston

In 1896 the manorial rights having passed from Augustine Earle to the Bulwer family were sold to George Cawston of London.... Click on File to view full screen....

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Eddie Cox

Eddie 91 in flight of fancy....

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Peter Lee Family Tree

I have been looking at your website for Cawston and found it very interesting and helpful in my research into my grandfathers family history.
I know that my grandfathers family still reside in Cawston and I thought that this may be of…

Tags: Carman, Charles, Edmund, Elizabeth, Gaskin, Henry, Herbert, Hilda, Horace, Kate, Lee, Leonard, Margaret, Markwell, peter, Samual, Septimus, Sydney, Val, Valentine, Walter, William

Robert Williams Family History

This was supplied with many thanks by Marg Keable and writes - I have my Williams family that was from Cawston....

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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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School PTA Summer Fair 1989

Were you in Cawston School on June 18th? If so, the chances are you were either manning a stall or, more likely amongst the huge crowd that attended the fair....

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Walter Edward Tuddenham

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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Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury

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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Tags: Canterbury, Charles, Cranmer, Farnham, Fry, Gurteen, Mary, Paul, production, Stephen, theatrical, Thomas, Williams

Celebrities

Celebrities born in Cawston or who have had Cawston connections....

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Tags: Edward, Fry, Herbie, Hide, Stephen, Tuddenham, Walter

Tug of War

Photos of Tug of War teams....

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Cooks of Cawston

The business of Cooks of Cawston started in 1961 trading as....

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Beryl Rounce

Beryl with her long service Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association award in 1998, the only female farmer.....

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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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Arthur T Dewing

Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War.

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Bellboddy

History/Photo Collection

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Mother Riley

Second World War:- A very interesting piece is on the BBC website....

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Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton

The Royal Army Service Cor (RASC) merged with transportation.... Also see Link: Hutton/Gould Butcher Click on file to view full page....

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Jack Harding Wilkins

On leaving school, Jack entered the motor trade as a mechanic. By 1939 he was serving with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment....

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Tags: Burma, changi, death, engineers, Felicite, Harding, Jack, jail, railway, Royal, Siam, toch, Wilkins