Recollections of times past by the senior members of the village have for several years now been a popular item in the village magazine. They are collected here in the hope that they will prove of interest to amateur and professional historians alike and will also be used by the local schoolchidren as part of their history lessons.
As the names in the list below will mean little to non-Feltwellians I have attempted some brief descriptions to aid you in your researches. New 'Times Remembered' are being added all the time - Latest. Also: Poetry Sporting recollections Others
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Life and Times subject |
Details |
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Mr Sidney Payne | Childhood, Farming, World War 2, Horses, Tractors. | Mrs Mercy Edwards Two parts | School, Work, Village Crier, Thetford Grammar School. |
Mr Ernest Vine | Childhood, Grave & Turf Digging, Shooting etc., Travel. | Mr Hugh Vincent In two parts | Barley Porter's village store. |
Mr Don Stubbins | Horses. | Mr Frank Edwards | Builder. |
Mr Maurice Pryer | Peat digging, Coal Merchant, Horses, Childhood. | Mr & Mrs Charlie Baker Three parts | Clearing the Fen, Delivering Milk, Village Sport. |
Mr and Mrs Howes | London, Travel, Housework, Horses etc, Money. | Mr Geoffrey Broadwater | Village shop, WW2, detailed family history |
Miss Alice Baker A biography. | Church. | Mrs Eileen Polson | Family history. Caravan site.Shops |
Mr George Lawrence | Church, Farming. | Mrs Charlotte Rolfe | Assorted, wide-ranging memories of Feltwell pre-1914 |
Mr Basil Vincent In three parts. | Pubs, Shops, YMCA, Youth activities, Vanishing Rector. | Mr Peter Jordan | POW camps in the area at the end of WW2 |
Mr Douglas Grass | East Hall, Shooting. | Mr A. J. (Pip) Orange | Reminiscences from his book. |
Mr Francis Darby A biography | Horticulture. | Mr Harold Laws | Bakehouse. Childhood. Shops |
Mrs Bettie Fletcher | Newcombe Hall, Life in service, WAAF. | Mrs Doreen Gineil (nee Sparrow) | Recounts her time at Hopkins Butchers |
Mr Eric Secker | Farming | Mr Eric Pryer | The beginning of the Social Club. |
Mrs Catherine Orange | From 1899-1970 | Mr Brian Watts | Recollections |
Mr Elmer Lake | By email April 2003 | Mr Barry Davies | Memories of FTS 3, 1955-56 |
Mrs Betty Brown Published Oct 2005 | Recalls moving to Feltwell 50 years ago | Mrs Winifred Spinks. 1905-90 Latest | The life story of a Feltwell teacher. |
Mr John Broadwater | A 'rhyme portrait' of Feltwell. | Mrs Rutterford | A WI winner |
Mr Tom Green | An older 'Feltwell' poem | Old China | A poem by Mrs ----- of Feltwell |
Feltwell, 1947 | From 'Odds and Sods' by ARVD | Feltwell Roads | A description in rhyme of the Feltwell road system. |
Other articles of historical interest. |
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A Life Remembered | A personal memory of a sister lost during WW2 | Feltwell Handbells | Mr Ken Stowell |
A Personal Recollection | Life in Service | The Howlett Family History | An account of the trials and tribulations of a Feltwell family. |
Feltwell Ghost Stories | There are only two, but based on real people. | The Blackjacks | Feltwells first rock group |
The 1953 Flood | As remembered by Alan Whitehand. | The Black Hoods | An RAF group from the early 1960s. |
Sporting Recollections |
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Cricket | by Alan Whitehand | Football | by Frank Edwards |
Sport at the YMCA | by John Jacobs | Football | by John Jacobs |