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Introduction to 2008
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all readers from all members and supporters of the Historical Society Committee.


After a busy December we can get back to normality and so our first meeting of the new year is on Thursday 24
th January at 7pm and a talk about Walsingham.

On Thursday 28th February, Richard Howard has kindly agreed to give us a talk all about the famous George Formby who by 1939, at the age of 35, was the most popular and highest paid entertainer in the British Isles!

As always the night will start at 7pm and finish at 9pm with free refreshments. We look forward to seeing you.

 

January meeting 2008

Walsingham has more to offer than simply the famous Shrine of Our Lady
, so everyone who attended our January meeting found out! Scilla Landale, who gave our talk, is a village guide and she told us about the Georgian Courthouse, prison and the ruined Augustinian Priory as well as the story of how Walsingham became a place of pilgrimage. Walsingham has it's own website at www.walsingham.com  and the guided tours take place between May and September.

At our next meeting, spring will have fully sprung on Thursday 27th March when we welcome Katrina Siliprandi to give us a talk on the Home Front during the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

If you are at all interested in the above talks do please come along to Cawston Village Hall at 7 pm on the nights stated, entrance is 50p for members, £1.50 for non members and refreshments are free .. Every month we also have on show all the new photo and memorabilia that may have been donated to the society during the previous month. If anyone has anything that may be of interest to future generations, old and new, PLEASE allow us to copy and collate the items.

We are present at attempting to gather as much information as we can about ail those on the 1st and 2nd World War Roll of Honour in the church. If you could provide photos, regiments and rank information, DOB and DOD, please pass them onto anyone of the committee; Des Cook, Terry Simons, Theresa Carman, Eric Cullum, John Gilbert, Jeanne Vince or Ivan Purdy or bring them along to any meeting. Many thanks indeed.

Has anyone got photos (with names if possible) of Cawston sports teams of years gone by?  With the rebirth of the Wanderers it would be fantastic to be able to put together folders of teams including, of course, our present football team.

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February 2008 meeting

What Richard Howard doesn't know about the life of George Formby isn't worth knowing, judging by the illustrated talk he gave to. everyone gathered at our February meeting, in fact he is co­writing a book on the life of George. Thanks goes to Richard for a very interesting and informative evening.

In April we are having a talk that will appeal especially to the ladies and that is Victorian Women's and Men's Dress. It will be an eye opener to see how fashions have changed over the years and just what us poor ladies have had to put up with over the centuries just to look beautiful!!

Mark the date on your calendars, Thursday 24th April, 7 pm start and the normal entrance charges will apply, 50p to members and £1.50 to non-members, with refreshments (I recommend a lovely cuppa tea!) included, thanks especialy to Ivy, Patsy, Sandra and Jenny.

At every meeting Des lays out on a table in the hall all the new memorabilia he has gained over the month, please take the time to have a look through the photos etc. it's amazing just what is coming to light. If anyone ever wants to browse through the history collection in Cawston  History Room at the village hall do just contact Des and he will be only too pleased to take you in there at a mutually agreed date and time.

We are presentaly attempting to gather as must information as we can about all those on the 1st and 2nd World War Roll of Honour in the church. If you could provide photos, regiment and rank information, DOB and DOD, please pass them onto anyone of the committee; Des Cook, Terry Simons, Theresa Carman, Eric Cullum, John Gilbert, Jeanne Vince or Ivan Purdy, or bring them along to any meeting. Many thanks indeed.

Our last request is, has anyone got photos (with names if possible) of Cawston sports teams of years gone by? With the rebirth of the Wanderers it would be fantastic to be able to put together folders of teams including, of course, our present football team.

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March 2008 meeting

Our meeting in March was very well attended with the subject being “The Home Front in the 1st and 2nd World Wars”.  Mrs Siliprandi gave a very interesting talk and certainly roused folks’ memories.

OPEN DAY

As May is “Local History Month” we have decided to hold an Open Day on Thursday 22nd May.  The Village Hall will be open for two sessions, 2pm – 5pm and 7pm to 9pm. Entry will be free and refreshments available.

At the two sessions we will have displays of many of the photos, documents and memorabilia of Cawston’s History that we have collected so far.  We would truly welcome any more items that anyone brings along on the day, not just old items but also anything right up to date that will be history in a few years time. 

Please come along and look at our fabulous collection, it has something to interest everybody!!

CAWSTON'S  ROLE OF HONOUR

Previously in the magazine we have asked for help with piecing together details of Cawston’s War Role of Honour and we are very, very pleased to say that Mr Ron Beall contacted us and told us that he had already researched the men on the Role of Honour and produced a folder with most of the details which he has donated to Cawston’s History Collection.  We would like to thank Ron very much from everyone in Cawston!! 

HELP US TO RAISE FUNDS

For any of you who use the internet may we bring to your attention the search engine dedicated to the Historical Society. Searching
via our search engine will fund raise for the Society.  If you would like to help in this way please add the following address to your favourite internet websites: http://chs.easysearch.org.uk

The searching is powered by well known search engines.

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April 2008 Meeting

For our April meeting we welcomed a speaker from the Norwich Castle Musuem who gave us a fascinating insight into ladies and men's wear from 1800 to 1900. Needles to say men's smart clothing, at least has hardly changed although no doubt most modern men are pleased that leggings evolved into trousers, can you imagine!! Ladies must be thankful that the days of the bone corsets and bustles of every shape and size are long gone; they even put children in them!

We hope you all came along to look at our collection of Cawston History memorabilia so far on our Open Day on 22nd May.

On Thursday 26th June we will be welcoming Susan Yaxfey to a talk about Kett's Rebellion, lots of interest has been shown in this subject so do please come along at 7 pm for the hour long talk. Entrance, with free refreshments, will be £1.50 for non-members and 50 p for members of the Historical Society.

Our itinerary for the following months are as follows:

July - Illustrated talk about Cawston Church by Peter Bradbury August - A possible trip out of historical interest

September - Police history and East Anglian murders

October - A talk entitled "The Real Edith Cavell"

As always if anyone has any past or up to date historical items that may be of interest to us now and Cawston folk in the future PLEASE allow us to take copies and collate them. Just contact one of the committee or bring your items along on a meeting night.

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May 2008 Meeting

What a fantastic turnout of folk we welcomed to our Open Day in May, including two classes of very well behaved children from the Primary School. We estimated that 200 people came through the doors over the two sessions and we hope everyone found something interesting to read and see. Judging by the favourable comments in the Visitors Book (which has now become part of Cawston's History of course) we think they certainly did! Many thanks to all those who attended and ail those who helped on the day either arranging the room or helping with the refreshments!

   
Open Day photos, click on photo to enlarge & back on browser to teturn.

Cawston's History Collection is growing all of the time, everyone is welcome to spend time browsing the collection at anyone of our monthly meetings or if you can't make it to one of the meetings just get in touch with Des Cook and he'll arrange an alternative time with you.

We have been looking forward to our June meeting and the talk on the Kett's Rebellion, we should all be experts on the subject now!

Below is our Itinerary from July onwards, as with ALL our meetings they take place on the 4th THURSDAY of the month, start at 7 pm and entry is £1.50 for non-members and 50p for members including refreshments!

24th July       
Illustrated talk about Cawston Church
by Peter Bradbury

28th August  
 
A possible trip out of historical interest

25th Sep       
Police history and East Anglia murders

23rd October
A talk entitled "The Real Edith Cavell"

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June 2008 Meeting

For anyone who didn’t know the story of Kett’s Rebellion, you certainly should now having attended our June meeting.   We enjoyed a very interesting and comprehensive talk by Susan Yaxley, telling us of the background to the rebellion, what actually happened and the consequences.

Susan is the founder member of the Larks Press at Guist Bottom, Dereham so instead of charging us for her talk she asked us to buy some books from the collection she brought along with her.  This we did and so, from July, all the books, including a small one on Kett’s Rebellion and our current stock of books will be available for members of the society to borrow for free and for a small charge for non-members.  If you want to buy books from the Press yourself just go to www.booksatlarkspress.co.uk.

We are looking forward to our meeting on July 24th with a talk on Cawston Church which will no doubt be fascinating.

We will NOT be holding a meeting in August because of it being a holiday month but in September we will be welcoming along an ex policeman who will present a talk about the History of the Police Force and East Anglian murders.  It will no doubt prove to be eye-opener!

So mark in your diaries, the fourth Thursday of September, the 25th, 7 pm at Cawston Village Hall.  50p for members and £1.50 for non-members with a cup of tea and a cake on the house!

We look forward to seeing you there, thank you all for your continued support and wish you a relaxing holiday season!

July 2008 Meeting

Peter Bradbury gave an excellent, detailed talk, pointing out different details of our Church, St Agnes, which generally go unnoticed, at our July Historical Society meeting.  We were delighted with the turn out for the talk with approx fifty five folk attending and there was a positive and appreciative response from all.  It was good to be educated about one of Cawston’s own historical building by Peter as we would never have noticed those refinements otherwise!

There will be NO MEETING in AUGUST but we will resume on

Thursday 25th September at 7pm with a talk about the history of the Police Force and East Anglian murders.

Thank you for your continued support and enjoy the holiday season

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August Report 2008

We hope everyone has enjoyed their summer holidays. Unfortunately the weather hasn't been that kind to us but at least we are not moaning because our lawns are dead or we have a hosepipe ban! We can't have it all ways and the fare from our gardens has been good, plenty of baking potatoes instead of egg sized new potatoes!!, runner beans by the bag full, leeks enough for an army and a very healthy looking crop of parsnips!

It was a pleasure for the Historical Society to support the highly successful St. Agnes Flower Festival, something else to add to the rich archives of our village!

Back to business for the Historical Society with out next meeting being on Thursday 23rd October and a talk on "The Real Edith Cavell" by the very knowledgeable clearly spoken Mrs. Barbara Miller, one we are all looking forward to! As always the evening commences at 7 pm, with refreshments, al1 for the princely sum of £1.50 if you are not a member or 50p if you are. See you there!

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September Report 2008

Our September talk was delivered by ex-chief superintendent Morris Morson who introduced us to some interesting historical murders committed in East Anglia. One of those outlined was a particular gory murder where the body parts were located scattered around various areas of Norwich. His description of the various murders committed over past centuries was fascinating, if a but gruesome.

Mr. Morson also gave an account of how police detection methods have improved over the centuries from the most primitive detection methods, through to the use of fingerprints and latterly to the sophisticated use of DNA to identify the perpetrators of crimes. Mr. Morson's talk was both interesting and informative.

Our future programme includes: =

Thursday 27th November 2008    - Jeremy Goss of Norwich City FC

December                                      - Christmas break

Thursday 22nd January 2009        - History of Cromer

Please come along at 7 pm for the hour long talk. Entrance, with free refreshments is £1.50 for non-members and 50p for members of the Historical Society. All Welcome.

As always if anyone has any past or up to date historical ,terns that may be of interest to us now and Cawston folk in the future PLEASE allow us to take copies and collate them. Just contact one of the committee or bring your items on a meeting night.

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October Report 2008

Our October talk was about the Real Edith Cavell and proved both interesting and informative. Barbara Miller, who is no stranger to our Historical Society, once again delivered a splendid oration. This time outlining Edith Cavell's life and her commitment to nursing and her patients.

Her life was about care for the sick and ill and her courageous decisions to stay in Belguim after hostilities broke out in 1914 eventually proved fatal for her. During the war she continued nursing British soldiers and helping them get back to alied lines and for this she was convicted and sentenced by the Germans to be shot as a collaborator.

She demonstrated a true commitment of the human spirit to do what is right in circumstances where it would have been easier to co-operate with the invaders and hand over allied soldiers to Germany.

After the War her body was returned to England. King and country wanted her funeral to be held at Westminster Abbey. However being a local woman, her family insisted that she be brought home to Norwich where she was buried and remains today in the cathedral grounds.

Our future programme includes:-

Thursday 27th November 2008 - Jeremy Goss on Norwich City.
December - Christmas break
T
hursday 22nd Januarys 2009 - History of Cromer

Please come along for 7 pm for the talk. Entrance is 50p members and £1.50 non-members. This includes cakes and refreshments. All welcome.

If you have any historical items that may be of interest to us and to Cawston folk in the future, please contact any of the committee below, so that we can take copies and collate them.

Chairman: Des Cook - 01603 872111 Secretary: Theresa Carman - 01603871917 Treasurer: Terry Simons 01603 871523

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November Report 2008

Jeremy Goss ex Norwich City football mid-fielder entertained our November meeting with an interesting and amusing account of his experiences as a young footballer trying to make it into the professional ranks.

He demonstrated his commitment and passion for the game and illustrated his dedication to becoming a professional footballer, plus the sacrifices his family had made to enable him to get into football
.

Because the game is hard he recalled the number of times when after a football trial the manager would come up to a young aspiring player and put his arm around the youngster's shoulders and tell
them softly “you will never make a footballer and that you are rubbish”
this, often brutal treatment, was the way in which he had been treated after a trial with football clubs after about 10 minutes of football. The arm round the shoulder treatment was one of the specialities of the hard but successful managers.

He also recalled some of his triumphs particularly the games he had played in Europe and for his country – Wales. He particularly recalled the goal that he had scored in the competition when playing for Norwich City. He mentioned that he had played with such greats as Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs
.

Overall Jeremy provided an interesting and piecing incite into the beautiful game. 

Our future
programme  includes:-

December Xmas
break

Thursday January 22nd   2009                        History of Cromer

Thursday February 22nd 2009                        Nelson –
A Norfolk Hro

Thursday March 26th 2009                            Happisburgh Lighthous
e

Thursday  April 23rd 2009                             The Burston School Strike

Please come along for 7 pm for the talk. Entrance is 50p members and £1.50 non-members. This includes cakes and refreshments. All welcome.

If you have any historical items that may be of interest to us and to Cawston folk in the future, please contact any of the committee so that we can take copies and collate them or bring your items on a meeting night.

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December 2008

No Meeting

Our future programme includes:-

December Xmas
break

Thursday January 22nd   2009                        History of Cromer

Thursday February 22nd 2009                        Nelson –
A Norfolk Hero

Thursday March 26th 2009                            Happisburgh Lighthous
e

Thursday  April 23rd 2009                             The Burston School Strike

Many thanks to all who have supported the Society in 2008 and we wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year!


 

 

 

                                                                 

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