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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.
Needlesto
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!
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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!
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