This autograph comes from the 1930’s autograph book of Margaret and her sister Ivy Catchpole. it seems appropriate for the start of a new year.

Our meetings for 2025 started with a presentation from a local carpenter Rick Lewis. Jerry will write up his talk in next month’s updates but what made this talk so fascinating was his collection of images showing medieval craftsmen at work

There are 2 write ups to read in our February Newsletter. One is by Neil Langridge in which he gave a brief look at his talk on local pubs, the other is by Jerry Voden and takes us back to Dot Marsden’s talk on Stow Lodge (listen to Jerry on Jerry’s Jabbas.

You can read what Neil has written about our local pubs but he has researched and has spoken about the histories of other pubs in the Stowmarket and surrounding area.