March is Women's History Month, at SLHG committee meeting we got thinking about local ladies who had played important roles in our village, such as Ena Carter, Ada Kinch and Mary Bloom. Without Ena's hard work researching Stowupland's local history would be a lot more time consuming, SLHG is extremely grateful for the foundations she laid down for us. Ada Kinch was an inspirational head teacher for our local children,…
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…
At the time of writing, mid January 2025, we have woken up one morning to see a slight covering of snow, but in Stowupland our bad weather has been freezing fog, persistent rain causing some areas of flooding but nothing like we experienced this time last year. The image of Holy Trinity Church shows the snow fall that local farmer Jack Carter recorded in his 1985 diary. 20 years ealier…
