I hope you all had an enjoyable Coronation Weekend. Unfortunately no one took a photo to compare our 2023 celebrations on the Green with the above 1953 image. We didnt have a marquee on the Green but we had plenty of family picnics and the Beacon was again lit. Perhaps you would like to test your knowledge of Stowupland with a 2023 Royalty Related Quiz, or just go straight to…
For our April 2023 meeting we welcomed Gill Marchant who shared with us some research that she and her husband had been doing into the history of the Stowmarket National School. The Victorian era saw the birth of the educational system as we know it. Stowupland's first purpose built school for the education of its local children was built in 1865, though Sunday Schools had been instructing children and possibly…
As you read this we have enjoyed our March meeting when we welcomed Elspeth Rushbrook . She shared her research about a lady who retired to her home village of Great Ashfield after having survived not just the sinking of the Titanic but also the sinking of her sister ship the Britannic. You will have to wait for a later newsletter for more on that.You can read in our Newsletter…
