In March two of our group presented some research on education in Stowupland. Looking at education in the early 19th century in Dane schools and how many childen and adults learned their reading and writting skills in Sunday School classes. In the 1860s Stowupland school was first built. it has been extended many times but most of the original building is still in use. In the late 1970s Stowupland gained…
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…
The photo shows the Rev Leslie Brame with his parents Ruth and Thomas (but known as William) in the late 1930s. They are standing in the porch (that Leslie's father built) outside the family home in Church Walk, not long before he left Stowupland to start his missionary work in China.We briefly mentioned the Rev Leslie Brame in Update News 17. Since then thanks to Stowupland Congregational Church we have…
