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Mid 1950's the walls are being built

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Our thanks to Ena Carter's granddaughter for passing over more documents that Ena had saved. Many have now been added to the appropriate pages of our website, and the rest have been filed away safely.Whilst we already have a lot of material about Stowupland Flower Show and the building of the Village Hall, there were still many new gems amongst these save newspapers, posters and memorabilia which have added to…

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Harvesting is in full swing around the village, the downside is the amount of dust that covers everything. The above photo shows Arthur Melhuish and Lenny Wade harvesting using Green Farm's first combine.. You can read our latest newsletter as written For Telstar 388 July & August, 2025. In this we reported on our May meeting when some committee members shared some of what we knew about Stowupland's Shop and…

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Soames Trophy presentation at Stowupland Flower Show and Fete (1930s)

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In July 1893 the Stowupland Highlanders quoits team played Creeting St. Peter in the grounds of Stowupland Hall., Stowupland won. Since then the game of Quoits was a regular event at the annual Stowupland Flower Show and Fete. The featured image is from the 1930s fete and the teams were competing for the Soames Trophy. In the background. is Nathan Robinson who founded the Stowupland Social Quoits Club in 1904.…

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