Leslie Brame's memoir 'As I Remember It' is continuing to keep me busy. His memories are enriching our knowledge of what life was like in early 20th century Stowupland and the people who lived in Church Walk Hamlet. In September we were looking forward to welcoming Dr Anne Folan to give the group a talk about the start of Health Visiting in Ipswith in the early 1900s. (You can read…
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…
If you have picked up your copy of SLHG's 'A Brief Look at Stowupland's Heritage' you will recognise this view of Holy Trinity Church. The leaflet's are available at various locations around the village.If you can't pick up a paper copy, you can explore the sites online: Holy Trinity Church, URC Chapel, Freemans School, Village Hall, Stowupland Hall, The Crown, The Retreat, Saxham Street, Mill Street and Thorney Green.Summer is…
