Volunteers from Woolpit's small museum will take us around the village recounting the history of some of the village's buildings. We will meet in the church and finish up at the museum. As numbers will be limited please let us know if you would like to come along. We will try to arrange lifts for […]
A follow-up to last years popular talk by Nicky Reynolds about the Women’s Land Army in Suffolk. A fund for a memorial planned in Combs to Suffolk Land Army Girls has been set up
All are invited to bring along items connected with Stowupland whether documents, photos, family history or artefacts, let us know if you would like to reserve a table.
Like many who served here in the military Don decided to make his home here in Suffolk, he looks as the USAAF presence in the area from WWI onwards.
Lidar or "light detection and ranging" is a revolutionary method of aerial photography that is revealing previously unknown archaeological features or our landscape in amazing detail. John will explain the science behind the method and look at some intriguing sites he has found in our area using Lidar images.
Sarah Doig makes a return visit with a talk based on her recent book “The Real Basil Brown - from Rickinghall to Sutton Hoo and Back”. The book and a selection of Sarah's other recent titles will be available to buy (ideal Christmas presents!)
Local genealogist Keely will talk about starting to research family history using internet resources.
The recently demolished building in Childer Road was founded as a school run on non-conformist principles
Sarah will talk about her recent book in which she gives her personal choice of favourite Suffolk Churches
The late-Middle Ages saw families embracing formal education as a way to give their children a better start in life. Who was now going to school, where they were going, what schools were like, what were they learning?
Geoff has recently had Worlingworth’s ancient fire engine restored by “The Repair Shop” The engine was donated in 1760 by John Major of Worlingworth Hall. A few years earlier Nathaniel Gurdon had donated a similar machine to Stowmarket which is now in safe-keeping at The Food Museum.
