The Land Girls and Horses of Suffolk – a film by Holly Brega
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
£2 – £4
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Events
- Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Archive Display
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomAll 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.
£2 – £4History of US Military Aviation in East Anglia by Don Mobley
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomLike 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.
£2 – £4“Lidar – how it works and its use in studying your local landscape history” by John Rainer
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomLidar 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.
£2 – £4“The Real Basil Brown” by Sarah Doig
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomSarah 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!)
£2 – £4“How to Start Building your Family Tree” by Keely Taylor
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomLocal genealogist Keely will talk about starting to research family history using internet resources.
£2 – £4Stowmarket British School by Gill Marchant
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomThe recently demolished building in Childer Road was founded as a school run on non-conformist principles
£2 – £5“Angels & Demons” by Sarah Doig
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomSarah will talk about her recent book in which she gives her personal choice of favourite Suffolk Churches
£2 – £5
‘By the monelight I go to my booke: Schools and Schooling in Medieval Suffolk’ by Kate Jewell.
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomThe 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?
£2 – £5
Parish Fire Engines & their Development by Geoff Robinson.
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomGeoff 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.
£2 – £5“1930s and 40s Stowupland – as revealed in our Archive”
Stowupland Village Hall Church Road, Stowupland, Suffolk, United KingdomIn our 12 years we have amassed a surprising amount of photos, documents and personal recollections of Stowupland, we will look and talk about a few treasures tonight.
£2 – £5
