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Adding the Fire Device to an Automobile
A group of men studying the attachment of the Fire device to a car.
Getting a horse to the engine house and then towing an engine to a fire took time so towing it by car seemed a good idea. When it became detached during it's first journey and ended…
Getting a horse to the engine house and then towing an engine to a fire took time so towing it by car seemed a good idea. When it became detached during it's first journey and ended…
Stradbroke Fire Engine from 1843.
Stradbroke Fire Engine circa 1843 standing in New Street. Girling Photograph.
Stradbroke is rightly proud of its Fire Crew. When the alarm sounds, they immediately respond. SARA searched back to look at old reports and found many within the…
Stradbroke is rightly proud of its Fire Crew. When the alarm sounds, they immediately respond. SARA searched back to look at old reports and found many within the…
Fire Brigade Group Photograph - series
Group photograph of the Fire Brigade.
Back row: Basil Hugman, Bob Carrison, Morns, Gerald Clarke Middle row: Roly Copping, George Ward, Ralph Chambers, George Brown and Front Row: Unknown Unknown Ray Fidgett Unknown Unknown Claud Hugman .
Back row: Basil Hugman, Bob Carrison, Morns, Gerald Clarke Middle row: Roly Copping, George Ward, Ralph Chambers, George Brown and Front Row: Unknown Unknown Ray Fidgett Unknown Unknown Claud Hugman .
The Fire Brigade - Bill Pipe and Tom Smith Retire. - series
The Fire Brigadesays goodbye to Bill Pipe and Tom Smith on their retirement. To their right stands Gnase Amies, Ray Fidgett, Ralph Chambers, Claud Hugman and Eddie Copping. To their left stands Roly Copping and George Bedborough. Between them stands…
A View from the Church Tower - New Street to The Wilby Road
A view from the Church Tower of New Street towards Wilby Road. Note Town House to the left and The Fire Engine.
Donor IC
Donor IC
Tower view of Queen Street
View from the church tower of Queen Strret, Note the Court House in the fore-front of the photograph with the school on the left side of the road and Skinners Mill further back, Note also an army vehicle .
Queen Street under snow. See Skinners Mill in the distance.
A view from the church tower of Queen Street under snow. W191
View from the Church Tower looking east
Looking east to the entrance to Doctors Lane with The Old Stables - now a private house - on the corner. Further along Church Street is the Baptist Church. W199
View From Drapers Hill footpath
Girling - View From Drapers Hill footpath looking towards All Saints Church and The White Hart Public House.
Circa 1934 - A group of boys in Boxing gloves
Notes on photos brought in by Roy Noble 8 aug 2000 :-
'Una Meier, the daughter of Ethel and Douglas Nunn came to the flower show last week and lent Roy some photos for copying. She had seen the 24 jun exhibition and wanted us to have some pictures…
'Una Meier, the daughter of Ethel and Douglas Nunn came to the flower show last week and lent Roy some photos for copying. She had seen the 24 jun exhibition and wanted us to have some pictures…
A group of evacuees standing infront of the church railings - Series
A group of young evacuees standing in front of the church railings in 1939. Later, the railings were taken to support the war effort.
Colonel Humphries in The Priory garden at a welcome party for US airmen.
Colonel and Mrs Humphries held a welcome party in their garden at The Priory for a group of United States airman.
Ralph Clarke and Ivan Mower - Secret Army
Ralph Clarke and Ivan Mower - recruited during the Second World War to hold back the enemy in the even of an evasion. They were not allowed to tell anyone of their mission and as young men they had a life expectancy of 10 days should they be called…
News report - Walter Clarke killed bomber crash
Three Men Killed
‘Plane hurls cart 50 Yards into Field
The report begins:- ‘Three roadmen were killed and a fourth seriously injured when a plane attempted to make a forced landing in a ploughed field near a village in East Anglia yesterday’. . .…
‘Plane hurls cart 50 Yards into Field
The report begins:- ‘Three roadmen were killed and a fourth seriously injured when a plane attempted to make a forced landing in a ploughed field near a village in East Anglia yesterday’. . .…
Observer corps underground bunker today - Series
In 1996 these pictures were taken of the underground nuclear bunker.
Upson Garage
Garage, Cycle Shop, Tobacconist and Drapery. Barney Cook is holding the bicycle. Also Harry Scales and Jack Warne.. Tom Upson and his daughter Doris.
William Rutter and his Bakers Dozen - Series
Article written by Enid Driver, the grandaughter of William Rutter, about her grandfather, his large family.and the Bakery in Stradbroke.
The village Blacksmith - Mr Arthur Amies
Mr Arthur Amies working at the anvil as the village Blacksmith.
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Stradbroke Schools 1960-69 Home Cine Film
Cine film of school trips possibly both schools. Film of pupils in Primary School playground and field.