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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.
WW2 The Kings Thank You
Letter sent to Terrance Henry Nunn in thanks for his service in the Home Guard during WW2.
The Stradbroke Observer Corps 1938
The Stradbroke Observer Corps 1938
M Newell, P Holmes, S Hawes, H Durrant, A Ward, H Warne, R Neave, A Mason, W Neave, R Goshawk, C Corbett, R Hawes, J Kindred, B Ellis, A Salter, J Grimwood
M Newell, P Holmes, S Hawes, H Durrant, A Ward, H Warne, R Neave, A Mason, W Neave, R Goshawk, C Corbett, R Hawes, J Kindred, B Ellis, A Salter, J Grimwood
WW1 Recruits outside The White Hart
WW1 recruits standing outside The White Hart Public House. Note the second door which nolonger is there. W141
WW1 Veterans meeting
Veterans from the first World War meet together after the end of the second World War.
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Letter headed Stradbroke Church dd 25th April 1878 and signed by Foreman Thos, Patterson
Letter headed Stradbroke Church dd 25th April 1878 and signed by Foreman Thos, Patterson. This letter details the cost and people involved with the…