9th Sept 2011
They came from
all corners of Norfolk.
Summoned by Margaret’s invitation, some
sixty or more villagers and former villagers brought their memories
and memorabilia to the Mardle at St Michaels: the object being to
record village happenings within the living memory of our
parishioners.
A wall display
of old village postcards and a table for visitors to display their
family albums were intended to provide catalysts for conversation.
They were scarcely needed.
Memories were not in short supply and
the members of the Heritage Group were kept busy making notes and
scanning documents and photographs.
Greyhound Racing in Bunwell
“That was our boyhood. The Greyhound racing was the most revolutionary thing that came here”
in Bunwell
Between 1898 to 1902, or thereabouts, ginger beer was brewed at Waterloo House, then Bunwell Post Office and General Stores, and distributed locally by horse and cart.
Click here to read the full story.
From the late
1890s until World War 1 has been referred to as ’the golden age
of postcards’. They
were an important and inexpensive means of communication, and
because of the pictures they carried, widely collected.
Over 60 postcards featuring Bunwell were produced; they
provide a valuable historical archive
of village life.
Earlier QIs
Bunwell Home Guard...as remembered by John
Meen
Bunwell Chippie....The people came from
miles around
Halifax Bomber Crashes at Bunwell...as
remembered by John Meen
Dan Archer ....opened
Bunwell Village Fete in the 50s
1742....Foul
Murder of Bunwell carrier