Halesworth
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The Thoroughfare.
My great auntie and uncle (The Ransbys) lived at the Bungalow in the Thoroughfare,can anyone remember them ?
I'd be interested to know.
Thankyou
Rod
Contributed by Rod Gooderham
a long time ago
In memory land way back in the mists of time, two small boys left these shores and sailed away across the seas to New Zealand, the land of the All Blacks rugby team. They left behind many fond memories and have never really forgotten their roots. Also, close family ties remain still in the village beavering away at their remaining places on this earth. The family name is Bishop (mother). I have a cousin Glenn who is a resident.
Chapter 2 next.
Contributed by ian mcdonald
Suffolk memories
The Thoroughfare.
My great auntie and uncle (The Ransbys) lived at the Bungalow in the Thoroughfare,can anyone remember them ?
I'd be interested to know.
Thankyou
Rod
A memory of Halesworth contributed by Rod Gooderham
a long time ago
In memory land way back in the mists of time, two small boys left these shores and sailed away across the seas to New Zealand, the land of the All Blacks rugby team. They left behind many fond memories and have never really forgotten their roots. Also, close family ties remain still in the village beavering away at their remaining places on this earth. The family name is Bishop (mother). I have a cousin Glenn who is a resident.
Chapter 2 next.
A memory of Halesworth contributed by ian mcdonald
Extracts From Halesworth & Suffolk books
In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area’s maltsters and brewers. The Thoroughfare is Halesworth’s main shopping street. Throughout the town there are some fine period shopfronts.
An extract from from"East Anglia".
The Thoroughfare is Halesworth’s main shopping street. In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area’s maltsters and brewers.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph. Not satisfied with the family business of brewing, they left to travel the world collecting plants, and eventually founded Kew Gardens.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
St Mary’s, one of the largest
in Suffolk, is not a typical
Suffolk wool church, and has
an elegant lead spire. Inside is
the 600-year-old Angelus Bell,
one of the oldest in the country,
which is inscribed ‘Ave Maria
Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum’.
Perhaps the man who made the
bell had other things on his mind
when it came to putting in the
inscription, as he forgot to invert
the words laterally in the mould,
and they appear backwards on
the finished article!
An extract from from"Ispwich Pocket Album".
A 20th-century means of pro-
ducing power shares the banks
of the Orwell with vessels which
harness one of the oldest forms
of power. With shallow mudflats
along the banks of the tidal
Orwell estuary, moored sailing
boats end up on their keels twice
a day.
An extract from from"Ispwich Pocket Album".