1952 – Monday’s School Dinner: Minced Beef Patty with Potatoes and Cabbage
The second edition of the School Magazine was produced in July 1952. In his letter to the…
Month: October 2019
1953: Great Ellingham School Junior Youth Club
R.W., a pupil at Great Ellingham School, reported in the School’s Magazine of July 1953 that the…
1906: Perfect Attendance Medals Lost through Mumps
The 1906 annual prize distribution to scholars attending the Great Ellingham Board School took place during the…
1902: Auction of A Capital Freehold Brick Tower Windmill
Salter Simpson & Sons of Attleborough and Bury St Edmunds inserted a notice in the edition of…
The First Occasion on Record of a Confirmation Service at the Parish Church
1907 The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 9th March 1907, reported that the Bishop of Ipswich…
1951: First Issue of the Great Ellingham School Magazine
Headmaster Mr A G Boast introduced the First Issue of the Great Ellingham School Magazine in July…
King’s Corner
Jean B who was grew up in the village in the 1930s recalled that the area opposite…
1877: Excellent Report from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools
Great Ellingham Board School was subject to an Inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspector on 15th March 1877….
William Kybird: Wheelwright & Carpenter
23 year old wheelwright William Kybird settled in Great Ellingham with his wife Mary Ann (known as…
Six Weddings and Several Funerals
A tombstone for Ann Margetson lies in Great Ellingham churchyard. The inscription on the tomb states that…