Letter from “Gab” to “Orl on ya” The Great Ellingham School Magazine of January 1956 included a letter from “Gab.” to “orl on ya” written in the Norfolk dialect (or Broad Norfolk as it is also known). The correspondent began the letter “Oi ha bin whully niggly wi tha owld edita of that E.D.P. corse…
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Great Ellingham Beneficent Society formed October 1876
A branch of the Universal Beneficent Society was formed in Great Ellingham on the 3rd October, 1876. The Patron was the Marquess Townshend. The object of the society is to relieve the poor and needy in the parish of Great Ellingham. With a membership fee payable, there would also be a one shilling entrance fee…