The Breckles Deanery and District Magazine of October 1921, reported that the annual meeting of the ‘Men’s Club’ was held on September 19th at Great Ellingham. The Club would re-open on October 3rd and would be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It was hoped that there would be an increase in membership for…
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The Annual Tea and Social Evening of Great Ellingham Cricket Club
Illustration by Christine Fuller The Norwich Mercury of 3rd December 1904, reported on the Cricket Club’s annual tea and social evening held in the Council School in Great Ellingham, on the previous Friday. It was reported that the club had played nine matches of which they had won six, lost two and drawn one. The…
1896 The New Board Schools with Headmaster Mr J A Field
Great Ellingham Board Schools with the School House to the right of the photograph. Note the railings in the playground separating the Boys and Girls Schools Just Prior to 1896 Kelly’s Directory of 1896 mentions the existence of two mixed Board schools in the village: One erected in 1855, the former British School (in Long…