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…
A Typical 1952 School Dinner of Minced Beef Patty with Potatoes and Cabbage
School Corner: Hingham Road junction with B1077. Postcard BCV The second edition of the School Magazine was produced in July 1952. In his letter to the Readers, the Headmaster, Mr Boast, said that he had received a large number of articles (from the children) for the inclusion in the Magazine and it had been very…
Great Ellingham School Junior Youth Club in 1953
Great Ellingham Board Schools pre 1905 R.W., a pupil at Great Ellingham School, reported in the School’s Magazine of July 1953 that the school now has a Junior Youth Club. The Youth Club, held every Thursday night at 7 o’clock, was usually attended by about twenty to twenty five children most of whom attended the…
A Perfect Attendance Medals Lost through Mumps in 1906
Great Ellingham School (Girls) possibly early 1900s. Are the boys in the adjacent classroom? Photograph courtesy of Ray Beales The 1906 annual prize distribution to scholars attending the Great Ellingham Board School took place during the middle of December. The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette reported that the prizes were given out by Mr W…
Auction of A Capital Freehold Brick Tower Windmill in 1902
Salter Simpson & Sons of Attleborough and Bury St Edmunds inserted a notice in the edition of the Eastern Daily Press of May 15th, 1902 of the sale by Auction of property in Great Ellingham. The Auction would be held at the Royal Hotel, Attleborough on Thursday, 15th May 1902. The Seller of the property…
The First Occasion on record of a Confirmation Service at the Parish Church
Interior of Church. Postcard Christine Bell 1907 The Norfolk Chronicle & Norwich Gazette of 9th March 1907, reported that the Bishop of Ipswich held a confirmation service at the parish church in Great Ellingham on the previous Tuesday. It was also reported that this was “the first occasion on record of such a service”. 34…
First Issue of the Great Ellingham School Magazine Published in 1951
Headmaster Mr A G Boast introduced the First Issue of the Great Ellingham School Magazine in July 1951. Priced at sixpence. The Headmaster’s Letter to the Readers Mr A G Boast became Headmaster of the village school on 8th January 1951. In his letter to “The Readers” on the first page of the School Magazine,…
King’s Corner on the Attleborough to Watton Road
Jean B who was grew up in the village in the 1930s recalled that the area opposite the bus shelter on the Attleborough to Watton Road (near the junction with Church Street) was known at that time as “King’s Corner” as a Mr King ran a Blacksmith’s shop there. Andrew King outside his Smithy in…
Excellent Report from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools in 1877
The former British School (later the Board School until 1896) in Long Street. Image courtesy of Sue Fay Great Ellingham Board School was subject to an Inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspector on 15th March 1877. The Board School was in Long Street (later moving to the present school building in 1896). There was also a…
Wheelwright & Carpenter William Kybird
Wheelwright and Carpenters Shop of William Kybird taken before 1939. Postcard Joan Barnard 23 year old wheelwright William Kybird settled in Great Ellingham with his wife Mary Ann (known as Polly) after their marriage in 1880 but before the 1881 census. The census of 1881 shows the couple at the Wheelwright’s Shop on the Attleborough…