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"I give to them that ringe at my buriall five shillings eight pence"

Provided by the Orwell Churches

A letter from Heather Bellamy about all the Orwell connections she has discovered.

An Orwell Christmas extravaganza in Chapel Orchard

Derek Skipper's guide to regular meetings in Orwell

But I can't remember which competition this was!

back row Dave Cook   from row middle :Arnie Leader and front right: John...
By Gavin Goates
On 31/03/2020

But I can't remember which competition this was!

Dave Cook back room left Arnie Leader...
By Gavin Goates
On 31/03/2020

Two survivors in Orwell of the Government's answer to the post-war housing shortage

my father had a woolaway bungalow built in the early 1960s it is now for sale...
By stephen gutteridge
On 31/03/2020

By Michael Braysher

Michael used to provide our meat at The Bungalow Café for the 10 years we...
By Susan Joyce
On 05/08/2016

By Claire Neville

I remember Mrs Maddox, she was also around in The Petersfield School in the...
By Susan Joyce
On 05/08/2016

By Michael Braysher

Best sausages ever made.[ I cant get sausages any where close here in the USA...
By peter clayton
On 03/05/2016

At the far end of the field, where now sits the second phase build, was a nice...
By Margaret Seymour
On 18/12/2015

"I give unto her two silver spoons, seaven payres of sheetes, six pillow-biers, one dozen of napkins, one long table cloth, two pewter dishes of the middle sort, the best feather bed in the kitchen Chamber." With Inventory.

Thank you so much for uploading this will and inventory.  I think this may...
By Carmel McMullen
On 11/12/2015

We moved into no 17 Pearmains in 1977 and I remember the bullocks being...
By Philip Seymour
On 10/11/2015

This photo was taken in 1986 and shows the building of a kitchen and living...
By Julia Mantle
On 02/08/2015

Family details of each man, mainly from the 1911 Census.

Alfred Pearce mentioned here, is my great grandad.  I don't have any...
By Lisa
On 24/01/2015

Family details of each man, mainly from the 1911 Census.

George Flack on the War Memorial of those who served is probably my grandfather...
By Jenni Horton
On 21/11/2014