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Spring Outing 2018 Monday, 30th April The 2018 Spring Outing took place in Norwich on Monday 30th April with a group of 21 members. Our morning session around the ‘French Borough’ was led by Jonathan Hooton, a Norwich blue guide and long-standing BAHS member. This was a follow up to the informative lecture which he
Private 42857, 22nd Bn, Durham Light InfantryDied 14th November 1916, aged 35Remembered at Guard’s Cemetery, Lesboeufs& the Memorial New Road, Blakeney Harry Daniel was baptised Giles Harry Daniel,24th November 1880 in Blakeney Church but was always known by his middle name. He is on the War Memorial as H. Daniel. Harry was the son of
RTS 10702 Shoeing Smith, Royal Army Service CorpsDied 6th January 1920, aged 29Remembered on both Blakeney War Memorials James was born 3rd July 1890 in Blakeney, the son of James Curry Smith, blacksmith and his wife Elizabeth Thompson. James was the eldest of their three children followed by Herbert Ernest, who also served in the
If you wish to receive invites to Zoom meeting then you may join the BAHS or sign-up to receive our information emails by clicking here. Tuesday 25th January 2022 at 2:30pm Talks By Members Click here to view the recording of these two lectures. Captain Fox: From Cley to New Zealand James Fox (1831-1906) was born
OLD-TIME GLORY OF CLEY. Memories of Mister BrettProsperity of Blakeney before the New ‘Cut’ The following is a transcript of an interview published on 11 October 1935 with Howard Brett from the Norfolk Chronicle. Stories of the days when Cley was an important coastal port with upwards of seventy boats … Reminiscences of early boyhood
The recording presents two talks: Captain Fox: From Cley to New Zealand Pamela Peake James Fox (1831-1906) was born in Letheringsett but eventually settled in Cley where his home, Maori Pah, sat on the edge of the Glaven marshes. However it was his voyages at sea that set James Fox apart from his contemporaries for
Private 6/5566, 1st/6th Bn, Durham Light InfantryDied 23rd November 1916, aged 19Remembered at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, RouenBlakeney Churchyard and on both War Memorials William was born in Blakeney 4th March 1897, the eldest son of James Edward William Seales and his wife Edith Maria Eggleton. His parents were born in Morston 1871 and Blakeney
29th January: Talks By Members Tuesday 29 January 2019 2:30pm Venue: Cley Village Hall, The Fairstead, Cley-next-the-Sea These talks are open to all but are given by members. The Monement Family of Cley F.W.Monement (1858-1943) inherited the Cley estate on the death of his uncle W.J.J.Bolding in 1899, and built The Green in 1900. Richard Jefferson
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