St Margaret's Thrandeston

 I drove round and round part of the village of Thrandeston without finding the church when I went here first time, then stopped to ask where it was and eventually found it. The village is just off the A140 in North Suffolk but there are so many little lanes it's easy to get lost.

Later I looked at Simon Knott's Suffolk Churches Website and found I'd missed taking photos of the interesting bench ends so had to go back for another look.

So here are the curious carvings that I missed first time round, some in the nave but others in the chancel

The first thing you see when you step in is this  - a 17th century poor box, changed to a collection for the church.

And then in the chancel is what looks like another old collection box or maybe for storage for the items used in the communion service?

Interesting tiling around the altar

The font dates from the 15th century

Up above  are the Victorian corbels of heads and some serious cracks!

A brass plate dated 1533 that was lost for three hundred years

And a few more interesting things

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Veggie Burger Comparison

Thanks everyone for comments about the old photos, not ever so interesting to other parts of the country but a good look at Edwardian life - and villages everywhere would have looked similar I guess.

 Having discovered that Aldi do a mozzarella vegetarian burger that sounds just like the Linda McCartney ones I've tried and enjoyed in the past I though a  comparison would be a good idea.

Price-wise Linda McCartney were £2.50 for the two from Morrisons. Aldi's were £1.75 for two

Above is how they look when still frozen. There is an obvious difference. The Linda McCartney is thinner and darker with visible pieces of mozzarella, while Aldi's on the right is thicker and pinker. 

Ingredients in the Linda McCartney are Soya Protein, rapeseed oil, mozzarella cheese, onion, chickpea flour, flavouring, yeast extract, stabiliser: methyl cellulose; garlic puree, malted barley extract, onion powder,salt, garlic powder.

Calories 266 after cooking

The Linda McCartney looked like this, nicely browned after 25 minutes in the oven

 

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And in a bread roll with a little mayo, my red tomato relish and lettuce with fresh beetroot and my homemade cucumber pickles on the side

 As usual it was nice and moist with lots of flavour , making a filling meal.

Then a week later I tried the Aldi Burger..............

Ingredients in the Aldi burger are Soya Protein, mozzarella cheese 9%, rapeseed oil, thickener: Methyl cellulose; shea oil, flavourings, bamboo fibre (!), rice flour, coconut oil, chickpea flour, dried yeast, yeast extract, onion powder, barley malt extract, colour:beetroot red; sea salt, maltodextrin, cornflour, salt, dextrose.

Calories 211 when cooked.

When cooked the Aldi one looked like this.

and I used the same accompaniments in a bread roll with lettuce,  a smidge of mayo and my homemade red relish. With homemade cucumber pickle and fresh beetroot on the side.

I found this just about OK but a bit too thick and rather dry. Not a huge amount of flavour so I was glad of all my extras. Quite filling and enough for a meal. 

So you pays your money and makes your choice! Mine is the Linda McCartney brand, and Not every week either!

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More of the Old Suffolk Photos

 More of the old Suffolk photos I found at the small Sunday boot sale. More information on yesterday's post.

The next two I knew. The first is at the top of Bent Hill in Felixstowe, one of the few places in Suffolk with a town by the sea and this bit is high above the sea which is why there is nothing in the distance.

And below is Woodbridge. The loading/weighing structure thing is still there and the building is a pub called 'The Old Bell and Steelyard". One of the oldest pubs in the UK. It's a Grade 1 Listed building

The one below could be almost anywhere in Suffolk, although the building left of centre could be a chapel which I thought might be still there. It was recognised by someone on the East Suffolk in Old Photos Facebook page as being Chapel Lane, Gt Glemham. So both church and chapel in Gt Glemham have featured and I've not seen either.

Another below that I didn't know, luckily again someone knew it as Hollesley church. Not far from the coast and another church I've not visited yet.

Below is Wickham Market, the road through the village that I now use when going back and forward to the Auction yard at Campsea Ash and one of the ways we used to go from Suffolk Coast to Mid Suffolk when we lived at the small holding. The road layout is still the same

Another photo of Wickham Market, just a bit further on from the one above. I got the magnifier out to read the name on the delivery bike! The houses on the right of the road are still the same, as are those on the left but the garage on the left of the road in the centre of the photo has long gone.

Another mystery photo but recognised by several people as Martlesham, another village now bypassed just north of Ipswich.

Again I didn't know this one but others said it was Alderton, a village I have visited for the church but don't know well at all.

This one below was labelled as Ufford, another church I have visited, tucked away in the village .

All the photos except the one in Essex and the two of Felixstowe, are near the A12, the main road from Ipswich to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth. 

I had fun looking at them all and finding out where they were, lots of people looked at them on the East Suffolk in Old Photos Facebook page and said it was a good find and they were glad I'd shared them all.

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