My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 I've mentioned before that I never knew my Dad, he was killed in a motorbike accident in 1954, a few months before I was born. I always...

 Something I don't think I've mentioned before is that many Suffolk Churches that I visit have signs on their fences or gates tellin...

Just to fill another blog post here are a few more of the old photos. First is me and my Grandma - on Dad's side. Sadly she died before ...

 I'm short of ideas for blog posts so thought I'd share a few more old photos. Most of the photos I have come from my Dad's side...

 It's not surprising that my Grandma was horrified when her daughter and new husband bought this cottage in  1952 for £500. Front of the...

 I wrote about living - totally  by coincidence - in the same village as my Great, Great, Grandparents    HERE . A couple of weeks ago on th...

 First of all have to say WELL DONE to Ipswich Town Football Club , automatically promoted to the Premiership - the top tier of English Foot...

 69 years ago today I was born in this house belonging to my Grandma and Grandad, in Stowmarket in Mid Suffolk.. My Mum was staying with her...

 I've got a box full of old photos as well as 8 photo albums. Rarely looked at  and I guess after I've gone they will all be chucked...

 Is it because of getting older that I've got more interested in family history?  Years ago when all elderly relatives were still around...

 Not far from my home is a gate into the lower, newer part of the churchyard. I walked round with my camera (not yesterday, which was too HO...