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1911 Census

2ND APRIL 1911 CENSUS – WALDRINGFIELD (No of rooms – count the kitchen as a room but not the scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom, warehouse, office or shop) (Italics for possible names and places of houses) CHAPEL HOUSE, HEATH ROAD, WALDRINGFIELD HEATH – 5 rooms Frank Woodley, Head, aged 42, married, market gardener, employer works from home, bn Egham, Surrey…
alyson
March 1, 2018
BoatsYacht

Yacht Cormorant

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alyson
February 28, 2018
BoatsDinghy

The Waldringfield Dragonfly

Over the summer of 2019, this classy clinker-built sailing dinghy celebrated 70 years of racing on the Deben. First launched in May ’49 the Dragonfly had been two years in gestation. Addressing the WSC committee in 1947, Mr Earnest Nunn’s introduction of the notion of ‘one-design racing’ was enthusiastically received. It was agreed that the boat should be a Bermudan-rigged…
alyson
February 28, 2018
BoatsDinghy

Dragon 272

Dragon 272  that is the one Chris Baker said was built in 1954 by Nunns. Dragons were sailed a the Club for quite a while    Ted Sudell had D292.    Dragon K276  Viking was the most famous of the Dragons built by Ernie Nunn. Here is the list of Nunn's Dragons from the Classic Dragons website. There are 14. Classic Dragons…
alyson
February 28, 2018
BoatsYacht

Nosama

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alyson
February 26, 2018
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WSC Regatta winners from 1924

Regatta Winners starting 1924 Yacht Class J.G.B.Fairley  Lady Little Care Cyril Stollery  One More A.J.Hayward    Iselle A.C.Wickman  Lady Molly C.A.Winn  Quinque Cyril Stollery  St Patrick Trevor Waller  Theo A.C.Wickman  Prudence Miss F.B.Orvis  Rainbow F.A.Gooderham Iselle K.W.N.Palmer  Terrapin J.V.Rowland  Ha Ha R.J.Garnham  St George Pershouse Harkaway Farquaharson Red Jacket   Yachts for season point A.W. Quantrill   Try me A.R.J. Curjel     Arc…
alyson
February 25, 2018
Geology

BGS Groundwater levels

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alyson
February 18, 2018
Poem

1929-1989 Poem Waldringfield Village Hall

When all our pensioners were lads And lasses, they would play Right up the village, past the school Where a field abandoned lay. Cricket and such, in spite of ruts And bumps among the hay. Arthur Bloomfield Then sixty years ago this year An army hut was found Which Arthur Bloomfield had put up On that same piece of ground…
alyson
February 17, 2018
Cement WorksCensusDocumentsFamilyIndustryPeople

1876 Census Cement Workers

Just because it isn’t stated doesn’t mean there wasn’t stuff going on between 1871 & 1881  which gave me a hint and I have quickly looked through the Baps etc., with a word search on cement and found Baptised at Waldringfield - 10 Sept 1876  Mary Ann Elliot d.o. William & Ellen Elliot   Foreman at Cement Works  10 Sept 1876…
alyson
February 16, 2018

Hilton Creek

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alyson
February 14, 2018
Cement Works

1875 Shadbolt Cement works Court Case from The Builder

PAYMENT FOR ESTIMATE. At the Woodbridge County Court, on the 19th inst., Mr. John Frost, builder, Woodbridge, brought an action against Messrs.Coles & Shadbolt, cement manufacturers, to recover 31, 15s., for making an estimate of the cost of a new dock at cement works belonging to the defendants at Waldringfield, and for other work done. The firm wrote ... Book on google books  …
alyson
February 14, 2018