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Amanda SimsJanuary 16, 2023
In the year of a global pandemic and increasing concerns about climate change, the Met Office confirm that 2020 was a year of weather extremes, 'with the wettest February on record, the sunniest spring, a heatwave in the summer and a day in October that broke rainfall records'. This supports the general trend of warming as a consequence of climate…
Amanda SimsMarch 10, 2022
In the 3rd blog of this series, we take a walk down School Road where despite being in the throws of a global pandemic, local residents put out the flags and celebrated VE Day with true community spirit, whilst at the same time adhering to strict government restrictions on social distancing. It was indeed an important day, being the 75th…
Amanda SimsFebruary 21, 2022
The second post in this series of blogs takes us down Fishpond Road, a relatively quiet back road in the village and home to the founding father and President of the Waldringfield History Group, Joe Clark and his wife, Kit, at 'Woodside', along with their labrador, Boots. Joe and Kit have lived in the village for 55 years with Kit's family…
Amanda SimsJanuary 31, 2022
In 2019, plans were afoot to capture life in the village in 2020, marking 20 years since Kit Clark's Millennium Albums. Little did we know that just around the corner was a global pandemic! The first lockdown started on 23rd March 2020, and life changed for everyone in some form or other. This didn't deter us from circulating a survey…
Amanda SimsJanuary 12, 2022
2020 Vision Project At the beginning of 2020 the History Group asked the village of Waldringfield if they would be prepared to help in a year long project. Little did we think at this stage that 2020 would turn out to be such an extrordinary and unusual year! They were asked: Please could you help us create a record…
alysonAugust 2, 2021
The Waldringfield History Group next year wishes to gather information which can be used as a 'benchmark' for a comparison in 2040. The Big Garden Birdwatch will take place at the end of January which will be before the Waldringfield History Group has its 'launch event' about the gathering of information. The Waldringfield History Group is looking to arrange a…
Charles CroydonOctober 11, 2019
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