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1949 - Stradbroke Show and Gymkhana

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Stradbroke Show and Gymkhana held at Home Farm ,meadow on 16th July 1949

Stadbroke Local History Group, Christmas Celebration

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Stadbroke Local History Group, Christmas Celebration

Stradbroke show prizes

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Stradbroke show prizes

Navy Day 2006

Navy Day 2006

Wedding Roy Wilkinson and Vivien Alderton

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Wedding Roy Wilkinson and Vivien Alderton

The Women's Institute planting a tree in celebration of the 50th year anniversary.

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The Women's Institute planting a tree in celebration of the 50th year anniversary.

Stradbroke Navy Day 1996.

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Stradbroke Navy Day 1996. Davis Varela, Adrian Wright, Dale Knights

The Wedding of Hedley Goshawk and Grace Ling 1939

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The Wedding of Hedley Goshawk and Grace Ling 1939

Guests arriving for a Wedding.

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Guests arriving for a Wedding.

Navy Day 2006

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Navy Day 2006. Each year a bottle of rum was paraded through the village to acknowledge the end of rum rations in the Royal Navy.
The Church would be dressed in flags with a naval message to the village. At the end of the parade a tot of rum was…

News report on the Village Carnival 1990

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The Mercury and Advertiser News report on the Village Carnival dd 1990,

Navy Day

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Navy Day. The picture shows the stage which was erected outside the Queens Head Public House on Navy Day.
Navy Day began during the 1990s by several customers of the pub when the navy ended the rum ration.
The group matched through the village …

WI 1936 calendar of events

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WI 1936 calendar of events

Advert for the Stock Fair dd 1847

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Advert for the Stock Fair dd 1847 to be held at the Queens Head public house by Abraham Girling.

The wedding of Edith Meen to Horace Rush 1893

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The wedding of Edith Meen to Horace Rush 1893

The wedding of Mr R Mower and Miss CEK Westrep

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News report from the Diss Express dd 29th March 1968 on The wedding of Mr R Mower and Miss CEK Westrep.

The wedding of Jack Sherman and Dawn Ford.

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News report in the Diss Mercury of The wedding of Jack Sherman and Dawn Ford dd 27th March 1959-

The wedding of Mr HC Goshawk and Miss GF Ling 1939

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Newspaper report of the wedding of HC Goshawk and Miss GF Ling 1939.

The unveiling of the War Memorial 1922

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The unveiling of the War Memorial 1922

Village parade - comic book float - Dan Dare

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Village parade - comic book float - Dan Dare - aka Mike Ransome

British Legion march

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British Legion march along Queen Street

Claude Rush notes on the Drought of 1921.

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The author of these notes was Harry Claude Rush whose father was Stradbroke's Police Sergeant from 1909 to 1919. In 1971 Claude recounted the drought that hit Stradbroke in 1921, a time before piped water was available and when streams, springs,…

Earl of Stradbroke - Fly Past

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Earl of Stradbroke - Fly Past

Stradbroke Horticultural Society Handbook 1936

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Stradbroke Horticultural Society Handbook 1936

Cine film of the Silver Jubilee 1977

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Cine film of the Silver Jubilee 1977 Narration track over views of village.

Annual event in the garden of The Priory.

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The Maypole at the annual event held at The Priory by Colonel and Mrs Humphrey.

SBEC Farmers Market featuring BBC Radio Suffolk Rachel Sloane

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Stradbroke Farmers Market March 2007 - Interviews by Mike Readman