Category: GOING OFF AT TANGENTS

• Insights from my Father’s Creative Writing

  A Blue Folder Recently, I was given a few things of my dad’s including a blue folder. This contains a wide range of stories which I think dad wrote when he did one or more creative writing courses. One of them is dated 1994 so perhaps that was the date of the first course. Another…

  November 27, 2025

• Caister to Happisburgh Walk

  School Sponsored Walk When I was at the Hewett School, see Chapter 118, I recall doing a sponsored walk on the beach from Caister to Happisburgh to raise money for the school swimming pool. This walk was between 15 and 17 miles. It was on sand so equivalent to a longer distance on a firmer…

  November 21, 2025

• Denis John Randall

  A Service of Celebration On Friday 1 August 2025, Jo and I attended a service of celebration for the life of my uncle Denis John Randall. It was held in the Newstead Chapel of Mansfield Crematorium and celebrated his life following his death on 3 July 2025, aged 97. My Uncle Denis and my father,…

  November 21, 2025

• A Hewett Brick

  My Secondary School I did my secondary schooling at the Hewett School in Norwich from 1971 to 1978. I have noted some of my experiences there in the early seventies, see Chapter 103, and in the late seventies, see Chapter 118. Decline While I do not know the details, in the intervening years between when…

  July 29, 2025

• Rev Gwynne Hodder

  Minister in Sutton and Kirkby Circuit One of the other Ministers in the Sutton and Kirkby District when Rev George Kendall was there was the Rev Gwynne Hodder. Speaker at Bourne Chapel As the Minister based at Bourne Chapel, Rev Hall spoke there frequently. Dates noted by mum included 27 January1946, 24 February 1946, 31…

  April 26, 2025

• Rev Alfred William Hall

  Minister in Sutton and Kirkby Circuit One of the other Ministers in the Sutton and Kirkby District when Rev George Kendall was there was the Rev Alfred William Hall. Speaker at Bourne Chapel As the Minister based at Bourne Chapel, Rev Hall spoke there frequently. Dates noted by mum included 1 September and 29 September…

  April 26, 2025

• Rev George Kendall

  An Enquiry In April 2025, I received an email enquiry from Tim Kendall, the grandson of Rev George Kendall OBE. He was researching his grandfather’s time as Superintendent Minister of the Sutton and Kirkby Methodist Circuit from September 1944 to August 1948. As part of that research, he had come across this website and noted…

  April 23, 2025

• A Friendship with The Fawthrops

  A Request In April 2025, John Fawthrop contacted me as he had seen photos of his parents on the website and he wondered how his parents and my family had become friends and how long the friendship had lasted. He noted that he had been born in 1946 and his sister, Susan, six years later.…

  April 22, 2025

• Forest Motor Company

  An Invoice Recently, I came across this invoice for sale on eBay. I was intrigued by the proprietor’s name and the location of the Kirkby Office. So, I decided to buy it even though I did not know precisely what it was! Forest Motor Company The business issuing the invoice was Forest Motor Company. I…

  March 6, 2025

• Hewett School Open Day

  On 9 November 2024, I was one of more than 2,000 people that attended an open day at the Hewett School ahead of its planned demolition. I am grateful to the school, Melita Morgan and others for having organised it and for having advertised it through various Facebook groups including Hewett School and one specific…

  November 11, 2024