Return to Menu page The wedding of Mr Charles william Kirk & Miss Sarah E. Sharman. Which took place in All Saints Church on Monday 17th June,1912. We thank Mrs Rosemary Bromley (nee Kirk) for this photograph. The young girl standing on the left is Hilda Gladys Sharman Seated left to right are Charles William Kirk (groom), Sarah Elizabeth Sharman (bride), George Sharman, Harriet Sharman (nee Beckett), the brides parents and standing Dorothy Irene Sharman. Standing behind centre are Lilian Harriet Sharman and to the right Winifred Evelyn Sharman. Small boy seated is Frank Sharman. I cannot identify the others […]
Kim Saul
I have lived in Belton all my life, and went to the village School in the mid 60's then I went to Lothingland secondary Modern in Lound, Suffolk, I am n ow retired.
Belton publicans from 1851 – 1974
Return to Menu page Landlords of the local public houses from 1851 to 1974 Kings Head. JAMES BRACEY age 44 in 1851 * 1841 – 1846 DAVID CLAXTON age 28 and occupation Gardener – Address as Marsh Lane?? ** 1851 SAMUEL BROOM & gardener. age 38 in 1861 1855 – * 1861 BENJAMIN PRESTON & brewer. age 59 in 1871 1869 – 1871 WILLIAM BEZANT 1874 JOSEPH KIMPTON age 53 in 1881 1879 – 1883 ALFRED DANIEL PRESTON age 42 in 1901 ) Died Q1 1903 – age 44 ) 1888 – 1901 WILLIAM ISAAC RUSSELL […]
Learn to talk proper like what I do
Return to Menu page Local Norfolk Dialect and pronunciation Norwich pronounced (Naaaaaaaridge) in the Southeast was invented in 1923 and is kept in Norfolk, where it has lived for 73 years. Norwich has a population of 2500 of which 2438 are related to each other and the rest are classed as furriners or have decided to settle in Norwich from beyond the great Horizon. Many people still believe that if you travel past Thetford (The Great Horizon) you will fall off the edge of the world and be devoured by Delia the Great Star Goat. Vocabulary Here are some useful […]
The last flight of the “Belle of the East”
Return to Menu page “The last flight of the Belle of the East” Chris Davies did some ‘digging’ into the past and using his experience as a traffic accident investigator has managed to reconstruct the last few minutes of “Belle of the east”. Nose art from the ” Belle of the East” Ernest Guyton was my maternal grandfather. He was a market gardener and lived in Waveney House, in the village of Belton which is about four miles Southwest of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk. Each summer my father […]
Railway cottages on St.Johns road
Return to Menu page St. Johns Road Railway Homes In 1962 my then husband and I bought the plot of land known as Brentwood. Previous to this the plot was owned or rented by “Bottles” Hunter. Gladys Brooks and family lived in the plot adjoining this, the brooks family had the use of the well on our plot and we still use the well today, the water is beautiful, it was pumped into the old cottage, which consisted of two carriages placed parallel to each other with a space between the two making a hall. The front of the carriage […]
A rare sight in Belton in the 1960’s
Return to Menu page first printed in the Great Yarmouth Mercury A rare sight in Belton in the 1960’s Eleven neatly thatched and well lined corn stacks beneath a November sky this is not a common sight in modern day farming when combine harvesters by – pass the stacking for thrashing at a later date. This link with the past is indeed a pleasing picture for all who like the countryside, and a proud one is Mr Herbert Bond (right) and Mr William Wilson, both of Belton near Great Yarmouth who between them were responsible for thatching the eleven […]
Waveney School presentation 2011
Return to Menu page Moorlands “Learners of the Year” As part of a series of grants made to local groups the Belton and District Historical Society included the Moorland’s School in their beneficiaries this year and after contacting the head teacher Mrs Denise Jackson it was agreed that a shield and certificate would be presented to “The Learner of The Year” in each class. The recipients who recently received their awards for the last academic year are shown in the accompanying pictures. Main photo :-Back row (L to R) Billy Bennington- class 1/2 NR, Eleanor Rose 5/6 MG, Megan […]
Sole Survivor
Return to Menu page While the majority of the residents of a seaside resort on the Lincolnshire coast were lying snug in their beds, another drama of the war at sea, was being enacted on their shore. The crew of eight from the undefended “East Dudgeon” lightship machine gunned by and bombed by a German plane were fighting for their lives against the sea and exposure. Only one had sufficient strength to gain shelter and survive the ordeal. The first intimation we had of the tragedy was the finding, soon after dawn, of a number of bodies lying […]