The opening of the Village Hall in 1908.Methodist Chapel: Centenary Celebrations 1986 (courtesy EADT)Methodist Chapel: Centenary Celebrations 1986 (courtesy EADT)Methodist Sunday School: Summer trip to Clacton early 1960sMethodist Sunday School 1959: “Winter Treat”.Methodist Youth Club in “ a summer stroll” in the early 1950s.Methodist Sunday School outing 1930sOld Towser and Mrs Forsdyke also employed by the Posfords.Mrs Lancaster worked for the Posfords until over ninety years of age.Mrs Rachel Last – who gave forty years service to Mary Ellen Ashwell (Posford)Falkenham Footballers. 1 Marriot, 2 Frank Burch, 3 Mr Hubbard, 4 Bob Gage (Rev.), 5 Roffey, 6 Driver, 7 George Cobbold, 8 William Everitt, 9 Henderson, 10 Bertie GageCricketers at Falkenham with Revd. George Danvers on the right.The Dog: Ladies Darts Team.The Dog: Ladies Darts Team.The Dog: Gentlemen’s Darts Team 1971.The Dog: Gentlemen’s Darts Team 1971.A coach party from The Falkenham Dog.The Revd. & Mrs W J S Weir. A notable in village history, apparently prepared to marry Edward & Mrs Simpson.Charlie Farthing in the wheelchair with other Farthings and Hyams at Red House Farm Cottages on the corner of Croxton Close.Boys at the school. Names from Stanley Farthing in 1975.Boys at the school.F/S Colin Gillick and his team in 1987 with larger bomb from the wreck of a German JU188 which crashed on 15th October 1943 into marshes at Kirton Creek.Legacy of the Second World War F/S Colin Gillick with bomb from the wreck of a German JU188 which crashed on 15th October 1943 into marshes at Kirton Creek.Soldiers with local and evacuated children. Alec & Douglas Jacobs on the right.Kirton & Falkenham Home Guard:Land Army Girls Beryl & Ivy with John Copping and his father, Chubb.Kirton & Falkenham Home GuardService to inaugurate the War Memorial.Helpers at the dinner for the Demobilised Men.Demobilised men.The Gray family in the First World War.Carting kale at Sluice Marshes 1942. John Copping (L) and John Maskell with the horse Stormer.Chaff-cutting – Les Leggett in the foreground, Sid Rivett and Ethel Ford.The Kirton Hall Gang: L–R Albert Eley,, Bob Brett,, ?, Dick Farthing, Bill Spall, Walter Cooper, Bill Bailey, ?.Tommy Wright and Sidney “Reden” Desborough with the delivery of meal outside the Forge.Alec Jacobs fashioning a scroll at the Forge.Edward Lampard (left) with Alec Jacobs shoeing at the Forge.June & Alan Wynne outside the Greyhound with the Co-Op milk trike 1950 o 1951Ethel & Walter Pooley at the Greyhound with their horse and cart for their carrier service to Ipswich: Plum Tree Cottage in the background.The Woolnough Building Team. L–R: Edgar (Ted) Woolnough, Doc Woolnough, ?, ?, Mr Barrell, Fred Wyard, ?, Mr Sheppard, Bob Lewis, Russel Smith. Ted lived in Ashwell Cottage with his yard at the rear.Paul’s Farm: Laying the stackA welcome break: L–R Bert Wright, Bill Bilham, ?, George Lanham.Paul’s Farm: Carting the sheaves of corn to the stackyard: Jack Rivette with the pitchfork.Paul’s Farm: Horry Keeble with first tractor on the estate pulling a binder.Lampard’s Farm: Raymond Girling and Ted Lampard with a binderLampard’s Farm: Ted Lampard Jnr., Lilyy Lampard, Ted Lampard and Raymond GirlingLampard’s Farm: Ted LampardJack Wells and Dordie LingSheep-shearing at Kirton Hall. L–R: ?, William Wright, Paddy Rivett, George Mayhew, ?, Mr FulcherPeople at the Retirement Presentations.The team on the Paul’s Estate.Retirement Presentations: Farm supper, 1967, Regal Restaurant, Felixstowe. Total 441 years serviceEnjoying work at Corporation Farm in 1953. Roy Smith, Ron Tucker (not the bull!), Colin Cope.Ted Middleton who served on the Paul’s estate from the age of 12 to his retirement at 78. A proud possession was his horsemen’s recipe bookA gathering held by W F Paul at Kirton Lodge in 1908.Ladies at the Rectory in the 1950s.Ladies at the Rectory in the 1950s.Members of the Kirton Working Party.Members of the Kirton Working Party doing tapestry work for the church under the direction of Mrs Weir 1933–1935The Post Ladies in December 1963: L–R: Bessy Read and Dot RivettThe Kirton & Falkenham Bowls Team at Sutton.The Kirton & Falkenham Bowls Team at Sutton.A 1950s cartoon by Twist in the Green ‘Un of the Kirton Football Team.Kirton Football Club 1953–54. Back: B. Taylor (Sec.), T Baxter, K Clarke, J Reynolds, A Smith, G Meadows, K Mowles, Mr Jay. F: A Parker, T Mahon, D Copping, H Headley, D SeamanFlossy Wynne the Post Lady receiving a bouquet on her retirement in 1976.Queenie Rivett at the organ she played at St Mary & St Martin’s for 65 years from the age of 14 to her retirement in 1989 (courtesy EADT)A gathering at the end of what is now Rectory LaneRussel Smith, Bertie Cone, Billy Mulley, Bob Desborough – on the village seat in front of Ted Lampard’s barnThe Coronation Fete – Fancy Dress CompetitionFun at the Green: Back L-R – Ronny Woby, Roderick Rush, Fred Last. Front: Brenda Beavers, Peter Spall, Diane Bilner, Les LeggettEthel Pooley (landlady) and Dick Rivett outside the Greyhound in the 1930sEnjoying a drink – a man outside the White HorseLes Leggett with haul of flounders caught by handFishing at the Creek: elegant young men crabbingL-R: Rhoda Rivett (later Burrows) and Maud RunniclesFishing at the Creek: elegant young men crabbingTwo bathing belles at the CreekA school swimming lesson at the Creek.Bathing belles at the CreekThirza Cottage c1923 Mrs Runnicles and her daughter Joan (became Mrs Cone)
