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  • King’s Lynn – War Memorial (List of Names)

    King’s Lynn – War Memorial (List of Names)

    This is a list of the war names on King’s Lynn’s war memorial, from the Imperial War Museum (IWM). I’ve left in the name of Herbert Doy, still on the IWM list, that was included in error and which was removed from the memorial. I’m hoping to write about a few of the names on here, although the death toll was so high from the town it’ll only ever be a small proportion of those who gave their lives.

    Adams, E W

    Ainger, W

    Aldren, H L

    Aldren, J C

    Allen, A A

    Allen, G

    Allen, S

    Allen, T N

    Anderson, C

    Anderson, J

    Anderson, T B

    Andrews, C H

    Armes, R L

    Armes, W M

    Arnell, R

    Ashby, G S

    Badcock, H J

    Bailey, A A

    Bailey, W H J

    Baker, S S

    Barber, F V

    Bardell, R J

    Barnaby, J

    Barnard, E A

    Barnard, P

    Barrett, J A

    Barrett, T W

    Barrett, W E

    Bartle, T

    Bartram, A H

    Bassham, R O

    Bates, W

    Batterbee, A J

    Batterbee, E R W

    Batterbee, R

    Beaty, G W

    Beck, B

    Belding, F E

    Benefer, G

    Bentley, J

    Bird, G E

    Blackburn, A H

    Block, E

    Bloom, H C

    Bloom, J E

    Blyth, J

    Blyth, W

    Bobbin, W

    Boldero, A J

    Bone, H

    Bonham, W D

    Bourne, W

    Bowen, J F

    Bowen, J W

    Bowker, F J

    Bowman, F

    Bracebridge, C A

    Bradfield, R C

    Bradfield, W L

    Braybrook, H E

    Bridges, J

    Brightmore, J C

    Brock, E V

    Brock, G

    Brooks, W J

    Brown, A

    Brown, E T

    Brown, J G

    Brown, S W

    Browning, G A

    Brunton, C

    Bunfield, W C

    Bunn, G

    Bunn, T

    Bunning, W H

    Bunting, C

    Bunting, D

    Bunting, E

    Bunting, W

    Burrell, F C

    Burton, C V

    Burton, E L

    Bush, W S

    Cannell, W G

    Carter, C T

    Carter, C W

    Carter, W E

    Catton, J C

    Causton, E E

    Cavell, J R

    Cawston, H J

    Chamberlain, J

    Chamberlain, W G

    Chaplin, E B

    Chapman, A E

    Chapman, A G

    Clarke, A

    Clarke, C

    Clarke, W

    Clover, H L

    Coates, A

    Cobbold, A G

    Collison, H T

    Connelly, J

    Cook, G S

    Cooper, C V

    Cooper, E C

    Cooper, J

    Cooper, R

    Corteen, W

    Coulton, A E

    Cowen, W C

    Crabtree, C

    Cracknell, E V

    Crake, B

    Creek, G F

    Creighton, B

    Cresswell, F J

    Crisp, W

    Crowe, H W

    Curley, W D

    Currey, E

    Cushing, A

    Dabb, H G

    Dabb, J G

    Davis, C

    Dawber, J H

    Dawson, G H

    Day, J W

    Dent, S O

    Depear, H J

    Dexter, L

    Dines, J

    Dixon, E

    Dobson, E W

    Docking, J

    Donger, T W

    Doy, H

    Doy, S M

    Drew, E

    Drew, G W H

    Dunbabin, J H

    Dunn, J

    Dye, W H

    Eagleton, S T

    Earl, W C

    Edwards, A

    Ellis, G R

    Ess, C R

    Evans, T A

    Fake, H

    Farr, J

    Fayers, T R

    Fendley, H C

    Fickling, A

    Finch, R G

    Finney, J R

    Fisher, G A

    Flanders, V

    Flanders, W

    Flegg, H

    Fox, B R

    Fox, D

    Fox, G A

    Fox, J F

    Franklin, D

    Franklin, H W

    Franklin, L F

    Froggitt, W G

    Fromow, E F

    Frost, F

    Frost, R H

    Fysh, G E

    Fysh, H

    Fysh, J W

    Fysh, W

    Gage, H T

    Gamble, E

    Gamble, E A

    Gamble, F H

    Gamble, W M

    Gardiner, E J

    Gardiner, F J

    Garland, V R

    Garnett, W

    Gash, G

    Gathercole, W J

    Gazley, J W

    Gazley, P G

    Gee, G

    Gilbert, A

    Gilbert, G

    Giles, F T

    Giles, J G

    Gill, J T

    Girdlestone, B

    Girdlestone, B F

    Goate, G F

    Goate, R T

    Golding, F

    Goldsmith, F

    Goodson, F J

    Gorden, R

    Granger, A F

    Granger, A L

    Green, A E

    Green, C W

    Green, E G

    Green, E J

    Green, H

    Green, J W

    Greenacre, H P

    Greenacre, W H

    Greeves, C

    Gribble, F

    Grice, H C Le

    Griffin, A

    Griffin, E

    Griffin, E

    Griffiths, W

    Griffiths, W S

    Grimes, G W

    Gunns, F W

    Guy, E W

    Guy, F T

    Hall, F

    Hall, R W

    Hammond, C

    Hammond, H W

    Hammond, R

    Hampston, W

    Hamson, A W F

    Hansell, F J

    Harbage, T W

    Hardy, A G

    Hardy, E J

    Harris, J B

    Harrison, E G

    Harrison, F W G

    Harrison, G W

    Harrison, L G

    Hart, A T

    Hart, H

    Hart, W W H

    Haverson, L

    Heil, S

    Hendry, P R

    Heseltine, F

    Hewitt, J H

    Hitchcock, F N

    Holmes, A A

    Holmon, J J

    Holroyd, W

    Horsley, H E

    Howard, C

    Howard, C E

    Howard, H S

    Howard, J W

    Howell, R

    Howlett, J

    Howlett, R

    Hudson, G E

    Hughes, J

    Humphrey, W L

    Hunt, D

    Jackson, A H

    Jackson, G R W

    Jacobs, C H

    Jacobs, D A

    Jacobs, W G

    Jarvis, H J

    Jary, S R

    Jennings, H J

    Johnson, A V

    Juby, J S

    Juby, S A

    Juniper, A F

    Kelly, E H

    Kemp, H

    Kendle, F E

    Kent, W

    Kew, W E

    King, G

    King, W E

    Knight, F N

    Knight, S

    Knights, C W

    Lake, C W

    Lake, W

    Lambert, E C

    Lancaster, R

    Langford, A F

    Leaford, C

    Lee, J S C

    Leeder, A

    Leggett, A

    Lester, J N

    Lewis, A

    Lift, A L

    Lincoln, A T R

    Link, F J

    Link, O L

    Little, A V

    Lovell, T A

    Lusher, W H

    Lyon, A E

    Lyon, E

    Main, F W

    Major, E F

    Major, J G

    Mann, A

    Manning, A

    Manning, H F

    Marriott, E

    Marsters, E

    Marsters, F A

    Marsters, H S

    Marsters, J V H

    Mason, S A

    Massingham, J

    Mayes, F

    Mcclune, S

    Mclean, P D

    Mears, A E

    Mears, F

    Mears, F H

    Medlock, B

    Medlock, F

    Medlock, W J

    Meggitt, E M

    Meggitt, F C

    Meggitt, R D

    Middleage, J

    Mindham, J T

    Minister, G

    Mitchell, W

    Mitchell, W G

    Mitchelson, F

    Mitchley, S R

    Moates, H

    Morgan, W C

    Morley, J S

    Morris, W B

    Morriss, E

    Moy, J

    Murrell, A

    Myers, C

    Neale, A

    Neale, R H

    Neave, W R

    Nelson, C J

    Newdick, G E

    Newman, R H

    Nichole, H G

    Nicholls, E

    Nuccoll, H W

    Nuccoll, T

    Oakes, D E

    Oakes, E J

    Oakes, H G

    Ollett, J W

    Osborne, H

    Overland, E

    Overton, E

    Owen, T A

    Owen, T E

    Oxbury, M

    Page, H

    Palfrey, F A

    Park, A

    Partridge, R H

    Patrick, C B

    Patterson, A W

    Patterson, L V

    Patterson, R G

    Pattrick, A D

    Pearman, W F

    Pells, J W

    Percy, E D

    Ping, W R W

    Pishorn, F

    Pitcher, G W

    Pitcher, J H

    Pitt, C A

    Plain, H H

    Plain, J T

    Playford, J E

    Plowright, W

    Priestley, D S

    Pryke, E W

    Pyshorn, G F

    Quinee, E C

    Raper, W T

    Rasberry, R

    Rasberry, W

    Rayner, J

    Read, E D

    Ream, A D

    Reed, F W

    Reed, R J

    Richardson, A

    Riches, A W

    Ringwood, G

    Robinson, C S

    Robotham, J F

    Rodgers, H G

    Rogers, C

    Rogers, C

    Roper, C

    Rose, G

    Rose, J

    Rose, T

    Rowe, J F

    Rowe, W T

    Rust, G A

    Scott, J R

    Searle, G W S

    Shaw, P

    Shaw, W V

    Sheaman, E

    Shearman, E T

    Shearman, W

    Shears, G

    Shirley, J

    Shreeve, G

    Simmonds, P G

    Slater, W J

    Slegg, W G

    Smith, B A

    Smith, D W

    Smith, F W

    Smith, G T

    Smith, H W

    Smith, S O

    Smith, W

    Smith, W

    Snelling, E T

    Sparkes, H

    Spreckley, F A

    Staley, J

    Stalham, A

    Stanford, W

    Stannard, S E

    Stebbings, F J

    Stephenson, A H

    Stephenson, C

    Stevens, H C

    Stevens, S J

    Steward, H J

    Stokes, M K

    Suggett, F E

    Taylor, A W

    Taylor, T G

    Taylor, W

    Terrington, C E

    Terrington, F R

    Terry, R

    Thorley, R T

    Thorpe, C

    Tice, W G

    Tilson, W

    Towler, H

    Trenowath, W

    Tullett, W A

    Turnbull, J G

    Turner, A G

    Turner, R

    Tweedy, R V

    Tyzack, W H

    Valentine, J W

    Varney, H

    Wagg, A

    Wagg, B

    Wagg, H S

    Wagg, J

    Wagg, P

    Wakefield, A H

    Walker, H A

    Walker, R

    Walker, S

    Wallis, R

    Wanford, A J

    Ward, A G

    Ward, J W

    Ward, S A

    Wardby, W

    Warnes, D H

    Watkins, A R

    Watling, G V

    Watling, L E

    Watson, C R

    Watson, F

    Watson, H B

    Watson, H J

    Watts, H S

    Watts, V G

    Watts, W H

    Webb, T

    Webster, G V

    Webster, P

    Weldrick, A E

    Welham, W F

    Wellsman, C

    Wenn, R W

    West, F W

    West, G

    Westfield, R

    Whitrick, W

    Whomes, T W

    Wildbur, S A

    Wilkin, G H

    Wilkinson, J G

    Williams, E E

    Williamson, J T

    Willimott, H H

    Winch, E L

    Witt, J H

    Woodby, J

    Woodhouse, C R

    Woodhouse, G W

    Woodwark, E R

    Wright, A

    Wright, P R

    Wright, R

    Wright, R C

    Wright, W

    Wright, W P

    Younge, G H

    Younge, H O

    Youngs, J W

  • Norwich – King’s Head

    Norwich – King’s Head

    I should have written about this on my blog before, but the King’s Head in Norwich is one of my favourite pubs and is absolutely worthy of its place in the Good Beer Guide. Friendly, warm, welcoming and always with sufficiently interesting beers for me. They’re more on the real ale end of the spectrum than the craft beer end, but the quality is high and the choice is balanced and well thought out.

    The beer list is reduced given the current situation, but there was a coffee stout and this pleased me greatly. OK, the S&P Beano Coffee Stout might not be world-class, but it’s a solid 4/5 on Untappd for me. As usual, perfectly kept and at the appropriate temperature.

    Not that the pub has much choice in the matter, but it’s sad to see the bar billiards table like that.

    The pub was busier than this for much of our stay, but I took the photo of the back bar when people weren’t in it, that makes things easier. The whole health issue was handled well, table service was offered, beer menus at the table, extra drinks offered pro-actively, payment taken at the table, everything clearly laid out. Marvellous, all very professional.

    The front bar, feeling quite empty and there’s now a one-way system operating throughout.

    And more photos of the front bar. As every, a marvellous pub which is understated, professional and a reliable location for a dark beer (and others for customers who so desire). I was tempted as usual by the pork pies, which are back on the menu, but managed to resist on this occasion. But, their pork pies are a culinary delight, served with mustard and pickle…… Ah, it’s good to be back in pubs….

  • Norwich – Nelson’s Statue

    Norwich – Nelson’s Statue

    The statue of Norfolk’s hero, Nelson, in Norwich Cathedral Upper Close. It was installed here in 1847, sculpted by Thomas Milnes. It was attacked by vandals, twice, over recent days. I have no comment to make on my non-political blog, but I’m conscious that this may be an independent attack without political links, so jumping to conclusions would be unhelpful and wouldn’t be relevant here anyway. Events may mean that view is misguided, but we shall see and perhaps it was intended as an attack on the Church of England, the establishment, British history, society in general or the British Empire. I don’t know and that debate can be had elsewhere.

    The rear of the statue.

    The front of the statue.

    When we were standing taking photos, a police car drove by. I thought they might hang around and see why I standing by the statue, but they must have thought I was trustworthy as they drove off (the lights of the police car are just visible going through the Erpingham Gate in the above photo).

  • King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (Bank Lane Arches)

    King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (Bank Lane Arches)

    At first sight, these historic arches in Tower Gardens look like they’re part of the Greyfriars complex of buildings. Although they are on land that was once part of the orchard of Greyfriars, the arches were brought here for the new park in 1911 from a building being demolished on Ferry Street. This section of land was used as a cattle holding area before the market until it became part of Tower Gardens and it adds some heritage to the whole arrangement.

  • King’s Lynn – War Memorial

    King’s Lynn – War Memorial

    King’s Lynn war memorial was unveiled on 26 January 1921 by HRH Princess Mary and was dedicated by Bishop Suffragan of Thetford. The memorial was designed by Oswald Partridge-Milne (1881-1968) who was an architect that had a broad portfolio of work, he also designed the interior of Claridge’s Hotel and Sprowston Court in Norwich.

    There are 563 names on the memorial commemorating those who lost their lives during the First World War, and the monument was later amended to mark those who died during the Second World War.

    There was a little issue though discovered after HRH Princess Mary had unveiled the memorial, which was that Herbert Doy was surprised to find his name listed amongst the dead. His name was been reported as missing during the First World War and his safe return was overlooked when the memorial was being prepared. The town said that it would remove his name from the war memorial, although there’s no gap and so I’m unsure how they did this unless they prepared another bronze section.

    Here’s a full list of the names on the memorial.

  • King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (War Memorial Bench)

    King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (War Memorial Bench)

    This beautiful bench is one of a pair located at Tower Gardens in King’s Lynn, in front of the town’s war memorial. They were funded by the Rotary Club and the Borough Council, certainly the most eye-catching bench that I can recall seeing.

  • King’s Lynn – Greyfriars

    King’s Lynn – Greyfriars

    Work started on Greyfriars friary in the late 1240s and it remained open until the Dissolution of the Monasteries saw its demise in 1538. This photo is taken from the nave end of the friary, which is where members of the local population would be allowed to visit, with the sections at the rear being reserved for the friars.

    The grassed area is where the cloisters once stood.

    A model of how the friary once looked.

    Under usual circumstances, it’s likely that the stone would have been carted away and used in other construction projects following the closure of the friary. However, the lantern tower was useful for shipping given its 28-metre height and so it survived and was maintained to perform that function. The tower was at risk for a while recently as it had started to lean, but thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage, funding was secured in 2006 to restore the structure.

    The inside of the tower, which is the best-preserved example of such a Franciscan structure left standing in the UK.

    Another view of the tower, with the stone at the front of the photo marking where the altar was formerly located. When the friary was closed, the site was never really built on and so it was decided in 1911 to tidy the area up and to turn the land into a public park known as Tower Gardens.

    The site of the former infirmary. This is a really well-managed site, they’ve made it clear to see the layout of the friary and there are numerous information boards to give further details about the site’s history.

  • King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (NHS)

    King’s Lynn – Tower Gardens (NHS)

    This is a really nice floral display in Tower Gardens, I’m not sure how long these things take to create, but it’s a lovely gesture.

  • King’s Lynn – Re-Opening the Globe

    King’s Lynn – Re-Opening the Globe

    I’m conscious that there are many smaller independent pubs that are in need of support now, but my favourite ones were still closed and I wanted to pop in to see how JD Wetherspoons were managing with the re-opening of their outlets.

    There’s a little welcome station with hand sanitiser and paper menus, along with a large sign telling customers what to do. I must admit I read the sign and forgot that I was meant to write down my name, which they didn’t make very clear and I’m easily confused at the best of times. It didn’t much matter as they took that information via the App when I ordered, but otherwise, it all looked organised.

    There are protective barriers in the pub now and the self-service coffee machine has distance markers to keep people suitably distanced. I must admit, this is probably as much as they could have done, although some of the barriers weren’t ideally placed and people snuck between them and then brushed past other customers at tables. The best-laid plans of any pub are usually circumvented by some customers though….

    I hadn’t expected the unlimited coffee to be back, but it’s all working as usual. I ordered via the app, which is the preferred method, and it was brought over soon enough. There’s a new policy where customers can’t re-use a mug and they have to get another one, and I never worked out the most efficient way of doing this and where to stand. The pub was well-staffed though, so my standing awkwardly seemed to work sufficiently well.

    The pub was relatively busy in the afternoon and I suspect they’d have been better having someone at the door to explain what was going on, but it’s good that there is some vague notion of normality returning now to the pub sector.

  • Norwich – Pret Chapelfield

    Norwich – Pret Chapelfield

    And another closure, Pret at Chapelfield in Norwich is closing permanently. The Haymarket one is staying open, but I imagine the rents here were just too high at the moment. I can’t help thinking that they never really rewarded their customers, they ignored the loyalty schemes that most of their rivals offered and I did think that was quite brave of them. There was always the danger that they desperately needed customers and that eventuality came to pass, although perhaps that wouldn’t have made much difference in the scale of things. But, a sad loss for Norwich (although maybe some independent operators might disagree), the staff here were always friendly and helpful, with the food being of a decent quality as well.