Thatched Cottage, School Road, Kirby Cane. (Formerly known as Mud Hall)
Ellingham and Kirby Cane photograph archive
The Milestone, Yarmouth Road, Ellingham, which once read Bungay 3 Yarmouth 15
Church Farm, Mill Lane Ellingham.
Church Farm, Mill Lane, Ellingham
The Swan, Yarmouth Road. (Pam Aldous)
The rear of the Swan (Pam Aldous)
The Swan, Yarmouth Road, Ellingham. Register taken 1794. Appears on the Bryants 1826 map. Closure was recommended at the first Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and S and P 29th May 1962 and closure followed on 23/10/1962 The Moore family on the left.(Gwennie Moore)
Below: Customers and Mr and Mrs P Aldous: Mabel Aldous aged 47 last licensee 1956-1962 of The Swan
(Pam Aldous)
Left to right : Benny Taylor, Emily Taylor, George Wright (former landlord of the Swan 1937-1950s and Iain Wright's Grandfather) (Iain Wright)
The Bird in Hand (Joe Pye)
The Bird in Hand Corner (Gloria Powley)
Sketch of The Bird in Hand by Ron Coster 1963 (Gloria Powley)
The Bird in Hand (Robin Lyne)
The Bird in Hand (Carol Jacobs)
Landlords at The Bird in Hand October 1984 (Carolyn Britton)
The Bird In Hand corner(Carol Day)
The Bird in Hand (sign opposite) (Steve Harvey)
The Bird in Hand (note telephone box, shop window and old barn) (Steve Harvey)
The Bird in Hand Tug of War Team at Beccles Quay. Iain Wright is on the left, 3rd left Sharon Raven, then Ronnie McDonald. First right is Tim Smith then David 'Percy' Thrower. (Iain Wright)
Bird in Hand: Mr and Mrs Harrison behind the bar. Also Dick Raven, Stanley Brown, Frozer Canham, Billy Cook and Daisy Cook. (Sharon Raven)
Bird in Hand(Sharon Raven)
Bird in Hand (Sharon Raven)
Gentleman with hat at The Bird In Hand (Sharon Raven)
Landlords: Mr and Mrs Harrison (Sharon Raven)
Dick Raven, Stanley Brown and Brian Slater, customers at The Bird In Hand (Sharon Raven)
Bird in Hand ladies darts team Back row from left: Daphne Harrison, Zena McDonald, Enid Penfold, Margaret Bullen. Front Row: Dot Blaza, Sharon Raven, Paula Windsor, Margaret Riseborough. (Sharon Raven)
Dick Raven, Stanley Brown,and ? in the Bird-in-Hand bar (Sharon Raven)
Gordon Read at the one-armed bandit - Bird in Hand (Sharon Raven)
Shaving event!
Ray Aldous (Sharon Raven)
The White Horse, Yarmouth Road, closed10/12/1969. The report for Watney Mann 1969 recommended immediate closure: the house in poor condition, trade poor, toilets poor and cellar poor. 1930 (Alma Harvey)
The White Horse, Yarmouth Road, Ellingham. (Robin Richardson)
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As above: Mud Hall, School Road, Kirby Cane, opposite the present Well Terrace, date and persons unknown but after 1879 - could possibly be John and Celia Harvey, Jack Harvey's Grandparents were known to have lived there and brought up 11 children.
The cottage consisted of two dwellings each with 3 rooms. The 1881 Census recorded 6 families living there: 15 adults and 12 children! The families were the Harveys, Laights, Prestons, Murtons, Falgates, and Parfitts. On 5th March 1920 it was auctioned at The King's Head and sold to Charles Tills (senior) Farmer. He died in 1927. His widow, Priscilla inherited the cottage and sold it to Ernest Aubrey Tills for £104 on 5th February 1932. He and his wife Gladys Elizabeth changed the name to Thatched House. Ernest died in the house on November 28th 1949. Gladys continued to live there for a total of 46 years. (Information from Valerie Peek and the Census)