An Interview With Bert Keeble – A Series of Audio Clips

Nov 22, 2016 | Audio

Bertie was born on the 26th February 1897. He was the son of Arthur and Sarah (née Rowland) and born while the family lived in Station Alley. These were a group of cottages that were on the site of what is now Keebles Garage and next to the original site of Bramford...

A Grand Day Out

Nov 21, 2016 | Events

The following extract from the Bramford & Burstall Church Magazine of July 1898 conjures up a picture of village life in the late Victorian period. This was from a time when the main forms of transport were steam and horse powered and Bramford had its own railway...

Theft at Bramford Hall 1799

Nov 21, 2016 | Events

Ipswich Journal 22nd April, 1799 “Whereas the Gardens belonging to Bramford Hall, were, on Saturday night last, entered and robbed of a large quantity of CAULIFLOWER and CABBAGE PLANTS.  A reward of TEN GUINEAS is hereby offered for discovering the offender or...

Bramford Parish Notes

Nov 21, 2016 | Parish Notes

The following are transcriptions from a letter book of Bramford Parish Council from the early 1900’s.  They are believed to have been passed down from Edgar Eaborn who was Parish Clerk from 1927. Unfortunately they only gives one side of the correspondence but...

Gambling on the highway

Nov 21, 2016 | People

Suffolk Chronicle 4th October 1918 “Six Bramford labourers, named William Macdonald Brown, William George Gynn, George William Driver, Ernest Francis, Ernest William Taylor and Sydney Keeble, were charged at Needham Market last week with gaming on the highway. ...

Fire at Messrs Packards Bramford Works

Nov 21, 2016 | Events

Suffolk Chronicle 27th January 1877 “Many people were awoke from their sleep on Thursday night by the continuous sounding for a long time of the steam horn at Bramford manure works, the cause of the unusual roaring being a fire which had broken out there.  The...