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Robert Brown aged 72 on a wooden tricycle made by James Patteson of Foxley.
Photograph believed to be taken in Bawdeswell by F. Gibbs of Reepham.

Faded & used sepia postcard of Bylaugh Hall, Bawdeswell.
On reverse a note from Charlie addressed to Mr. H. Hatley, 22 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk.

Postmarked Swanton Morley, Dereham 23 MR 14.

B&W unused postcard with a view of Bawdeswell Street looking east towards the church wall and showing village shop, advertisement signs and a parked car.

Postcard showing 55 pupils at Bawdeswell School in the early 1900s.On the reverse:Bawdeswell School, Sydney Lambert in middle of top row, marked with a blue cross.

Unstamped sepia postcard of Bawdeswell Post Office.Message reads:Every good wish for Christmas and New Year. Have you heard of the plane crash on our little church completely destroying it and damaging houses opposite (Nov 6th). It was one of our…

Sign reads: A.E.BUSH, Grocer and Draper Alfred Bush and his wife Sybil ran the post office in Bawdeswell from 1920 to 1937 when the post office was taken over by the Whybrows.Notes on the post office included in File 12.

B&W unused postcard. The dog, horse & cart belonged to Evelyn Whall's paternal grandfather, Mr Lambert who kept this shop.

On the reverse in pencil - 1932 and in ink -Bawdeswell, Lambert's Shop

Tinted postcard of Tollgate House on Reepham Road, Bawdeswell.
Vulcan Series Postcard

View of Chaucer House, The Street, Bawdeswell taken before 1928.
Unused Tuck postcard
BWDL 4

Bawdeswell's church was the only Norfolk village parish church to be destroyed in World War II. In 1944 an RAF Mosquito returning from a raid over Germany crashed into the church causing extensive damage to the church and nearby buildings.