Articles

Draft – work in progress!

Over 30 articles are ready and and 24 will appear in the Framlingham History Advent Calendar starting on 1st December. These and a few more (including these below) will be published on this page after Christmas.


Many stories and articles have been written about Framlingham’s History and about items displayed in Framlingham’s Lanman Museum. This page includes a growing collection of these stories.

Harvey House – the story of a house, a teacher and a tragedy*

Harold Lanman – collector and founder of the Lanman Museum, Framlingham’s town museum

Memories of Framlingham Area School – from the 1930s and 1940s*

There are a number of stories of Framlingham or Framlingham people in the two world wars:

Bombs on Framlingham – when Framlingham was bombed*

Memories of an Evacuee – a child from East London*

SS River Clyde – a story from the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-16

Bill Watling – a World War II Despatch Rider from Framlingham

Some of the articles are on other websites, and open in a new window.

See also Newsletters and Journals for more in-depth articles.


Footnote

* Articles received in a collection by Bob Blastock, who died in 2021, and given to the Lanman Museum by his widow Doreen. The articles also draw on the recollections of Evelyn Empson.