Getting Stuck into the Clay, Meantime in the Museum
Getting Stuck into the Clay
With aprons on and rolling pins in hand, the Beech House Bakers spent a very happy morning pushing, rolling, pummelling and flattening lumps of clay.
Then they used a variety of utensils, based loosely on the sorts of markings found on a football pitch, to create beautiful patterns.
Little did they know that they would then cut their beautiful big patterns into smaller, medallion-sized circles.
'If I'd known we were going to make medals, I think I would have started differently, but I just went with making patterns, and then all these other things came out of it. I've loved it.'
Meantime, in the Museum
'I really liked the one that said Bacon because it's got snakes and owls on it. It also had the initial 'S' on it: I reckon it stands for Smoky.'
A press cutting from 1947 reporting on a celebratory dinner marking Halesworth Town Football Club’s first post-war season, reveals a lot about those involved and the roles they played.
Having been applauded for his ‘forthright-ness, counsel and intense enthusiasm’, the President expressed his deep pleasure in
being honoured with the position and thanked the officials, committee, supporters
‘… not forgetting the ladies, who had also supported socially’.
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