Posts with tag: Special Delivery
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A Memorable Visit to the Archives
From tracing the history of the Maconochie brothers (who knew they invented Pan Yan pickle?) to browsing newspaper headlines in the 1930’s and studying maps that predated the building at […]
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Punctuation and a Penguin Poem
Who knew that using upper case letters in a text meant you were shouting, and punctuation must mean you’re angry, because otherwise you wouldn’t write like that? Well, I didn’t, […]
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Early mornings and doily envelopes
We’ve got quite an exchange of information and artwork going between the children at Oulton Broad Primary and residents at Broadlands, including postcards, booklets and bunches of flowers. The other […]
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Say it with flowers
We’ve been looking at the letter written by Jessie Stockdale, and thinking about the hard life she led, as a ‘tweenie’ maid; her story is beautifully illustrated by Lynn and […]
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Special Delivery certificates and news updates
It was a joy to visit Pakefield Primary School yesterday, to present certificates to the children who took part in Special Delivery last term. More than 450 children and staff […]
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Postcards about budgies and booklets about memories
Yesterday, I got to play postman, as I delivered postcards from residents at Broadlands to the children at Oulton Broad Primary School. The postcards were written in response to the […]
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A day full of very special deliveries
Yesterday was a day full of special deliveries – and what fun it was. First, Caitlin and I met up at Suffolk Archives in Lowestoft, to put up an exhibition […]
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The importance of local heritage – and making friends
“My local heritage seems much more important than I ever thought. Loads of things have changed and it’s been super exciting to find out all [about] the things.” So wrote […]
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