My Worstead
This
section is dedicated to comments & insight's into
Worstead's history and village life received from
people who have lived, worked or just visited Worstead.
We welcome your comments and hope to expand this section of the site
Recieved
from Steve Huggett, Holland 6th August 2002
Hi, My parents have just moved into the area and I was in Worstead a
couple of weeks ago, might remember me in the New inn,I was on a motorbike
! Anyway when I saw the size of the Church in Worstead I thought this
must have been an important place at one time so as soon as I got home
to Holland I thought I would see if I could find anything on the net
and wodya think, Bobs your uncle, hey presto and all that, there it
was, worstead, loads of it, good to see the village has got an active
web site, if I find anything on worstead i'll be sure to let you know.
Greetings from Holland, Steve Huggett.
Recieved
from Hazel Fuller 18th December 2001
Can anyone help Hazel find out more about her family? Email
Both my father's parents came from Norfolk and his mother is descended
by one line from a Hannah HARMER born Worstead in March 1746. Her parents
were Augustine HARMER and Martha PALMER. She had a brother called Augustine
or Augustus after his father and he married a girl surnamed YAXLEY.
Recieved
from Peter Charles Rayner 30th August 2001
My father, Leonard Harry Rayner, was born at Worstead on 25 October
1911, the youngest child of Jabez James Rayner and Patience, nee Appleton.
Jabez James worked on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and
on 7 May 1920 was thrown from a platelayer's trolley near Honing, where
the family were living at the time, and died soon after. In 1922 Patience
and her 3 children, Lavinia, Stanley and Leonard, emigrated to Australia.
My father, now aged almost 90, still lives there at Barwon Heads, Victoria,
and is still fiercely proud of his Norfolk and English origins.
Recieved
from Linda and Verna Dobson 19th Febuary 2001
It is so lovely to see a Website on the Village of our Ancestors, Worstead.
My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandparents were born in the Village in
the 1700s (as you can see we are tracing our Family Tree). We have visited
the Worstead Festival on two occasions - it is like going back home
for us. We will definitely be visiting again next year. Several of our
ancestors are buried in St Mary's Churchyard and there is still one
headstone standing - for my Great-Great-Great Grandmother's Sister and
Husband (Benjamin Barber & Louisa Barber (nee Swann)) - when you
stand facing the Church door, their stone is the furthest stone to the
right, on the Church side, next to the little gateway. It was very exciting
to see it still standing. We have had very much success in tracing our
Family Tree (my Great-Grandfather hailed from Dilham and we still have
relatives living in Smallburgh and Low Street. Once again, many thanks
for a wonderful Website on Worstead - it's so nice to read about the
small Village where so many of my ancestors were Christened, Married,
Lived and Died.
Recieved
from Mr. George Cave 30th August 2000
I too was at Worstead for a short period of the war and also a member
of the Royal Signals who trained at Scarborough. One thing I remember
is that there was "German" signal office equipped with German
equipment and we were taught the types of booby traps the Germans left
behind in places they had abandoned . In the small woods nearby we also
had some jungle training in detecting booby trapped lines that had been
cut by the enemy. As i recall it was the 47th Infantry Reserve Div.
We were also given map references and told to set up mobile signaloffices
with switchboards (for telephones and teleprinters) in the country lanes
surrounding Worstead together with the necessary land lines.A great
life with a Serious purpose with the occasional trip to Norwich on the
then steam trains.
Received
from Mr. Ivatts 16th April 2000
I was in the Royal Corps of Signals during my Army service. Upon completion
of my army trade training at Scarborough Yorks, I was sent to a holding
unit at Worstead prior to being posted overseas. I recall that we were
based in what I remember as a Parkland with a lake. There were two entrances
and I recall guard duties when we were posted at one gate and then walker
down the road, through the village and out to the other gate, This passed
the two hour guard duty in the middle of the night quite quickly. I
have memory of Church Parades on Sundays and I recall that your Church
was reputed to be the largest parish church in Norfolk. I recall the
village Pub which I remember as always being full of (noisy) soldiers.
Our final training prior to being sent overseas was spent on a farm
in North Creake, a very cold and barren area. I remember the railway
station and having to march with full kit into the park camp. Worstead
will remain in my memory as my time there ws a happy one. Thank you
for a pleasant visit to your web site. E J Ivatts
Recieved from Mr. Andrew Wright 14th September
1999
Thank you for including my picture on the pub section. To whom am I
writting? Although my current residence is about 4500 miles away it
is very welcome to be associated with my spiritual home. Everyone here
knows all the people by name, and now by face. Very groovy. Please give
my best to all in Worstead and keep my photo there. "I'll be back!!!"
Worstead forever! Andy Wright