Posts by Author: Candida Wingate
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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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Pakefield Pupil finds Certificate
‘See if they can find the newspaper cutting of me, when I was the youngest skipper in Lowestoft,’ suggested Derrick, a resident at Hildesley Court. This challenge was added to […]
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Special Delivery Parcel Post
This week’s session produced two very Special Delivery parcels, with poet Dean Parkin giving some hints and tips on what to pack. First, each group had to think of a […]
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Every picture tells a story
‘These sessions are helping us learn more about each other – we may all live here, but we wouldn’t hear these stories if we weren’t in this room together now, […]
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Special Delivery News Headlines
CHILD SHOCKED BY CHANGES TO HIGH STREET BATHING MACHINES ROLL INTO NORTH SEA CHILD DISCOVERS HER HOUSE WAS A FIELD FLOOD AND FIRE DESTROY CHURCH Following our amazing visit to […]
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Telephones, toasters – and the Quest
A huge thank you to Mandy and all her team at the Suffolk Record Office, who made today such a fabulous Special Delivery day. First, Mandy and two heritage trainees […]
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Poetry and typewriters
It being half term, Special Delivery did not visit Pakefield Primary school this week – but we did go to Hildesley Court, where we were greeted by a room full […]
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First jobs – and a wish for the future
In Lowestoft, Special Delivery is based on a collection of letters sent to Trevor Westgate, a journalist on the local newspaper. Readers wrote in with their stories about the town […]
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