Surlingham Village Project

As part of our extended inquiry into the history of our school we have been reading the school Log Book. One intriguing entry mentions the funeral of a former ‘scholar’, Private B Gibbs, who was buried on 17th Oct 1918. The children were assembled outside the school and required to stand to attention as his [...]

October 17th 1918 The children assembled on the road this afternoon, standing at attention, while the funeral of Private B Gibbs, a late scholar of the school passed on its way to the church. Head Teacher left school at 1.45 in charge of Mrs Taylor and Miss Rushbrook in order to attend funeral. From the [...]

The day Tom’s Grandmother was blown off her bike by a V2 Rocket In 1944 the German’s began to use rockets called V2s to bomb Britain. One of these fell and exploded in Surlingham, near what is now known as Padmaloka at the bottom of the Green. Tom’s grandmother, whose name was Dorothy Fenn and [...]