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Easter 2020 update
COVID-19 who could have imagined that we would all be confined to our homes for the foreseeable future. Bluntisham has become very quiet. The pub’s closed, the school is closed and the playpark is padlocked and out of bounds.
To give you all something to do over the bank holiday weekend we have put together a Bluntisham general knowledge quiz. The answers will be published on Tuesday 14th April. No prize just a bit of fun!
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It’s been a while since we published the last newsletter but that doesn’t mean nothing has been happening. Lots of new pictures and maps have been added as well as a new section on local military history. Also, in this edition we remember two true Bluntisham “boys” who have sadly passed away this winter – David Godfrey and Eric Wallis.
Loading…Tom Youd’s Tour 2002
In 2002, Tom Youd took a series of photographs of the village. Unfortunately Tom passed away in 2019, but his relatives have shared with us more of his photos. This series of photos in the memories section of the website, give an interesting look at some of the landmarks of the village 18 years ago, most of them are still here, but some have changed radically, have a look through the 20 or so photos and see the way the village looked then.
No Empty Shelves in 2002
This is an image that we have been searching for now for some time. Those of us that have been here long enough can remember Tony Rowell’s shop with great fondness and we have been looking for a photograph of the interior. With thanks to the late Tom Youd we can now share one with you all. Taken in 2002 and one in a series of photos of the village, which we will be sharing over the weekend, we hope that this brings back some happy memories.
November Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available, you will also see that we have added new content such as a section on the Baptist Church, an article that Elaine Gebbie has researched and written on the history of the Old Day School and over 90 photographs shared with us by Shirley Purvis who was a teacher at St Helens from 1975 to 1992
Loading…Shirley Purvis Photo Collection added.
With huge thanks to Shirley, we now have over 70 new school photos on the website. The first photos date back to 1975 and the last ones are in 1992. These are a selection of class photo’s nativity photos, leaving do’s and visits from the Prime Minister. There are some names on the photo’s but please feel free to log in and add your name or those of people that you recognise. A huge thank you to Shirley for allowing us to share these photos, I hope that you enjoy looking through them.
New Content
We have added more photographs today and have a lot more new media to add to the website too. Please have a look around the site, we have added new photos to the Residents, Heath, High Street, Farming, Railway and Floods section. We will also be publishing our first newsletter in the next week. If you haven’t already done so. Please subscribe to the newsletter through the site and you will get one delivered straight to your in box.
Donation received
A huge thank you to Sally Pingree, Jaz Pingree, Sue Crocker, Jo Fawcett & Jackie Cannell for donating their £60 prize money from the pop quiz held in the village hall on Saturday 14th September. The money will go towards recording equipment to be used to capture audio memories as well as written ones.
Thanks again to you generous knowledgeable people!
August Update
As you will have seen from previous blogs, newsletters and social media posts we applied to the National Lottery Heritage fund for a grant to put towards the costs of the Heritage project. I am delighted to inform you that the grant application for £4400 was successful and we have now started the process of getting the funds released. This money will join the other grants that we have received from two Bluntisham groups – The Saywell’s School Charity donated £250 and the Village 100 Club an additional £300. Our thanks go to both of these organisations as their donations enabled the project to get off the ground.
These grants will be used to improve the look and functionality of the website, a more sophisticated cataloging system, IT equipment, DTP software and publications. It means that we can really crack on with developing our website and the project as a whole.
We have added more photos, with lots more to be added, and we have also added some information on the Path Finder March that passes through the village each year. Which is very informative and well worth a read.
We continue to receive contributions and we have offers of lots more. Thank you again to everyone for embracing the project. One of our aims is to increase the feeling of community by linking the past with the present. This week we have been able to introduce the owners of a house on the High Street to the man that was born in their house in 1939. He’s going round for a tour of how it looks now and is looking forward to sharing his memories of how it was when he was young with them – which is what its all about I guess.
Thank you again
Philippa 14.08.2019