Water Mills and Marshes

CHAPTER 1 | LIFE & CHILDHOOD ON THE MARSHES

• I am part of the marshes (1934–1950s) – Gloria Fagg
• A wartime memory (1940s) – Tom Grapes
• Story of an Irstead boy (1930s–1943)  Alan Cox
• Growing up on the Broads (1942–1950s) Rex Woods
• A child of the marshes (1947–1963) Wally Mason
• A life in the Reedham marshes (1947–1950s) Arnold ‘Archie’ Rednall
• Learning to swim (1950s) Keith Patterson
• A Neatishead boy (1940s–1950s) John Horner
• Swans in the kitchen (1950–2018) John Crohill
• An unspoiled childhood by the Yare (1951–1960s) Julia Waters
• A Wheatfen childhood (1953–1970s) Suzie Hanna
• A life’s trickle: childhood (1953–1970s) Kim Dowe
• The marshman’s daughter (1960–1976) Sue Goodchild
• Childhood around How Hill (1954–1970) Stephen Aldred
• It’s the little things that get destroyed (1960s–2019) Daphne Howlett
• Living off grid in the marsh (2005–2019) Julie Williams

CHAPTER 2 | WATER

Boatyards

• Ships great and small (1870s–1970s) Thelma Waller
• A boatbuilding family (1908–1960s) Rex Woods
• Hunter’s Yard history: early days (1932–1994) Tom Grapes
• Hunter’s Yard today (1981–2018) Ian Grapes
• The story of Bee’s Boats (1960s–2018) Trevor Beales
• Ludham Bridge Boatyard (1970s–2016) Robert Paul
• Changing times at Cox’s Boatyard (1990s–2019) Eric Bishop
• Innovation in boatbuilding (1978–2018) Alan Goodchild

Boatbuilding

• Float my boat (1954–2004) Ivor Broughton
• The Norfolk boat builder (1944–2012) Mike Fuller
• Sailing through work (1957–1980s) Roy Forder
• Working on Crossbow (1974–1980) Paul Reynolds
• Engineering: a vocation not just a job (1960s–2003) John Cooke

Waterways

• Nature in the raw (2009–2019) Geoff Doggett
• Memories of a river man (1987–2011) Tony Risebrow
• Bridge Master and River Inspector (1982–2006) Gerry Jarvis
• Mariner and River Inspector (1982–1989) Mark Lockwood
• A life on the waves: barges and coasters (1960s–2008) Robin Bowling
• Keeping the waterways clear (1970s–2012) Victor Gosling

Boats & wherries

• Sailing is what I do (1960s–2018) Jamie Campbell
• Banjo restored (1985–2019) Philip Webster
• Sailing into education (1956–1970) Leslie Gee
• The Royall family story (1909–2019) Nigel Royall
• My life with Wherry Maud (1979–2018) Linda Pargeter
• The Wherry Yacht Charter story (1950–2018) Peter Bower
• Sparkes on wherries (1840s–2019 ) Mike Sparkes
• The Cambria (2014) Robin Bowling
• Wherry memories (1960s–2019) Kim Dowe

Reedham Ferry

• Life and times at Reedham Ferry (1949–2019) David Archer
• Reedham Ferry (1958–2016) Keith Patterson

CHAPTER 3 | MILLS

• The mills are part of the marshes (1990s) Michael Knights
• Thurne Mill (2002–2019) Debra Nicholson
• Falling in love with Keswick Mill (2016–2019) Juju Vail
• And the mill came with the house (1979–2007) Nick Prior
• Restoring Mutton’s Mill (1975– 2017) David High
• Mutton’s Mill (1975–2017) Paul Reynolds
• Hardley Mill (2000–2019) Mike Stephenson
• The millwright’s story (1944–1998) Peter Gowing
• A passion for mills and machines (1960s–2019) Richard Seago

CHAPTER 4 | MARSH

Marshmen

• Laughter brings life to the marshes (1930s–1990s) Bill Lacey
• Four generations of marshmen (1940s–2017) Brian Mace
• Haddiscoe Island (2001–2006) Roy Baker
• Best job ever out on the marshes (2011–2019) Paul Remblance
• Cows for company (1970s–2017) Tony Clarke
• Farmer, marshman – always animals (1961 –2018) Paul Harvey

Agriculture

• The sugar beet story: farming (1944–1974) Robert Fransham
• A Neatishead farm boy (1953–1956) John Horner
• A marshland farmer with Scottish roots (1920s–2019) Peter Cargill
• Farming the marshes (1932–2018) Richard Basey–Fisher
• The doings of the Dewings (1954–2015) Richard Dewing
• Cows, hens and holiday makers (1970–2018) David Burroughs
• Changing times in farming (1920s –2019) Henry Alston
• Following the cow’s tale (1984–2018) John Stafford

Animal health & knackering

• The Norfolk animal health officer (1954 –1996) Eddie Macdonald
• The knackerman (1969– 2004) Edgar Hoddy
• A veterinary life (1973–2013) Roger Clarke

Reedcutting & thatching

• My varied life: reed cutting (1951–1960s) Bernard Sheppard
• A family in reeds and thatching (1970s–2019) Stephen Aldred
• A man of the marshes: reed cutting (1962–2018) Wally Mason

Cantley sugar beet

• A life in sugar beet (1989–2007) Alex Mason
• My varied life: peas, beet & Cantley (1950s–1970) Bernard Sheppard
• A Rednall in Cantley (1960–2003) Arnold ‘Archie’ Rednall
• The sugar beet story: Cantley (1974–1993) Robert Fransham
• Cantley sugar beet factory (1963–1996) Keith Patterson

Other marsh activities

• Bringing power to the marshes (1961–1995) Kerry Berrisford
• A farming family: barn conversions (2005–2018) Joanna Burroughs
• Bringing the story of the Broads alive (2010–2019) Nicola Hems
• The Norfolk potter (1999–2019) Pat Southwood
• A man of the marshes: eels (1950s–2018) Wally Mason
• Fishing and eeling (1950s) Mike Page
• Norfolk from the air (1978–2019) Mike Page
• My family and the Broads (1963–2018) Bryan Read

CHAPTER 5 | CONSERVATION & ECOLOGY

Coypu & mink

• A life with introduced animals (1976–2019) Simon Baker
• Mission impossible (1975–1989) Ivan Watts
• Mink farm (1960s) Wally Mason
• That gal and her dawg (1979–1989) Jennie Crohill
• Seven years a trapper (1982–1989) Paul Frapwell

Nature reserves

• The making of Strumpshaw Fen (1975–2000) Mike Blackburn
• Twenty five years at Wheatfen (1992–2017) David Nobbs
• Looking back to move forwards (2017–2019) Will Fitch
• Introducing children to wildlife (1980s–2019) Rodger Goodrick
• Spreading the word about wildlife (1970s–2019) Chris Durdin
• Gamekeeper and conservationist (1960s–2015) Joe Cullum

Issues & projects

• Shell man (1940s–2019) Derek Howlett
• Wildlife conservation in the Broads (1950s–2019) Rodney Aldis
• A better future for people and wildlife (2004–2019) David North
• Preserving the fish stock (1990–2019) Steve ‘Budgie’ Burgess
• Looking backward from forward (1973–2050) Tim O’Riordan