John Bean, who died in November 2021 was very well-known in Wickhambrook and the surrounding area as the editor of The Scene and the author of books including ‘Ten Miles from Anywhere’,a look back at village life…
John Bean 1927-2021
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Wickhambrook Memories
Wickhambrook is waking up!
While working on the refurbishment of Pump Cottage in Coltsfoot Green, local builder Nick Jolland discovered a painted board being used for paneling an understairs cupboard. It is painted, with some skill, with the words ‘Wickhambrook is waking up’..
Plane Crash in Spring Wood
Did you know that in 1942, a German plane came down in Spring Wood, Genesis Green, near where the mast is now?…
Memories of WI Life by the late Ivy Haygreen
Wickhambrook WI years ago was rather different to what it is now. Mrs Helen Medcalf remembers when it was held on Wednesday afternoons . Of course, mothers were at home in the daytime, so that made sense…