Graham Godsmark

Graham Godsmark

Graham Godsmark died peacefully at home on Monday, 25th January 2016. The funeral will take place on Friday 12th February at 3pm at the Waveney Crematorium at Ellough, Beccles, NR34 7XE. For further d...
Memories of Mary Allen

Memories of Mary Allen

Memories of Mary Allen from Rita Woodcraft.Mary was a great friend of my Mother Vida, and we all used to help in the tearoom. Mary had three children, Simon, Giles who sadly died as a young man and Sa...
Jeltje Stracey 1924 -2016

Jeltje Stracey 1924 -2016

With Jeltje Stracey (neé De Boer), leaving us in January (2016), Walberswick has lost one of its characters. Jeltje was born in Friesland, Holland, in 1924, and as a young lady on 1939, she retained...
Memorial Service for Elizabeth Rooke

Memorial Service for Elizabeth Rooke

A memorial service and internment of ashes for Elizabeth Rooke will be held at St Andrew's Church, Walberswick, on Monday 15th February at 2pm, to which all her friends are welcome. The service will b...
Obituary

Obituary

Elizabeth Rooke.Born 18th May 1919.  Died 24th July 2015.Elizabeth was born in 1919, to Dorothy and Philip Harding.  Sadly, when Elizabeth was three years old her young father died of diabetes, just...
Elizabeth Rooke

Elizabeth Rooke

On 24th July 2015, Mrs Elizabeth Rooke, previously of Tamarisk, The Green, passed away peacefully in a nursing home in Yorkshire. There will be a memorial service for her at St Andrews in mid-Februar...
William Bowyer RA  1926 - 2015

William Bowyer RA 1926 - 2015

“Bill in Walberswick”Bill’s ebullient personality brought him quickly into contact with the fisherman and locals at the Bell, he loved sport and Walberswick provided him with bass fishing, darts...
David Harker CBE

David Harker CBE

David Harker died on his birthday, 2nd March 2015, aged 64, after a short illness.  David and Diane bought Manor Lodge in 1994, but they had known Walberswick for many years before that. Diane had i...