Our group made a visit to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse on Saturday April 27th.
It was cold and rainy at times but there was lots to see. Times past in the old tools, old seed packets and catalogues, and many other things associated with the land . The horrors of the workhouse - the worn steps up showed how many poor people had strudged that path.
A sobering thought.
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photoraphs by John Metcalf and Richard Ball
Spring is, after a long and cold but dry period making an appearance. here are a few signs to cheer us up
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The first week in March and we had a tantilising glimpse of spring and boy was it so, for winter had.not yet gone. Just a week later it is back with bitterly cold winds and more snow. So here are a few pictures just to show we are undaunted by this fickle spring - but please don't bother to send us any more rain for a while.
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More snow and still very cold but the garden in its wintery canopy looks deligtful
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photographs taken at Four Seasons, Forncett St Mary, by John Metcalf
January16th 2013 - overnight snow on Monday and very cold -9C here (Norwich airport -12C) but no winds to disturb the fallen snow (
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Photographs taken by John Metcalf at Four Seasons, Forncett St Mary 16 January 2013
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Photographs taken by John Metcalf at Four Seasons, Forncett St Mary 15 January 2013
