Stowmarket History Walk

[@wendingourway]

Always enjoy such great tidbits of history from local areas. Especially appreciate it when there are historical pictures available. Awesome walking area for sure!

[@hajiranankoma4255]

Enjoying it here in Uganda

[@Walksandwanders]

@@hajiranankoma4255 Wow! That’s unexpected. Fond memories of my time in Uganda back in the 1990s and early 2000s.

[@RosieWildling]

Thanks for sharing this. I am relocating here soon and wanted to learn a bit about Stowmarket's history. I'm planning on running this route at the weekend. 👍

[@Walksandwanders]

@@RosieWildling Great. Nettles can be a bit overgrown by the river this time of year though. 🏃‍♀️ Lots of local history on this channel.

[@RosieWildling]

@@Walksandwanders thank you! I look forward to watching the other videos!

[@MarkBruceUK]

Great to see an old photo of the Cattle market, my Grandad used to walk the cattle into the market.

[@rachelsirett8809]

I met Judith yesterday, what a lovely lady I was thrilled,as she is a Geordie too! Born in the same town as me and hospital!! ❤

[@Walksandwanders]

Small world! 😀

[@rachelsirett8809]

@@Walksandwanders definitely! Recognised her straight away,and her voice. She's so like my late Aunty. Such a lovely lady. I have lived in Suffolk since I was 13, 39 years.

[@lisareed1392]

I absolutely love your videos, so informative! I would love to know more about Hill house I think it was called where the gates to the big house were on Bury Road: part of the building is still masonry I think. Keep doing what you’re doing. It is so interesting.

[@Walksandwanders]

Yes I think there’s definitely a video in the Hill House history. There’s lots of ideas, just not enough time after the day job. But you have to earn some £ to live. 🙂

[@mstefspear]

Brilliant video. A very enjoyable watch. Thank you.

[@Walksandwanders]

Ah thanks for watching. Glad you liked it.

[@julieblackstock8650]

I would love a few more of these type to do myself

[@lisaflatman]

This was such a wonderful video to watch and to see all about Stowmarket after having grown up there. Thanks for the memories and the history tour 😊 your Antipodean watcher from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Walksandwanders]

Ah glad you liked it. Still always mind boggling to me, that my little channel about an old bloke going for a walk, has so many viewers and reaches to Australia, USA, India, Germany and other places. Who knew?! 😀👍

[@motorhomehobos4212]

Great video Don. I'll send to my dad. He played football on the old Cricket Meadow back in the 50s.

[@Walksandwanders]

Wow. Hard for me to imagine the cattle market/ no Asda/ and the cricket meadow. So glad someone photographed these places and the history group collected them. I heard that as the pitch was on a slope, there was a definite advantage if you were the team playing downhill! Hope your dad likes the video. 🙂

[@alisonh6544]

Thanks for your latest walk around Stowmarket I enjoyed watching that. I will send your channel to my cousin who now lives in florida she grew up in Stowmarket and would enjoy your videos I'm sure . Thanks again Don

[@Walksandwanders]

Thank you. Mind boggling my little channel can reach Florida! 😀

[@RachelKent95]

Love your walks and history of stowmarket very interesting

[@johnoakley6362]

Hi Don, I found your video extremely interesting, you've given me new ideas of where to explore for myself. Thank you very much, and keep up the good work, take care.

[@Walksandwanders]

Thanks John.

[@julieblackstock8650]

next time im in Stow I will do this walk

[@ajadrew]

I was about 6 when I lived at Chilton Hall (when it was a farm) 60 years ago. I remember the old cattle market though it's possible that it was the Ipswich cattle market.... I can't be certain. And as you'd presume I don't recall any of this walk!

[@johnnycombs6570]

Did you know Lily Double???

[@ajadrew]

Any relation to David Double who in the early 70's lived in Hadleigh?

[@Walksandwanders]

I don’t.

[@bilbobaggins8551]

The United Reformed Church has to be the ugliest post-war building in Stowmarket. It lacks any architectural merit, which can also be said for many buildings of this period.

[@Walksandwanders]

It was built in a strange architectural period where many churches and fire stations seemed to use this style. I guess there was a sense of post-war modernism that is also responsible for many parts of the high street being demolished and replaced with retail outlets in a similar style.