LOCAL REMINISCENCES OF SUTTON BRIDGE
KFF Potatoes is based at Sutton Bridge near Spalding in Lincolnshire. It is primarily a potato prepacker which adds value to product sourced from across the UK including Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Describing the company and its processes, Richard Phillips said: “We process around 2000 tonnes of potatoes per month, mainly washing…
I wonder how many folk in Sutton Bridge remember the wood train that used to go from Wisbech to Travis and Arnold’s yard at Sutton Bridge? – Quite a number of long-standing residents of the town, I’m sure 92 year old Mister Jack for one.. He arrived in Sutton Bridge when it was entirely an…
Jack Earley, one of Sutton Bridge’s long-standing residents, remembers the dinner-dances that were held at the Bridge Hotel. The hotel was the social centre for the district and the functions that were held were attended by people from miles around. It was owned by Soames Brewery (Norwich) and the manager and his wife – Tom…
There’s probably not a person in Sutton Bridge who does not know Hans, the barber of High Street. His premises are now closed since Hans retired nearly three years ago, when he was 82. Hans Heib arrived in Sutton Bridge after the war. He had been a prisoner of war and was released in 1948. He…
Wharf Street School Albert Cooper and his brothers, Alfred and Ernie all attended the boys’ primary school in Wharf Street, as did Leslie Garner and his brother David. Both Albert and Leslie were in the same class and remember clearly Miss Mitchell, who was the head teacher at the time, and Miss Bevan, who took…