Brandon Heritage

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  • Polish Camp

    Today we had a visitor bring in two photo albums of their family from the 1940s and 50s, including time spent on the Army camp off London Road just after the Second World War.  Anna McInnes’ parents, Alfred and Paulina Zelke, met while Alfred was serving alongside the British Army in Italy.  Paulina was Slovenian…

  • Visit to Mildenhall Museum

    Mildenhall Museum On Saturday 9th September, delegates from our Management Committee and Trustees visited Mildenhall Museum on a fact finding tour.  Wow!  What an inspiration.  The Mildenhall volunteers briefed us about the pit falls they have encountered when applying for funding while also giving some interesting insights and contacts so we can progress Brandon Heritage…

  • Site visit to Omar mobile homes

    Omar site visit Before the Second World War Tom Green, set up a timber yard off London Road, with the business making anything from shoe heels to agricultural boxes.  Tom’s daughter, Janet Bowes, has many memories of growing up on the site, in fact she even lived there for a while – in a bungalow…

  • Suffolk Record Office events

    Events at Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich) The Suffolk Record Office in Ipswich is running a few events through September aimed at those with an interest in learning a bit about our local history.  Click on the images below to view an enlarged version of the flyer for details.  These events are not run by Brandon…

  • Tea towels

    A new addition to our gift shop We are now able to offer these lovely tea towels in our shop.  They feature an old scene from the High Street and cost only £4.75.  These are exclusive to the Heritage Centre, so pop in and buy yours this weekend.

  • The Brecks Earth Heritage Trail

    An exciting new project for Brandon Breaking New Ground have just released a new book featuring walks in the Brecks, including some around Brandon.  The book makes for a fantastic read in itself, but by following the trail you will get to see parts of the Brecks’ history you may otherwise pass by, ignorant of…

  • The Journal of Breckland Studies

    The Journal of Breckland Studies – produced by The Breckland Society, in association with Breaking New Ground. Breckland (the Brecks) is an area of 400 square miles covering parts of south Norfolk and west Suffolk.  Renowned for its sandy soil, flint and twisted pine trees, the area also offers a unique biodiversity due to being…

  • “Blooming Barrows”

    Brandon Heritage Centre was invited to take part in the ‘Blooming Barrows’ contest, run by P&R Garden Supplies.  The theme was the Radio 4 show, Desert Island Discs, so the barrow could be decorated to anything related to pop music, books, or even a desert island.  Brandon Heritage Centre went with a ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely…

  • Breaking New Ground Conference

    We were really pleased to be represented at the ‘Revealing the Heritage of The Brecks’ Conference run by Breaking New Ground.  BNG has completed a lot of positive initiatives within the Brecks region, especially at Brandon Park, and their upcoming projects are definitely something Brandon Heritage Centre will be looking to take part in.  It…

  • The centre will be back open again!

    Time to open the doors to the community … Its been a while since the Heritage Centre was open but every weekend from Saturday 1st July, through to the end of October, we will be open to share Brandon’s heritage.  The centre closed its doors almost two years ago and remained shut with the threat…