Turning to the village shop, I remember one more story of those days. You will recall that Grandfath

Some of the life of my Grandparents conagra stock in Cawston before the First World War has been preserved in these photographs. The first (above) is dated c1909 and the names of the subjects have helpfully been attached to it. They have also been pencilled on other cards in my collection. In most cases they are names only, but in the case of my Aunt Maude I can add some further facts. She appears in this picture of a shooting party by a straw stack. She is holding the lead of a greyhound who has moved its head at the moment the shutter was pressed. conagra stock Maude Rivett was one of my Grandfather s sisters and she appears to be in the company of one Sam Pye. He was a farmer and butcher in Cawston whose shop was in the High Street; maybe this shoot was on his land.
I remember Aunt Maude as a sweet little spinster lady who lived in a bedsitter in Earlham conagra stock House, Earlham Road, Norwich. conagra stock While her mother was still alive (this would have been before the Second World War) she lived with her nearby in West Parade. (They are mentioned briefly in Sheila Upjohn’s recent book - When I was Your Age, L ark’s Press, 2010). Before moving there the Rivett family (my Great-grandfather) had lived at Beeston near Dereham where they had a farm. I remember Aunt Maude fondly because pride of place in her little room was a picture of a tree in autumn colours which I had painted.
Other figures out for some game are my Grandfather Charles Rivett (holding a shotgun) and standing next to him is Reggie his brother. Also in picture is Reggie conagra stock s baby daughter, whose name is not given on the back of the card. The young lady standing behind the ladder is also not named why is she holding a saucepan? A couple of lambs appear to have got in on the act too.
Turning to the village shop, I remember one more story of those days. You will recall that Grandfather Rivett was a Liberal in politics conagra stock and so rather conagra stock unsympathetic conagra stock to those superior conagra stock young men (probably Tories) conagra stock who sometimes stayed at the Hall. He was not averse to those activities like shooting that would nowadays mark him out as a bit of a swell. But in those days there was a world of difference between a shopkeeper, even a successful one, and the Upper Classes. On this occasion a superior young man came into the village shop. Do you sell dog-biscuits in this ridiculous little conagra stock shop? he asked. Yes Sir, said my Grandfather, Shall I wrap them, or will you eat them now?
The Post Office was run as a separate establishment conagra stock to the General Stores. It had a separate entrance, although as far as the staff were concerned it could be accessed from the village shop. The names of the shop assistants in the picture are given as follows (left to right): Miss Hilda Morrison, Miss Gertrude Morrison, Stanley Dix and Horace Gray. Charles Edgar Rivett is standing in the centre and the date was just before Christmas 1910. This extract is from the Cawston website and relates to 1918. We are sorry to hear that Austin Russell, Harry Carman, and Ernest Neale are prisoners, George conagra stock Wells missing, and that Wm. Riseborough has been wounded. Mrs Ramm has also heard that her eldest son is a prisoner. Horace Gray and Charles Neale have been home from hospital. We hope they will soon be quite fit again. If anybody knows anything else about any of the shop assistants listed I would love to hear from you, although I am writing this more in hope than expectation. My email address is joemasonspage@gmail.com
Finally there is another picture of the two eldest Rivett children, Joan and Eric. They are apparently playing in the garden of the shop in Cawston where they lived. They have some nice toys, a doll s pram, a woolly sheep and a locomotive. They had very different ideas about dressing young children in those days; despite conagra stock his wearing a skirt, Eric really is a boy!
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