LOCAL HISTORY
Memories of Frenze & Thelveton Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This time, we take a walk down memory lane in Frenze and Thelveton.
The Staffordshire
eomanry was stationed at Fren e during WW1, where they trained before shipping off to France. Here they can be seen in early 1914 with their horses, in a picture taken by o cial war photographer Ernest braham.
Seen here in 1911, St
ndrews Church, Fren e, is situated in beautiful surroundings and e cellent for brass rubbings.
rly 1914 rl 1914 Early
soldierss from ffrom the Staffordshire eomanry butchering meat for the troops in Fren e.
Fren
e Hall is situated opposite the church, and was owned at the time of this 1912 postcard by farmer rthur Ga e. The population was 49.
The Eli Th
abethan b th mansion nsii Thelveton Thell t n Hall, Th H ll in i 1914, was owned by Sir Edward Mann Bart JP. Many gatha Christie TV programmes have been filmed here. 35
