The Trust is happy to report the following acquisitions:
- Tolly Cobbold, Tolly Original Tee shirt
- Tollemache & Cobbold Breweries Limited Price List dated 3rd July 1961
- 3 post card prints of Felixstowe, one being Cobbold’s Point
- The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wortham, new Church Guide 2013
- Post card of Cliff House, postmark dated 1929
- Paperback, Cole’s Special Australian Edition: The History of Margaret Catchpole (date uncertain but later than 1862)
- Art print: “British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers” to be used for the cover of our next book “Letters from Waterloo”
SILKEN SNIPPETS
Congratulations to Julian Fellowes (Lord Fellowes), creator and writer of Downton Abbey (#3354 in the family tree) recipient of the Honorary Founders International Emmy Award in New York in November 2015, presented by Elizabeth McGovern.
Also School of Rock which opened on Broadway earlier this month composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber was written by Julian Fellowes.
Originally The Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust (founded by Felix Thornley Cobbold (#201 in the family tree), now the Felix Cobbold Trust held a major conference at the Felix Cobbold Centre, Stanaway Farm last month. It showcased the wide and changing ways in which it carries out its education mission.
On the same occasion Stephen Cobbald (note the spelling) handed over the chairmanship of trustees to James Forrest having completed seven years in the role.
The completely new Wortham Church Guide, 24 pages in full colour is very well worth a look and can be purchased for £3 + 50p postage by phoning Edward Coales on 01379 898479 or emailing him at edwardcoales@live.co.uk
Interestingly, the reading at Dr John Blatchly’s memorial service was from Pevsner’s Buildings of England with an introduction from Freston Tower (1865) by Richard Cobbold.
Upon the banks of the beautiful river Orwell has stood for centuries, and still stands, Freston Tower. Every sailor belonging to the port of Ipswich knows it well; every traveller in the county of Suffolk, who has any love for the tranquil in nature, must have noticed, if he has sailed from Ipswich to Harwich, this picturesque object towering above the trees, and looking upon the widest expanse of water which the river affords.