WINTERS in HICKLING:

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Photo  by Martin Johns

Huggie Gibbs shows off his skates!

We had really hard winters in the middle of the last century, and many of our Voices remember skating on the Broad - and regret that the recent run of mild winters mean that skating is a thing of the past.


One of the Voices talks about bringing home their first Christmas turkey - which was still alive!


Another lovely memory of a purely Norfolk tradition teaches us about Jack Valentine’s Night on 14th February, with its strange rituals!

Photo  from family collection

Photo  from family collection