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King's Lynn Memory Lane & All Our Yesterdays: West Lynn ex-John Bamber Engineering employees; plus Hunstanton, Sandringham, Downham Market and North Wootton

By Pete Woodhouse
Published: 10:38, 07 June 2022
 | Updated: 10:39, 07 June 2022

This Lynn News picture was taken at a reunion for around 80 ex-John Bamber Engineering employees, who enjoyed a get-together at West Lynn Community Centre in June 1995.

They had worked together at the Hardwick Industrial Estate firm – which manufactured gearbox components – before it closed in 1981. The reunion organiser was Andy Reeve, of Lynn, who said: “Many people still live locally, but some came from as far away as Derby and Maidenhead, and this event was just like our old Saturday nights at the social club.”

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Reunion for 80 ex-John Bamber Engineering employees at West Lynn, June 1995. MLNF-950657
Reunion for 80 ex-John Bamber Engineering employees at West Lynn, June 1995. MLNF-950657

All Our Yesterdays deals with Lynn News lookback pictures: with general June photos being the theme this week.

In chronological order below are photos from the month of June in 2001, 2003 and 2005 – as shown in today's (Tuesday, June 7) Lynn News – the captions are within each photo.

June 2001: These cyclists used pedal power to raise £1,500 for West Norfolk Home Hospice and the Bob Champion Cancer Care Trust in a sponsored 18-mile bike ride from Sandringham Park House to Bircham Mill and back. The ride was organised by Campaign Care ’94 and was sponsored by Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, with some 40 riders, aged from six to 70, taking part. MLNF-010657
June 2001: These cyclists used pedal power to raise £1,500 for West Norfolk Home Hospice and the Bob Champion Cancer Care Trust in a sponsored 18-mile bike ride from Sandringham Park House to Bircham Mill and back. The ride was organised by Campaign Care ’94 and was sponsored by Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, with some 40 riders, aged from six to 70, taking part. MLNF-010657
June 2001: Cheques for the Lynn News-backed Macmillan Cancer Relief appeal flooded in from all directions, including this for £1,000 from BT Sports and Leisure Association. From left are Florence Bush, Richard Hoare, John Massen, Bob Holden, Philip Nelson, Iain Turner, Pam Carter (chairman of Macmillan’s West Norfolk fundraising committee) and Barry Rasberry. The Lynn-based group was winding up after 40 years as a social club for BT employees. MLNF-0106603
June 2001: Cheques for the Lynn News-backed Macmillan Cancer Relief appeal flooded in from all directions, including this for £1,000 from BT Sports and Leisure Association. From left are Florence Bush, Richard Hoare, John Massen, Bob Holden, Philip Nelson, Iain Turner, Pam Carter (chairman of Macmillan’s West Norfolk fundraising committee) and Barry Rasberry. The Lynn-based group was winding up after 40 years as a social club for BT employees. MLNF-0106603
June 2001: A merry-go-round of pleasure was enjoyed by special youngsters from Lynn and North Norfolk during a free fun day out at Hunstanton funfair. The visit was arranged by Hunstanton Lions with the help of the showmen of Hunstanton who opened their amusement park to nearly 100 children, including many from Fairstead’s Ethel Tipple School. MLNF-0106632
June 2001: A merry-go-round of pleasure was enjoyed by special youngsters from Lynn and North Norfolk during a free fun day out at Hunstanton funfair. The visit was arranged by Hunstanton Lions with the help of the showmen of Hunstanton who opened their amusement park to nearly 100 children, including many from Fairstead’s Ethel Tipple School. MLNF-0106632
June 2001: Hundreds of Tesco Computers for Schools vouchers donated by Lynn News readers were presented to Ten Mile Bank School. With only 42 pupils, the school usually struggled to amass sufficient vouchers, but the opening of the new Tesco in Downham boosted their own collection to 4,300 – and it was topped up by 700 vouchers sent to the Lynn News office. The happy pupils are, from left, back row, Jamie Penn, James Smither and Nikita Owen; front row, Jamie Langley, Gemima Smyth and Gemma Drewery. MLNF-0106742
June 2001: Hundreds of Tesco Computers for Schools vouchers donated by Lynn News readers were presented to Ten Mile Bank School. With only 42 pupils, the school usually struggled to amass sufficient vouchers, but the opening of the new Tesco in Downham boosted their own collection to 4,300 – and it was topped up by 700 vouchers sent to the Lynn News office. The happy pupils are, from left, back row, Jamie Penn, James Smither and Nikita Owen; front row, Jamie Langley, Gemima Smyth and Gemma Drewery. MLNF-0106742
June 2003: Lynn Lions provided family entertainment – at a stretch – at their annual Fun Day at The Walks. An appeal to West Norfolk women to donate their old bras to help raise funds for local cancer charities was so strongly supported that a chain of unwanted undies stretched for roughly a mile. The collection was sponsored by the Lions at the rate of 20p per bra and in this picture Mike Humphrey helps local air cadets sort out a tangle in the chain. MLNF-0306299
June 2003: Lynn Lions provided family entertainment – at a stretch – at their annual Fun Day at The Walks. An appeal to West Norfolk women to donate their old bras to help raise funds for local cancer charities was so strongly supported that a chain of unwanted undies stretched for roughly a mile. The collection was sponsored by the Lions at the rate of 20p per bra and in this picture Mike Humphrey helps local air cadets sort out a tangle in the chain. MLNF-0306299
June 2003: West Norfolk branch of Guide Dogs for the Blind was given a £200 boost by Lynn’s Marks and Spencer store – and receiving the cheque is association representative Paul Bloy with his dog Jem. Joining them are store staff, from left, Linda Green, Sue Blanchflower, Karen Callaghan and Glenda Edgley. MLNF-0306424
June 2003: West Norfolk branch of Guide Dogs for the Blind was given a £200 boost by Lynn’s Marks and Spencer store – and receiving the cheque is association representative Paul Bloy with his dog Jem. Joining them are store staff, from left, Linda Green, Sue Blanchflower, Karen Callaghan and Glenda Edgley. MLNF-0306424
June 2005: Glebe House pupils made a splash when they raised £2,355 for Cancer Research UK. The Hunstanton school’s 107 pupils took to the water for a sponsored swim, covering as much distance in half-an-hour. Presenting the cheque to Linda Neave (right) from the charity are, from left, Katie Missin, Sebastian Hay, swimming teacher Pat Wright, Tilly Davison, headteacher John Crofts and Grace Thomas. MLNF-0506547
June 2005: Glebe House pupils made a splash when they raised £2,355 for Cancer Research UK. The Hunstanton school’s 107 pupils took to the water for a sponsored swim, covering as much distance in half-an-hour. Presenting the cheque to Linda Neave (right) from the charity are, from left, Katie Missin, Sebastian Hay, swimming teacher Pat Wright, Tilly Davison, headteacher John Crofts and Grace Thomas. MLNF-0506547
June 2005: These teachers and teaching assistants at North Wootton Primary School were inspired by a colleague’s illness to take part in Race for Life 2005. In all, 17 staff ran three miles at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough to raise about £1,700 for Cancer Research UK. The event was for women and the North Wootton contingent were among 4,000 runners taking part. MLNF-0506705
June 2005: These teachers and teaching assistants at North Wootton Primary School were inspired by a colleague’s illness to take part in Race for Life 2005. In all, 17 staff ran three miles at Ferry Meadows in Peterborough to raise about £1,700 for Cancer Research UK. The event was for women and the North Wootton contingent were among 4,000 runners taking part. MLNF-0506705
Nostalgia Pete Woodhouse
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