Reflections
by Frank Honeywood - Bungay Town Recorder
 Primitive
Methodist Chapel
This rare photograph c1940 shows the Primitive Methodist Chapel which
used to stand on the west side of Laburnum Road. The gentleman on the
cycle is Mr L. Leeder at the Laburnum Road-Southend Road junction. The
Primitive Chapel was erected in 1862 but it was closed for worship in
1933 after the congregation united with the Wesleyens in Trinity Street
in 1932.
In 1939
it was sold to a Mr F. J Ingram who in turn sold it to Mr Harry Read,
a well known local builder. It was Mr Read who demolished it in c.1946
and the site is now occupied by a small garage and garden.
 Lee
Savold Boxing in Bungay
This
poster shows a boxing event promoted by Mr Cliff Butler who also owned
a fried fish and chip shop at No. 39 Earsham Street. The sports arena
was situated through the White Lion yard in front of the Castle on the
site of the former sale yard. Lee Savold boxed an exhibition match that
night.
Left
- part of the poster promoting this event with Lee Savold, the American
chief contender to the World Heavyweight Championship in 1949.
Retrospect
for 1908
Saturday
February 22nd 1908 will long be remembered as the day the storm or
hurricane, similar too, only not so disastrous as those of 13 years
ago viz. March 24th 1895. At Bungay the storm lasted barely 10 minutes
but roofs were stripped, chimneys damaged and trees uprooted in all
directions. At the cemetery, many grave stones were laid flat, several
breaking in the fall and the three chapels were much damaged. One
of them built in 1855 of brick and slate at a cost of £156 was
practically demolished. A large window at the west end was first blown
in, the roof collapsed in the middle and this was followed by the
whole of the north wall being blown outwards. Such a tale of destruction
in such a short time has never been equaled here. The ruins have been
removed and the appearance of the cemetery has much improved thereby.
Taken from H.W. Shorts' Bungay and Waveney Valley
Almanac
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