Village Recorder - Sarah Donnison

I am the village recorder for Harkstead, part of a Suffolk-wide scheme run by the Suffolk Local History Council to ensure that events and changes happening now in our villages are recorded for historians of the future.  Most parishes on the Peninsula have one, there are still a few gaps (Erwarton, Shotley and Chelmodiston as far as I am aware - so please get in touch if you know of someone who may wish to do this...)

In February 2022, I took over this role from Evie Rayson who had held this post for an incredibly long time.  Every year I aim to write a report on events and activities in the village which is kept by the Suffolk Record Office and I will also put as much as I can up here.  I also plan to start collecting and keeping an archive of material such as photos, programmes, order of services, etc, etc.  So, please don’t throw anything away you think might fall into this category as I’ll willingly hold on to it, keep it safe and in time it will go with everything else in my archive to the Suffolk Record Office for prosperity.  

If you don’t want to part with whatever it is, then perhaps I could have a photo copy, a link to, or a scan of it!

Email: harksteadrecorder@gmail.com

***Harkstead History Weekend!!!***Save the date***26 and 27 October 2024***.

 

 

Report for 2021 (written April 2022)

Report for 2022

Report for 2023