Bacton and District History Group

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Bacton and District History Group Bacton has a lot more history to the village than most people think. You don't need a history degree to join, just an interest in your local area.

The old road, now the lay by near the school. From George Webster's postcard series. Unused PC, but dates from the 1930'...
12/10/2026

The old road, now the lay by near the school. From George Webster's postcard series. Unused PC, but dates from the 1930's.

Pearson's Tea Rooms (Now the Chinese takeaway), circa 1930's.
12/10/2026

Pearson's Tea Rooms (Now the Chinese takeaway), circa 1930's.

George VI Special Constabulary medal awarded to Hubert Edward Scott. Hubert Edward (sometimes down as Edward Hubert) Sco...
11/10/2026

George VI Special Constabulary medal awarded to Hubert Edward Scott.

Hubert Edward (sometimes down as Edward Hubert) Scott was born in Edingthorpe in July 1911. One of 8 children of Walter Scott and Emma Laycock.
Lived at Heath Cottages, Edingthorpe in 1921. By 1939, Hubert and his parents lived at Bluebell Common Cottage, North Walsham where Hubert was a Butcher.
Hubert married in North Walsham in 1941 to Winifred Alice Roberts. At the time of his marriage, Hubert was serving in the RAF as a Cook/Butcher.
He died in 1988. Winifred died in 1985.

In 1916 his older brother Frederick was killed on the Somme and in 1945 his nephew was killed in Burma. His nephew was Robert Arthur 'Bobby' Gooch, son of Arthur & Gladys Gooch (Nee Scott).

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