Old Buckenham WI

Learning about the Anglo-Saxons
At the September meeting of Old Buckenham WI, members enjoyed a visit from Fiona Dowson who came dressed as an Anglo-Saxon to tell them about the West Stow
Anglo-Saxon village.
During the early Anglo-Saxon period, West Stow was the site of a small village made up of timber buildings. Comparatively little is known of life at that time. Crops were grown and animals kept but the people were very poor. Fiona demonstrated how wool was spun on a home-made spindle much as it is today in many places.
Old Buckenham will be celebrating its fiftieth birthday during October. Then the Annual Meeting takes place on Thursday 23 November when they will be hearing reports of
their activities over the past year and also electing their president and committee
members for 2018.