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| Career change but still earning its keep |
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A beautiful hut put to work in a different environment. Originally from a Farm in Walsham le willows in Suffolk, this endearing beast is in excellent condition. The wheels are solid, like First World War artillery wheels! A look through the door draws you inside into an Aladdin’s cave of curiosities. The Hut serves as a shop for a lovely garden centre open to the public between Calthorpe and Aldborough in Norfolk
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| Still in work - but as a Shepherd Hut! |
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Whilst attending a village History day recently, something caught my eye on the horizon as I walked Elsie, our Trail hound-cross Hut hound towards the Church. My ever suffering wife Carol, Elsie and I all ventured up the hill (little hill, this is Norfolk after all) and there it was. I knocked on the owner’s door and was greeted with equal enthusiasm for the 'Huttist cause'. This hut sits besides Lambing pens and is still used at Lambing times, just as she always was. Electricity, a comfy chair and a radio provide a few modern creature comforts, against the elements of the North Norfolk landscape. This is the only hut I am aware of that is still used for the purpose that it was built. Other sightings gratefully received if you know of any??
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| Endangered species as habitate eroded |
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Another of our rehomed huts.
Originally from Ormesby, on the Norfolk Coast, not far from great Yarmouth, this Hut is seen resting in what was once a meadow in Hemsby. Finding Shepherds huts in such locations is very common as the land is taken for building and the Huts become Garden sheds, retreats or a strange curiosity of a Bygone age. The hut has 3 wheels, the only one we are aware of in Norfolk. Now rehomed to North Norfolk, due to continual development of its natural habitat, it is about to be restored.
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| This lovely hut overlooks the Norfolk Coast |
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Recently moved from its meadow where worked with its flock for years, to a better viewpoint further up the hill, this tar clad hut has wheels probably made by the Melton foundry. The medicine cupboard remains, but the front swivel axle dropped off its pin when lifted. Interest at the large estate on whose ground it rests will I am sure mean restoration isn't too far away. A lovely piece of local history, that sits naturally in its rural surroundings.
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