Scarning and its people
Pictures of places in Scarning and its people past and present.
This
was the post office which stood on the corner of Chapel Lane opposite
the Church. It stood in what was the yard of the "Black Horse" Public
House" taken in the late 1930's. It shows Mrs W Barnet's mother (Post
Mistress) and little sister.
This is a picture taken in about 1920 of the cottages which stood just along Shipdam Road, towards Mayfair. Mrs Hunt had the village shop (3rd from left)
As the Last vehicles dash beneath, workmen prepare to
knock down the cast-iron Railway bridge over the A47 at Scarning.
A ROUND-THE-CLOCK bashing operation on Scarning Arch railway bridge
began at about ten o'clock last night under fioodlights. The demolition
of the bridge, which has not carried - rail traffic since the closure
of the Dereham-to Lynn line, has been made urgent by the damage to the
ironwork caused by a lorry. The A47 has been closed at this point until
6.30 a.m. on Tuesday so that the work can be carried out. The flow of
traffic under the bridge slowly dried up as the diversions were brought
into force at 6.30 last night. Two cranes, each carrying a 30-cwt.
weight for bashing, were moved into position on the embankment at
e·ither side of the bridge and this involved getting one across the
structure. Railway sleepers were used as a base for the tracks of the
crane that crossed. Next, sleepers were spread over the road under the
bridge and for about 12 feet either side to protect the road surface
from the falling debris. Erected in 1847, the bridge is of cast iron
and was made at the Phoenix Foundry, Derby. It is something of a
rarity, but there is another almost 1dcntical just outside Derby,
British. Rail are doing the demolition with their own staff and they do
not propose to take down the massive brickwork abutments on which the
ironwork rests at this time. This is a disappointment to the people in
the Podmore area of Scarning who thought that the obstruction that this
brickwork makes to their view as they enter the A47 was to disappear.
SCARNING BRIDGE BASHING (EDP 11th April 1970)
The modern replacement
Scarning
Grange on Dereham Road, this listed building is a private residence.
It
is thought that when the school was being rebuilt in 1850 that the boys
were taught here.
This building between Scarning Grange and the School shown on the right is now a private residence, but until 1980 was The School Farm. It was here that Rev.St.John Priest who was the master at the school from 1789 lived and farmed until he died in 1818.
Deer on the field behind Scarning School, early morning winter 2008.
The ford at the bottom of Podmore Lane.
Looking east from further up Podmore lane, Scarning Grange is visible at the centre of this picture.
In 2006/7 a new 300 mm diameter water main was laid between Dereham and Bradenham. It snaked across fields and was pushed under roads right across Scarning. This photo taken in March 2007 shows the pipe prior to being hauled into position and dropped into the trench.
A shared cycle and pedestrian path has been created outside Scarning School. The route extends from the School gates 750 metres towards Dereham and links up with the existing cyclewayon the north side of Dereham Road.
Did you find this page interesting? Do you have pictures that you would like to see posted here? You can send pictures by e-mail to Richard Allan at mail@scarning.info by clicking the logo below or you can send information to Nick Hartley who will send it to me for inclusion when the website is next updated.
The village beacon on the layby near Scarning Grange.
Why were these fixed to the bottom of the Beacon and where have they gone now?
Aview from the church yard looking south, the red roofed building is the Chapel on Chapel Lane, to the left of this is the bridge over the A47.
Sunday School Outing about 1900
Staff and children at Scarning School in about 1910 (why have they got spades?)
Another picture of the School, this one was taken in 1918. The tree at the rear appears to have been felled and the ivy on the front grown considerably in the intervening years.
A view of the Church and Village Hall as they were in 1920. The building on the extreme right is the corner of the 'Black Horse'. The white building at the end of Chapel Lane since demolished, housed the Post Office.
The 'The New Inn" at the corner of New
Inn
Lane and Dereham Road in about 1920, it ceased to be a Public
House in 1934. The premises were then converted into the "Corner House
Cafe' to serve motorists on what was then the main road to Norwich and
Yarmouth. This is now a private
residence, see below. 
Click HERE to see an aerial view taken some years ago before the building was extended.
This is a view looking westwards towards the Village Hall in about 1920.
This is a view view of the Village Hall looking in the opposite direction. The houses now long gone stood where the garage is today.