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This website is primarily about the history of the cafe & garage business, and not specifically about the Rudge family, although there could be quite a story to tell on that subject (including the second world war ‘Mulberry Harbour’ project, ‘Zip Cleaners’, ‘Jacqueline’ haberdashery shops, and mink farms!).

We have, however, allowed ourselves at the beginning of this page, to include a few photos that are important to the family.

In memory of:

Mrs and Mr Rudge (at a Dinner Dance event at the Norwood Rooms in Norwich):

John Rudge:

Mr and Mrs Bengefield (good friends of Necton):

John Bengefield (good friend of John):

Miscellaneous family photos follow:

In the 50’s and early 60’s . . .

Surely that should be petrol rather than derv?

More early training!

That’s quite a big tank to fill

Getting a lift home after a hard days work on the building site.

Fortunately, it didn’t ‘come down like a ton of bricks’.

One young lady was sticking her tongue out . . .

. . . so they had to take the picture again, but then someone was looking at their shoes, not the camera.

So let try again with four more brownies, a different background, and Brown Owl in the picture.

The new cafe, soon after opening in 1962 . . .

In the new cafe, a party to celebrate Mr & Mrs Rudge’s Silver Wedding anniversary (March 1963) . . .

We have a guest list for this party, but cannot put names to all the faces.

At another party later that year, the ‘winking game’ . . .

In the next picture, John appears to be holding on to his ‘girlfriend’. Not sure if the rules permit that – he should only try to stop her if she attempts to move away (see memories section on the ‘new cafe‘ page).

Memories
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