As part of the 'Street Detectives' topic, Class LH walked around Framlingham this afternoon looking for clues about how Framlingham has changed. We identified some different chimneys, doorways and windows. We also discovered why so many shops have low windows and what a lot of shops there actually were in Framlingham.
We also talked about some of the street names that we walked down and why they were called these, we looked at how some more recent changes to buildings have covered over or removed the wooden timbers that houses were built from. We were able to experience how it used to be by walking up through Queen's Head Alley!
We drew pictures of some of the windows and doors around the town.
We visited the Thomas Mills' tomb, looked at Thomas Mills' house where he used to live and also the almshouses that he bequeathed money to that were next door to his house and tomb.
We looked at a lot of street furniture, including lamp posts, the water pump and even discovered the difference between the post boxes in Double Street and on the Market Hill. The challenge for our super detectives is to find out what the difference is with the post box at the bottom of Mount Pleasant compared to these two! There might even be a promotion to a detective inspector from a mere street detective!!
Some of the class taking in the awe and wonder on the Market Hill and identifying changes, looking at the Guildhall, which was the original boys school, and noting how busy it is today compared to some of the archived photos they've been studying.
We also were able to look at Road Safety too and identify good, safe places to cross and were able to cross independently on Double Street when we knew it was safe to cross. We will do more practicing when the JRSO's come and work with us in a few weeks.
There was a lot of learning to take in that will be used in our follow up work.
