A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Isobel spots a match for our 1970s retro G-Plan glass cabinet in the shape of a 1.8 metre-long G-Plan sideboard, which resides in a shed near Lavenham. So after a trip to pick it up, we swing by the town itself for a look around.

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Fred, Harry and Isobel wander in to Lavenham, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred, Harry and Isobel wander in to Lavenham

Fred walks past the very orange Little Hall, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred walks past the very orange Little Hall

Outside Little Hall, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Outside Little Hall

Lavenham buildings, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Lavenham buildings

We head into the National Trust tea rooms, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

We head into the National Trust tea rooms

Fred points at something in the NT café, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred points at something in the NT café

Harry picks a bag of crisps, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry picks a bag of crisps

Isobel in the café, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Isobel in the café

Harry pokes at something, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry pokes at something

Out in the garden behind the Guildhall, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Out in the garden behind the Guildhall

Isobel looks at something down an alley, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Isobel looks at something down an alley

A large bell, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A large bell

The gang roam around in the Guildhall gardens, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

The gang roam around in the Guildhall gardens

The boys peer into a door, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

The boys peer into a door

Harry writes something down, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry writes something down

Fred upstairs in the Guildhall museum, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred upstairs in the Guildhall museum

There's a spinning demonstration occuring, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

There's a spinning demonstration occuring

Some wool is spun, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Some wool is spun

Local wool, dyed with various plant and minerals, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Local wool, dyed with various plant and minerals

Harry looks around, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry looks around

Fred reads something about Saxons in the cellar, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred reads something about Saxons in the cellar

Fred tries out the stocks in the Bridewell, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred tries out the stocks in the Bridewell

Harry tests the stockade, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry tests the stockade

Harry gets a demonstration of thumb screws, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry gets a demonstration of thumb screws

A last message from a William Ranson, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A last message from a William Ranson

Harry dresses up in period gear, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry dresses up in period gear

Francis Lingard Ranson's photographs of Lavenham, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Francis Lingard Ranson's photographs of Lavenham

Fred and Harry do a spot of typing, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred and Harry do a spot of typing

Lavenham's equivalent of Gold Hill, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Lavenham's equivalent of Gold Hill

Lavenham's market place, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Lavenham's market place

Lavenham Guildhall, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Lavenham Guildhall

Fred and Harry swap sweets, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred and Harry swap sweets

Fred and Harry scoff sweets, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred and Harry scoff sweets

A Lavenham ice-cream shop, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A Lavenham ice-cream shop

Lavenham High Street, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Lavenham High Street

A timber-framed house on Lady Street, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A timber-framed house on Lady Street

An interesting chimney, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

An interesting chimney

Buildings of the Lavenham Press, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Buildings of the Lavenham Press

The boys find a playground, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

The boys find a playground

Fred and Harry have a swing in the park, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred and Harry have a swing in the park

Fred's high up on a swing, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred's high up on a swing

Harry and Isobel on a roundabout, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Harry and Isobel on a roundabout

Isobel and Fred on the swings, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Isobel and Fred on the swings

Fred does some climbing, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred does some climbing

A miniature gasometer, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A miniature gasometer

Fred looks a bit 'meh', A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred looks a bit 'meh'

Walking back to the car, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Walking back to the car

An interesting door knocker, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

An interesting door knocker

A derelict-looking van covered in green, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

A derelict-looking van covered in green

Fred inspects a door within a door, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Fred inspects a door within a door

Carving in an oak post, A Day in Lavenham, Suffolk - 22nd January 2017

Carving in an oak post

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Fred, Harry and Isobel wander in to Lavenham

Fred, Harry and Isobel wander in to Lavenham

Fred walks past the very orange Little Hall

Outside Little Hall

Lavenham buildings

We head into the National Trust tea rooms

Fred points at something in the NT café

Harry picks a bag of crisps

Isobel in the café

Harry pokes at something

Out in the garden behind the Guildhall

Isobel looks at something down an alley

A large bell

The gang roam around in the Guildhall gardens

The boys peer into a door

Harry writes something down

Fred upstairs in the Guildhall museum

There's a spinning demonstration occuring

Some wool is spun

Local wool, dyed with various plant and minerals

Harry looks around

Fred reads something about Saxons in the cellar

Fred tries out the stocks in the Bridewell

Harry tests the stockade

Harry gets a demonstration of thumb screws

A last message from a William Ranson

Harry dresses up in period gear

Francis Lingard Ranson's photographs of Lavenham

Fred and Harry do a spot of typing

Lavenham's equivalent of Gold Hill

Lavenham's market place

Lavenham Guildhall

Fred and Harry swap sweets

Fred and Harry scoff sweets

A Lavenham ice-cream shop

Lavenham High Street

A timber-framed house on Lady Street

An interesting chimney

Buildings of the Lavenham Press

The boys find a playground

Fred and Harry have a swing in the park

Fred's high up on a swing

Harry and Isobel on a roundabout

Isobel and Fred on the swings

Fred does some climbing

A miniature gasometer

Fred looks a bit 'meh'

Walking back to the car

An interesting door knocker

A derelict-looking van covered in green

Fred inspects a door within a door

Carving in an oak post