Tunstall then and now

Al Berning provided this 1962 shot looking north-ish down the road from Bentwaters, just coming into Tunstall, with the Green Man barely visible on the left.   In the far distance, the road turns sharp right, then there's a left fork towards Snape.  In December 1999, Ron Burrell realised that the gentleman standing on the right of the shot is himself - it is Ron!

On 15 January 2000, I took this shot from a similar spot to Al Berning's picture.  You can almost see the ghost of Ron Burrell against the fence.

A period of 38 years separates these two pictures!

 

 

Tunstall at the beginning of the year 2000

 

Below, Corner Cottage, Tunstall, where once lived Chuck Dalldorf and others from the USAF.
This is just further down past the Snape fork, when coming from Bentwaters.  This view is looking back towards the sharp bend in the road, with the church (in the picture above, right) is almost directly behind the viewer.

Just along the road from Corner Cottage, opposite the church was this seat, placed there in memory of John William Edwards Fabb.  Pictured here in the low winter sun on 15 January 2000.  The seat and the memorial plaque are shown  below.

 

Back up the road a bit, towards Eyke, there is The Ivy Lodge, often mentioned
by USAF people who request a picture of their memories of Suffolk.

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Tunstall when the US Air Force was Over Here

This was Ron's favorite pub when we were there on temporary duty before he lived there. This room was called the gun room in a pub called the Green Man in the village of Tunstall near the base. All walls were covered with old and exotic fire arms, African spears, shields, and skins from safaris that the owner had been on in his youth.

In later years, when we were stationed at the base, we found that the pub had been sold and redecorated following the previous owner's death. Unfortunately, it has lost all its character and we never went back again.