Originally a Farmer’s Parish Apprentice at Laxfield , in Suffolk , but now RESIDING IN OULTON , In the same County , Being an AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of the above , From 1809 to 1881, Inclusive . All Rights of Re-production reserved Lowestoft: G. S. Cook, Nelson Printing Works. Photograph of George Bickers The writer of these pages was born at Laxfield, a village in the County of Suffolk, on the 16th day of January, 1809, the forty-eighth year of our good King George the Third’s happy reign.  That eventfu

In the year 1877, the Pakefield Friendly Society came to an end, having fought its way fifty-two years, and having survived the Vicar of Lowestoft fourteen years.  Mr. Cunningham had from the first taken a deep interest in that institution, and greatly contributed to its prosperity. I was proposed and accepted as one of its stewards in 1840, and continued to serve the office until its dissolution (37 years), the funds then being distributed among the members in sums ranging from £2 12s. 8d., to