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Turkish Bondage £9 5s 6p December 1670” This is a hand-written note, on the side of a page, in the All Saints record of management decisions made by the Church Officials known as the Vestry Book. Well what’s this all about I wondered? Piracy and the taking of slaves had been a fact of life in the Mediterranean for over 300 years. The Mediterranean coastlines were at the mercy of Barbary pirates (corsairs) from the coast of North Africa, based mainly in the ports of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Their number included not only North Africans but also English and Dutch privateers operating against Spain with the support of the English Government. Their aim was to capture slaves for the Arab slave markets in North Africa. The Barbary pirates attacked and plundered as far north as the English Channel, Ireland, Scotland and Iceland, with the western coast of England almost being raided at will. It is estimated that along with raids along the coast that between 1677 and 1680 some 160 English ships were captured which would translate into a probable 7,000-9,000 able bodied souls taken into slavery in those years. The English Government, unlike its Catholic neighbours, was slow to organise or finance the freeing of its nationals by payment of a ransom. The English Church however did seek funds and the note in our Vestry Book is testament. After an attack on Algiers by the British and Dutch in <strong>18</strong>16 more than 4,000 Christian slaves were liberated and the power of the Barbary pirates was finally broken. Simon Beet BROCKDISH AND THORPE ABBOTTS ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION Brockdish and Thorpe Abbotts Allotments Association (BATAAA) is run by a small group of volunteers for members of the local community. The allotments are situated at the end of Church Road in Brockdish, just before the bypass. We still have a few plots and half plots available. If you are interested, would like to find out more or would like to look round the site, please e-mail Rebecca Abrahall, BATAAA Secretary, at bataaa@hotmail.co.uk or contact David Young on 01379 668556. 20
Information MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Brockdish and Thorpe Abbotts every four weeks on a Thursday, calling at: Brockdish 11:40 am Waveney Heights Brockdish 12 noon Grove Road Thorpe Abbotts 12:15 pm Telephone Box / Post Box Next scheduled visits are: Thursday 26 th <strong>April</strong> Thursday 24 th May 21
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