Memories
Sizewell Hall has played an important part in thousands of people’s lives. If you have any memories, recent or distant, that you’d like to share then please leave them below.
Sizewell Hall has played an important part in thousands of people’s lives. If you have any memories, recent or distant, that you’d like to share then please leave them below.
June 30th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
I met my wife at Sizewell on an Easter Houseparty from West Road Church. Now into my tenth year of marriage I praise God for the haven of Sizewell Hall, a place where I have never failed to encounter God. I have cherished memories of over 50’s weeks, Easter and February House parties where the Lord has strengthened me and encouraged me in a huge variety of ways. I would go to Sizewell and come back changed as a result of the ministry and power of God that was always present.
July 2nd, 2006 at 7:18 pm
We love this place, if it wasn’t for Sizewell we would have never met and we are getting married next year!
Remember all from camp, SAFETY FIRST SAFETY SECOND!
July 11th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Sizewell rocks for ever, once you go there you never want to leave and when you do leave you can feel God inside you lifting you up to do greater things I love Sizewell and I love the people who run it if it wern’t for them we never would have got to have such an amazing time with God thank you sizewell for everything you have done for me and my friends we love you
July 31st, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Well Sizewell is just a great place. I’ve got so many memories it is unbelievable (all of them good!). Most importantly it’s where I became a Christian so I’ll always be thankful for it. Just one last thing to remember when on the campsite SAFETY 1ST SAFETY 2ND!
September 12th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
WOW, where do I start. I can only praise God for the work at Sizewell. For Sizewell hall is swamped in God’s awsome presence. I will ALWAYS hold Sizewell hall near to my heart. Although I will never be thrown into that smelly pond again!!
Amz x
September 22nd, 2006 at 5:19 pm
I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM A EXCITING TIME AT SIZEWELL HALL & AFRICAN ADVENTURE. I FOUND A NEW FRIEND CALLED DAVE, WHO I REALLY MISS SEEING EVERY DAY. IT WAS VERY GOOD THANK YOU. MISS YOU ALL
FROM OLIVER
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:24 am
I went to Sizewell Hall for a holiday camp it was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m definitely coming back next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 27th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
I came back from Sizewell Hall today with my church from Bildeston, Suffolk. I had a brilliant week and can’t wait to go back next year. We go every year in October half term and I always learn something new. God is always with us, guiding us through a fantastic week.
December 15th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Sizewell is definately the coolest place in the world. I’ve had loads of fun there and learnt soo much it’s unbelievable. I love it and don’t know what anyone would do without it! God has done so much at this place and you haven’t lived if you’ve never been! GO NOW!!:D
April 20th, 2007 at 8:58 am
I’m glad to see dear old Sizewell Hall is being put to such good use. I was a pupil at Sizewell Hall School in 1952 until it closed in 1955. It was small a coeducational preparatory school for eight to 13-year-olds, joined for the summer by foreign students. There were only three or four teachers, including the headmaster, Harry Tuyn, a Dutchman who taught us English, French, German, Latin and Greek by turns! It left me, for instance, with a lifelong passion for literature, nature study and music. We were allowed to make full use of the 35 acres as our playground, except for the area beyond the pond, which was out of bounds in the summer after a boy was bitten by an adder. What was different from other schools I attended is that we seemed to be one community of children, tolerant of our differences in age, sex and background. One fellow pupil was Sheridan Morley, the theatre critic, whom I see in the paper died not long ago. I would love to get in touch with others who were there at that time. Robert? Wayne? Gijs? Clara? Arnold? Geraldine? Dorothy? Harleh? Karen? Gretel? Mr Hobson? Miss Acheson? I wonder where you are now. Look after yourselves.
May 20th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I’ve just come back from junior sizewell with cym and it is really cool one of the best places i’ve ever been
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I went to Sizewell with a group of anglicans and even though I am actually a vatican I loved my visit!!! I thought that it was a great place to stay and I thoroughly enjoyed my visit!! I will definitely come again!!! It was one of the best places that I have been and really made my holiday special!! I would reccomend it to everyone, Thankyou so much for a great holiday and I’ll miss everyone, love Emily
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I went to Sizewell with a group of Anglicans and even though I am actually a Catholic I loved my visit!!! I thought that it was a great place to stay and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there!! I will definitely come again!!! It was one of the best places that I have been and really made my holiday special!! I would recommend it to everyone, Thank you so much for a great holiday and I’ll miss everyone, love Emily
July 2nd, 2007 at 3:03 am
Just found your website and have to say that it was on a Easter Sunday back in 1976 when I gave my life to the Lord while at the Easter Houseparty, Dave Rusted led me to the Lord and Sizewell Hall will always have eternal memories for me!
November 4th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
I and my husband have many great memories of Sizewell Hall. We met there in 1990 at a CYM house party and were married in 1993. It was where I came to know Christ and always felt at my closest to him. It holds places of great peacefulness and I believe it is truely blessed by God. We would love our three children at some point in their lives, to be touched by the presence of God that so obviously lives at Sizewell Hall.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Sizewell is great, i came here for african adventure and it was great
Thanks Rich and that lot
x
December 27th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
I am trying to make contact with Harry Tuyn, the head of the Sizewell Hall school in the 1950s. My name is Boni Sones and my mobile is 07703 716961. Harry or his family or friends would be interesting to speak to.
I have reason to believe he may be a relative.
March 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I have just come back from a trip to Sizewell Hall, African Adventure and it was well Wick!!!! A bit chilly but it still rocked and I would like to say A HUGE THANK YOU to EVERYONE there, you all made it very special and fun.
April 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I gave my life to God last night and I really noticed the difference it made!
I hope to be at Sizewell in November. Hope 2 see people there.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:44 am
I went to Sizewell a couple of years ago with the church - TBC - It was great. It was really a youth thing and I must have been 2 or 3 years younger than that. My mum was a cook so I tagged along anyway. I didn’t take part in the activities but I loved walking down to the beach, playing on the piano and exploring (aswell as helping out in the kitchen!)
GO TO SIZEWELL GOD WILL BLESS YOU THERE
Lily x (11)
May 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Hi,
I’ve just come back from Sizewell yesterday with the same church as Lily TBC. It was great exept the fire alarm went off at 12.15 at night. I really loved the beach laying on the pebbles it was the best feeling ever. The building was much bigger than I was expecting as I was to young to go last time.
THANK YOU
Nicola (12)
August 1st, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Hello there!
I’m going to the camp there soon and I have heard its the best ever. I hope its true, I’m going tomorrow!
Ahhh I’m so excited and so is one of my best mates Jordan.
I REALY AM HOPING IT WILL BE THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER!
April (13)
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I’ve just come back from the Sizewell Camp… it was the best thing ever. it’s so much fun and I learned so much about God.
I really hope I can be a tent leader next year… I can’t imagine not being allowed to come again!
Hannah (14)
October 13th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Hi everyone I’m going 2 Sizewell next week I’ve heard its realy good
I can’t wait.
!!!!!!!!!!!
luv yhoo
XHeidiX
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I was fortunate to visit Sizewell Hall with the Covies in the mid 70’s summers a few times, then later returned in the late 80’s to help out in the kitchen, do a little archery and perform the “lifeguard” duties on the beach.
The teachings and support received has helped me a great deal over the years.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
The site very professional! Keep up the good work! Oh yes, one extra comment - maybe you could add more pictures too! So, good luck to your team!
November 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I never attended Sizewall Hall, however, I befriended Elaine Tuyn in the 1980s after she moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. Her husband had eventually accepted a post at the University of Virginia as an English grammarian. This is for all of the people who remember the Tuyns: Mrs. Tuyn passed away last Friday, 14 November 2008 in North Carolina, with her daughter Pascale by her side. If you would like to write to Pascale with your sympathies or remembrances of her mother and father, please feel free to contact me at cpinc-akemi@comcast.net and I can forward your emails or email you back with her address. There will be a memorial service for Elaine tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church in downtown Hillsborough, NC., if any of you happen to live in the mid-Atlantic states and can make it. I know that Harry and Elaine touched the lives of many through their schools and she spoke fondly of her former students and staff often. If any of you from the former days read this and know others who would be interested in knowing of her death, please pass along the information. Thanks.
Sarah
February 2nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Amazing, loved it, most incredible Holiday ever, and in England, had the sun for the whole week, extremely lucky, kids had an incredible time, best behaved, lots of sand castles and swimming had been done!
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Cannot believe how big this place is, and how much land it has, the 2nd best holiday ever, after the Maldives,which is hard to beat! Thank you for making this experience so enjoyable, my fiance and i met out there, and want to also get married there! Cannot wait to go back, maybe even with children!
see you all soon.
XXX
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I’m going to Sizewell tommorow with the church I go to and I can’t wait! We all enjoy it!
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I have just been and it was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 27th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I attened Sizewell Hall In 1977 and 1978 for summer camp with Pathfinders. My father was stationed at RAF Woodbridge and we attended church in Saxmundham. It was a turning point in my Christian life and I will never forget those two weeks. Thanks to all those past and present who work so hard to show the love of Christ to young men and women.
August 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I just came back its a great place to be “its alive”!!!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I’m 14 now and I’ve been going to Sizewell Hall with St. Johns Church Hoxton for 11 years, and I love and shall be coming back for many years to come. Probably?
October 16th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
I remember as a teenager back in the 1970’s going to sizewell hall with our girl group, covenantors, from ranelagh hall, felixstowe, each summer for a week. we had a laugh. and alot of christian fellowship was had by all.
March 7th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I have many fond memories of Sizewell Hall. I used to come here for weekends away with my church when I was a kid. The place seemed so big back then as I was only small at the time, so big I almost got lost once or twice. Sometimes I even tried to get lost (well lost to other people anyway, you know how children are). I used to play hide and seek both in the house and in the grounds. I remember once I was so well hidden I had to give myself up after about two hours! It was during this time that I was hidden in the grounds near the gazebo that is probably my fondest memory. I was just sat there for so long I almost forgot why I was there. I remember just lying there looking up at the sky and I felt so relaxed, like I had not a care in the world. It was true peace, really an amazing feeling. This is truly a place to come and unwind and leave the cares of the world behind you. This place has so many happy memories from my childhood that will stick with me for the rest of my life.