Qualla: Sizewell https://qualla.com/sizewell en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Sizewell https://qualla.com/sizewell Sizewell: Introduction https://qualla.com/sizewell/ Henri and Willem Peteri left Katwijk in occupied Holland in a collapsible canoe in September 1941 and paddled fifty-six hours across the North Sea. They came ashore at Sizewell. Thirty-two young Dutchmen tried that crossing during the war. Eight reached the English coast. Only three survived to see peace. On the beach today there is a memorial of crossed kayak oars and a broken paddle, unveiled in 2009 by Henri's widow, alongside the original kayak. The dome of the Sizewell B reactor is the next thing you see when you look north.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/3/0/sizewell-wp/u130-sizewell-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sizewell: A Hamlet Between Two Towers https://qualla.com/sizewell/ Sizewell is a fishing hamlet in the East Suffolk district, on the North Sea coast just north of Thorpeness and two miles east of the town of Leiston. It belongs to the parish of Leiston and sits inside the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From the beac...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/3/0/sizewell-wp/u130-sizewell-the-engelandvaarders.mp3 0:06 4 full Sizewell: The Ogilvie Estate and the Marshes https://qualla.com/sizewell/ Sizewell became the nucleus of the Ogilvie estate in 1859, an estate that eventually stretched south to Aldeburgh. Sizewell Hall is still owned by the Ogilvie family and now operates as a Christian conference centre. After the war and into the summer of 1955, it housed a mixed se...

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