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We have a soft spot for Austentacious member Rachel Parris and her own straight ahead comedy.  7:30 tonight at the Riverside Cinema Woodbridge she'll be talking about not surprisingly herself and her novel Introducing Mrs Collins.

Tomorrow night in Ipswich Foul Murders in East Anglia.

A shed at a home in The Green Saxtead was broken into between 11am last Thursday and 7am Friday and a Stihl battery powered hedge trimmer stolen.  Any info please contact the police quoting crime number 37/5975/26, you can call 101.

7:30pm Wednesday Roughcast Theatre are table reading Chekov's The Seagull (it might be a comedy) at the Brockdish King's Head.  Everyone welcome perhaps just for a drink.

♫ Thursday Sax's social bar is having an essential to book Kraut Rock evening ... Da Da Da eh?

♫ A joy last year were the mid-week afternoon Framlingham Concerts.  Well attended including school parties the zinging performances were from mostly younger players.  The shows return in March with Douglas Tang and Lasma Taimina and with a caffeine buzz from donated coffees we're really looking forward to their and other recitals.

Forward planning, the theme for this year's Framlingham Gala parade in May is Once Upon A Time.

We've only just noticed but like Framlingham the hardware shop in Wickham Market (once upon a time miss.chief) closed last year ... once upon a time Sax had two hardware shops.

What could be the Worlingworth fire brigade early last century and a very vintage motor car outside the Orford Crown and Castle when the road was still unmade.

♫ Tonight at the Debenham Community Centre Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph.  You should be able to get ticket(s) on the door at £22.

Six years since John Grose née Potters moved out of Station Road Framlingham and it's still empty ... nice to see it doing something useful eh?.

Remember when Fram post office was flooded it popped up at the back of Bill Bulstrode's shop for months and months?  A bit similarly the library is popping up in John Ball's Gallery opposite.  Expect the library to reopen around 10 February and it'll definitely be open by the 28th because there will be cake.

Seems there are two Baptist chapels in Charsfield and they are both FOR SALE.

Stalwart nearthecoast supporter fishmonger Darren Smith keeps us going with much appreciated coffees, modern life mentoring and when in season fresh mussels.  Buy us a coffee and you can join Darren top left running into spring.

Suffolk Overheard:  He's as dead as a 1950s Sunday in Benhall.

♫ From the Windy City at this summer's Maverick Festival The Waco Brothers.

Sunday UEA Pirates last home game this season was a 28-00 loss to the Birmingham Lions plus the Lions had two TDs called back (false start and probably holding) and a third that most people including us thought was touch down but the chain gang ref spotted this foot out of bounds. ... more here 

Sue Tansley's art and/or photography classes start next month in Aldeburgh at the Fairfield Centre.

Hopefully you've noticed we've given the icon strip above a wash and brush up.  We've added our new(ish) Instagram and retired (perhaps temporarily) flickr.  It'll take time for the change to reach all 300+ of our pages.

Nice artwork for Dallinghoo's Valentine's Special next month the good sounding two course Live Jazz and Curry Night.  Like the government partying during a Covid lock down it's BYOB.

The free Confessions of a Serial Litter Picker in Wickham Market George tomorrow night has free tea and biscuits.

♫ Pianist Annabel Thwaite in concert at Leiston Abbey tomorrow afternoon.

How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.

The Lighthouse Restaurant in Aldeburgh's High Street re-opens next Thursday after it's January break ... we've been told by a veggie the veggie food is particularly good.

The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out this afternoon ... click Jaques Tati to get yours for free ...

Roughcast Theatre's tribute to the late Tom Stoppard in March is touring the two one act plays The Real Inspector Hound and A Separate Peace.  The company needs a man with a van who would smile upon their theatrical endeavours.

Suffolk Truths No.110:  Why honest Suffolk folk need two Co-op cards is a secret lost in the mists of time.