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The small corner shop by Panorama in Framlingham has been a lot of things including last century where you queued for your Sunday papers.  It re-opens Saturday fortnight as Folk.

♫ We really l♥ve the Framlingham Chamber Concerts.  1:30pm next Wednesday George Ireland presents a piano recital of JS Bach's Prelude and Fugue and French Suite.

For us it's been a while (over a decade), the first Sunday of May it's the 42nd Heritage Coast Run from Thorpeness including an off road canicross style event with dogs.

That's a pity the Bits and Bobs Sales in Wickham Market have ended.

Today 11am-4pm the Parham Airfield Museum opens today and for the summer while the Debach Airfield Museum opens the last summer Sundays of the month.

JOB Part time/full time Counter Assistant at Framlingham Pharmacy.

This morning 10:30am-12pm the constabulary will be in the Castle car park Framlingham offering bicycle marking.

♫ Next month at the Snape Maltings the Beccles Choral Society, the Phoenix Singers and the Lambeth Orchestra come together to perform Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.

How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.

The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out at tea time.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

In 1974 East and West Suffolk County Councils were merged into one.  52 years later the government (who always know best of course) has decided if two wasn't a good idea then three must be better as more is always better.  Council changes are planned for 2028 but confusingly next month near the coast will be voting for a super Mayor so voting does matter.

Local Britball starts Sunday fortnight with Ipswich Cardinals at Norwich Devils.

Reborn UK's candidate for East Anglian Super Mayor though overlooked by the BBC is ex-Suffolk CEO Andrea Hill.  Returning from the Caribbean in 2016 Ms Hall now says her wide local knowledge and vibrant management style will soon fix broken Suffolk and hopefully help out Norfolk too.  Leader of the populist party and onetime Stackton town councillor Major Gervaise DeRoute has been approached for comment.

March's Pic of the Month was originally on Instagram.

♫ The wonderfully located Sweffling Printroom has collaborated with Flipside Festival for Sound Beginnings presented by composer John Mercer and critic Robert Stein.  Thursday night's is From Minimal to Maximal and being the Printroom afterwards there will be great cake.

When did Siralan become Lord Sugar?  Oh, 2009 eh?  Why weren't we consulted?

We're not only nerdy enough to have an anorak alerts page we archive it as well.

From 1pm this afternoon you can book tickets for The Reluctant Dragon in June at the Saxmundham arts festival.

Our Ipswich Cardinals page has birthed the new page Cardinals twenties.

Another Framlingham shop departed. ,,, and taken their cut out with them.

The year moves on, the clocks have gone forward. 

Last chance today (drinks 11am-1pm) to view Hilary Garner and Norma Read's show Light and Colour 26 at the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham.

Anorak Alert No.75:  Sorry Henry, Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft.

Later in life Humphrey Burton lived near the coast and we encountered him on a number of occasions including at Aldeburgh Cinema.  This afternoon at the cinema a free memorial tribute.

Life Skills No. 70:  We like to visit Sax now and then to make sure it's alright; two supermarkets, two charity shops plus a Factory Shop to browse... not any more.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will give you that nice warm feeling of having done the right thing.

Suffolk Overheard: ... and a tea bag each ... well he is loaded.

Our thanks to the Walpole Old Chapel for a generous handful of coffees.  A whole bunch of musical events upcoming at the venue this summer. ♫