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fr 10 oc 08

1970  The Fiji Islands became independent

 

Inspector Neil ReidThis is Inspector Neil Reid nobly wearing his hat because we asked him to.  Neil is now stationed at Leiston and newly commands the Aldeburgh, Framlingham, Leiston and Saxmundham Safer Neighbourhood Teams ... and he cycled to work today.  Read his bio here.

tu 9 se 08

1971  The Old Grey Whistle Test first broadcast

Unpleasantnesses in Aldeburgh and Walberswick.

we 14 my 08

1817  Mary Shelley finished writing Frankenstein

 

Top Crafts in Aldeburgh the weekend before last turned up a Lewis machine gun and raised well over £8,000 for the MS Society.

sa 03 my 08

1953  Dylan Thomas gave the first public reading of Under Milk Wood

 

John Bly intrigued by lady glass worker

The Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh was crammed today with all sorts of crafty things for Top Crafts 2008 and television personality John Bly was taking an active interest in this lady working with glass.  The show continues all weekend including Monday and it's free to get in ...

The red dots mean the painting's sold.

... meanwhile up the road in the Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery John Bawtree told us that the first visitor at his Zanzibar exhibition was the widow of Zanzibar's last British resident.  From 1913 to 1963 Zanzibar was a British protectorate and had a resident rather than a governor.  Cinema manager Sue Harrison arrived and there had been returns for Daughter of the Regiment; the cinema expects to repeat the live New York Metropolitan Opera House link ups this autumn.  The Zanzibar exhibition continues until Thursday 8th May and it's free too.

fr 02 my 08

1519  Leonardo da Vinci died

 

John Bly in Aldeburgh this weekendRecognise John Bly off Antiques Roadshow?  He'll be holding his own mini Roadshow at Top Crafts 2008 in Aldeburgh this weekend.

mo 28 ap 08

1789  Fletcher Christian led the mutiny on the Bounty

 

The Palace of Wonders, Zanzibar

Painter John Bawtree lives in Peasenhall.  Last year he visited Zanzibar (yes, there really is such a place) for the first time and the results can be seen at the Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery from this Saturday.

sa 26 ap 08

1564  William Shakespeare was baptised

 

Even at £20 a pop opera tonight in Aldeburgh is sold out but you can still queue in hope of returns, the box office opens at 6:30pm.

th 24 ap 08

1961  Bob Dylan's recording debut playing harmonica on Harry Belafonte's Midnight Special

 

Because we're a bit pretentious a little telly treat last Christmas was The Daughter of the Regiment with the divine Natalie Dessay (watch for her back facing curtsey at the end:).  And our point is?  It's La Fille du Regiment as the last of this season's live link ups with the New York Met this Saturday at the Aldeburgh Cinema.

tu 25 mr 08

1975  King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew

 

John Western watercolourA John Western watercolour living in Knodishall and depicting sail boats at Slaughden Quay, Aldeburgh is for sale on ebaY with a starting price of £800.

March's pics as prints, mugs and t-shirts at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast

tu 18 mr 08

1965  Aleksei Leonov took the first walk in space

 

Multi-coloured crocs You know how racks of those terribly fashionable Crocs always stop at size 8?  Well not in Alde River they don't, they go up to size 13; find the shop, not surprisingly, in Aldeburgh High Street 01728 452476.

The odd little off license in Aldeburgh with the equally odd but charming Adnams metalwork What was the little offie in Aldeburgh has been shut certainly since last spring?  It's now a Darcy B dress shop (there are other Darcy Bs in Framlingham and Woodbridge) and the metalwork D'arcy B's in Aldeburgh has gone, they could have painted it to match the wall and retained the little oddity.

tu 11 mr 08

1810  Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria were married by proxy in Vienna

 

South Parade, Aldeburgh circa 1937

Despite the recent weather Aldeburgh still appears to be there but don't know what happened to the bathing huts ...

South Parade, Aldeburgh  2008

fr 29 fe 08

1956  Muffin the Mule made his tv debut

 

... and from the people who brought you the Saxmundham-Aldeburgh branch line another 24 carat piece, the 1958 Aldeburgh Carnival with a brief glimpse of Wickham Market Junction (yeah, yeah we know it's at Campsea).

we 27 fe 08

1939  Borley Rectory, reputedly the most haunted house in England, burned down

 

The Sudbourne Park Printmakers Esater Show The Sudbourne Park Printmakers are having their Easter show at the Peter Peers gallery in Aldeburgh.

mo 11 fe 08

1891  The first Cruft's Dog Show opened at the Agricultural Hall, Islington

 

The Magic FluteTo use the old joke some films seem to escape rather than be released.  On occasion undoubtedly it's because the film's rubbish, sometimes you suspect the producers didn't get their sums right and there's nothing left for promotion, in the case of Kenneth Branagh's The Magic Flute it is in English (a new libretto by Stephen Fry) but it's also a French production:)  On at Aldeburgh Cinema until Thursday.

sa 9 fe 08

1824  At the age of twelve Charles Dickens started work in a blacking factory

 

  

Well that didn't take long, Paul Verhoeven's Black Book is on Film Four this month sometime (according to the tv trailers) though Film Four's glossy website makes it impossible to find out when.

fr 1 fe 08

1971 Wireless licenses abolished in the UK

 

Small child and large white thingPerhaps because we rather liked The Chronicles of Narnia film (always loved the novels) the desire has been rising to see The Golden Compass but Lady KRJ says it's rubbish ... and she liked Lord of the Rings!  Either way Golden C's on at Aldeburgh for a week starting tonight.

tu 22 ja 08

1972 The UK became part of the European Economic Community

 

Here's a bit of solid gold, a 1950s train journey on the Saxmundham-Aldeburgh branch calling at Thorpe Halt ... accompanied by Flanders and Swan ... and we've just worked out that the boy standing seemingly dangerously on the track is holding up the single track token for the driver.

January's pics as prints, mugs and t-shirts at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast

fr 18 ja 08

1701  Frederick I become King of Prussia

 

One of the nice things about coastal Suffolk is when the new year begins with the weather is at it's most miserable and you're still paying for

The Heath Quartet taking their third bow

 Christmas so do the Friday lunchtime concerts at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh.

As we arrived somewhat early today the single remaining seat was being sold so in the second week of the 2008 season the Heath Quartet played Violinist Rebbeca Eves warming up before the concertto an absolutely full house.  Violinist Oliver Heath  ironically introduced Frank Bridge's Three Idylls for String Quartet as "an English piece for English weather" and we were off with the quartet revealing a lyrical, engaging and confident January and still can't park in Aldeburgh style that can be heard at the Halesworth Cut at the end of October.

Even though it's out of season you still can't park in Aldeburgh because one side of the High Street has been dug up.

 

Aldeburgh in 2007 ~ Knodishall ~ Sizewell ~ Snape ~ Thorpeness

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