Brandeston is a village in Suffolk which still has a pub

mo 1 de 08	Over the weekend a spare wheel stolen in Hacheston and last week a sit-on mower, a concrete mixer and aluminium scaffolding were stolen from a building site in Brandeston.

fr 28 no 08	1919 Nancy Astor became Britain's first woman MP
	Before the clocks changed bringing perpetual darkness Rebecca Cowley and Melissa Embleton organised a ladies charity tennis tournament at Brandeston Hall that raised over £1,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund.
tu 23 se 08	1974 Ceefax went live on BBC television to become the world's first teletext system
	Saturday Brandeston Hall marked it's 60th anniversary with a flypast from a Tiger Moth in the school colours, Peter Stewart the first boy over the threshold in 1948 and Michael Wright the first head boy planted a lime tree. The tree replaces a lime tree destroyed in the 1987 hurricane which was so popular with the children (it was easy to climb) they'd given it the nickname Basil Brush.
sa 16 au 08	1897 The Tate Gallery opened
	The most famous squashed nose in rugby will be at Brandeston Hall at the end of the month when ex-England captain Roger Uttley visits to coach youngsters.
	June's pics as prints at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast
th 12 jn 08	1837 Sir William Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatcroft patented the first electric telegraph
	This morning parties of years 5 and 6 from the Bedfield, Charsfield, Easton, Laxfield and Robert Hitcham schools joined pupils from Brandeston Hall in their gym for fun mental challenges and games presented by Josh Miller of the Happy Puzzle Company. Though you stayed with your friend you joined a table with children from other schools so you had to work as a team with people you didn't know; then you got to run about outside in the lovely meadow. Perfect!
th 05 jn 08	1975 The Suez canal re-opened after eight years
	If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same One day the Brandeston Hall netball team will have to deal with the latter but so far they are undefeated since January 2005! Whilst we're there the batsmen are still cranking out centuries, this time it was Jack Scott 102 not out.
tu 13 my 08	1961 Gary Cooper (super duper) died
	These cheery faces and three other youngsters from Brandeston will be having their poems published in July.
fr 02 my 08	1519 Leonardo da Vinci died
	Us? We can't even hit the bloody thing so we were particularly impressed by 12 year old Kristian Williman (on the left) scoring over a hundred in his debut for Brandeston Hall.
fr 28 mr 08	1912 Both boats sunk in the University Boat Race
	They just seem to have so much fun at Brandeston Hall. This time it was ghost stories by fire and candle light with storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry in period costume making a very convincing M R James.
we 5 mr 08	1936 The Spitfire made its maiden flight
	Brandeston Hall prep school are Anglian Prep Schools Cross-Country Champions again ... well, there are enough of 'em!
we 6 fe 08	1957 Bill Haley and the Comets played their first London gig

	The Eastern Angles take Cuckoo Teapot out on tour next week starting Wednesday and Thursday in Saxmundham. Over the next three months venues will include Eye, Brandeston, Bredfield, Westleton, Hacheston, Woodbridge and Orford. Take them in before the blue meanie Arts Council finish them off.
	Roger Uttley ~ Kettleburgh ~ Cretingham ~ Earl Soham ~ Ashfield

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