Although Daddy Christmas was rather lonely at the Brundish Christmas fair this afternoon the aromatic mulled wine and general conviviality was making a warm welcoming atmosphere in the village hall and some recently discovered old photos displayed on the wall certainly intrigued this snapper.  More pix here, feel good Letters To Juliet for Brundish Christmas cinema Thursday.

The British Legion needs a poppy organiser to cover Brundish, Brandeston and Dennington next year, more info on the board.

Sandra had to explain (thank you Sandra) that Wine Call My Bluff in Brundish this Saturday isn't a quiz but a wine tasting where you decide which of the descriptions is genuine.

Brundish has been lively, earlier this week a car ended up in a garden and hit the oil tank and Wednesday night there was a house fire (thanks Sandra).

Tonight Mathew it's comedy Easy Virtue starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth and the delicious Kristin Scott Thomas.  7pm Brundish Village Hall, tickets £5 and should be reserved by calling Priscilla Williamson on 01379 388034.

A 20 year old man has overdosed at an illegal rave on Downs Farm, Brundish.

This is Carl Wilson and Laxfield First Responders coordinator Laura Griggs demonstrating their pulse oximeter at this year's Brundish Makemerry.  As their beat is very rural inevitably the ambulance tends to take longer to arrive so two responders go out on a call.  Laura echoed Framlingham coordinator Leighton Page's observation that people are very generous giving money but what is needed most are more responders.  If you want to help email Carl (remember you won't go out on your own:) or contact Leighton (Man in the Hat) on the board.

Harvesting was still going on well after midnight near Brundish (understandably with this morning's rain); a lorry the size of Berkshire was being loaded at the side of the road and the road had a golden patina of spilt grain on sharp corners, indeed one S bend had a couple of POLICE SLOW signs.

1926  Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel

The Brundish Makemerry Saturday last month raised £1,590 ... Woo Hoo!

1933  Wiley Post, in his aeroplane Winnie Mae, became the first person to fly solo around the world

Brundish Makemerry last weekend was some eleven hours of non-stop sociability and jollies starting with the Makemerry in the garden of The Crown, on the way barbeque, concert, unveiling of the new village sign and ending up with fireworks.  The Robert Hitcham maypole dancers were charming as usual and as usual the East African photographer got everyone to stand in straight lines and though the showers were sometimes quite heavy they never went on for too long ... Excellent, love it!

Happy New Year!  We think sanguine might be the word to describe the Brundish Crown's attitude to New Year' Eve last night, except we're not sure what sanguine means, and we may have missed a joke as the Red Wine Girls were drinking something red from bottles but it wasn't wine ...