Framlingham

Peter Purves actor, tv presenter and one time chum of Dr Who may find its present iteration too sophisticated but he'll be in the Framlingham Crown 2:30pm tomorrow to tell the St John Fellowship about television ... and there's refreshments.

We like the Hitchcock film The 39 Steps with John Laurie (Private Frazer in Dad's Army) being surprisingly scary.  Framlingham College Senior School stage it live tomorrow and Friday. 

Saturday morning in the United Free Framlingham Horticultural Soc coffee morning.

Sunday week Double Street Framlingham noted for its charitable Advent Windows has Open Gardens (with refreshments) in support of the St Elizabeth Hospice.

We will try hard for Conclave TONIGHT in Framlingham but probably not the new Wes Anderson in Aldeburgh on this year's only Friday the 13th.

Last year in Framlingham Charlie Caiger stood in the general election, there was Meet The Author in the library and tragically Bradlaugh's in Fore Street closed.

♫ Yesterday's Charles Tam and Kwan-lam Lau recital had such an impressively good house (including Robert Hitcham's year 5) that it overflowed into St Michael's side aisles, from the back we particularly enjoyed Fauré's Romance.  Framlingham Concerts return in the autumn starting September with Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins Four hands on one piano.

Youthful neighbour sitting outside the Framlingham chippy Saturday waiting for his lunch.  With the price of fish we made the PayPal joke about paying for a fish supper ... he didn't laugh ... it's the way we tell them.

As always the Framlingham Gala drew a good crowd for both the parade and on the Castle Meadow.

♫ Sunday afternoon Pomegranate's inaugural and free concert by Trio Asteri will include some Poulenc, modern but not too modern.  3pm in St Michael's Framlingham with a retiring collection and refreshments available ... afterwards.

♫ 1:30pm this afternoon a chamber concert by Japanese pianist Aisa Ijiri in St Michael's Framlingham.  Tickets £10 on the door or online here.

Today is a free open day at the Framlingham Castle Bowls Club ... just turn up.

Tonight in the Framlingham College Chapel what is possibly the Phoenix Singers first concert of the year.  Entente a programme of Elgar and Fauré including his Requiem. ♫

Saturday almost summer on a sunny Framlingham Market Hill.

Yesterday evening by the Framlingham Railway (not the Station) a fish and chip van with a large and sometimes surprising menu ... calamari eh?

Framlingham market fishmonger Darren Smith is on the telly this afternoon.

♫ TRAGEDY!  Man in the Hat 's final show TONIGHT. <sob> <sob>.

Spring shyly peeping out in Infirmary Lane Framlingham.

10am-4pm in the Church Street Theatre Framlingham children's activities Wiggling Words Party! to celebrate Kate Rolfe's new book.

Patrick Spencer MP for Central Suffolk and much of near the coast will be meeting around Framlingham Friday 28th.

"Chemical spill incident" in the Framlingham Chemists has prompted a copiously precautionary emergency services response on the Market Hill.

We've enjoyed playing mahjong solitaire as a computer game so could be tempted by a mahjong beginner's taster at Framlingham Library 2pm this afternoon.

Throwback Thursday: 17 years ago today Framlingham Amateur Dramatic Society was antici ... pating the box office for Situation Comedy opening in the Volunteer Centre.  The Volunteer Centre closed in 2013 and regrettably not a lot of Fram amdram these days.

Show this weekend by artists Diana Capstick and Katy Peart at the Black Barn Studios on the Saxtead Road Framlingham.  Private view 5-8pm tonight.