Hacheston is a village in Coastal Suffolk

tu 2 de 08

Spot the difference

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.

mo 24 no 08

1927 Sir Harry Lauder was given the freedom of Edinburgh

The snow has pretty much gone now but it certainly snowed yesterday in Framsden, Hacheston, Leiston, Framlingham and Fram.

mo 25 au 08

1991 Linus Torvalds sent off the email announcing his project to create a new operating system

It would seem Hacheston village hall has closed.

sa 16 au 08

1897 The Tate Gallery opened

It look's like last month's Hachfest will give £8,000 to charity, its most ever.

mo 21 jl 08

1809 Daniel Lambert died weighing 52.5 stones (735 lbs)

The air ambulance attending at Framlingham Castle

Alan Mutimer has just told us he expects Hachfest to raise about the same as last year. Last year Hachfest and Hacheston Bygones together donated £7,700 to charity. Appropriately one of this year's benefiting charities is the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

sa 19 jl 08

1821 Queen Caroline was forcibly prevented from attending the coronation of George IV

tu 15 jl 08

1869 Hippolytes Mege Mouries patented margarine in France

We can personally recommend Robert Castellani on the Sunday of this weekend's Hachfest. He's a faintly New Age guitarist who does all that stuff that Hank Marvin never did; on the Saturday The Ballistics look fun and it's a Rosalita (also Sat nite) track on the vid. previous video

mo 30 jn 08

1991 The last five Shackleton aircraft were withdrawn from service with the RAF

As promised here's the video (don't forget to click watch in high quality) of yesterday's 8th Hacheston Bygones including the Crab and Winkle's Andrew Stannard in accordion mode. previous video

June's pics as prints at photoboxgallery.com/NearTheCoast

su 29 jn 08

1966 Barclays Bank launched Barclaycard - the first British credit card

Lot's of interesting new stuff at the Hacheston Bygones today including some stylish owners, hotrods, mopeds, stationary engines, model traction engines and a Cat Protection League stall .. and yes there is another video on the way; Alan Mutimer was an absolute star, particularly when being silently heckled from behind the cameraman's back.

we 25 jn 08

1988 David Galloway and Andrew Muirhead sheared 706 sheep in 9 hours

This Sunday it's the eighth annual Hacheston Bygones in, not surprisingly, Hacheston. Classic and vintage cars, farm machinery, bikes, commercials ... Not expensive to get in (profits to charity, usually the East Anglian Air Ambulance) and if you can find Hacheston you'll find the Bygones.

we 11 jn 08

1950 Lynsey De Paul (remember her?) born

... unpleasantnesses in Bredfield and Hacheston.

sa 31 my 08

2002 Captain Philippa Tattersall became the first woman to earn a Royal Marines green beret

Those local cheeky chappies Cheek Cheeky are playing Glastonbury this year and headlining the Lake Stage at Latitude. That Latitude has got very big very quickly ... wonder if they know they're clashing with Hachfest this year?

we 9 ap 08

1961 King Zog of Albania died in exile

The Hacheston shop appears to be pine furniture

su 23 mr 08

1928 The first children's Saturday matinees was at the Empire cinema, Willesden

The Tesco at Martlesham has got a defibrillator, Hacheston has got a village hall but it's up for sale and the shop has been let, and there's a motocross next Sunday the 30th at Blaxhall.

tu 18 mr 08

1965 Aleksei Leonov took the first walk in space

Just driven past the Hacheston shop in this micro hail and the door was open; two people cleaning and tidying up inside.

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

we 12 mr 08

1935 The 30mph speed limit for built-up areas was introduced

The Lion's Den may have closed (yes they're digging up Castle Street again) but unlike Hacheston Framlingham isn't losing a shop as the former LD will almost certainly become an ice cream parlour. Kate was extremely pleased at this prospect but not impressed by this summer's Maverick Festival as she doesn't like that sort of music. Give it a try is our advice.

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.

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

mo 4 fe 08

1953 Sweet rationing ended in the UK

The To Let sign says it all. Romaine Humphreys has been running the Hacheston shop for three years but the Post Office will close Wednesday and the shop Friday. That convenient lay by just outside means Romaine gets a lot of passing trade but it isn't enough and she was thinking about moving on even before Royal Mail announced the post office closure. She doesn't know what she will do but will get a redundancy payment. So if you fancy running a village shop Clarke & Simpson have it on at £4,500 per year ...

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

mo 21 ja 08

1959 Film producer and director Cecil B deMille died

The dates Friday 18th-Sunday 20th July have been set for Hacheston's own personal Armageddon the three day music festival Hachfest.

sa 22 de 07

1808 In Vienna Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was first performed

10:30am Garnett's, who are just a few inches inside the Hacheston parish boundary, have Christmas trees but already there's a faintly maniacal air about shopping.

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