su 18 Apr 2021 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum will be re-opening this summer but not just yet. In the meantime a fifteen minute film of Dr James Rogers visiting to research the wartime death of Joe Kennedy Jnr the elder brother of US president John F Kennedy ... mind you the doctor can't pronounce Parham properly. |
mo 22 Feb 2021 | This year the ParhamAirfield Museum is 40 and the museum's latest newsletter reminisces about the early years. |
mo 4 Jan 2021 | |
fr 9 Oct 2020 | ![]() Parhambus shelter superficially looks quite different but it would seem just that trees have grown up. While we're there cards of Parham railway station functioning and not functioning. |
we 7 Oct 2020 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum hasn't and won't open this year. A compensation is their substantial newsletter. |
th 27 Aug 2020 | The Hatcher Components fire on Parhamairfield destroyed just about everything. |
sa 15 Aug 2020 | The fire service reporting that Thursday's catastrophic fire at Parhamairfield was caused by overheating machinery so particularly good news that nobody was hurt. |
th 13 Aug 2020 | A mountain of fire engines leaving as well as arriving at what used to be Hatcher Components on Parhamairfield and downwind a faint burnt chemical smell. |
fr 26 Jun 2020 | ParhamAirfield Museum is waiting on government guidelines before considering when to re-open. When it does their cafe makes a pleasant break on a Sunday bike ride. |
we 17 Jun 2020 | Over the weekend there was a Parhamtack room break in. |
th 21 Nov 2019 | |
su 6 Oct 2019 | How lovely, on this very wet day ParhamAirfield Museum has a tea dance with top vintage disc jockeys this afternoon. |
fr 26 Apr 2019 | Quiz evening with tuck at Parhamvillage hall tomorrow evening. |
su 30 Sep 2018 | Tractor run, barbeque and John Bridges signing his new book at ParhamAirfield museum today. |
tu 8 May 2018 | ![]() Parham's new village sign. Regrettably traffic noise made it a little difficult to hear Peter Kindred's design explanation but parish clerk Lydia Kirk (we remember her as a police special in Framlingham) will be posting the explanation on line. We did make out that you can still see where trees are missing near the sign from a crashed bomber during the war and the Par of Parham is from pear ... very fine cake afterwards. |
fr 6 Apr 2018 | Cakes, plants, gifts, white elephant, games, draw, tombola, and home made refreshments at the ParhamSpring Coffee Morning 10:00am-12:00pm tomorrow. |
tu 3 Apr 2018 | Last week's digest the Parham/Thorpeness one prompted the most clicks ever, book yours here... it's free! |
sa 31 Mar 2018 ![]() | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum have a shiny new website and free entry but when they re-open tomorrow for the summer it will be the RAF's centenary birthday and all visiting serving and ex military personnel will get free tea and biscuits. |
th 29 Mar 2018 | |
mo 5 Mar 2018 | Driving through Parhamand Hacheston this morning you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem ... driving through Easton this afternoon you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem. |
th 25 May 2017 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum (halfway between Parham and Great Glemham) which re-opened last month for the summer season. It's well worth the trip being free entry, still has the original control tower and an excellent cafe. |
sa 22 Apr 2017 | Quiz tonight in Parhamvillage hall, teams up to eight at £10 per head which includes a ploughman's, pudding and the bar will be open. |
mo 1 Aug 2016 | ![]() Parhamfrom the previous position. We'll see how long this one lasts.Meanwhile behind what was the Atlas Group and Earl Soham Vets in New Road Fram there are white vans, hiviz and safety helmets. |
fr 22 Jul 2016 | Tomorrow it's a free fun day at Parhamairfield museum with attractions including bands, dancers (we suspect Lindy Hop type jivers), and make your own ceramics. |
fr 8 Jul 2016 | |
th 3 Mar 2016 | Coffee morning in the ParhamVillage Hall 10:00-12:00am this Saturday. |
su 11 Oct 2015 | Resistance tea dance at ParhamAirfield Museum this afternoon. |
mo 18 May 2015 | The Bugatti Owners Club forgathered Saturday afternoon at the ParhamAirfield Museum![]() |
we 22 Apr 2015 | ![]() Parham) standing in Central Suffolk. To be honest we didn't stay long and during that time the audience neither booed or cheered but it was nice to see some election activity. |
sa 8 Nov 2014 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum to remember the 740 American airmen who lost their lives whilst stationed there during WWII. Each airmen had a named poppy with the last handful planted during the ceremony by youngsters who called out the name. The museum is now closed until Sunday 5 April next year. |
tu 14 Oct 2014 | ![]() Parhamairfield and though the museum was closed it's open Sundays until the end of the month when it closes until next spring. The following afternoon 800 straw bales worth some £18,000 were set alight. |
mo 30 Jun 2014 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum for The Official Opening and Dedication of the Moller Building but were a day late. (Useless? Nous?) A visit to the museum is never a wasted trip, it's free admission, the volunteers are eager to tell you about the exhibits, the cafe is now much bigger and we heard of the museum's early days from Mick Tipple. Much enjoyed sitting peacefully alone in the greenhouse thingy on top of the control tower listening to the rain pitter patter and not thinking of anything in particular ... good times. |
mo 12 May 2014 | ![]() ParhamAirfield Museum who are open every Sunday and holiday Monday until October. Next available![]() |
tu 4 Mar 2014 | Like Yoxford and Hacheston Parhamnow have a community speed watch. |
mo 3 Mar 2014 | ![]() Parhamin the USA, one in Canada and another on Antigua the Caribbean island so we rather suspect the Parham in this postally used 1905 postcard is something to do with Parham Park in West Sussex rather than Parham near the coast. |
tu 27 Aug 2013 | Lady's mountain bike stolen in Parhamlast weekend and an attempted burglary in Campsea Ashe Saturday. |
mo 12 Aug 2013 | A petrol mower was stolen from the garage of a Parhamhouse the early part of last week. |
th 20 Sep 2012 | Police are treating Monday night's straw fire in Parhamas arson. |
tu 24 Jul 2012 | ![]() Parham) village hall and used the hall's kit to digitally project the images under discussion.. |
fr 9 Mar 2012 | ![]() Parhamand Framlingham. |
sa 21 Jan 2012 | BT poking about on the road between Parhamand Framlingham in two places, hopefully they're upgrading the broadband from totally rubbish to a bit useless. |
th 20 Oct 2011 | A Playstation stolen in Parhamfrom an unlocked car last week, perhaps the victim used the constabulary's new 101 number to report it ... |
tu 20 Sep 2011 | Police are asking about a collision between a cyclist and a blue VW Golf car in Saxmundham Friday night and in Parhamthere was a break in last night. |
tu 7 Jun 2011 | |
th 17 Mar 2011 ![]() | ![]() Parhamairfield we thought why have those two white bollards appeared? The next time through the junction we stopped to look and it became clear that the bollards are there to stop damage to the kerbs. |
we 1 Dec 2010 | Bit of arson in Parhamduring the early hours of today. |
sa 27 Nov 2010 | |
we 28 Apr 2010 | Every so often in life there's a happy ending, lurcher and owners reunited. |
tu 27 Apr 2010 | ![]() Parham. |
fr 16 Apr 2010 | |
fr 30 Oct 2009 | |
su 25 Oct 2009 | ![]() Parhamtelephone box. |
fr 2 Oct 2009 | Three hundred bricks stolen in Parham. |
mo 27 Jul 2009 | Break in on Parham'Drome this weekend. |
th 7 May 2009 | Six patio heaters taken and some vandalism in Cretingham, a paint stripper vendetta against Audis in Woodbridge, and a 14ft trailer pinched off Parham'Drome. |
fr 6 Mar 2009 | A pathetic burglary in Parhamyesterday, over a 100 piglets stolen in Walberswick and there's something about Friston and oil tanks. |
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mo 14 Jul 2008 | Two mountain bikes stolen in Parhamand you'd think velvet, satin and feathers would be a bit glam for a Sunday in Bredfield, wouldn't you? |
fr 11 Jul 2008 | We were sitting in media central earlier this week keeping everyone near the coast happy when we heard something noisy in the air approaching. Near the coast we get a lot of helicopters flying low and despite the the little flurry of conversation outside the window we decided it was just two helicopters flying particularly low and carried on keeping everyone near the coast happy. We now know it was a WWII B17 Flying Fortress bomber with two Mustang fighters in attendance no doubt flying low for ParhamAirfield before landing at Bentwaters ... |
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th 17 Jan 2008 | ![]() Parhamand we can't help but wonder if this is a BT ploy so they can "recover" the box as nobody uses it? (BT don't remove phone boxes they "recover" them.) |
we 17 Oct 2007 | In the afternoon of next month's Remembrance Sunday there's a Discovering Nature Afternoon in ParhamVillage Hall (that's Par as in Parachute not Par as in Part). |
tu 3 Jun 2007 | Police investigating the collision which caused the death of Jean Frost would like to hear from you if you travelled along the B1116 Framlingham- Parhamroad last Wednesday afternoon. |
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