What happened earlier in Thorpeness

Thorpeness ~ Aldeburgh ~ Snape ~ west of the A140

th 1 oct 09

sa 30 my 09

We noticed last night on the way back from Coward Curiosities in Thorpeness that what ended up as The Emporium opposite the mere has had a coat of paint, a name change to The Beach Hut and is a cafe again, seems like a sound idea.

fr 29 my 09

Remember Coward Curiosities at the Framlingham Crown? Mouth to Mouth are presenting this quirky collection of short Noel Coward pieces in Thorpeness tonight, and Lowestoft early next month.

su 3 my 09

Smoke from fire at Thorpeness - pic by Deano Heath fire this afternoon near Thorpeness, hope it didn't disrupt the charity run/walk. (thanks Deano)

th 12 fe 09

The Brasserie and Emporium at Thorpeness is now just an emporium but with the walls still papered wittily (yeah, right) with covers from Private Eye.

th 01 my 08

1961 Betting shops legalised in the UK

Antiques Fair this weekend in Thorpeness ...

th 20 mr 08

1987 Tortoiseshell cat Towser died having killed an estimated 28,899 mice in her lifetime

The Thorpeness Brasserie and Emporium is calling for antique and collectables dealers for their fair this weekend.

tu 11 mr 08

1810 Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria were married by proxy in Vienna

... and the Thorpeness village sign gets unwanted attention.

tu 12 fe 08

1809 Charles Darwin born

Thorpeness Brasserie and Emporium

The Emporium bit of the Thorpeness Brasserie and Emporium is looking for collectors and antique traders to use their market stalls. More info on the board.

tu 22 ja 08

1972 The UK became part of the European Economic Community

Here's a bit of solid gold, a 1950s train journey on the Saxmundham-Aldeburgh branch calling at Thorpe Halt ... accompanied by Flanders and Swan ... and we've just worked out that the boy standing seemingly dangerously on the track is holding up the single track token for the driver.

su 18 no 07

1928 Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie so he's 79 today

Last time we went to Thorpeness to be mugged by the swans the brick cafe had become a restaurant and was only open in the evenings so we went in the wooden hut for a pot of Earl Gray instead. The restaurant is now a Brasserie & Emporium and was open in the afternoon, but we still went in the wooden hut ...

tu 14 au 07

1967 The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act made pirate radio illegal

Small boy and swans

The swans on Thorpeness Mere have worked out you get more bits of sandwich if you don't break a man's arm but en masse they still look like they should be hanging round a floating bus shelter. What's that cartoon We have cats like other people have mice? James Thurber?

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