Woodbridge is a busy town on the River Deben in Suffolk

mo 27 oc 08	1879 The Liverpool Echo first published
	Promising looking freebie in St Mary's Church, Woodbridge next month when cellist Julian Lloyd Webber (brother of Andrew Lloyds Bank) gives a master class, more info here.
su 19 oc 08	1944 Marlon Brando made his New York stage debut
	You'll have to be quick but if your still at school it's free entry for the recital at the Woodbridge Seckford Theatre this afternoon.
th 9 oc 08	1977 Scottish pubs served drinks on a Sunday for the first time in a hundred years
	The Copenhagen Girls' Choir's patron is HRH The Princess Benedikte (we're guessing she's the one in the shiny shoes) and the choir is joining the Woodbridge School Chamber Choir for a free concert this Sunday.
	A distinctive grey and pink bird (parrot?) has been seen in the Sudbourne area today. If you think it may be yours contact Woodbridge Police Station on 01473 613500.
su 28 se 08	1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was registered as the first woman doctor in Britain
	Deben waterman Frank Knights who died aged 91 last Sunday was one of Woodbridge's twelve Honorary Freemen (and no, they're not all men).
we 24 se 08	1963 Doctors in New Zealand gave the first successful blood transfusion to an unborn baby
	Galton Blackiston is a chef and cookery writer whose restaurant is Michelin starred. Last night as a Woodbridge School Parents Association event he was cooking on stage at the Seckford Theatre in the school's grounds. Unlike many celebrity chefs he came across as quiet, self effacing and before the start slightly nervous; well there were chefs in the audience, including Vernon, who is still calling us Jeff!
th 18 se 08	1981 France abolished capital punishment
	des' dinners at the Woodbridge Anchor Lunchers were the Gentleman Plumber, Richard V and NaTCH, who is reasonably certain he first visited the Anchor on a cycling holiday in 1974/75? It's a Greene KIng pub and GK own Morlands (Speckled Hen) but serving (along with GK Abbott and IPA) was Morlands cooking bitter and it was serving fine ... but it does come in at a fairly hefty 4%. Inevitably much conversation about the loudspeaker industry and the GP and Richard agreed you always get paid more for the work you don't like doing. Not surprisingly with Vernon as the new landlord the food was very good (pork in a cream and mushroom sauce, home made burger, cottage pie) and not that expensive. Vernon told us they have regular music, particularly Monday nights, and yes he did call NaTCH Jeff. (First visit ~ Subsequent lunch ~ Previous lunch)
th 4 se 08	1911 Sweden created the world's first state film censorship authority
	Mobile make up artist and hairdresser needed for a lady in Woodbridge who's getting married.
we 3 se 08	1962 e e cummings died
	A spate of bicycle thefts in the Woodbridge area.
sa 16 au 08	1897 The Tate Gallery opened
	Absolutely charming story on WSi about a refugee Flemish boy and a Woodbridge schoolmaster at the beginning of last century.
tu 29 jl 08	1948 Two years of bread rationing ended in the UK
	Last week two people were injured in Woodbridge by a car that didn't stop and over the weekend three car park ticket machines were robbed in Sax.
fr 18 jl 08	1955 11 inches (280 mm) of rain fell on Martinstown, Dorset
	Last night was comedy night at The Crown Hotel, Framlingham. Being from a large town near Chelmsford the acts went to The Crown Hotel ... Woodbridge.
sa 28 jn 08	2001 Comic actress Joan Sims died
	There are some interesting looking part time jobs going at Framlingham Castle, this Jack Russell in the Withersdale area was found (stuck in a hole!) before we could report it missing and the Woodbridge School under 13 team won the Brandeston Tennis Festival for the second year running.
th 26 jn 08	1960 Madagascar became independent
	Police have made a third appeal about Woodbridge man 73 year old Anthony Smith who has been missing since the beginning of the month. As he is fond of walks by the Deben river users are being asked if they've seen anything that may help.
we 11 jn 08	1950 Lynsey De Paul (remember her?) born
	Tonight's piano recital in the Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge is free to all school age students and ...
mo 09 jn 08	1940 The Duke of Windsor was appointed Governor of the Bahamas
	Worryingly 73 year old Woodbridge man Anthony Smith is still missing and there have been no sightings despite searches by police and the Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue team. More info here.
sa 07 jn 08	1942 The first UK "massed start" bicycle race on open roads
	It's the 180th Woodbridge Regatta tomorrow. Does it matter if it rains at a regatta? Probably.
	73 year old Anthony Smith from Woodbridge has been missing since Thursday afternoon, he has several conditions which need regular medication and his disappearance is out of character. You may particularly be able to help if you travelled by train between Woodbridge and Ipswich Thursday. More info here.
fr 23 my 08	1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a police trap
	12-1pm tomorrow Carol Twinch will be signing her new book The History of Ipswich at Woodbridge Books.
we 14 my 08	1817 Mary Shelley finished writing Frankenstein
	Henry the V at the Seckford Theatre in Woodbridge next week. Always liked Henry ever since we were marched round the corner from Coopers' Company to the Mile End Odeon to watch Larry showing off.
fr 9 my 08	1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made the first flight over the North Pole
	John W Mills is a sculptor with an impressive cv , the new sculpture garden at Woodbridge School contains seven of his life size pieces . The garden's formal opening last night was a pleasantly full monty affair with string quartet, many jugs of Pimms, Lady Tollemache cutting the ribbon and head teacher Stephen Cole telling us that the first years used to run to get their lunches but now they walk past the garden. The sculpture in the garden will change and favour artists with a Suffolk connection.
mo 5 my 08	1646 Charles I surrendered to the Scots at Newark
	Antiques Roadshower John Bly in Aldeburgh over the weekend and now Eric Knowles will be in Woodbridge this Sunday giving free valuations.
th 3 ap 08	1882 Jesse James was shot in the back by a member of his own gang
	This looks the feline's night attire, they've got a logo and everything, a Children's Book Festival in Woodbridge this autumn.
fr 7 mr 08	1999 Film director Stanley Kubrick died
	When the Cross Quays pub reopened in Woodbridge some ten years ago a chum who had moved to Woodbridge as a teenager in the early 70s told us he'd always known the building boarded up. This card from the 60s (judging by the cars) shows that it was once a wine merchants called Barwells and there were traffic lights! Barwells were a Norwich wine merchants bought by Tolly in the 1920s and there's still a Barwells off license in Cambridge.
tu 4 mr 08	1877 Swan Lake first performed
	Soundingboard Productions are looking for Woodbridge folk for a Our Town in Sound.
we 13 fe 08	1692 The Campbells massacred the MacDonalds at Glen Coe
	A while back we mentioned a 17th century Dennington shop token at auction? Right now there are one Woodbridge (Grocer Henry Stebbing) and two Saxmundham (Draper Nicholas Shepherd) 17th century tokens on ebaY.
	Three satnavs have been liberated from three vehicles in the Woodbridge area.
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.
mo 4 fe 08	1953 Sweet rationing ended in the UK
	Here are some more reasons to lock your sheds and pc kit stolen in Woodbridge.
sa 2 fe 08	1986 In Liechtenstein women voted for the first time in a general election
	Superficially it looks like in Woodbridge someone made a half million profit out of a property deal in just a month.
sa 19 ja 08	1348 Edward III established the Order of the Garter

	2008 is a leap year and at 10am on leap day Friday 29th Feb Woodbridge's Mayor Councillor Nigel Barratt is hosting a coffee morning in the Shire Hall. A quid will get you coffee, biscuits and help the St Elizabeth Hospice.
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we 9 ja 08	1923 Juan de la Cierva made the first successful flight in an autogyro
	It was looking dramatically picturesque by the tide mill in Woodbridge last night but there was no shelter from the wind coming off the water and it was perishing! So we went for an aimless along the Thoroughfare where the Georgian Coffee House and Mrs Piper's have survived, Viccy Wine's had liposuction and its roots done to become the Wine Rack with WH Smith next door in matching dark blue livery, Currys are long gone as is, regrettably but perhaps inevitably, the camera shop at the opposite end of the Thoroughfare.
	Woodbridge in 2007

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