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Sudbourne Park Printmakers annual Winter Exhibition will run over two weekends at the end of the month into December.  Browse amongst their antique presses to see new work framed, unframed and cards with complimentary (May I say your hair is looking particularly lovely) mince pies and mulled wine.

Oscar's Chess Club tonight at the Sweffling White Horse.

The road closure on the B1077 between Helmingham Hall and the School are only half the carriageway so cars can get through.

Looking for the descendants of Corporal George Thomas Manning from Ipswich.

Next Saturday is the last Saturday Laxfield Community Market of the year.

All day The Horkey now in its fourth year at the Halesworth Cut is a mini-festival celebrating the Suffolk way of life.  The programme includes stories from Marshland Histories, traditional Suffolk songs and rare rescued East Anglian films.

Tuesday morning a free Wellness Market in what was the Framlingham St John.

The George Farnham Gallery in Sax is 10 years old this week, they are marking it today with bubbles, nibbles and a free raffle.

The Presence of Snowgood is a modern day horror starring Hammer Horror queen and Talking Pictures' The Cellar Club presenter Caroline Munro, see it at Dennington village hall tonight.

♫ The next Fram Concert is pianist Jill Crossland Wednesday 18 November. ♫

Where former college stars can now openly receive money for playing football.

Starting Wednesday with the Wingfield Barns Open Space Theatre have a six date tour of Harold Pinter's one act play The Lover.  Supporting it another Pinter one acter Landscape.

The fortnightly(ish) digest emailed out at teatime ... click Jaques Tati to get yours for free ...

Films near the coast is a WhatsApp group for all honest folk to discuss film.

Toward's the end of November RoughCast will be six date touring Chekhov's Seagull around East Suffolk.  The company is still looking for a man with a van, call Simon on 01379 586785.

♫ We very much enjoyed our first Eye Bach Choir concert last year.  Saturday week it's Bruckner and Brass in the cathedral like St Peter and St Paul. ♫

How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com.

Suffolk Overheard: He used to drive all the way from Southwold just to be ... annoying.

Don't know your way round nearthecoast?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

Saul Enderby: What's he up to now, Strickland?

Lauder Strickland: He's in retreat, sir.  Joined an order of Franciscan monks near Ipswich.

Saul Enderby: Ipswich, eh? Cold bloody spot to pray.

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JOB  Watson & Walpole in Fram are recruiting a permanent part timer with a mature outlook, email admin@watsonandwalpole.com

♫ The Fressingfield Chapel Hall Arts is in itself a venue worth visiting and it's also where Fressingfield Sounds are hosting their monthly concerts.  Next month the programme of Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin and Huw Watkins piano includes Spiegel im Spiegel. ♫

Moving to near the coast last century Channel 4's The Dinner Party would occasionally pop up in a faintly sensational way but we hadn't seen it.  Wading through the adverts to stream it we recognised George from the Framlingham Railway.

Daddy Christmas's red hatted head is already popping up; breakfast with Santa at the Snape Maltings and steam train rides at the Wetheringsett Middy.

The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out at tea time.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

It's taken us quite a while to discover the missing Likes button on X nee Twitter that used to be next to Reposts.  It has moved under the History tab on the left, just click History.

This week we put an elderly laptop plus bits on top of the blue lidded wheelie bin for the small electricals collection ... the bin men didn't take them.  The collection has been temporarily suspended since April because of a fire at the Thetford Recycling Centre ... April ... that's six months ago, the temporary traffic lights were in Fairfield Road Framlingham for two years.