ntc digest - the Spook Nite one

  Saxmundham's Social Bar lives up to it's name with nights for board games, quizzing, etc and tonight a Spook Nite fancy dress encouraged with prizes.

Particularly liked these ghosts in Castle Keep Framlingham.

We had a sneak peek of John Bridges' new book Framlingham - A Portrait Through Time last month and were particularly impressed by the flowing draughtmanship of Leonard Squirell's illustrations.  The book launches tomorrow in the Fram Community Rooms.

This weekend Butley Mills Studios hosts Tinderbox II.

♫ Saturday week in the Sweffling hut An Evening with Jane Austen and supper.

Running in the Framlingham Corner Room until Sunday is the three artist show Between Surfaces.  The private view (which isn't private and with fizz) 3:00-7:30pm Friday.

Near the coast and east of the A12 pedant farmers shout Get orf my sand!

♫ The Sweffling Jam Parties probably won't be returning but next month Slate Barn Arts will be hosting Concert for Gaza.

Sunday the clocks had gone back so in the middle of Oxford Brookes at UEA Pirates we updated the clock on our camera.  DON'T do it in the middle of something, the pix not in chronological order will be very confusing in the edit.

Suffolk Overheard:  I've looked all over this keyboard and there isn't a button with OK on it.

Stalwart nearthecoast supporter fishmonger Darren Smith keeps us going with much appreciated coffees, modern life mentoring and when in season fresh mussels.  Buy us a coffee and you can join Darren top left running into Christmas.

Next month to mark Framlingham Community Library's centenary there will be coffee mornings the weekend 8 and 9th plus a time capsule to bury in the Hay Loft.  Preloaded free SIMs are available at Suffolk Community Libraries as part of the Good Things Foundation's digital inclusion.

Last Sunday we visited the Parham Airfield Museum for the first time in a goodly while.  It's still free and new to us is a reproduction BRO Operation Base that requires a hard hat and an accompanying volunteer to experience.  Today is the last chance to visit this year as the museum then closes for the winter.

We think the mutterings unlikely that Hepcat Dwellings are going to replace Stackton town council's bike shed with a ballroom and for free.  Anyway how many balls do the tc have that they need a storage facility?  Mind you Hepcat do have a planning application in for 60 executive residences on the allotments ...

Tuesday morning in Ubbeston Woods Laxfield a man walking his own dog was bitten on the hand by a large black Labrador causing a deep wound.  The Lab's owner is a white man, 60-65 years of age, 6 foot 3 and big build with grey hair.  Any info contact Suffolk Police quoting ref 37/60349/25, you can call 101.

Throwback Thursday: 11 years ago today we reported a sheep in Easton giving us the same look people behind desks often deploy.

Despite the cast we don't get Gavin and Stacey so last year's Christmas special was irrelevant to us.  This year we will be noting in red the Amandaland Christmas special with Jennifer Saunders as Joanna Lumley's sister.

In Fram Coopers née Bridges and Garrard is looking very sorry for itself stripped and empty.

At Wingfield Barns this Sunday for families a spooktacular Scottish Ceilidh Light Party and the Saturday after 2nd November  a Yoga Day Retreat to help you feel brand new ... we could do with feeling like that.

That's a very great pity, local hardware shop chain Coopers will cease trading and its six shops including Halesworth, Leiston and Framlingham close 3pm today.