... a bit Suffolk| mo 7 Dec 2009 | House sales dead in Framlingham but seem to have perked up a little in Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, and did someone really make over £100 grand in couple of months in Earl Soham? |
| th 26 Nov 2009 | As part of the Blue Peter appeal Operation Smile children at Earl Soham school made 67 theatre gowns for Indian children having cleft lips and palettes treated. |
| we 6 May 2009 | Yellow mini-digger stolen in Earl Soham. |
| fr 3 Apr 2009 | 67 year old William Dyke was found dead today at his home in Earl Soham. Police are asking for help tracing his next of kin. |
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| th 8 Jan 2009 | Be warned, there was an attempted distraction burglary in Earl Soham yesterday afternoon ... |
| th 4 Dec 2008 | The weekend before last a blue Fiat in Earl Soham was vandalised. |
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Earl Soham Lodge is gorgeous! It actually is a moated (farm?)house, that standing water goes all the way round it's not just a medieval fish farm, and we're told some of the cellar is Roman. When we arrived around 11 this morning for Paddy and Scott's Coffee Morning Scott had already served 160 coffees (Paddy was on a sabbatical) and Scott reckoned the event would raise some £500-600 for the village hall. As with all similar events one of the great pleasures is to blether with your neighbours and by the way this nipper was supping it might have been hot chocolate. |
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| we 19 Sep 2007 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 63 The Vic was very on song, liver and bacon very good even though NaTCH couldn't find any bacon and the new barmaid was making a committed effort to be sociable which is very admirable. (last visit subsequent lunch previous lunch) |
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| fr 13 Jul 2007 | Latitude sold out yesterday, indeed we saw Lea Shores (they're on the Sunday Sunrise stage) in the Earl Soham Vic this lunchtime having a pre-festival drink. |
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| tu 11 Jul 2006 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 56 Matt, David, Jim (without Bianchi), NaTCH, Terry, Rob and The Brewer who had just popped in for a warm before driving to Stowmarket to get a driving license because they seemed like a useful thing to have. The Vic was very much on song and the chicken curry excellent. Conversation was perhaps overly about young women in jodhpurs and boots at Otley college. (last visit ↓ subsequent lunch previous lunch) |
| tu 14 Jun 2005 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 50 Lunchers were Spadge, NaTCH, Goddess Steph and Max, Kate, The Brewer, Matt not in a hat and Richard V with his two border terriers. NaTCH's curry was built on substantial principles with two poppadum's, but a Sunday two weeks later only one poppadum and a rather measly portion. Anyway amusement was garnered from Kate's misunderstanding as to quite why Spadge had gone outside and the enthusiastic and speedy way the border terriers dispatched Max's unwanted biscuits. (last visit ↓ subsequent lunch previous lunch) |
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| tu 9 Dec 2003 | Pettistree Three Tuns/Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 41
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| tu 7 Oct 2003 | Bedfield Crown/Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 40 A bit of a cock up as the Bedfield Crown doesn't open Tuesday lunchtimes (though the collapsing Jensen at the side has gone). A convoy formed and Rob, Goddess Steph, The Brewer, The Brewer's insurance man, Spadge, Spadge's customer Mark (AC Cobra owner!), Matt in a Hat, and NaTCH had a jolly time in The Vic discussing pubs in sit-coms; Tony Hancock - The Hand & Racquet, Ted Ray - The Frog & Nightgown, Only Fools & Horses - The Nags Head, Men Behaving Badly - ? (last visit ↓ subsequent lunch ↑ previous lunch ↓) |
| tu 12 Aug 2003 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 39 On an almost as scorching a day as record breaking Sunday The Bjornson Ladies, Spadge on a motorbike, new chum Rob, The Brewer formerly known as John B, Suzanna, Malcolm in an Old Git t-shirt he wanted everyone to know had been washed, Goddess Steph, NaTCH, and the entire Barkley family arriving on two tandems and a bike, crammed into the back bar where they eat, drank, and shouted to be heard over everybody else shouting to be heard. Snippets NaTCH picked out were that Campsea Ashe is called that because it once was a camp and Spadge's bon mot "What's that word like D'Artagnan? Ah yes, pathos." AfARs from Hugh (in Sweden), Jane and David (on holiday). (last visit ↓ subsequent lunch ↑ previous lunch) |
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| we 12 Jun 2002 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 27 NaTCH arrived 10 minutes late to find depressingly he was the first but John B and David soon arrived followed by Malcolm (very smartly turned out to buy his new Norwich Terrier puppy a basket), new lunch club chums Pippin, Gib and Ben, and eventually Spadge who had got sufficiently lost on his motorbike that at one point he was in Norfolk. Not much eating was done though NaTCH enjoyed a lamb casserole and, as usual, sinking a few Vics made the world a better place. For some reason David introduced streptococci as a conversational subject and Malcolm opined I'm glad I'm not doing the report as I can't spell streptococi. AfARs from Hugh (in Ireland) (last visit ↓ subsequent visit previous visit) |
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| we 13 Jun 2001 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 15 Apologies were received from everyone except NaTCH, Las, Spadge, Hugh (who seemed to have made it by default rather than by design), Malcolm, David ("the Post"), and John B (eventually). Like all "Home" games, it was bound Being just after the General Election, absolutely no politics was mentioned but conversation included my watch that really doesn't have a date facility on it - despite written instructions to the contrary. - Malcolm (last visit ↓ subsequent lunch previous lunch) |
| we 12 ju 2000 | Earl Soham Victoria des' dinners 4 Malcolm's mild was particularly on song. (first visit subsequent lunch previous lunch) |
... and perhaps you remember Malcolm Walker? Behind The Brewer in the pic? With his wife Lucie ran Tastebuds in Earl Soham 2001-05? We assume they are still cruising the canals of Europe and celebrating today his 67th birthday.
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smilies are back on the bulletin board, and this George V stamp on ebaY is a poignant reminder that there may have been a post office in Earl Soham for over a century but there ain't one now.
We only got to see White Water and 
Very pleasant afternoon at Earl Soham Village Fete where there was a permanent queue for the ES Light Railway, the draw for the raffle took the obligatory two hours and we were told "more people than usual" and "if you want a cup of 
you have to flirt with that lady there", so we did ... still had to pay for the 
Chris' birthday was celebrated loudly by Chris' Lady Friend, Ben, The Brewer , Goddess Steph, Kate, Rob, Daughter Zoë, Richard V, NaTCH and Hugh. Conversation include the mysterious death of Marco Pantani, Los Pistoleros' recent gig at The Manor Ballroom, and Hugh ensured we all knew the Swedish for Loch Ness Monster. 
Well it had to happen. For the first time in three and half years NaTCH didn't make it to lunch club - he had been waylaid coming from London by a stranded nephew in Essex and arrived already late at the Copdock roundabout to find the Orwell Bridge closed and everything blocked up solid. To avoid the traffic he gave up trying to reach Pettistree and set off in the opposite direction. The opposite direction passed the Vic so he dropped in to find Goddess Steph, Daughter Zoë, The Brewer , and Matt in a Hat drinking and laughing. Conversation included how a lottery bid might be raised to fund Goddess Steph's re-emergent desire for decadence. 
Another brilliantly successful Ladies Day even though Malcolm didn't get a spoon or any parmesan. Lunchers were Goddess Steph with Rosie and daughter Zoë, one Bjornson Lady, John B, Matt, Malcolm (see above), new chums Pete and Jane, NaTCH and Richard V with two border terriers ... neither of whom bought a round:) According to Matt the conversation was quite intellectual, actually, and included plan hatching to see Noel Coward in Colchester and Fred Dibnah in Felixstowe. 
NaTCH arrived at Brew House Corner to discover David ("We may not look busy bit there's lots to do"), Malcolm (even more important than usual), and Matt (work of national importance) couldn't attend and John B was about to make a mercy dash to The Station, which he did after buying NaTCH a pint because NaTCH discovered he had neglected to visit the hole in the wall and consequently had £1.58 in his pocket. Then Hugh, who had previously 
Lunchers were Althea, Lady KRJ, NaTCH, The Bjornson Ladies, Goddess Steph with Rosie, Malcolm (who is now so important he could only stay long enough to eat a chop), John B, and the Brewer from a French brewery called Henrys and his Danish mum; easily our best ever turnout and sufficiently large to make seating everybody difficult but we succeeded. Conversation inevitably included brewing in France but also where to get your hair cut now Adam has had a skiing accident and the real reason Ray Kent's shut. 
to be a winner. The reasons for these Lunches has never been clear to me - it's enough to send any young brewer reaching for his auxiliary finings - however, once again staff at the Vic excelled themselves and the Vic - that real throat opener - well, what can I say? You lucky people!
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