Framlingham

Excellent, Framlingham's hardware store Bridges and Garrard has re-opened.

Two Spitfires over Framlingham this afternoon.

The cancellation of next Monday's Gala Parade in Framlingham is only the second cancellation since 1948.  The parade was cancelled in 2007 because of torrential rain.  To prompt a little nostalgia the parade now has its own album on our Facebook page.

A man has been charged with the Darsham and Framlingham petrol station burglaries and ramming a police car.

Framlingham last week (mostly).

Unlike today's blowy and miserable overcast yesterday was a lovely day making Framlingham market particularly pleasant.

A Norfolk Constabulary police car parked in Victoria Mill Road Framlingham.

If not a crime wave around near the coast at least a ripple.  Last night both Darsham and Framlingham petrol stations were burgled, Friday a quad bike was stolen in the Yoxford area and about the same time two expensive looking bicycles were stolen from a Woodbridge shed.

Temporary traffic lights in Albert Place Framlingham.

Today Framlingham Co-op returned to its normal opening hours.

Back in January we noticed that construction vehicles on the A14 improvements had gained a green flashing lamp along with the amber, port and starboard?  The driver of this dumper in Infirmary Lane Framlingham explained the amber lamp shows the engine is running and via a seat sensor the green that a driver is onboard.

Framlingham last week (mostly).

If not a crime wave around near the coast at least a ripple.  Last night both Darsham and Framlingham petrol stations were burgled, Friday a quad bike was stolen in the Yoxford area and about the same time two expensive looking bicycles were stolen from a Woodbridge shed.

Temporary traffic lights in Albert Place Framlingham.

Today Framlingham Co-op returned to its normal opening hours.

Suffolk, or at least Co-ops near the coast, have rediscovered the ice bucket challenge.   Yesterday in front of a few socially distanced onlookers a very good handful of Framlingham Co-op staff were cheerfully dunked by their co-workers.  If we'd paid more attention we would know which charity benefitted but we do know Wickham Market Co-op have been challenged to do the same thing.

This week in Framlingham ... mostly queuing eh?

♫ Man in the Hat's virtual hoedown last week was a triumph with a sea of appreciative comments.  He's doing it again tomorrow week ... well why wouldn't you?

Framlingham yesterday

Framlingham today

Work stopped on the Castle Keep development in Fairfield Road Framlingham.

Hopefully you've found lots of Easter eggs?  The egg hunt in Stately Terrace Framlingham was pretty straight forward.

Framlingham at this difficult time.

Walking and clapping on the Market Hill Framlingham 8pm last night we could hear saucepans being banged, a siren and clapping but it could easily do with more clappers next Thursday.

Despite an extra pharmacist the Framlingham chemists are two days behind with prescriptions and the Co-op is open but the Market Hill entrance is shut.

Framlingham today ...

Sunday we had our first virtual dinner London-Dorset-Framlingham-Zurich via application Zoom and an iPad.  Quite touching to see and hear Lady KRJ's two little boys chattering and eating spaghetti.  Helps if you can get your device a little away, it puts you in context:)

 JOB  Care assistant wanted at Mills Meadow Framlingham, perhaps even more so in the present circumstances.

Very pleased that the very pleasant fishmonger Darren Smith has renewed his ad on here.  Tell the world about yourself for two months and £9.95 ... ads explained here.

Aldeburgh Cinema has closed for the duration so we won't get to see Emma this afternoon but the Woodbridge Riverside seems to be partially functioning.  The Red Rooster festival near Thetford has been postponed to September and Life Arts have postponed April's Woodbridge festival to next year.  All Snape Maltings music events cancelled until the end of April (we were lucky), the Phoenix Singers concert in Framlingham next month cancelled as is the Campsea Ashe Spring Fayre this Saturday and still only three virus cases in Suffolk.