earlier Saxmundham

th 10 Jul 2025	Blimey, the end of last week was busy; private views in Sax and Fram, an opera recital and the three day Maverick festival. ♫
su 22 Jun 2025	Our thanks to the George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham for not only a week's worth of coffee but also kind words about our fortnightly(ish) digest.
fr 2 May 2025	One of our lovely supporters the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham wants you to know this month they will be donating 10% of all sales plus refurbished frames at £5 to Combat 2 Coffee Changing lives one sip at a time.
th 1 May 2025	On Bank Holiday Monday 5/5/25 the Social Bar in Saxmundham High Street will open for the first time and all day. There are intriguing vids on Facebook showing the refurbishment work in progress.
mo 17 Feb 2025	Over the weekend two Saxmundham* cars had stuff stolen. A tool bag and change in Fairfield Road and a satnav, jewelry and change in Alma Place.*
fr 20 Dec 2024	The George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham is raffling the artist proof lino print Midsummer Night by Charlotte Hawkins to support the charity Crisis at Christmas .... a generous act and a good cause. £5 buys five tickets to be drawn tomorrow.
th 5 Dec 2024	Saturday Saxmundham Christmas Fayre 3-7pm in the High Street.
mo 2 Dec 2024	Life Skills No. 60: That's £20 we won't get back, travelled to the Saxmundham Tesco to find you can no longer use a coupon after the event. Pleasant woman behind the counter regrettably confirmed you now have to use vouchers at the time of purchase ... have other shopkeepers followed the UK's largest?
sa 23 Nov 2024	Fram and Sax Cats Christmas Fair in the Saxmundham Meerkat Hall this morning.
sa 26 Oct 2024	Stuff happening around near the coast today: a Yarn (not Yard) Sale in the Saxmundham Market Hall, the Royal British Legion by Framlingham Co-op this morning and a Masquerade Ball with live music in the evening at the Fram Railway. ♫
sa 19 Oct 2024	Samundham's Art Station is showing in The Old Theatre Framlingham Hedging Around Our Heritage Wednesdays to Sundays until the end of the month ... both the light and dark aspects of the human condition.
su 18 Aug 2024	Our thanks to the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham for a trio of coffees.
su 11 Aug 2024	We've topped up the Saxmundham teens page so it now contains all of Sax's teenage years.
fr 9 Aug 2024	♫ Starting TONIGHT Sax Fest has 22 hours of free live bands over the two days so a load of bands and each night ending with a tribute band ... Saxmundham eh?
sa 3 Aug 2024	Three last century postcards of Fairfield Road, High Street and North Entrance Saxmundham.
fr 7 Jun 2024	Tomorrow the Saxmundham Arts Festival includes free artist led workshops at the Fromus Centre in Street Farm Road, you do need to book.
th 28 Dec 2023	We've change how we do ads now you just buy us a coffee, hopefully more straight forward. Darren Smith and the George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham have already taken advantage ... thanks, much appreciated.
fr 22 Dec 2023	Can only assume that this brick wall by the zebra crossing that joins Waitrose to Tesco in Saxmundham was assaulted by a car but quite how they did eh?
fr 24 Nov 2023	Next Friday evening Victorian Christmas Fayre in Saxmundham.
fr 27 Oct 2023	A Kawasaki 125cc motorbike was stolen from Market Place *Saxmundham* between 1am-3am yesterday and then found behind a business in High Street with damage to the ignition. Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting ref 37/62573/23, you can call 101.
mo 3 Jul 2023	Friday when the very large towed screen in front of the Framlingham Crown fired up advertising the Tour of Britain Bridget asked what is was all about and we completely misinformed her. We now know Thursday 7 September it's coming to Fram via Debenham (so her dad can enjoy complaining about the disruption) and then on to Saxmundham.
fr 9 Jun 2023	Saxmundham has a museum? Who knew? We didn't.
fr 6 Apr 2023	We reckon the Ipswich-Saxmundham rail line and the Sax station car park should reopen today.
tu 7 Mar 2023	A car in a Church Street Saxmundham car park was entered 5:40-6:10pm Friday and a holdall containing a Samsung tablet, clothes, a Swiss army knife, a power pack and charging cables stolen. Any info contact police quote ref 37/12967/23, you can call 101.
su 19 Feb 2023	When French Anglo band Topette!! played in Wickham Market a while back we were surprised that peeps knew the dances. Perhaps it's something to do with traditional French dance and music every third Tuesday in Saxmundham ... so this coming Tuesday then.
tu 24 Jan 2023	There are house sales for the last two years sorted by road and street for Framlingham, Saxmundham, Wickham Market, Woodbridge and now Melton.
tu 10 Jan 2023	A white van or pick-up turned off Carlton Road into Main Street *Kelsale* at around 11.25am last Friday colliding with a woman cyclist. The driver did not stop and drove off towards *Saxmundham*, the cyclist has back and neck injuries. Any info contact Suffolk Police, quoting crime ref 37/1358/23,you can call 101.
we 16 Nov 2022	Around 10:20pm yesterday police were called by the ambulance service to reports of a stabbing on Mayflower Avenue *Saxmundham*. The victim a 19 year old man was taken to hospital with stab wounds to his back, arms and side. He remains in a stable condition and his injuries aren't thought to be life threatening. A 29 year old man was arrested around 4am this morning on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held at Martlesham. A further call was made to police by the ambulance service around 10:30pm yesterday reporting an assault in Lincoln Avenue. Police are investigating in connection with the attempted murder. The 18 year old male victim was struck in the face with an item by a number of males outside the property sustaining injury to his nose. The local community will notice an increased police presence in the area for the time being and a crime scene remains in place in Mayflower Avenue. Any info contact Suffolk Constabulary quoting reference: 37/72911/22, you can call 101.
su 23 Oct 2022	The Guardian's view of health care in Saxmundham, it doesn't mention all the new housing that has increased demand, no doubt the developers all have status cars and private health care.
fr 16 Sep 2022	Yesterday we sat outside at the Saxmundham Waitose's cafe (you press a button to open the door, a little difficult with two shopping bags and a coffee).
sa 10 Sep 2022	People will always be interested in house prices. Our latest update includes Framlingham, Laxfield, Melton, Peasenhall and Saxmundham.
tu 26 Jul 2022	We've updated the album near the coast on cards with Marlesford and Saxmundham railway stations.
mo 25 Jul 2022	♫ The return of the Saxmundham Community Fest has grown to a two day event. It's this weekend and isn't just bands but also a cafe plus art and dance workshops for children.
tu 12 Jul 2022	In George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara a character asks Who is this Lord *Saxmundham*? Perhaps he's related to Lord Framlingham?
su 29 May 2022	Saxmundham market not only runs on Wednesdays but now also the second Saturday of the month ... we're guessing that's newish?
we 25 May 2022	The current show at the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham ending Saturday is Brazilian artist Lupe Cunha. Our thanks to the gallery for their support. Tomorrow the Print Room Sweffling will be returning in the slot. Their upcoming exhibition is Workplaces & Wildspaces by Graham Crowley with the private view (which isn't private) 5-8pm Friday.
tu 3 May 2022	The Saxmundham Waitrose cafe is back again, it went away for a bit around Christmas.
fr 8 Apr 2022	Between 11:30am and 12 midday the Monday before last 28 March in the Saxmundham Waitrose car park a woman returned to her black Toyota Prius to find two men near the car which was jacked up with some sort of wedge. She asked what they were doing, they lowered the car, picked up their tools, got into a blue vehicle and drove off. Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime number 37/18722/22, you can call 101.
th 24 Mar 2022	The George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham High Street in support of the Ukraine is raffling Sunflower by Leiston artist Karen Lear. The £5 tickets are available from the gallery or JustGiving.
mo 7 Mar 2022	A Saxmundham road rage incident around 4:40pm Wednesday 2 March on Church Street near Tesco's when two drivers argued at the traffic lights. One driver was punched in the face several times and head butted as he attempted to get out of his car sustaining injuries needing hospital treatment. The assaulter drove off in a silver estate-style vehicle towards Kelsale and is described as a white male around 6ft 2ins with short brown hair and tattooed hands and neck. He was wearing a grey hoody with a high vis jacket and blue jeans. Any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting reference 37/12827/22, you can call 101.
mo 7 Feb 2022 shed	At around 4.20am this morning in Fairfield Road Saxmundham a shed was broken into however nothing was stolen. Any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting crime reference 37/7845/22, you can call 101.
su 28 Nov 2021	Another shed burglary this one in Kelsale near Saxmundham, two bicycles stolen including a carbon fibre road bike.
tu 21 Sep 2021	Shed burglaries are very popular at the mo', two attempted in Saxmundham last week.
tu 10 Aug 2021	Cracking idea! Saturday visit art centres in Melton, Saxmundham and Lowestoft using the train. £21.50 gets you a return ticket and we can't think of anything cuter except maybe Natasha Kaplinsky in a Dorothy's ruby slippers outfit ... they'd have to tone her makeup down a bit though.
fr 23 Jul 2021	Perhaps surprisingly house sales active around near the coast in Saxmundham and Wickham Market but not Woodbridge.
su 18 Jul 2021	A show of 25 artists from multiple disciplines runs until appropriately the 25th at the Saxmundham Art Station. It's free but like so many things at the moment you need to book.
we 7 Jul 2021	Some time between 12pm and 8.30pm on Friday 25 June in Mayflower Avenue *Saxmundham* the windscreens of two cars were chipped or cracked possibly by being shot with an air weapon. Anyone with info is asked to contact Halesworth Neighbourhood Response Team, quoting reference: 34128/21, you can call 101.
su 28 Mar 2021	JOB Carpenter wanted for work on a high end residential project.
tu 16 Mar 2021	JOB Reckon this'll appeal to many, a programme manager wanted at the Art Station in the old post office on the High Street ... three days a week and paid!
fr 15 Jan 2021	Saxmundham - Lunchtime burglar disturbed by householder Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a burglary in Saxmundham. The incident occurred between 1.25pm and 2.05pm on Wednesday 13 January at a property in Beech Road. The occupant left their home and upon returning, they reported seeing a person dressed in black in the hallway. The occupant shouted as they entered but the person ran out of the back door and climbed over the garden fence. It isn’t believed that anything was stolen and no damage was caused. Anyone with any information about this incident or who saw anything suspicious should contact Suffolk police, quoting crime reference number: 37/2092/21
fr 8 Jan 2021	The Art Station has studios/workspaces/hot desks available now.
th 31 Dec 2020	Looking for a bottle of Chambery vermouth in Waitrose we noticed that sadly the cafe has gone. It may have been gone for ages and we hadn't noticed but then neither has the shop's web page.
fr 18 Dec 2020	That's the way to do it. The EACH chazza by the Saxmundham Waitrose has DVDs at £1.50 or three for £3 and a wider range than you might expect.
su 25 Oct 2020	FREE online half term creative fun starting tomorrow for infants and juniors from Saxmundham's Art Station.
fr 23 Oct 2020	Starting tomorrow until the early hours of Monday week there's a replacement bus on the East Coast Line between Saxmundham and Lowestoft.
fr 7 Aug 2020	Not surprisingly with the current unpleasantness house sales around near the coast are slow but most active in Saxmundham.
mo 18 May 2020	In Saxmundham last week a teenager arrested on drugs charges
th 12 Mar 2020	JOB Flick and Son in Saxmundham are looking for an experienced Sales Progressor.

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