Police Direct reporting flooded roads around Bredfield, Debenham, Helmingham, Melton, Otley, Stowmarket and Woodbridge ... bad enough that Victoria from the Framlingham Bookshop gave up try to get from Stowupland to Fram this morning.

John Byer of the Otters on the Mere tells that the Framlingham allotments are all in use, the broad beans are flowering a month early, rhubarb is being picked and all that's needed is for the rain to stop ... no comment John.

♫ Ukulele goddess Lucy Sampson is from Benhall but in our pic she's playing in the Framlingham Crown so we've added her to the Framlingham Ladies page.

The Saxmundham IT Club was formed in February and has members from Framlingham, Leiston and Debenham, newbies always welcome.

The helicopter landing at Framlingham college tomorrow should be an Apache not the air ambulance.

Five years ago today Framlingham's last community copper Andrea Honeywood retired and was replaced by a Safer Neighbourhood Team.  Nowadays the Fram SNT (and we bet most people still don't know what that means) has merged with Saxmundham and Aldeburgh and is commanded by a sergeant in Leiston ... he probably has a satnav.

♫The open mike night Sunday before last at the Framlingham Castle Inn had over 60 people turn up including Benhall ukulele goddess Lucy Sampson.  The next open mike night is the Sunday after next the 8th April.

It was a beautiful day for Framlingham market Saturday.

Framlingham today

Not sure where this turn of last century is in Earl Soham, that lane behind the shop on the bend?  But Mrs Bridges thinks this is probably the 1905 five house fire in Fore Street Framlingham.

Now there's a novelette, the Framlingham Station has a poet for Mother's Day this Sunday.

Five years ago today there was a rather scary three vehicle accident on the B1116 between Parham and Framlingham.

Something curiously comforting about the return of traditional Friday night vandalism in Framlingham.

Saw Lord Brundish in the Framlingham co-op this morning and he told us the Brundish Crown now has folk music 2-4pm every last Sunday of the month.♫

♫ The Outlaws now have a mp3 player on their website so you can now hear why they're Framlingham's finest.

A Framlingham house was broken into Saturday afternoon, and tools were stolen from a fishing boat on the shore at Southwold.