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Throwback Thursday:  18 years ago today the Framlingham Crown probably as a self inflicted wound had no gas.

Suffolk Community Libraries have a fines amnesty until the end of the month, so last day this Saturday.

♫ This year's Easton Maverick Festival is appropriately on Independence Day weekend with a lineup including the all male Rose's Pawn Shop plus double swamp dancing from the Cajun Roosters and Cajun Royale .   As always it will be a delight and due another sunny one.

Even if yours is a local event just for local people you could still benefit from How to promote your event.

If Andrew is removed from the line of succession then we all move up one.

♫ We visited Chapel Arts Fressingfield for the first time last year and the venue itself is worth the effort.  Frustratingly we can't make Saturday's recital of Verdi, Mozart, Finzi and Gershwin by Grammy winning bass baritone Jonathon Lemalu but we can try for Andrey Gugnin in May.

Saturday there'll be cake in the Framlingham Library and frustratingly we can't make that either (see above).

The next available supporter slot is now, it will take your link well into spring.

The George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham has returned from it's winter break and is showing until Saturday Our Town student works from all years at the Alde Valley Academy in Leiston.

Our Alamy stock photo portfolio has over 10,000 images.

Fridays in the Hacheston Village Hall are Vinyl and Drinks night, bring your vinyl and apparently the dj can cope with shellac of 78s too!

♫ Gratifying to note that DP's Bar in Aldeburgh has kept the name.  Billiewitches are gigging there 2pm St David's Day which is next Sunday.

Today and tomorrow the Sweffling Printroom studio is having a one off SALE for visitors only not online and of course there will be great cake.

Wednesday about 9:30pm at Simpson’s Sweets Bridge Street Framlingham three male suspects entered via a window and stole goods and a small amount of cash.  Any info contact police quoting 37/9793/26, call 101.

JOB  The Art Station in Saxmundham is recruiting a Programme Coodinator.

10-12 tomorrow morning in Parham village hall a coffee morning to fund raise for St Mary's wooden roof.

♫ The wonderfully located Sweffling Printroom is collaborating with the Flipside Festival for Sound Beginnings presented by composer John Mercer and music critic Robert Stein.  It starts Thursday after next and being the Printroom of course afterwards there will be tea and great cake.

The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out at tea time.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

Worried too many people might turn up for your coffee morning?  Seance?  Sponsored Co-op card swap?  Swingers' party?  Don't do promotion on nearthecoast then.

This Saturday the East Anglian Model Show at the Inspire Ipswich (a roller derby venue).  Over 1,000 models on display, more than 20 UK vendors plus refreshments and free parking.

The Sunday as well as the usual rail travel disruption there'll be extra from digital upgrades to the signaling system.

If like us you really like pancakes it's Shrove Tuesday ... lemons eh?

7pm tonight for an hour is the weekly non-competitive friendly kick about at Thomas Mills Framlingham.

This summer's fixture lists for the Norwich Devils and Ipswich Cardinals show them meeting three times, twice in Norwich.

Nice artwork for Dallinghoo's Valentine's Special tonight, the good sounding two course Live Jazz and Curry Night.  Like the government partying during a Covid lock down it's BYOB.

Suffolk Overheard:  He got to meet the Queen Mother when he gate crashed another regiment's party.