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ntc digest - the Casablanca one

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th 13 Feb
2025

Valentine's Day  How romantic, Aldeburgh Cinema is showing Casablanca tomorrow evening Valentine's Day.

Saturday another Stradbroke Radio Music Quiz, entry includes nibbles and the bar will be open. ♫

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Suffolk Constabulary Between Saturday and Tuesday a leaf blower, chain saw and hedge trimmer were stolen from forced entry into a shed off Daphne Road Orford.  Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/ 7882/25, you can call 101.

tu 11 Feb
2025

Where are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay The Sunday afternoon after next Framlingham Library is hosting in the College Theatre Where are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay.  To raise funds for a children's library it's a showing of the BBC film A Writer's Suffolk followed by author Robert Ashton in conversation.

mo 10 Feb
2025

Walberswick on the telly.

su 9 Feb
2025

From Thursday for a week the Sudbourne Printmakers are showing and selling at the Aldeburgh Gallery with commissions donated to the Wardens Trust. Aldeburgh Gallery

BBC Red button Anorak Alert No.67: Despite the government's plans to melt in their own image East Anglian councils into larger bureaucracies Suffolk, Cambridge and Essex are still three counties.

Suffolk Overheard Suffolk OverheardHe's five months, what does he want with a bag of chips?

sa 8 Feb
2025

Police Surgery in Framlingham Library Thursday morning Police Community Support Officer Christian Hassler was hosting a Suffolk Constabulary surgery in Framlingham Library,  He's through the doorway on the right with a table of useful freebies and children's games.  He'll be back first Thursday of March the 6th.

fr 7 Feb
2025
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Cannondale Bad Boy A Wilby shed was forced open between Sunday and Tuesday and a black Cannondale Bad Boy hybrid bicycle stolen.  Any info about this incident please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/6913/25, you can call 101.

What was the Framsden Doberman has snuck behind our backs and reopened as was the Greyhound (thanks Brandeston.net).

th 6 Feb
2025

Samantha Fish ♫ This year's Red Rooster prog at the end of May has for us the impressively shredding and trashily stylish Samantha Fish.  Pleased to see spill over with bands we know from Maverick including Vagaband and nearthecoast supporter Ella Spencer.

The village doesn't support you?  Promote yourself on nearthecoast.

we 5 Feb
2025

Aston Martin Valkyrie Aston Martin has just thanked us for our message, we suspect it was an auto-responder ... well so was our message:)

The St Elizabeth Hospice's Ipswich chazza Zest needs more mid-week volunteers.

tu 4 Feb
2025

Life Skills No. 62: Avoid asking more than one question especially in a message or email because most people will only answer the last one.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will take you up to burgeoning spring. Buy us a coffee

Tim Passmore Suffolk PCC Four Conservative Mid-Suffolk councillors have jumped ship over proposed council changes.  If we end up with an elected Super Mayor no doubt they'll be a Tory squatter like the Crime Commissioner.

mo 3 Feb
2025

♫ As part of the 76th Aldeburgh Festival this summer folkie Sam Lee and his band will be concerting at the fabulous Thorington Outdoor Theatre.

The tractorati protesting on the A14 today, expect delays.

sa 1 Feb
2025

PC Tips Our windmill correspondent Andy Fordyce has pointed out that Apple Maps also functions as a sat nav ... a helpful comparison.

fr 31 Jan
2025

Tweet us! #FollowFriday ain't too proud to beg eh?

Confusingly and superficially there seem to be two Framingham Flyers.

the A to Z of near the coast

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