Fram at Christmas

Despite the cold a very decent turnout for Framlingham Late Night Shopping last night.  Daddy Christmas was meeting and greeting in Huntingfield Estates, never too soon to get on the property ladder, and the living nativity was charming as expected.

The risk when you use an air gun in public like this twat in Framlingham is it could prompt an armed response from the police ... and this is Chrismasy, a Halesworth scout hut burnt to the ground on Christmas morning.

Last night's Street Fayre in Framlingham may have been a bit skinnier than the 6 edition but as always the children were having a lovely time.  Punch and Judy worked its usual magic and Father Christmas (who for some reason had pinched his scarf off Rupert Bear) with attendant pixie was welcoming all at no charge (we heard a female Police Community Support Officer sat on his knee) and the kids got to choose a chocolate bar; though one tiny understandably found a big scary man in red and an even bigger scarier man with flashing lights a bit much.  (We liked the lad who told Daddy C he wanted cake for Christmas.)  Passers by of Crown and  Anchor Lane kept saying "Where have the bollards gone?" and those cars that did use it used it with extreme care and deference to pedestrians.  Somewhat grownup children were enjoying the teacup ride and the evening ended with late night dancing in reubens.