Framlingham in 2021

Do you know how many street names there are in East Suffolk?  Do you know how many down swipes it takes to find Victoria Mill Road in an alphabetical list?  No, neither do we as we soon gave up trying to find out this week's bin collection day.

For a while now around near the coast ROAD CLOSED doesn't mean road closed, this newish one is in Fairfield Road Framlingham.

Suffolk County Council have allocated £10m to pavement repairs with completion by 2025.  Next month it'll be the first birthday of the temporary lights in Fairfield Road Framlingham, they could be ready for primary school before the pavement gets fixed.

A very decent turn out last night on the Framlingham Market Hill and an art gallery in the back of The Crown (it's there again today).  We're told there will be an open studio at the end of Fairfield Road ... when it's built.

Tomorrow and Saturday five artists are showing at the Framlingham Crown with meet and greets on both days.

Yesterday Wednesday 1 December around 1:15am security systems were activated at Framlingham Castle's office.  A rock was thrown through a window, an untidy search of the office made and the till and safe opened.  Any info contact Suffolk Police quoting ref 37/67844/21, you can call 101.

The Advent Windows return to Double Street Framlingham starting today and running until Saturday 1 January.  This year the charities EACH East Anglia Children’s Hospice and the Salvation Army will benefit.  Meanwhile Fram's Christmas lights went on a few days back ... perhaps they'll go off again for the tree lighting this Friday.

John Bridges' new book FRAMLINGHAM A Tour Through Time has over 150 images from between the 1880s and 1920s.  The book launch is tomorrow at the Unitarian Meeting House, Bridge Street Framlingham with a special launch only price of £10.

As ever the Framlingham Remembrance Sunday Parade was more than well attended.  The reading of names followed by the last post impressively completed just in time for the clock to chime eleven.

A white Ford van in College Road Framlingham was broken into between 5:30pm yesterday and 6:50am this morning.  A rear window was cut out and a chop saw stolen.  Any info contact police quoting 37/63357/21, you can call 101.

Saturday around 12.20pm a bag of groceries was taken from a mobility scooter outside a shop in Church Street Framlingham.  Any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting reference 37/60980/21, you can phone 101.

What was Framlingham 2016-13 is now Framlingham 2016-12.

The temporary traffic lights have now been in Fairfield Road Framlingham for eight months.  Mind you they've got a ways to go to catch up with the nearby BT hole in the ground that was there for at least four years before finally evaporating.

What happened in Framlingham last year.

Having raised £3,500 for the air ambulance the fruit and veg stall at the end of Vyces Road Framlingham was temporarily closed but last time we looked had re-opened.

Saturday the Framlingham Horticultural Society have their autumn show in the United Free Bridge Street.  Perhaps surprisingly but definitely impressively non-members are welcome to exhibit.

Throwback Thursday: 14 years ago today Mark 'The Perk' Perkins dejayed Carwash a one off fundraiser for FAYAP at the Framlingham Sports Club.

Last week between 8.45pm Tuesday 31 August and 6.30am the next day at Lampard Brook Framlingham seven bikes were stolen in a burglary.  Taken were three Kawasaki 110cc motorbikes, three Honda 50cc bikes and an electric pedal cycle.  The motorbikes were built by the victim and a friend, they are unique and easily recognisable.  If you have any info please contact Halesworth police quoting crime number 37/48241/37, you can phone 101.

Framlingham Churches Together has organised for Sunday week a Covid thank you on the Pageant Field.

Open garden in Badingham this Sunday and attractive very low cost jewellery in Victoria Mill Road Framlingham.

Twice this week we've sat at the bar of the Framlingham Station and made dated musical allusions with The Brewer.  Things very much getting back to normal except card only payment but then that's increasingly the global default.

Yesterday a white refrigerated Transit van was stolen from business premises on the B1116 Framlingham.

Ambulances air and land plus a fire appliance at Framlingham Castle this afternoon.

A large gazebo stolen in Pembroke Road Framlingham.

The temporary traffic lights have now been in Fairfield Road Framlingham for six months.  Mind you they've got a ways to go to catch up with the nearby BT hole in the ground that was there for at least four years before finally evaporating.

♫ Surprised we have a pic of that there Ed Sheraton in the Tommy Mill's 2005 production of Grease ... he's second on the right ... time's winged chariot eh?

Today no Karl's fruit and veg (on a week's holiday) on Framlingham market but a concert in the garden of the Unitarian Church and two police gently patrolling.

Early evening near Framlingham and hares misled by the late summer are mad Marching.

A sad reflection that today would have been perfect for the Framlingham Gala.

Smashing!  Parham Airfield Museum is reopening next month, free entry but you do need to book.  Moto-X returns Sunday on the Blaxhall circuit but regrettably the Framlingham Gala Monday has been cancelled for the second year running.

Ivan says the projectionist at the Framlingham Regal was also a postman which might explain why the kid's Saturday morning pix was in the afternoon.

Can't remember a church wedding in the town last year so gratifying there were two at St Michael's yesterday.  We only managed the earlier wedding which had a harp in the church.

 JOB  IT Technician/Trainee listed as Fram but seems to be Stowmarket.

The cemetery entrance is looking smart after the removal of the gloomy laurels and resurfacing.  The district council feeding the bees approved of on Twitter.

Very pleased to welcome back supporter Darren Smith who sells fish exotic and otherwise Tuesdays and Saturdays on the market.  He gets lots of clicky clicky on his link in our fortnightly(ish) digest.  Supporting us explained here.

The field between Fram DIY and the Fen Meadow which has recently(ish) been cleared has as a planning application for four bungalows.

53 years ago today the Regal Cinema in New Road showed A Taste of Honey in glorious black and white.  Jane Bloom thought it marvellous.  The cinema showed two features a week each with a B film or shorts and usually something a bit tacky on Sundays.  In that Suffolk way the children's Saturday morning pictures was in the afternoon.

Green Beth Keys-Holloway made a very decent fist standing as a district councillor for Framlingham ... next time 2023 eh?

 JOB  Clarke & Simpson are looking for a groundsman.

Here's a good sign, the  Brownies are meeting again and the Robert Hitcham Almshouses have a vacancy.

Yesterday in Fairfield Road.  Surprisingly it was 2010 when the fencing by the Fen Meadow footbridge got flattened ... time's winged chariot eh?

Last week in Victoria Mill Road Framlingham.

A little bit of Easter fun in Fore Street Framlingham.

 JOB  Wanted in Fram a live out nanny for four days a week.

Larger signs than previously pointing at the  Fire/Police Station for now rapid Covid testing but still nothing showing where to go next.  The East Suffolk (not including Ipswich) infections curve is looking really really good but it's still not back to last summer's so keep following the rules.  Eighty second reason to be cheerful is Mary Poppins doing accents.

More road closures this one for water, starting tomorrow the 16th for three days in the Badingham Road.

We noticed a Covid Testing direction arrow in Fore Street and this one pointing at the fire/police station but no indication what you do next.

Encouraging little signs of approaching normality this weekend are the welcome return of Over The Moon Coffee on the market yesterday and the race to the sun Paris-Nice starts today with highlights on ITV4 tonight at 6pm.

Framlingham - iPhone 11s stolen in two different distraction thefts

Potters must have been a business in Fram for well over a 100 years so poignant to see the Co-op will now be running the petrol station in Station Road.  While we're in Fram two posh JOBS going, bursar at the college and a locum at the vets.

Battery powered temporary traffic lights back in Fairfield Road, this time by the Brick Lane junction and looking likely for pavement repair ... might be an idea to fix the tree that causes the flooding that damages the pavement.

An outstanding £1,536.24 was raised by the the Double Street Advent Windows including £139.50 from face masks made by a resident.  The benefitting charities are St Elizabeth Hospice and the Lebanon Appeal.

Saturday the first proper market of 2021 had sun, virtually all the traders and socially distanced a bit of queuing.  They're back again today.

 JOB  Wanted in Fram a parts advisor ... very possibly Earnest Doe eh?  Got a feeling we've seen this vacancy before?