Parham

A USAF honour guard at Parham Airfield Museum yesterday to remember the crews of two crashed B17s.

Starting today and for three days of this half term Animal World workshops in Parham village hall with meeting the animals and children do like animals.

Main Road Parham closed all week making things interesting.

Between 6:00pm Thursday 2 June and 8:40am Friday 3 June tools were stolen from a padlocked container in Brick Lane Parham.  Any info please contact Suffolk Police quoting crime reference 37/34036/22, you can call 101.

From an Olympian view a minor disappointment of the coronavirus but still a disappointment is the Parham Airfield Museum hasn't and won't open this year.  A compensation is their substantial newsletter.

The Hatcher Components fire on Parham airfield destroyed just about everything.

The fire service reporting that Thursday's catastrophic fire at Parham airfield was caused by overheating machinery so particularly good news that nobody was hurt.

A mountain of fire engines leaving as well as arriving at what used to be Hatcher Components on Parham airfield and downwind a faint burnt chemical smell.

Parham Airfield Museum is waiting on government guidelines before considering when to re-open.  When it does their cafe makes a pleasant break on a Sunday bike ride.

Over the weekend there was a Parham tack room break in.

Very excellent turnout yesterday for the unveiling of Parham's new village sign.  Regrettably traffic noise made it a little difficult to hear Peter Kindred's design explanation but parish clerk Lydia Kirk (we remember her as a police special in Framlingham) will be posting the explanation on line.  We did make out that you can still see where trees are missing near the sign from a crashed bomber during the war and the Par of Parham is from pear ... very fine cake afterwards.

Last week's digest the Parham/Thorpeness one prompted the most clicks ever, book yours here... it's free!

For some reason Tuesday's digest the Parham/Thorpeness one is being popular in the Czech Republic.

Driving through Parham and Hacheston this morning you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem ... driving through Easton this afternoon you could still see where last week's snow drifts must have caused a problem.

Moving ceremony this morning at Parham Airfield Museum to remember the 740 American airmen who lost their lives whilst stationed there during WWII.  Each airmen had a named poppy with the last handful planted during the ceremony by youngsters who called out the name.  The museum is now closed until Sunday 5 April next year.

Saturday afternoon we visited Parham airfield and though the museum was closed it's open Sundays until the end of the month when it closes until next spring.  The following afternoon 800 straw bales worth some £18,000 were set alight.

Yesterday we went to Parham Airfield Museum for The Official Opening and Dedication of the Moller Building but were a day late.  (Useless? Nous?)  A visit to the museum is never a wasted trip, it's free admission, the volunteers are eager to tell you about the exhibits, the cafe is now much bigger and we heard of the museum's early days from Mick Tipple.  Much enjoyed sitting peacefully alone in the greenhouse thingy on top of the control tower listening to the rain pitter patter and not thinking of anything in particular ... good times.

Very pleased to welcome new supporter Parham Airfield Museum who are open every Sunday and holiday Monday until October.  Next available advertising slot now 25th May at just £12.95 ... did we say we get around 18,000 visitors a month?

Like Yoxford and Hacheston Parham now have a community speed watch.

There is a Parham in the USA, one in Canada and another on Antigua the Caribbean island so we rather suspect the Parham in this postally used 1905 postcard is something to do with Parham Park in West Sussex rather than Parham near the coast.

Police are treating Monday night's straw fire in Parham as arson.

Framlingham camera club recently met in Brandeston (rather than the more usual Parham) village hall and used the hall's kit to digitally project the images under discussion..

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

BT poking about on the road between Parham and Framlingham in two places, hopefully they're upgrading the broadband from totally rubbish to a bit useless.

Every so often in life there's a happy ending, lurcher and owners reunited.

A very friendly female six month old lurcher found near Parham.

5 Years Ago Today:  US Navy Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Brad Taylor told of his visit to near the coast because his grandfather was stationed at Parham  during WWII.

You have to admit it, Parham resident and Framlingham Focus Team Leader Andrew Houseley really does look concerned.

Two mountain bikes stolen in Parham and you'd think velvet, satin and feathers would be a bit glam for a Sunday in Bredfield, wouldn't you?

We were sitting in media central earlier this week keeping everyone near the coast happy when we heard something noisy in the air approaching.  Near the coast we get a lot of helicopters flying low and despite the the little flurry of conversation outside the window we decided it was just two helicopters flying particularly low and carried on keeping everyone near the coast happy.  We now know it was a WWII B17 Flying Fortress bomber with two Mustang fighters in attendance no doubt flying low for Parham Airfield before landing at Bentwaters ...

The ploughed fields on the right just as you leave Parham were looking particularly sultry in the late afternoon sunlight yesterday.

They may be everywhere but this is the first phone box we've seen like this.  It's in The Street, Parham and we can't help but wonder if this is a BT ploy so they can "recover" the box as nobody uses it?  (BT don't remove phone boxes they "recover" them.)