Suffolk Myths

fr 5 Apr 2024	Suffolk Myth No.103: All crime in rural Suffolk is committed by Londoners.
su 28 Jan 2024	Suffolk Myth No.101: Left to its own devices the district council would probably merge with Kigali borough council and we wouldn't get to vote on that either.
we 3 May 2023	Suffolk Myth No.100: In Suffolk's mostly uncontested parish elections tomorrow it'll usually be the tractorati who control them.
fr 30 Dec 2022	Suffolk Myth No.99: For some near the coast Going up to town means Wickham Market or perhaps even Benhall.
su 18 Sep 2022	Suffolk Myth No.98: In much of Suffolk the Adnams brewery is known as The Fount of Eternal Youth though there is a splinter group near the coast who hold that a pint of ESB Vic makes your tractor run better.
su 24 Jul 2022	Suffolk Myth 97: In Suffolk a sophisticate is someone who has both Co-op cards.
su 26 Jun 2022	Suffolk Myth 96: It's not odd getting dressed up to go shopping in the Co-op.
fr 22 Apr 2022	Suffolk Myth 95: Some Suffolk women got Covid three months before the first case in China.
we 16 Feb 2022	Suffolk Myth 94: People who don't do anything have a legal right to criticise those that do ... it's the law!
fr 30 Apr 2021	Suffolk Myth 92: In Suffolk dressing for dinner is taking your hat off.
mo 25 Jan 2021	Suffolk Myth 91: The Suffolk Black Shuck is alive and well and living just over the border in Norfolk.
sa 31 Oct 2020	Suffolk Myth 89: All Suffolk pub landlords are distantly related to the popular Welsh singer Tom Jones.
th 13 Aug 2020	Suffolk Myth 87: East Anglia's ghostly dog the Black Shuck is Suffolk's answer to the Yeti.
tu 7 Jul 2020	Suffolk Myth 86: Good afternoon and who let you in? is another popular Suffolk greeting.
we 27 May 2020	Suffolk Myth 85: When honest Suffolk folk encounter someone they're not related to they usually assume the stranger is a Londoner ... or from Norfolk.
sun 3 May 2020	Suffolk Myth 84: Who pulled the stake out of your heart? is a popular Suffolk greeting.
mo 9 Mar 2020	Suffolk Myth 81: A petrosexual is a young man who loves his hatchback more than his girl friend.
sa 4 Jan 2020	Suffolk Myth 80: An habitué is what you get in the East African when you die.
th 20 Jun 2019	Suffolk Myth 79: To get to Framlingham Castle just follow the yellow Castle Keep signs.
mo 25 Mar 2019	Suffolk Myth 78: People who see dead people probably live in Norfolk.
th 25 Oct 2018	Suffolk Myth 76: You can always tell when someone is a bit odd, they read books.
we 27 Dec 2017	Suffolk Myth 73: The parish council meeting is the highlight of the month for most people.
we 30 Aug 2017	Suffolk Myth 72: You can always tell an urban fox in the country, they're the ones looking for an escalator to stand on the right of.
we 26 Apr 2017	Suffolk Myth 71: All blowins come from that there London.
su 22 Jan 2017	Suffolk Myth 70: Lovejoy is a documentary and they film it in Stackton Tressel.
fr 17 Jun 2016	Suffolk Myth 68: You can always tell an ol' country boy because they never walk anywhere ... unless it's with a dog and/or a gun.
we 30 Mar 2016	Suffolk Myth 67: If you say it loud enough it must be the law.
sa 2 Jan 2016	Suffolk Myth 66: Red diesel is only ever used in farm vehicles.
su 31 May 2015	Suffolk Myth 61: No Parking cones are just a suggestion, you can move them if you want.
sa 10 Jan 2015	Suffolk Myth 60: It's ok to park on double yellows as long as you're half or fully on the pavement.
sa 20 Sep 2014	Suffolk Myth 59: You don't get long for rape ... unless you have the whole field away.
we 19 Dec 2012	Suffolk Myth 39: Batter is what posh people feel after they've got over the flu.
sa 17 Mar 2012	Suffolk Myth 37: You can always tell people from Benhall because they're polite and like to help people.
sa 18 Feb 2012	Suffolk Myth 36: Sax is what posh people have so there's someone to leave the money to.
su 18 Sep 2011	Suffolk Myth 35: In Little Mutterings you don't lose your girl friend you just lose your turn.
tu 28 Sep 2010	Suffolk Myth 30: The Stackton Tressel town council does include a cat (Mr Doophus) but he does not sit on the markets committee because the market supervisor is a fishmonger.
mo 26 Jul 2010	Suffolk Myth 26: People in Little Glemham call the A12 The Road to the Sun.
sa 26 Jun 2010	Suffolk Myth 24: Property developers become councillors because they want to give something back.
th 17 Jun 2010	Suffolk Myth 23: All of that there London is under a glass roof ... or perhaps it's just Liverpool Street station ...
tu 6 Apr 2010	Suffolk Myth 20: People in that there London ride on the right of escalators to stop their wallets being pinched.
mo 22 Mar 2010	Suffolk Myth 19: Sex and the City is based on Halesworth.
th 25 Feb 2010	Suffolk Myth 15: It's illegal to pull anyone under the age of 19 from the path of an approaching lorry because it's inappropriate touching, if they're over 18 it's probably assault.

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