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Art & Theatre / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / stories June 9, 2010
READ MORECalling all storytellers!Sat 19th June 2010At Green Light Trust in Lawshall, nr Bury St Edmunds Workshop: Story-Telling, Story-Making and Story Walks Cost £40To book on this course, please contact: Jane Andrews on: 01284 830829 or email: [email protected] will have a chance to take familiar or new stories and breathe life into them by re-telling them […]
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The Stresses of Modern Life. In these days of uncertainty it seems that almost every one of us, both young and old, suffer from some kind of stress. Care must be taken not to confuse it with the normal worries that are all part of life and without which there would be no incentive to […]
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Unless you are lucky enough to have been on a desert island or locked away somewhere you cannot have failed to notice that very shortly we have to go to the polls and declare who we want to govern this country for the next four years. How do we decide? – Can we rely on […]
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Over recent weeks almost every time we turn on the television or open a newspaper we have been confronted with reports on bullying. It even went so far as to be used in an attempt for political gain. Perhaps the instigators should have looked up the definition before proceeding. The dictionary states a bully as […]
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Alerter All you ever wanted to know aboutbeing a retained FireFighter in Suffolk House Fire – Edendale, Lowestoft For the second time on Saturday my alerter summoned me to the fire station. Bang on 4pm and I was jogging over to the station and taking one of the BA slots. The tip sheet just said […]
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Bungay Black Dog: an interview with David Waldron from Pagans for Archaeology David Waldron is the author of a new book, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay: A Case Study in Local Folklore, and he kindly agreed to be interviewed by Pagans for Archaeology. It’s his second book; the first was The Sign of the […]
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Calling all Unpublished Norfolk Poets Poetry-next-the-Sea Competition 2010 Poetry-next-the-Sea, www.poetry-next-the-sea.com, which runs the annual poetry festival in Wells (May 7–9), is staging its third open poetry competition, supported by Norfolk Community Foundation. The winners will be announced during the festival. The competition is open to anyone living in Norfolk who has not had a pamphlet […]
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For once my timing was just right. I’d just finished my tea when my alerter started to throw a fit for the second time today.
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charities / Christmas / stories / Waveney Valley January 25, 2010
READ MOREAlerter All you ever wanted to know aboutbeing a retained FireFighter in Suffolk Workshop fire in Blundeston… All I can assume is that the good folk of Lowestoft have made a collective New Years resolution to be safe in everything they do. Why? Well with only six shouts in by the 18th that’s well below […]
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Christmas / stories / Then & Now / valley lad memories January 16, 2010
READ MOREThe New Year seemed to follow Christmas without a break. Depending on which day of the week these celebrations fall, many businesses close for the whole period. This is because, in many cases, it would be too costly to start up for a couple of days and then close down again. One way or the […]
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Last year ended quietly for us with our shouts rounded off by a van fire down a country lane.
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Alerter All you ever wanted to know aboutbeing a retained FireFighter in Suffolk Firefighters to sing for charity… Once again Lowestoft firefighters will be singing carols to raise funds for a local charity. On Monday 21st December around 20 firefighters will be singing all your favourite Christmas carols and songs outside The Britten Centre in […]
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Alerter All you ever wanted to know aboutbeing a retained FireFighter in Suffolk BA Risk Critical training day Every so often we have Risk Critical training. And last week we had a training day devoted to BA emergency procedures. The Training Department had put together the day around areas that retained firefighters in Suffolk had […]
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click to enlarge The Diss Book A new booklet is available featuring many colourful episodes in the history of Diss. Museum manager Basil Abbott has compiled the text, drawing on research of his own and that of Francis Blomefield, the Manning rectors, Eric Pursehouse, John Speirs and A.C. Norfolk. The Diss Book is £2.99 from […]