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Sustainable Bungay Film ShowsWith the twin issues of climate change and declining oil reserves becoming ever more urgent, Sustainable Bungay was formed to see what we in Bungay can do to reduce our collective carbon footprint and enjoy a lifestyle that is less dependent on oil. To understand just how serious the issues are, Sustainable […]
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Great Yarmouth Swimming Pool c1934, postcard
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Sustainable Bungayyour local ‘Transition Town’ Group The excellent Climate Change conference at Emmanuel Church last year, despite being well-publicised and with world-class speakers addressing one of the most important issues of our time was disappointingly under-subscribed. Why? Maybe it’s that climate change just isn’t seen as a local environmental problem; graffiti and dog mess top […]
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The price of fuel continues to spiral faster than any other commodity. Each time the price of petrol at the pumps increases they offer another excuse to the public. Usually, it is just following the escalating cost of oil per barrel. With ever increasing demands on the fast diminishing worldwide supplies, reasons for such inflated […]
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Save the Norfolk Broads savethebroads.blogspot.com Broads Society response to flooding plan Below is the Broads Society’s statement in full on Natural England’s proposals to abandon coastal defences and allow the Upper Thurne and its broads to be flooded by the sea. An online petition on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s 10 Downing Street website now numbers […]
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The Class distinctions that prevailed in our Society up to the Second World War no longer exist. The comradeship that emerged during those dark years when everyone, no matter from what background they originated, suddenly became equal. At times, like those when the siren had wailed and the whistle of falling bombs could be heard […]
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Have you heard any good news recently? Something that made you feel good. The Media seems to have a knack of bringing doubt into anything they tell us about that is being done for somebody’s benefit. Perhaps, because of their concern about the competition, just reporting the facts is not enough. They go to such […]
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A nationwide survey of dragonflies is being launched this week amid concerns that a third of British species are under threat. The winged insects have “survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and several ice ages”, but are now threatened by habitat destruction and climate change, the British Dragonfly Society warned. The society has collected data […]
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Did You Know? You could read the date correctly either way up on 1961 minted coins.
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Recently there has been a clamp down on cyclists riding on footpaths and having no lights after dark. These practices are obviously an unwanted danger to pedestrians, particularly older people and those who are unable to jump out of the way. At night they add to the hazards of driving any kind of vehicle when, […]
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Lydia Eva is the last steam drifter in the world and she is expected to be launched, completely restored, in the UK by August 2008 at Lowestoft, thanks to a generous gift and a lot of hard work.
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Every day there is more and more evidence that ordinary folk are suffering under the social demands of modern living. It is even more difficult for them if they have children. The pressure they are under from every source prevents them from living their lives as they would like to, and many are asking how […]
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Kitty Witches of Great Yarmouth Explores legend of Kitty Witches, a group of ladies who in times gone by would dress up in their departed husbands clothing with blood smeared faces demanding money from the towns inhabitants. These women must have been absolutely outrageous for their time.
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Reports are regularly appearing in the media about the child labour being used in the Third World and elsewhere to produce cheap goods to be sold in our supermarkets and stores. Some of our biggest companies are moving major operations thousands of miles away to benefit from the low running costs and wages. They are […]