SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL EVENTS

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1 SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S Spring 2018 Autumn 2018 (1 st March th September 2018) SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL EVENTS 3 March 2018 Societies Day Blackbourne Community Centre Elmswell Starts at 9.45am (doors open 8.45am) 21 April 2018 Recorders Day North Suffolk St Margaret South Elmham Village Hall 10.00am (doors open 9.15am) 28 April 2018 Recorders Day Blackbourne Community Centre Elmswell 10.25am (doors open 9.30am) 9 June 2018 Focus on Bawdsey Radar 9.45am (Application form printed in the newsletter) 29 September 2018 Focus on Mildenhall 9.45am (Application form printed in the newsletter) Early notifications: 13 October Peter Northeast Conference 17 November 2018 Annual General Meeting Bill Blackaby, Calendar Editor calendar@slhc.org.uk Ref bb/nr11 Published: 20 February 2018 Page 1 of 28

2 SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL Founded in 1953, the Suffolk Local History Council (SLHC) is a registered educational charity, financed by its members, that exists to promote the study of local history and to encourage historical research in the County of Suffolk. SLHC also supports a network of local history recorders in towns and villages throughout the county. Membership is open to individuals and to historical societies, museums and groups. Members receive twice yearly the Suffolk Review Journal, a Newsletter and electronic copy of the Calendar. SLHC also organises an annual conference, day meetings, and a societies day and runs the Recorders scheme. Please note that some of the information that secretaries and correspondents have kindly supplied has necessarily had to be shortened due to space restriction. If this has led to confusion or misunderstanding anywhere the Editor would appreciate comment so that the Calendar can be improved next time. Contributions for the next issue (covering the period 1 September March 2019) should be with the Calendar Editor, by Friday 20 July 2018 please, but updates can be provided at any time by to: calendar@slhc.org.uk The Calendar is arranged in to three sections: Society programmes Museums and Resource Centres Education The first part of each section notes the activities and programmes of societies, museums and resource centres who are members of the SLHC. Important News about The Calendar of Events This edition (Spring 2018 Autumn 2018) is the second to be published electronically i.e. no paper copies will be sent out. This edition will be ed out to members and contacts in member societies and museums. Societies will be able to then distribute it to all their members electronically. The document will be issued in pdf format. All members and contacts in societies and museums are asked to ensure their up to date addresses have been notified to the Membership Secretary, at the following address membership@slhc.org.uk. This change is a response to the ever-rising cost of postage and printing. Formed over 30 years ago as a registered charity with twin aims first, to promote the records service provided by the County Council, and lobby on its behalf, and second, to facilitate the acquisition and conservation of archival material of relevance to the historic County of Suffolk. See website to see what the friends do and how to join Published: 20 February 2018 Page 2 of 28

3 SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL SOCIETIES DAY Saturday 3 rd MARCH 2018 Blackbourne Community Centre, Elmswell 9.45am 4.00pm (The hall will be open for the setting up of stands from 8.45am) Local history societies and their members are warmly invited to attend, no tickets required. There is plenty of parking available. For further details please contact Margaret Thomas Tel: , dr.margaret.thomas@gmail.com This annual event is specifically organised for local history societies and their members. This is a free event so please encourage as many members of your society as possible to come. The purpose is to give societies the opportunity to talk to each other, and one of the most popular parts has been visiting the stands and exhibitions and chatting to other societies. There will therefore be a long break between the morning and afternoon sessions for this exchange of ideas, advice and information to take place. PROGRAMME Welcome - DR. MARGARET THOMAS, Chairman SLHC 9.45 JEANNETTE BALDRY The Hayward Family of Abbots Hall Museum of East Anglian Life / Stowmarket LHS RAY WHITEHAND The Poor House at Assington Wickham Market Area Archives Centre COFFEE AND BISCUITS DR KEITH BRIGGS Some Place Names of the Elmswell Area Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History KEVIN PULFORD Hearth Tax Returns Suffolk Family History Society MIRIAM STEAD Tea for the British With a little Twist of Suffolk Mendlesham Local History Group / Bawdsey Radar Group VIEWING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SALE OF PUBLICATIONS LUNCH Coffee / tea will be available PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH 2.20 REV. CANON ANDREW VESSEY Press the Shutter Fressingfield Local History Group 2.50 SARAH DOIG To Have and to Hold: Wedding Photographs from The Spanton Jarman Collection The Bury Past and Present Society 3.20 DR MARGARET THOMAS Conclusion and News update TEA AND CAKES Published: 20 February 2018 Page 3 of 28

4 SOCIETY PROGRAMMES Spring 2018 Autumn 2018 Visitors are welcome to the Society Meetings listed, but are strongly recommended to telephone/ the contact in advance, and this is essential for outside visits. Further information on the activities of societies may be found on their website. Entrance price where quoted is for non-members. ALDE VALLEY Suffolk Family History Group Leiston United Church, High Street, Leiston, IP16 4EL Web: Start time: 7:30pm 19 Mar 16 Apr 21 May 18 June 16 July Heraldry for Family Historians Annual General Meeting + Quiz Village Schools Non-Conformism History: Fact or Fiction? Tel: Angela Skelcher a_skelcher@hotmail.com Entrance price: 1.00 members 3.00 non-members Chris Broom Sheila Wright Les Mitchinson Sue Liddell The Family History Research Centre in the Leiston Council offices is open to all, free of charge, from 10am to 12noon on the first and third Saturday morning of each month, and will open on Wednesdays by prior appointment. If you wish to request an appointment, please contact Maggie Strutt on or maggiestrutt@btinternet.com ALDEBURGH & District Local History Society Aldeburgh Church Hall, Victoria Road, IP15 5DX Tel: Michelle Bloore Web: mbloore@btinternet.com Start time: 6.30pm unless stated otherwise Entrance price: 3, members 2 21 Mar AGM and lecture: Aldeburgh in the 1910s (at Aldeburgh Community Centre) Kate Tiller BACTON & COTTON Local History Society Bacton Village Hall Church Rd. IP14 4LN Tel: Peter Wenban Web: peterwenban@gmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 17 Apr 15 May 19 June 19 Sept Shop 'til you Drop, shopkeepers and shopping in Suffolk Amazing Rood Screens Completing the St. Edmundsbury Tower The English Gypsy Caravan The first railway to Ipswich and beyond Dr Pat Murrell Dave Steward Horry Parsons Geoffrey Kay Mervyn Russen BARROW & District Local History Society Tel: Sylvia Greening Barrow Village Hall, The Street IP29 5AN robin.greening@mypostoffice.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: visitors 3 13 Mar Mike Petty 10 Apr Joan Murden 8 May 12 June 10 July 14 Aug 11 Sept Fenland Past to Present; 1600 to present and future Special Operations Executive, Nadine s story The Policeman s Lot- A Social view of Policing, from the Krays to the Crown Outing Blickling Hall The Hollond Family of Great Ashfield House Members Social John Clare (followed by AGM) Peter Lawrence Dave Steward Mark Mitchells Published: 20 February 2018 Page 4 of 28

5 BECCLES & District Historical Society Methodist & United Reformed Church, Hungate, Beccles NR34 9TT Tel: Mrs. A. Ayers Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 1 Mar Annual general meeting, followed by the Forgotten War - A visit to the 5 Apr 6 June 26 July 25 Sept Land of the Morning calm The History of British Steam Railway Visit - Coggeshall (Paycocke s, Grange Barn, the town and museum) Visit - Felbrigg Hall Visit - Leiston (The Long Shop) and Sizewell Ian Ashe Tom Tyler BLACKBOURNE Local History Society Church Rooms, Old Bury Road, Stanton IP31 2BX Tel: Joanne Holdsworth blackbourne-history@hotmail.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 24 Apr May The Amazing Story of Rev. John Heigham Steggall, the Suffolk Gipsy AGM and Raffle Training Police for VIP Protection Date tbc Summer outing Pip Wright Bryn Lewis SPECIAL OFFER for new Society members Local history societies can join the Suffolk Local History Council For new Society members we are offering an initial 2 year membership for the price of one Please see the web site for the registration form: BLO NORTON Local History Group Village hall, Middle Road IP22 2GA, Tel: Jo Reynolds tbc joannvr@tiscali.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3.00 BRAMFORD Local History Group St Mary s Church Room, Ship Lane, IP8 4AN Tel: Beryl Sims Web: beryl@sims-home.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 19 Apr 17 May 14 June 19 July Samuel Pepys and the making of the Royal Navy Between Heaven and Earth Reflections on the Russian Church Roman Roads in East Anglia Voices from the Workhouse The Ancient House and Charles II Mark Mitchels Jenny Antill James Albone Janette Robinson John Sutton BURES History Society Tel: tbc Garrad Room, Bures Community Centre, Nayland Road CO8 5BX Web: tbc Start time: 8.00pm see website for future events Entrance price: tbc BURY ST. EDMUNDS Past & Present Society The Hunter Club, 65 Guildhall St. IP33 1QF Tel: Patricia Mackie Web: patriciamackie@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar AGM followed by - The Vikings and their impact on Bury St Edmunds Rt Rev Tim Stevens 2018/19 programme will commence in October 2018 CAVENDISH Local History Society Cavendish Memorial Hall, Melford Rd, Cavendish CO10 8AD Tel: Mr Peter Leigh Published: 20 February 2018 Page 5 of 28

6 Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 27 Mar More characters of East Anglia Mark Mitchels CLARE Historical and Archaeological Society Clare Old School Community Centre, Callis St, Clare CO10 8PX Tel: Peggy Smith Web: m.m.smith1@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Visitors 2 2 Mar 6 Apr 4 May The later history of Clare Castle Suffolk parish workhouses The Biography of Sue Ryder Peggy Smith Ray Whitehand Tessa West CODDENHAM Village History Club Haysel House, Mary Day Close IP6 9SR unless stated otherwise Tel: Sue Allison Web: sue@nigelallison.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 20 Mar Eyewitness accounts of the life under the Khmer Rouge Mike and Marie Madeleine Kenning David Phelan 17 Apr 15 May 19 June 17 July 18 Sept St Audry s Workhouse Visit to Martlesham Police Museum 7.00pm Secrets of Sutton Hoo Visit to WW1 huts at Hawstead BSE 6.00pm Edith Cavell Pauline Moore Richard Mann COMBS History Club Web: Start time: tbc See website for future events Tel: Jill Scarff jill@scarff.co.uk Entrance price: tbc DEBENHAM History Society Room 30, Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street IP14 6BL Tel: Lesley Grant-Adamson Web: debenhamhistorysociety@hotmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 6 Mar 27 Mar 1 May 5 June 3 July Sisters in Adversity: The Women's Institute and the 1953 Coastal Floods The Home Front in Suffolk Fun & Fascination of Old Churches The Suffolk Medieval Cloth Industry Tales of the Gasworks Linda Sexton Dr Nick Sign Roy Tricker Dr Nick Amor Jon Read DRINKSTONE Local History Group Drinkstone Village Hall, Gedding Road IP30 9TF Tel: Sheila Beswick Web: drinkstonevillage.co.uk/history ray.sheila2@tiscali.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 4 7 Mar 18 Apr 16 May 13 June Scott s Polar Expedition of 1910 to 1912 The Work of the National Trust Archaeologists After Roman Britain: Who were the Early Anglo Saxons? Outing to Bulmer Brick Company Ashley Cooper Angus Wainwright Helen Geake Plea from the Calendar Editor If you should see any errors or inaccuracies please the calendar editor with the details calendar@slhc.org.uk Published: 20 February 2018 Page 6 of 28

7 ELMSWELL History Group Wesley Hall, School Road. IP30 9EE unless stated otherwise. Tel: Stella Chamberlin Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Guests 4 8 Mar 12 Apr 10 May 14 June 7 July The Rise & Fall of the East Anglian Herring Suffolk Clothier in Henry VII s time Nadine s Story in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) 7pm A.G.M., History of the East Suffolk Railway Saturday - Annual Outing: Hadleigh Guildhall & Church Mark Mitchels Nick Amor Joan Munden Bob Webb FELIXSTOWE History and Museum Society Broadway House, Orwell Road, Felixstowe IP11 7DD (In conjunction with Felixstowe Family History Society for speakers meetings only) Web: Tel: Pam Cole felmuseum@btopenworld.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Guests 1 11 Apr 9 May 13 June 11 July The A to Z of Curious Suffolk Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Forensics and Firearms The Medieval Port of Goseford Sarah Doig Mark Mitchels Brian Heard Peter Wain FRAMLINGHAM & District Local History & Preservation Society United Free Church Hall, Riverside, IP13 9AG Tel: David Ransom Web: cransom@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 21 Mar 18 Apr A History of Cheese making in Suffolk An Auctioneer s lot Vivia Bamford Geoffrey Barfoot FRESSINGFIELD Local History and Archive Group Sancroft Hall, Fressingfield, Eye IP21 5PB Web: Tel: Revd Canon Andrew Vessey andrew.vessey@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 27 Mar AGM, 7.00pm followed by a Talk: Pub Names with a Difference 24 Apr Pageants, Priests and Purgatory in Suffolk Guildhalls 22 May Convicts sent to Australia 26 June Visit pm Heraldry in Wingfield Church 24 July 28 Aug 25 Sept 15 May The Parish - recorded in 'Press the Shutter' A Suffolk Village in Wartime The Cobbold Family and its contribution to Suffolk Geoff White Jane Gosling Pip Wright Bob Elliott & John McCracken Sheila Wright Anthony Cobbold GAZELEY History Society Gazeley Village Hall, The Street, Gazeley, Newmarket, CB8 8RD Tel: Hilary Appleton hilary.appleton@gmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 20 Mar Two Birds - The story of the two rivers of Bury St Edmunds, the Lark and the Linnet. Martyn Taylor 17 Apr AGM and The History of Gazeley School Visit to Mildenhall Museum (7.30 p.m.) and picnic by the river beforehand weather permitting Maggie, Simon, Irene, Graham, Linda et al) Published: 20 February 2018 Page 7 of 28

8 19 June 17 July 18 Aug 18 Sept The History of the British Antarctic Survey Must Farm and Flag Fen one of the best preserved Bronze Age dwelling sites in Europe Summer Trip: Oxborough Hall The Medieval Cloth Industry in Suffolk Paul Beard Alex Fisher Nick Amor GLEMSFORD Local History Society Glemsford Primary Academy, Lion Road CO10 7RF Tel: Margaret King Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 19 Apr 10 May 14 June 12 July The Hoxne Treasure Suffolk Witches Stories of the Suffolk Sandlings A summer outing tbc A summer social evening tbc Stephen Govier Pip Wright Richard Moore GREAT BARTON History Society Village Hall Annex, Elms Close, IP31 2NR Tel: Pat Boyes pandrboyes@waitrose.com Start time: 2.30pm Entrance price: 3 6 Mar Town and Robe relations between the townspeople of Bury St 1 May 4 Sept Edmunds and their Great Abbey The Hoxne Treasure The Suffolk Medieval Cloth Industry Ron Murrell Stephen Govier Dr Nick Amor GRUNDISBURGH Local History Society Parish Room The Green, IP13 6TA unless stated otherwise. Tel: Geoff Caryer Web: geoff@caryer.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 20 Mar 17 Apr 23 Apr 15 May 20 June 4 July 22 July 18 Sept Castles of Suffolk The Southwold Railway: Past, Present and Future 10.00am, Visit Suffolk Record Office (price to be confirmed) The Origins of Ipswich 1.30pm, Visit to Belchamp Hall (price to be confirmed) 2.30pm, Visit to Letheringham Mill (price to be confirmed) 2.30pm, Visit to Bawdsey Radar (price to be confirmed) The rise and decline of the Victorian Reading Room Edward Martin John Bennett Dr Chris Wiltshire Sara Doig The HADLEIGH Society Old Town Hall, Market Place, IP7 5DN (unless stated otherwise) Tel: Graham Panton Web: info@hadsoc.org.uk Start time: 8.00pm. Entrance price: 3 21 Mar 1 May 7 Aug From Wool to Cloth Suffolk Ghosts and Hauntings The Paston Letters Nicholas Amor Robert Halliday Mark Mitchells HALESWORTH & DISTRICT MUSEUM FRIENDS GROUP United Reformed Church, Quay Street, Halesworth IP19 8EP. Tel: Brian Howard Web: office@halesworthmuseum.org.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3, (Friends 1.50) See website for 2018 events Published: 20 February 2018 Page 8 of 28

9 HAVERHILL & District Local History Group History Room, The Arts Centre, High Street CB9 8AR Tel: Tony Turner Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 28 Mar Antiques Road Show doors open 7pm Max two items each No 25 Apr 30 May Valuations given Six Hospitals and a Chapel in medieval Bury St Edmunds Annual General Meeting Barrie Stevenson Brian Milner HOXNE HERITAGE GROUP St. Edmund's Hall, Goldbrook IP21 5AN Tel: Margaret Sillis Web: margaret.sillis@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 1 IPSWICH & District Historical Transport Society Tel: Peter Berry The Ipswich Citadel, The Salvation Army, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich IP4 4PH Web: pnb511@gmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 25 Apr 23 May The Southwold Railway, Past, Present & Future No.100 (Bomber Support) Group Radio Counter Measures(WW2) Norfolk Railway Society Presentation John Ridgeway John Stubbington Edward Mann IPSWICH Society Museum Street Methodist Church, 17 Blackhorse Lane Ipswich IP1 2EF (unless stated otherwise) Web: Start time: 7.30pm 14 Mar 18 Apr 21 Apr 20 & 27 May 12 June 21 July 15 Aug 27 Sept Talk AGM (University of Suffolk Waterfront Building, The Upper Orwell Crossing Excursion - American Cemetery, Cambridge and Kings College Chapel. Walk - Secret Signs of Ipswich Tel: Caroline Markham secretary@ipswichsociety.org.uk Entrance price: Free Russell Williams Excursion - Bradenham Hall Gardens, Norfolk. Excursion - Penshurst Place, Kent. Excursion - A tour of Harwich with The Harwich Society and Grayson Perry House. Excursion - Holland Park, the Design Museum and Leighton House, London. LEVINGTON Local History Club Levington Village Hall, Bridge Road IP10 0NA (unless stated otherwise) Tel: Mrs Margaret Angus Suzanne Buck Robin Gaylard Mrs Pat Pryke maa@angi.me.uk or pat.pryke@02.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 5.00 (members 2) 26 Apr 21 June Sept AGM and social evening with members' contributions Titchmarsh & Goodwin' - a History of fine furniture Date tbc, The History of Ipswich Docks Angela Linworth Published: 20 February 2018 Page 9 of 28

10 Societies Day Organiser Societies day is an important event in the Suffolk Local History Council s year and is a key part of the benefits package of being a SLHC member. To ensure the continued success of Societies Day we wish to recruit a Societies Day Organiser. They will receive the full support of the committee. Any one interested in taking up this role should contact our Chairman Dr Margaret Thomas chairman@slhc.org.uk LITTLE WALDINGFIELD History Society Tel: Diana Langford The Parish Room, Church Road, Little Waldingfield. CO10 0SW Web: mianddi@btopenworld.com Blog: Start Time: 7.30pm Entrance Price: 4.00 (Members 2.00) 14 Mar Geoffrey Kay 18 Apr 16 May 13 June A tonic to the nation The 1951 Festival of Britain Sisters in adversity The Women s Institutes and the devastating 1953 East Coast Floods A Picture History of Margaret Catchpole The Battle of Waterloo Linda Sexton Pip Wright Allan Manning LONG MELFORD Historical and Archaeological Society Old School Community Centre, Hall St. CO10 9JG Tel: Julie Thomson Web: Longmelfordparishrecorder@hotmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 19 Apr 17 May 21 June The Life and Times of a Silk Weaver AGM and speaker tbc Day visit to the Museum of East Anglian Life Evening visit, tbc Richard Humphries LOWESTOFT Archaeological & Local History Society South Lowestoft Methodist Church Hall, London Road South NR33 0DY Web: Tel: Richard Mundy lalhs@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 8 Mar Robert Jarvis 22 Mar 26 Apr 10 May 24 May 13 Sept 27 Sept Lost Victorian Lowestoft Up Before the Beak A family history talk featuring a 19th Century criminal Anglo-Saxon Archaeology at Hartismere High School Eye The Search for Thomas Alert AGM Eccles St Mary: A round Tower Church of distinction To relieve need and distress - The Story of East Anglia Alms-houses Janis Kirby Jo Caruth Louise Kennedy David Standard Sarah Doig MARTLESHAM History Society The Pavilion on the Green, Martlesham Heath IP5 3TG Contact: Mrs Susan Moss tbc susanmoss134@btinternet.com Start time: 8.00pm Entrance price: 2.50 MELTON Local History Society (i) Burness Parish Rooms, 38 The Street, Melton, Suffolk IP12 1PW Or (ii) Melton Primary School, Melton Road, Melton, IP12 1PG Web: Tel: John Elwell mlhs.sec@aol.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 Published: 20 February 2018 Page 10 of 28

11 7 Mar 11 April 10 May 13 June 4 July 24 July 12 Sept (ii) The History and Families of Melton Hall (i) The Garretts of Leiston and the Long Shop Museum (ii) The History and Future of Bawdsey Radar Station (i) A Melton Pictorial History Followed by the Society AGM Members Summer Social An Evening Preview of Antiques & Fine Art Sale Auction Centre, Campsea Ashe (i) A Virtual Tour of Melton in the Great War Colin de la Rue Anna Mercer Lynette Burgess Anna Phillips Geoff Barfoot Melton Heritage Group MENDLESHAM History Group URC Chapel, Old Market Street, IP14 5SA Tel: Sue Michell sue.michell@virgin.net Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3.00 MILDENHALL & DISTRICT Museum Society Mildenhall and District Museum, 6 King Street, Mildenhall IP28 7EX Tel: Anne Cross Web: aesapsford@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2.00 members, 4.00 non members 1 Mar 5 Apr 3 May 7 June 24 June 6 Sept Bury s own Tudor Queen Life on the Edge, The Butcher family of Wicken Thetford Forest, Trees, Wildlife, History and People History and the Printed Cartoon Mildenhall Open Gardens/all day event Muntjac: How they got here and what they do Martyn Taylor Dr. Peter Green Anne Mason Martyn Roper Norma Chapman MONEWDEN Local History Society Village Hall, Rookery Road IP13 7DA Tel: Dave Steward Web: facebook Monewden Local History Society davesteward72@gmail.com Start time: 7.30pm. Entrance price: Mar 13 Apr 12 Sept A day in the life of Helen (her job) Cakes, Ale & Partying, Feasting & Fundraising 103 not out, How Suffolk got its own Bishop & Cathedral Dr Helen Geake Dr Kate Jewell Roy Tricker MONKS ELEIGH History Group Tel: David Mills United Reformed Church, Brent Eleigh Road, IP7 7JE Web: tbc Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3.00 See website for events NAYLAND with Wissington Conservation Society Nayland Village Hall, Church Lane CO6 4JH Web: Start time: 7.15 for 7.30pm 12 Mar 25 June Gainsborough House Pargetting and plasterwork Tel: Jill Slater jill.slater2@btinternet.com Entrance price: free, donations Mark Bills Bill Sargent NEEDHAM MARKET Society Burton Room, Needham Community Centre, School Street IP6 8BB Web: Tel: Nigel Griffiths nigel.griffiths47@googl .com Start time: 7.30pm. Entrance price: 3 21 Mar The life of bats Dennis & Anne Kell Published: 20 February 2018 Page 11 of 28

12 ONEHOUSE Local History Group Church Room, Forest Road, IP14 3HJ Tel: Mrs. J. Raisey Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 RICKINGHALL, Botesdale, Hinderclay, Redgrave The Heritage Circle Village Hall, Hinderclay Road, Rickinghall, IP22 1HD Tel: Linda Hudson Web: heritagecircle.onesuffolk.net/ l.hudson479@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 28 Mar 25 April 23 May 27 June 25 July 22 Aug 26 Sept Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Alan Bloom Founder of Blooms of Bressingham The London Burial Crisis of the 19th Century Sir Thomas Erpingham Hero or Thug? The Ipswich Riot of 1863 Old Courts and Yards of Norwich The A to Z of Streets in Bury St Edmunds Mark Mitchels Jamie Blake Janette Robinson Anne May Linda Sexton Frances & Michael Holmes Martyn Taylor SAXMUNDHAM & District Local History Society United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Road, Saxmundham IP17 1BJ Tel: Jenny Mann jenny.mann@talk21.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar The Giles cartoons John Field SHOTLEY PENINSULA Local History Club Shotley Sailing Club, Queen Victoria Drive, Shotley Gate IP9 1PU Tel: Jenny Elsey tbc Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 13 Mar Looking after the Basque refugee children in Suffolk May The rebuilding of The Melisa (Thames Barge) 10 July Suffolk Brickworks 11 Sept A History of The Royal Hospital School jenny@elseyadcock.co.uk Ed Packard Jonathan Webb Peter Minster Mr Mann SOUTH ELMHAM and District Local History Group St Margaret South Elmham Village Hall, IP20 0PJ Tel: Sue Riseborough Web: southelmhamanddistrictlhg.onesuffolk.net sue.riseborough@btconnect.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 ( 1 members) 29 Mar 26 Apr 31 May 28 June 26 July 30 Aug 27 Sept The history of Advertising Garden History Subject tbc AGM tbc Members Outing (Please contact Sue for details) St Edmund & St Aethelthryth - A tale of two houses Stuart Bowell Ben Holzer Dr Sam Newton Rebecca Pinner SOUTHWOLD Museum and Historical Society Methodist Hall, East Green IP18 6JN Tel: Helen Jarvis Web: Helen.jarvis7@hotmail.co.uk Start time: 2.30pm Entrance price: 5 6 Mar Saving Blythburgh Church Alan Mackley STOKE BY NAYLAND Local History Society Start time: tbc Tel: Carolyn Price cpricehmc@hotmail.com Entrance price: tbc Published: 20 February 2018 Page 12 of 28

13 STOWMARKET Local History Group Salvation Army Hall, Violet Hill Road. IP14 1JH Tel: Jeannette Baldry Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3 19 Mar 16 Apr 21 May 18 June 16 July 20 Aug 12 Sept Three into One Members talks Ship of Dreams Suffolk People on the Titanic AGM and Stowmarket Diarists St Audrey's Hospital A Stowmarket Walk Part 2 Miss Grimwade and the Girls of Hope House tbc Neil Langridge Neil Langridge David Phelan Linda Sexton STOWUPLAND Local History Group Village Hall, Church Road IP14 4BQ, unless stated otherwise Tel: Judy Clarke Web: judy.clarke@sky.com Start time: 7.30pm unless stated otherwise Entrance price: 3 7 Mar "We Will Remember Them": The lives & deaths of British 2 May 6 June 4 July 1 Aug 5 Sept men who fought in WWl Haughley Castle AGM + Ipswich Suffragettes A Virtual Stroll Around Thorney Green Archive Evening Roman Roads of Suffolk Sarah Doig Edward Martin Joy Bounds James Albone STURMER Local History Society Tel: Village Hall, The Street CB9 7XF Web: lindaaudrey90@gmail.com Start time: tbc Entrance price: tbc Victorian Schoolroom Re-enactment with local primary school children in the village hall in June Exhibition for the River Stour Festival in the village hall in the summer Trip to Clare museum, church and Freemason's Hall with a pub lunch in autumn for members, friends and family, see website for timings. SUDBURY History Society Scout s Hall Quay Lane, CO10 2AN Tel: Barry Wall Web: info@sudburyhistorysociety.co.uk Start time: 2 nd Wed of month, 10.00am 12noon See website for future events Entrance price: 2 SUDBURY Ephemera Archive Tel: Sue Tibbets Sudbury Town Hall CO10 1TL Web: contact@sudburyephemera.org Start time: every 2nd Monday of the month between 10.00am and 1.00pm, Entrance price: no last Wednesday of the month between 1.00pm and 4.00pm charge SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Tel: Web: membership@suffolkfhs.org.uk General advice for members, especially for beginners who wish to trace their ancestry, can be obtained by writing to the secretary. It should be noted that membership of the Suffolk Family History Society is not confined to those whose ancestors lived in the county. Anyone with ancestry in other counties, or even in other countries, is encouraged to join and use the Society s experience and out of county resources. See below the activities of the local groups of SFHS Annual Family History Fair and AGM - 27 October 2018, 10.00am to 4.00pm at University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, 19 Neptune quay Ipswich IP4 1QL Published: 20 February 2018 Page 13 of 28

14 SUFFOLK Family History Society - Bury St Edmunds Tel: Kevin Pulford Hyndman Centre, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3JT Web: Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 21 Mar Soil Cinderellas - The story of the Land Army during WWII 18 Apr Cloth Making in Medieval Bury 16 May AGM followed by Nursery Rhymes and the Bury Connections 20 June Weavers, Higglers and Moze Makers 18 July Mid Summer Outing tbc 19 Sept Family Photo Stories SUFFOLK Family History Society - Haverhill Old Independent Church Hall, Hamlet Rd, CB9 9EF Web: Start time: 7.30pm 8 Mar 12 Apr 10 May 14 June 12 July 13 Sept 22 Sept What was it like to live in the time of the Plague Dating Postcards AGM Three members to do a show and tell presentation on their research Dads Army (The TV Program) A Haverhill Festival event A guided village walk at Steeple Bumpstead (Must book) Ourselves (TBC) OPEN DAY at Haverhill Library (CB9 8HB) 10am 3pm SUFFOLK Family History Society Ipswich The Pioneer Hall, The Co-Op Education Centre, 11, Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1JW burystedmunds@suffolkfhs.org.uk Nicky Reynolds Dr Nick Amor Stephen Moody Michael Holland Tel: Brian Thompson haverhillfhg@suffolkfhs.org.uk Entrance price: 2.50inc Pip Wright Tom Doig Members Dave Steward Members Members Members Tel: Howard King Web: ipswich@suffolkfhs.org.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2.50/ Mar A Song of their Own - The Fight for Votes for Ipswich Women Joy Bounds SUFFOLK Family History Society Lowestoft United Reform Church, London Road North, NR32 1HB Tel: Beryl Capps Web: lowestoft@suffolkfhs.org.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 3 Apr 1 May 5 June 3 July 4 Sept Lowestoft Artist - George Vemply Burwood April Fools - Pitfalls in Family History Research AGM Beccles Museum and World War One For those in Peril... Lowestoft's Lifeboat Crew Failed to Return - aircrew, from Lowestoft, failed to return from missions over Germany Janis Kirby Members Alan Wheeler Lifeboat crew Bob Collis SUFFOLK Family History Society - Sudbury Tel: Sheila Long Melford Village Hall, Hall St. CO10 9JQ (Opposite Bull Hotel) Web: sudbury@suffolkfhs.org.uk Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 27 Apr 29 May Collision in the Clouds (Who wore the goggles?) General Quiz Night All welcome Antiques Road Show - No Valuations - Members own interesting and unusual items + Group AGM Anne Grimshaw Barrie Stevenson Published: 20 February 2018 Page 14 of 28

15 SUFFOLK Historic Buildings Group The Barn, Haughley Park, Old A14 Rd, IP14 3JY Tel: Jane Gosling Web: tbc Start time: 7.15 pm for 7.45pm Entrance price: 4 for talks 5 May Save the sash - The development of the sash window Ian McKechnie SUFFOLK Heraldry Society The Garden Room of The Quaker Meeting House, St John's Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1SJ Web: Start time: 2.30pm unless stated otherwise 11 Apr 9 May 13 June 18 July Railway architecture Visit tbc Visit to Boxted Airfield Museum Visit - Walking Tour of Hadleigh Tel: Donald Hunt donaldandlucia@gmail.com Entrance price: tbc SUFFOLK Industrial Archaeological Society Ipswich Transport Museum, Cobham Road, Ipswich, IP3 9JD. Tel: Steven Worsley Web: joneshines@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Free 14 Mar The Lost Aerodrome of Elmswell Peter McGee & Graham Mack Steve Worsley SUFFOLK Institute of Archaeology and History Blackbourne Hall, Elmswell IP30 9UH (unless otherwise stated) Tel: Jane Carr Web: generalsecretary@suffolkinstitute.org.uk Start time: 2.00pm Entrance price: 5 10 Mar Suffolk Parks: what tithes can tell us Dr Rosemary Hoppitt TOSTOCK Past & Present Society Tostock Village Hall, Norton Road IP30 9PT Start time: 7.30pm 6 Mar 3 Apr 1 May 5 June 4 Sept Ups & Downs: Barnardo s Foster Children in Suffolk The Royal Yacht, from a sailor s point of view. From theatrical roots to becoming a voice over artist including BT Answer 1571 & BT Call Minder. On the Trail of St Edmund. We ll Meet Again- An East Enders evacuee s story of an East Anglian farm Tel: Anthony Scully a.r.scully@btinternet.com Entrance price: 3 for non-members Peter Davidson Peter Barnes Elizabeth Norman Chris Parfitt Bryan Thurlow WALBERSWICK Local History Group Walberswick Village Hall, The Street IP19 6TZ Web: Start time: 7.30pm 24 Apr AGM 19 May The History of West Wood Garden Tel: Pat Lancaster tbc patlancaster@btinternet.com Entrance price: tbc Nat Le Roux WALSHAM Village History Group Priory Room The Causeway Walsham le Willows IP31 3AA Tel: Sue Leake Web: sue.leake@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 3.00 Published: 20 February 2018 Page 15 of 28

16 21 Mar 16 May 20 June 18 July AGM, A Portrait of a Suffolk River Queen Victoria First World War Trip to Thetford Chris Parfitt Tony Diamond Sarah Doig WICKHAM MARKET Local History Society Richard Kitson Court, Chapel Lane, Wickham Market IP13 0SD Tel: David Taylor dandjtaylor@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar 9 Apr 14 May Hidden Gardens of East Anglia The History of Butley Priory Museum of the British Resistance Organisation Edward Martin Sheila Harrison Chris Pratt WICKHAMBROOK Local History Society Tel: Gillian Cooper Dorothy Anderson WI Hall, Cemetery Rd, CB8 8XR Web: rcooper357@btinternet.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: Mar Premier Protestant Printer: John Daye, His Connections and Burial in Lt. 17 Apr 15 May 20 June 18 July 18 Sept Bradley AGM at 7pm followed by History of The Town Crier Country Life in The Time of Gainsborough, Constable and Austen VISIT Land Forte, Felixstowe VISIT 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbots Tea for The British Wendy Barnes Mike Wabe Martyn Roper Miriam Stead WICKHAM SKEITH History Group Wickham Skeith Village Hall Tel: P Davidson pjdavidson42@gmail.com Start time: 7.45pm Entrance price: 2 21 Mar Horry Parsons 18 Apr 16 May 19 Sept Even more Stories from the Tower The Queen's Bank, the House of Fallen Fomen and Greyfriar's Bobby: The Life of Angela Burdett Coutts Suffolk Children in Care-the Story of St. Johns Home tbc WOOLPIT History Group Woolpit Memorial Institute, The Street IP30 9QH unless stated otherwise. Lesley Holland Linda Sexton Tel: Bernice Belham bernicebelham@aol.co.uk Start time: 7.30pm unless stated otherwise Entrance price: 3 15 Mar 19 Apr 17 May 21June 19 July 20 Sept The History of Cressing Temple from 1100's Suffolk Coastline A Line, Family letters from the Wars Outing to Cotton Mechanical Music Museum The Museum of East Anglian Life Stowmarket s Hidden Gems Elphin Wilkin Mark Mitchels Margaret Cook Lisa Harris Steve Williams WORLINGWORTH Local History Group Worlingworth Community Centre, Shop Street, IP13 7HX Web: Start time: 7.30pm 14 May The History of Advertising 13 Aug Diary of a Country Parson Tel: Geoff or Janette Robinson wlhg@hotmail.co.uk Entrance price: tbc Stuart Bowell Sheila Harrison Published: 20 February 2018 Page 16 of 28

17 Societies that are currently not members of SLHC BLUNDESTON & District Local History Society Tel: Mrs O Orford Blundeston Village Hall, Hall Lane Close NR32 9BL Web: christineward247@christineward247.plus.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2.50 See website for future events DISCOVERING SUFFOLK Tel: Michael and Judy Scot Room 30, Westbourne Academy, Marlow Rd, Ipswich IP1 5JN discoversuffolk@btinternet.com Start time: 7.00pm Entrance price: 4 Every Monday during term time and with a varied programme of speakers during the Winter & Autumn term, Summer term meetings consist of outside events and visits. Visitors and new members welcome. FELIXSTOWE Family History Society Broadway House, Orwell Road IP11 7DD Tel: Gillian Smith Web: fxfhs@hotmail.com Start time: 7:30pm Entrance price: Visitors Mar 11 Apr 9 May 13 June 11 July 12 Sept Whistlecraft The A to Z of Curious Suffolk Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Forensics and Firearms The Medieval Port of Goseford Annual General Meeting Pip Wright Sarah Doig Mark Mitchels Brian Heard Peter Wain IPSWICH Maritime Trust Ground Floor, University Campus Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 1QJ Web: Start time: 7.30pm 7 Mar 4 Apr One dock, two families, a fleet of ships and a pinch of fertilizer: a story of poo & poops AGM and Pierhead Paintings - Ship Portraits from East Anglia & beyond More information on all talks on the website under Events Tel: Geoffrey Dyball info@ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk Entrance price: 4.50 ( 3.50 members) Giles Colchester Bob Malster & Des Pawson KNODISHALL Local History Group Village Hall, School Road, IP17 1UD Web: Tel: Julia Pipe tbc MARTLESHAM HEATH Aviation Society Community Hall, Felixstowe Road, Martlesham Heath. IP12 4PB Tel: Howard King Web: joecox@hotmail.com Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 4 2 Mar 6 Apr 4 May A Life of Flying Time Flies at Old Warden AGM Anthony Preston Debbie Land NEWMARKET Local History Society The Stable, High Street Newmarket unless stated otherwise. Tel: Rosemary Foreman Web: Rodvincent@freenetname.co.uk Published: 20 February 2018 Page 17 of 28

18 Start time: 7.30pm Entrance price: 2 Membership fee: 8 per annum 20 Mar 17 Apr 15 May 19 June 17 July 18 Sept Changing Face of Newmarket Railways The Society's AGM plus slideshow Visit to Elveden - St Andrew & St Patrick Church Visit to St Nicholas Church, Kennet Visit to the British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford and a talk on the history of the buildings Wrought by Fire The SUDBURY Society Friars Hall, School Street, Sudbury CO10 2HA (last Friday of the month unless stated otherwise). Web: Start time: 7.30pm See website for events Terry Cummins Peter Norman Sandra Easom Tel: Lorna Hoey events@sudburysociety.org.uk Entrance price: 5 ( 3 members) SUFFOLK Preservation Society Tel: Web: sps@suffolksociety.org 24 Apr The Evolution of Suffolk's Historic Landscape 9.30am 1.00pm, followed by lunch. Haughley Park Barn, Haughley, IP14 3JY Cost: to include lunch. Open to all. Please contact Linda Cockburn at the SPS Office to book your places (above telephone number/ ) Dr Richard Hoggett SUTTON HOO Society Tel: Venues tbc Web: thesuttonhoosociety@gmail.com Start time: tbc Entrance price: Sutton Hoo Society members 7 and Public 8 28 Apr 2018 Basil Brown Memorial Lecture 11:00am, Riverside Theatre, Woodbridge Western British Archaeology in the Age of Sutton Hoo Tickets are available from the Riverside Theatre ( ) or on the day. Nancy Edwards WALDRINGFIELD History Group Waldringfield Village Hall, IP12 4QP. Web: Start time: tbc See website for future events Tel: R. Crawley bob.crawley@gmail.com Entrance price: tbc WHEPSTEAD History Society Whepstead Community Centre Web: Tel: Mike McConnell tbc Friends of WOODBRIDGE Museum Woodbridge Community Hall, Station Road IP12 4AU Tel: Anne Merrett Web: AMERRETT@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk Start time: 2.30pm Entrance price: Mar 20 Apr 18 May 7 June 4 July Sept 2.15pm AGM, The history of Ransomes The medieval port of Gosford The History of Paycocke s Visit to Walpole Old Chapel and Huntingfield Church Visit to Paycocke s and Grange Barn in Essex Date tbc, visit to Stratford St Mary Bob Merrett Peter Wain Lizzie Dunford Published: 20 February 2018 Page 18 of 28

19 Heritage Open Days & September MUSEUMS AND RESOURCE CENTRES - This website lists over 50 Suffolk Museums ALDEBURGH MUSEUM Tel: The Moot Hall, Aldeburgh IP15 5DS Web: enquiries@aldeburghmuseum.org.uk Opening times: Re-opens 30 March April, May September and October: Daily 2.30pm 5.00pm June, July and August: Daily to 5.00pm Entrance fee: 2. Accompanied children free. Housed in one of the most important timber-framed public buildings in England. Dating from the first half of the 16th Century it originally contained six small shops on the ground floor and a spacious meeting chamber on the first floor. The Town Council still meets here today and it provides an attractive display area for the Museum. Includes displays on the early settlers Romans and Anglo-Saxons, shipbuilding, trade and fishing, the Aldeburgh witches, the Regency resort, Slaughden and the Martello Tower etc. BAWDSWY RADAR Transmitter Block Ferry Road, Bawdsey IP12 3AT. From Woodbridge, Suffolk, off the B1083, one mile beyond Bawdsey Village. Tel: Lynette Burgess Web: Opening times: 1 April 1 to 28 October 2018 Open Thursdays, Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays Entrance fee: Adults 6.50, children , under 5 s free, concessions 6.00 Story of radar from 1935 to the present day. info@bawdseyradar.org.uk FELIXSTOWE MUSEUM Tel: Colin Tod View Point Road IP11 3TW Web: felmuseum@btopenworld.com Opening times: See website for 2018 opening times and admission charges Entrance fee: See website for admission charges Housed in 1878 Submarine Mining depot. Free parking at adjacent harbour viewing area. 14 display rooms of local social and military history. Also reference library, tearoom and shop. See website for New exhibitions and Special Events. HALESWORTH AND DISTRICT MUSEUM Tel: Brian Howard The Railway Station, Station Road, Halesworth, IP19 8BZ Web: office@halesworthmuseum.org.uk Opening times: Opening Times April 2018 onwards Tues-Sat, 10.00am to 12.30pm; Weds afternoon s 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Group visits by arrangement. Entrance fee: Free, donations welcomed. Housed in the old Halesworth Station building, the Museum houses displays on the history and life of Halesworth and the surrounding villages and collections of photographs, historical notes, etc. Local studies research area available for use. Exhibitions: See website for latest exhibitions LAXFIELD MUSEUM The Guildhall IP13 8DU Tel: Published: 20 February 2018 Page 19 of 28

20 Web: Opening times: Opens Saturday 28 April 2018, close Sunday 30 September pm to 5.00pm, Open every Saturday, Sunday Entrance fee: Free. Donations welcome. Housed on the first floor of the 15th century Guildhall, displays on nineteenth and twentieth century rural, domestic and working life. Displays include local archaeology, natural history, shop, farming implements, Victorian kitchen, and an old outside privy. LONG SHOP MUSEUM, LEISTON Tel: Stuart Hines Main St, Leiston IP16 4ES Web: Opening times: Open 20 March to 30 October2018. June - September and school holidays Mon to Sat 10.00am to 5.00pm, Sun 11.00am to 3.00pm. March, April, May and October (except bank holidays) Tue to Sat 10.00am to 5.00pm Sun 11.00am to 3.00pm Entrance fee: Adults 6.50, Children (4-16) 3.50, Young People (17-21) 5.00, under 4 s free Housed on the original Garrett Works site and covers 200 years of Leiston's social and industrial history. Events see website. MILDENHALL AND DISTRICT MUSEUM 6 King Street, Mildenhall IP28 7EX Tel: Group bookings in/out of normal hours, info@mildenhallmuseum.co.uk Web: Opening times: Opening times. Tues., Wed, Thurs, Sat 2.00pm pm, Fri am pm After 29 Oct closes 4.00pm See website for 2018 opening date Entrance fee: Admission free, donations welcome Galleries cover Prehistory, Roman (including complete set of copies of the items in the Mildenhall Treasure), Anglo-Saxon (including warrior and horse from same grave at RAF Lakenheath, Fenland, Breckland, the town, Mildenhall airfield, Victorian kitchen and cellar, post WW2 room. Temporary displays will be named on the museum's website. MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE Tel: Patsy Cane Iliffe Way, Stowmarket IP14 1DL Web: enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk Opening times: Museum opens fully on 24 March 2018, Tues Sat see website for times 10.00am to 4.30pm Sun 11.00am to 4.30pm Mondays on bank holidays and school holidays 10.00am to 4.30pm Event times vary, see website for details. Entrance fee: Adults 8.25, Concessions 7.15, Child 4.70, Family SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM Tel: The Keep, Gibraltar Barracks, Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3RN Web: info@suffolkregimentmuseum.co.uk Opening times: 9.30am pm every Wednesday each month and on the FIRST Sunday each month, Group visits are welcome, by prior arrangement Entrance fee: free Housed in a grade II listed Keep built in The display tells the story of the regiment from its foundation in 1685 until it s amalgamation with The Royal Norfolk Regiment in Published: 20 February 2018 Page 20 of 28

21 WICKHAM MARKET Area Archive Centre Wickham Market Village Hall, High Street IP13 0HE Tel: Philip Tallent Web: Opening times: as shown. Entrance price: as shown 24 Mar The Basque Refugees in Wickham Market Workhouse Exhibition 11:00am to 5:00pm 1:00pm Unveiling of blue plaque at Deben Court (the old Dr Ed Packard & Workhouse), 2:00pm to 3:00pm Talk others 18 May Campsea Ashe Station - Its History and Restoration, 5.00, Ros and Bob 7.30pm start Webb 16,19 & 28 May 13 June 7 July 3 & 20 Aug Guided Walks - "More of the old shops of Wickham Market" A walk of about 2 miles, taking about 2 hours, all starting at 2:00pm. Leaves from The Bus Shelter, The Hill on 16th and 19th May Leaves from Wickham Market Area Archive Centre, Village Hall on other dates Price 5.00 per person Book by phoning Check our web site for additional dates WOODBRIDGE MUSEUM Tel: a Market Hill IP12 4LP Web: Bob.merrett@btinternet.com Opening times: Open Easter until the end of October - Thursday to Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm. Daily during school holidays. Entrance fee: Adults 1.00, Children (5-16) 30p Free quiz sheets for children. Tells the story of Woodbridge from earliest times. Including the Elizabethan lawyer and benefactor Thomas Seckford, the painter Thomas Churchyard and the translator Edward FitzGerald. See also events by Friends of Woodbridge Museum entry in societies section. Museums and Resource Centres that are currently not members of SLHC BENTWATERS COLD WAR MUSEUM Tel: Building 134, Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham IP12 2TW Web: info@bcwm.org.uk Opening times: 10.00am to 16.00pm April 1,2 & 15; May 6,7,20,27 & 28; June 3 & 17; July 1 & 15; August 5,19,26 & 27; September 2 &16. Entrance fee: 5, Child (14/under) free, Concessions 4. Museum is based in the United States Air Force (USAF) hardened command post on the former Bentwaters airbase which closed after the withdrawal of the USAF in 1993 and is believed to be the only such building open to the public in the UK and Europe. Visitors can experience the Cold War history with guides and talks about the operations of the base with detailed displays of the units stationed at both RAF Bentwaters and nearby RAF Woodbridge since WWII. Aircraft on display include English Electric Lightning, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter, BAC Jaguar, McDonnell Douglas Phantom BRANDON HERITAGE CENTRE George Street IP27 0BX Web: Tel: info@brandonheritage.org Published: 20 February 2018 Page 21 of 28

22 Opening times: Open April to November Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10.00am to 4.00pm. Entrance fee: Free A permanent collection telling the story of Brandon from the Stone Age to the present day. BUNGAY MUSEUM Tel: Council Office, Broad Street, Bungay, NR35 1EE Web: tbc Opening times: Mon Fri: 9.00am to 1.00pm, 2.00pm to 4.30pm. Closed weekends Entrance fee: Adults: 1.00 Children Under 16: free Displays relating to the heritage, society and businesses of the town. Archaeology includes Prehistoric, Roman and Saxon artefacts, and there are geological specimens and a model and pictures of Bungay Castle. Other displays relate to the prosperous Printing industry, coins and local trade tokens, and memorabilia connected with the family of a local Victorian philanthropist, John Barber Scott, and the novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard. CLARE ANCIENT HOUSE MUSEUM 26 High Street, Clare CO10 8NY Web: Tel: info@clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk Opening times: Open April to September Thursday, Friday and Sundays 2.00pm to 5.00pm Entrance fee: Adults 1, children under 16 free. Exhibitions about Clare the town, Clare Castle and photographs, in a Grade I listed building famous for its pargeting. Tours of the town can be arranged for groups. DUNWICH MUSEUM Tel: St. James Street, Dunwich IP17 3DT Web: info@dunwichmuseum.org.uk Opening times: March weekends 2.00pm 4.00pm April to October: Daily 11:30am to 4:30pm Entrance fee: free, donations welcome. Group & visits by arrangement. Tells the story of a city lost to the sea through the narrative of its collection and the knowledge of its staff. The Dunwich story spans the first millennium to the present day; and what the sea has taken. A detailed model shows you what Dunwich was like at the height of its powers in the 13th Century, and the exhibits cover Roman, Saxon, Medieval, Elizabethan, Jacobean Georgian and Victorian periods. Website includes useful research and image databases. HALESWORTH AIRFIELD MEMORIAL MUSEUM Sparrowhawk Way, Upper Holton, Halesworth, IP19 8NH Web: Tel: info@halesworthairfieldmuseum.co.uk Opening times: Open every Sunday and Bank Holiday April to October, 2.00pm 5.00pm Entrance fee: Free admission The Halesworth Airfield Museum houses an extensive collection of World War Two memorabilia, including many items specific to the airfield. Walking through the museum visitors get the feel of what life was like in the 1940s for the servicemen who stayed there. HAVERHILL & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE Tel: Tony Turner Haverhill Arts Centre, High Street CB9 8AR Web: haverhillhistuk@gmail.com Opening times: Thursday and Friday 2.00pm to 4.00pm. Saturday 10.30am to 3.30pm. Opening times may vary, especially in holiday periods. Please ring to confirm. Entrance fee: Free. Published: 20 February 2018 Page 22 of 28

23 Local history and photographs, displays that change annually, can be used as a study centre with many resources available to support local history study. Coffee shop and Toilets. IPSWICH TRANSPORT MUSEUM Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road IP3 9JD Web: Tel: enquiries@ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk Opening times: Open 18 March to 2 December 2018 See web site for opening days/times Special event days - check special event web page for times Entrance fee: Adult: 5.50 Child (5-14): 3.50 Concession: 5.00, Family Ticket (2 adults up to 3 children): 16.00, under 5 s free Events: Adult: 7.00, Child (5-14): 4.50, Concession: 6.00, Family Ticket (2 adults up to 3 children): 20.00, under 5 s free The Ipswich Transport Museum has the largest collection of transport items in Britain devoted to just one town. Everything was either made or used in and around Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. LANMAN MUSEUM Framlingham Castle, Framlingham Suffolk. IP13 9BP Web: Opening times: Check website for details Entrance fee: English Heritage website Tel: Trevor Jessop trevorjessop@btinternet.com LONG MELFORD HERITAGE CENTRE Tel: Chemists Lane, CO10 9JG Web: nunnjohn@btinternet.com Opening times: Check website for opening date and times Entrance fee: free LOWESTOFT HERITAGE WORKSHOP Tel: a High Street, Wildes Score, Lowestoft NR32 1XN Web: tbc Opening times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Entrance fee: 2.50 LOWESTOFT MARITIME MUSEUM Tel: Jim Aguss Sparrows Nest Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1XG Web: admin@lowestoftmaritimemuseum.org.uk Opening times: Easter week 30 March to 7 April Daily from 28 April to 27 October 10.00am to 5.00pm Entrance fee: Adults: 2.00 Children (5-16 years): 0.50 Seniors: 1.00 Museum housed is housed in a pretty cottage that sits between the North Sea and the Sparrow s Nest Park and has an extensive series of displays. MECHANICAL MUSIC MUSEUM Blacksmith Road, Cotton. IP14 4QN Web: Opening times: see website for 2018 opening times and events. Tel: Jonathan Ling info@mechanicalmusicmuseum.co.uk Published: 20 February 2018 Page 23 of 28

24 Entrance fee: See website for admission charges. A unique collection of Music boxes, gramophones, polyphones, street pianos, barrel organs and a Wurlitzer theatre organ as well as many other unusual items. MID SUFFOLK LIGHT RAILWAY MUSEUM Tel: Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket IP14 5PW Web: secretary@mslr.org.uk Opening times: 11.00am to 5.00pm Open on all Sundays and Bank Holidays until August 27 plus Easter steam up 1 April 2 April Middy in the War Years 6 May 7 May Entrance fee: Adult 10.00, child (under 16) 4.00, concession 8.00, family (2+2) Suffolk s only preserved steam railway NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM Tel: The Street, Flixton, Bungay NR35 1NZ Web: nsam.flixton@tesco.net Opening times: April to October Sun to Thurs 10.00am to 5.00pm. Entrance fee: Admission free, donations welcome Over 66 aircraft, both military and civil, fixed wing and rotary, from the pioneering years to the present day. 30,000 artefacts of every description can also be viewed within three hangars and seven themed buildings, including RAF Bomber Command, Air-Sea Rescue, Royal Observer Corps, 446 Bomb Group USAAF. Special displays include Link Trainers, Boulton & Paul, RAF Decoy Crews, aircraft models, 1940s Home Front and wreckology. Exhibits include aero engines, weaponry, uniforms, personal effects, and everything connected with aviation. Special events are held throughout the year. ORFORD MUSEUM Tel: Jennifer Hall Orford Museum is in the Upper Hall of Orford Castle. IP12 2ND Web: curator@orfordmuseum.org.uk Opening times: Daily opening in the summer, for exact dates and times please check: Entrance fee: Charge for admission to the castle. PAKENHAM WATER MILL Pakenham Water Mill, Mill Road, Pakenham, Bury St Edmunds. IP31 2NB. Web: Tel: info@pakenhamwatermill.org.uk Opening times: Mill open 31 March to 30 September Thurs 10.00am to 4.00pm, Sat, Sun & Bank Holidays 1.00pm to 4.30pm. Tea Room: as Mill hours. Events: 2 April - Easter event and egg hunt, 1.00pm 4.00pm, Adults 2, Children May - National mills and wildlife day, 11.00am 4.00pm, BBQ, bar and refreshments, adults 2, children free. 24 June - Vintage power day, 11.00am 4.00pm, Brass band, BBQ, bar and refreshments, adults 2, children free. 9 Sept - Heritage Day Traditional crafts, folk music, milling and baking demonstrations. BBQ, bar and refreshments am pm, FREE ADMISSION. Entrance fee: Guided tours - Adults 5.00, Senior Citizens 4.50, Children Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) 13. Parking free The 18th century watermill, the last working watermill in Suffolk and is owned by the Suffolk Building Preservation Trust SAXMUNDHAM MUSEUM 49 High Street IP17 1AJ Tel: Richard Crisp Published: 20 February 2018 Page 24 of 28

25 Web: Opening times: Museum opens April to September, 10:00am to 1:00pm, Monday to Saturday including Bank Holidays (except Good Friday). Entrance fee: Free. Donations welcome The museum, originally a bakers shop features different aspects of Saxmundham life. SOUTHWOLD MUSEUM Tel: Victoria Street IP18 6HZ Web: southwold.museum@btinternet.com Opening times: Museum opens 2.00pm pm, 1 st April to end of October Entrance fee: Free. Donations welcome Southwold's cottage museum is dedicated to the local & natural history of this corner of Suffolk. It houses a collection of objects, paintings, photographs, models & wildlife exhibits, from fossil remains through sea battles, the development of the town's architecture, its industries and artistic life, the rise and fall of its railway, its famous land-locked lighthouse, it s changing coastline, to the 20th century transformation into a prosperous resort. SUDBURY HERITAGE CENTRE AND MUSEUM Tel: Sudbury Town Hall, Gaol Lane, Sudbury, CO10 1TL Web: david.burnett@uwclub.net Opening times: 9.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday Entrance fee: Free A series of illustrated boards recount Sudbury s long history and tell the stories of local men who died in the two World Wars. Another section remembers the airmen of the USAAF 486 th Bomb Group, stationed here in WWII, whilst further displays, showcases and computer screens explore the town s history in greater depth. WOOLPIT & DISTRICT MUSEUM Tel: Woolpit Institute, The Street IP30 9RF Web: museum@woolpit.org Opening times: Sat/Sun and Bank Holiday Monday 2.00pm till 4.30pm from Easter until last weekend in September Entrance fee: Free Probably the smallest museum in Suffolk. Displays include a Victorian/Edwardian Kitchen: Green Children: Woolpit Brickworks and what happened to the men on the Woolpit War Memorial. Talks and village tours can also be arranged by appointment Articles for SLHC Newsletter and Suffolk Review Contributions are always welcome for the Newsletter and the Suffolk Review. Please send your articles to the following: Newsletter Editor: newsletter@slhc.org.uk Suffolk Review Editor: review.editor@slhc.org.uk Focus on. Focus on is the new name for Day Meetings, they continue to be are an excellent opportunity for societies to share research, display historical documents and finds and present their communities to SHLC members. There will also be occasional Focus on Sources. There will be presentations and how to use sessions on a particular source document such as maps to help SLHC members with their research. If you are interested in being part of the ongoing programme of Focus on. please contact: Day Meetings Co-ordinator: focuson@slhc.org.uk Published: 20 February 2018 Page 25 of 28

26 SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: Lowestoft Branch - The Library, Clapham Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1DR Web: lowestoft.ro@suffolk.gov.uk Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm Taster Workshops A series of 1-hour workshops on the basics for family and local history. Topics will include parish registers, civil registration, school records and maps. Dates and further details will be advertised on the website and in branch. Walks ( 7.50) Peto s Lowestoft Larks in the Parks Ivan Bunn Ivan Bunn 20 May 11.00am 22 July 11.00am SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: Bury St Edmunds Branch - 77 Raingate Street IP33 2AR Web: bury.ro@suffolk.gov.uk Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm Talks ( 7.50) Suffolk Lives and Life ( ) British India from Contemporary Postcards FIBIS - India Office Records Family History Sources Written in Stone inscriptions Secret Bury St Edmunds The Guildhall and the Work of the Guildhall Feoffees in Late Stuart and Georgian Bury St Edmunds Lawson Lies Still in the Thames: The Extraordinary Life of Vice Admiral Sir John Lawson Dr Pat Murrell Robert Butterworth Snr Valmay Young Martyn Taylor Martyn Taylor Dr Pat Murrell Gill Blanchard 3 Mar 10.00am 10 Mar 10.00am 7 April 10.00am 21 April 10.00am 28 April 10.00am 5 May 10.00am 19 May 10.00am SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: Ipswich Branch - Gatacre Road IP1 2LQ Web: ipswich.ro@suffolk.gov.uk Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm Talks ( 7.50) The Black Death The Ipswich Urban Archaeology Database Project Stories and Folk Legends from Transylvania Voices from the Workhouse Dr Mark Bailey Dr Hannah Cutler John Row Janette Robinson 3 Mar 10.30am 12 Mar 7.30pm 17 Mar 10.30am 12 May 10.30am Workshops ( 25.00) House History Palaeography Part 1 Palaeography Part 2 EDUCATION Heather Marshall Bridget Hanley Bridget Hanley 22 Mar 2.00pm 23 April 2.00pm 7 May 2.00pm Record Office Visits for societies and groups? A behind the scenes look at an archive to learn about how records are selected, preserved, stored and shared with the public? Suffolk Record Office s popular day time and evening visits include a strong room tour, a talk on the record office and a selection of archives tailored to your group s interests. 60 day time and 65 evening Published: 20 February 2018 Page 26 of 28

27 NATIONAL TRUST Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DJ Web: Start time: 2.00pm 4 Mar 11 Mar 10 June 17 June 24 June 16 Sept 30 Sept Entrance price: Historia: Wonder Women of the Wuffings Gold-Adorned Queen- the Lady of the Mead Hall Wise Women, Saints or Princesses? Burials of notable women in 7 th century women Anglo-Saxon Woman, Women, Womanhood Five Alpha Females: Some commanding women from Anglo- Saxon England Women and cloth in Early Anglo-Saxon England: a feminist perspective Angels of Death: The role of women in Anglo-Saxon burial practices Tel: Rebecca Harpur rebecca.harpur@nationaltrust.org.uk Dr Sam Newton Stephen Pollington Dr Catherine Hill Prof Gale Owen- Crocker Prof Marin Carver Dr Sue Harrington Dr Richard Hoggett The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) In May 2018 new regulations comes in to force concerning how personal data is handled and is the concern of all organisations that retain details of names and addresses of its members. There is guidance on the Information Commissioners website: Other providers of courses, day schools and lectures: Organisation Web address Telephone No. Centre of East Anglian Studies Field Studies Council Ipswich Reading Institute reading Room & Library University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Ipswichinstitute.org.uk University of the Third Age Workers Educational Association Wuffing Education Recruitment Poster We are on a recruitment drive and ask for your help. On the next page is an A4 sized poster, members are asked to print out and display in a suitable place such as your meeting room, village hall, church, pub, college, anywhere people like you will see it. Thanks for helping. Published: 20 February 2018 Page 27 of 28

28 Interested in your local history? Want to read the latest research? Keen to attend interesting conferences and exhibitions? SLHC can offer all this and more. Membership is open to individuals as well as historical societies and groups. In return you will receive twice a year the Suffolk Review, SLHC Newsletter and Calendar, free access to an annual local history conference, day meetings and societies day. Society members will also have access to a speakers list. Further details at Published: 20 February 2018 Page 28 of 28