Sunday 6th May 2007
Otley Hall Open Day
Otley Hall, Otley
By or for Otley Hall
Start: 1pm - Ends: 5pm - Charges: £5 for adults, £2.50 for children
Details: A special Open Day is being held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Bartholomew Gosnold's founding of Jamestown, Virginia, the first English-speaking colony in America. Otley Hall was the family seat of the Gosnolds for many years. Otley Hall is a stunning 16th century hall set in 10 acres of award winning gardens. The hall will be open for all to explore with experienced guides on hand to give detailed information on the hall's history. There will be plenty of activities for all the family with falconry displays, archery for all to try, tudor dancing and a bouncy castle. Refreshments will be available.
Contact: Lucy Rudduck
Tel: 01473 890264
Email: enquiries(at)otleyhall.co.uk

 

Sunday 6th May & Monday 7th May 2007
Magic Ear Exhibition
The Transmitter Block, Bawdsey, Suffolk
By or for Bawdsey Radar Group
Start: 12 noon - Ends: 4.00 pm - Charges: Adults £2.50, Children Free
Details: The 'Magic Ear' exhibition tells the story of radar.
In 1937 Bawdsey was the first of the chain home radar stations which played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain.
2007 is the 70th Anniversary of Bawdsey Radar Station.
Contact: Mary Wain
Tel: 07821 162879
Email: info(at)bawdseyradargroup.co.uk
Message: The Transmitter Block is off the B1083, 1 mile beyond Bawdsey Village and about 1 mile from Bawdsey Quay. There is access to Bawdsey Quay from Felixstowe via the foot ferry.

 

Sunday May 6th & Monday May 7th
Suffolk Game & Country fair
Little Glemham Hall, near Woodbridge
By Fenland fairs
Start: 9am - Ends: 5pm
Charges: £7 for adults. Children under 13 go free
Details: Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Elizabethan Little Glemham Hall by kind permission of Major Hope-Cobbold, the Suffolk Game and Country Fair offers a vast range of rural attractions for all the family, from terrier racing to vintage machinery.
There will be a full programme of main arena events including displays of heavy horse logging, gun dogs and a sheepdog demonstration.
Little Glemham Hall is clearly signposted off the A12, approximately eight miles north of Woodbridge.
For further information please visit the website at www.fenlandfairs.com or Tel: 01485 528954

 

Monday 7th May 2007
MENDLESHAM STREET FAYRE
MENDLESHAM
By or for MENDLESHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Start: 1200 - Ends: 1700 - Charges: £2:50 Adults - Children Free
Details: Glen Moriston Pipe Band - Dog Show -Morris Men - Childrens Entertainment -
Sambatura - Stalls - Live Music - Birds of Prey - Maypole Dancing - Arts & Crafts Show - Free Car Parking
Contact: Jean Abbott
Tel: 01449 766895

 

Saturday 12th May 2007
Café Olé
St John's Church, Woodbridge
By or for Fairtrade For Woodbridge & St John's Starts 9.30am - Ends 12.00noon - Charges: Free entry but bring spending money!
A Fairtrade café at St John’s Church, Castle St, Woodbridge, serving delicious homemade cakes with Fairtrade tea or coffee. Many Fairtrade items for sale. A great place to learn more about Fairtrade and the local campaign to make Woodbridge an official Fairtrade Town. See www.fairtradeforwoodbridge.org.uk for more details.
Contact: Marc Fowler, Tel. 0
Email: marc(at)fairtradeforwoodbridge.org.uk

 

Saturday, 12th May 2007
A Night at the Opera
St. Mary's Church, Woodbridge
By or for Britten-Pears Chamber Choir
Start: 7.30 pm - Ends: 9.15 pm - Charges: £10 unreserved (under 12s free)
Details: Singers from the acclaimed National Opera Studio perform a programme of quartets, trios, duets and solos.
Contact: Miranda Kendall
Tel: 07767 824 923
Email: miranda(at)bythecrossways.co.uk
Message: This concert is being held in support of the Britten-Pears Chamber Choir

 

Sunday 13 May 2007
Suffolk Wildlife Trust Local Plant Sale
Grange Farm Shop, Hasketon
By or for Suffolk Wildlife Trust Woodbridge Group
Start: 11 am - Ends: 1,30 pm - Charges: Free
Details: Popular annual plant sale. Locally grown plants at great prices plus the SWT sales stall and a raffle
Contact: Helen Taylor
Tel: 01728 747528
Email: helen.taylor(at)ageconcernsuffolk.org.uk
Message: Telephone in evenings

 

Wed 16th May 07 to Sat 19th May 07
"Post Horn Gallop"
Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge School
By or for The Deben Players
Starts 7.45pm - Ends 10.00pm - Charges: Adult £9.00 / Concessions £7.00 A very funny farce by Derek Benfield presented by the award winning Deben Players.
Call the box office on: 01394 615015 for tickets.
Website: www.debenplayers.org.uk
Contact: Steve Parks, Tel. 01394 676691
Email: steveparks(at)debenplayers.org.uk

 

 

Saturday 19th May 2007
Woodbridge Books, Thoroughfare, Woodbridge
Starting at 10am
Book signing by local author Maureen Wills for her new childrens book "Dragons of Honeysuckle Valley"

 

Saturday 19th May 2007
The Crown, Framlingham
Starts 10.30am, ends 12.30pm
Book-signing - John Bridges, author of The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town

Listen to a sound recording - Nick Jenkins interviews author John Bridges. (Sound file courtesy of Framlingham.com)
The book is published by www.poppyland.co.uk.

 

Friday 18th May 2007
CEILIDH/ BARN DANCE
Kesgrave Community Centre. Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave
By or for Fiona Farrell, for Out & About
Start: 7:30pm - Ends: Midnight - Charges: £10 per ticket, includes buffet supper
Details: The Syzewell Gap Band will be playing from 8- 1:30pm, with a break for food. Doors open at 7:30pm, and the bar will be open from this time until Midnight. There will be a Licensed Bar & a Raffle on the night. We are funraising for Out & About, a local charity which provides support for disabled children & young people to access mainstream, leisure activities (www.out-and-about.org.uk for more info about the charity).
Contact: Fiona Farrell
Tel: 07739 848910
Email: fiona.k.farrell(at)btinternet.com
Message: Seats can be reserved

 

Friday 25th May 2007
Saturday 26th May 2007
Monday 28th May 2007
Jumper, ladies wear shop in the Thoroughfare
To celebrate 20 years in Woodbridge, the store is offering 20% off.

 

Sunday 27th May 2007
The long awaited opening of the Bentwaters Cold War Museum will take place on Sunday 27th May 2007, after 4 years of work, the museum is ready to open, although we will still be adding further displays over the coming months and years.

 

Sunday 27th May 2007
Otley Hall Open Day
Otley Hall, Otley
By or for Otley Hall
Start: 1pm - Ends: 5pm - Charges: Adults £5, children £2.50
Details: Otley Hall will be holding an Open Day on Sunday May 27th. Otley Hall is a stunning 16th century hall set in 10 acres of award winning gardens. The Hall will be open for all to explore with experienced guides on hand to give detailed information on the hall's history. The day will be a fun outing for all the family. We will have classic cars on site provided by Suffolk Vehicle Enthusiasts. We will be joined by the Renaissance Company, a Tudor recreation group who will be providing Tudor dancing and giving talks and demonstrations on tudor ways of life. There will be plenty of children's activities including a bouncy castle and crown and shield making. Refreshments will be available.
Contact: Lucy Rudduck
Tel: 01473 890264
Email: enquiries(at)otleyhall.co.uk

 

Monday 28th May 2007
Plant Sale
44 St. Mary's Close, Trimley St. Mary (Nr. Felixstowe)
By or for Theresa Blake, in aid of The Disability Advice Service
Starts 12.00pm - Ends 3.00pm - Charges: Free by popular demand 5th Annual plant sale Tombola, Tea & Cakes etc.
Charity no. 802839
Contact: Theresa Blake, Tel. 01394 212879
Email: gandt.blake(at)ntlworld.com

 

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30/05/07 First Aid at Work 4 days 09.00 - 17.00
Please contact me for further information or call our booking hotline 01473 241500.
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