I hope you received your email/letter from your electricity provider saying that the Government Energy Support Scheme was giving you £200 towards your alternative fuel costs, e.g. oil, firewood, bottled gas and lorry delivered gas, coal etc. The amount will be paid to your electricity provider and in our case British Gas. Good news so … Continue reading Hey Off Griders
Author: simplepieman
IF ONLY
It is always with hindsight that we see the errors of our past. I wonder if those who control our roads will regret not doing more to ensure that this pavement-less village is a far safer place to walk if one of our children or older resident is injured or killed by a speeding motorist. … Continue reading IF ONLY
WW2 Reveal
Although not Shottisham the Greenkeepers at Woodbridge Golf Course in Bromswell have revealed a World War 2 type 2 pill box which was part of the WW2 military strongpoint at Wilford Rise. This is shown on the Suffolk Heritage Explorer, but on the Pill Box Study Group Extended Database of WW2 defences it is noted … Continue reading WW2 Reveal
My Favourite Places Near the Deben (Part 2)
About one and one half miles south of Waldringfield lies the publess Hemley. I have looked online and I cannot see that the Village ever had a pub. In 1855 the Village, described as 'pleasant' in the History Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk, only had 63 souls, 75 acres of water and 750 acres of … Continue reading My Favourite Places Near the Deben (Part 2)
Chocolate Teapot or Defibrillator Update
I would make a joke about what is less useful a chocolate teapot or a defibrillator where the code does not open the cabinet, but it is too serious. The defibrillator has been hung on the toilet block of the Sorrel Horse for a few years and at one time had the access code taped … Continue reading Chocolate Teapot or Defibrillator Update
Telephone Exchanges Request For Information
We have had this request for information. Please read the post and if you can help with information please respond to cranston1955@gmail.com (John Cranston) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once upon a time, a telephone was a rarity. A piece of wood, metal or bakelite screwed or tied to a wall, it offered few opportunities to annoy one's fellow … Continue reading Telephone Exchanges Request For Information
My Favourite Places Near the Deben (Part 1)
Waldringfield from Stonner Point with a Spring Tide It is difficult to say which is my favourite spot in this area of The Deben because there are so many but Stonner Point across from Waldringfield is certainly one of them. Stonner Point is a quiet and beautiful place so I am going to start this … Continue reading My Favourite Places Near the Deben (Part 1)
Ahoy me Landlubbers
I find it a little bit disconcerting when I book to see something new and I have attended a few things that have been new to me. Les Mis was one. I must admit I was not looking forward to that, The Cream at the East Ham Town Hall in the '60s and not more … Continue reading Ahoy me Landlubbers
Even the Train Station is Named Elsewhere
It has long been a desire to visit the Dog and Duck at Campsea Ashe for a meal. We have been calling the pub the Dog and Duck but ‘The Duck’ is what it is called on its website. 'What Pub' records that it changed its name to The Duck in 2016, after a refit. … Continue reading Even the Train Station is Named Elsewhere
Not a Red Flag
I watched an old program about the preparation of an Antique Darracq Car to compete in the London to Brighton Rally. At the beginning of the rally a reg flag was torn in two to represent the start of modern motoring through the appeal of the Red Flag Act. The Locomotive Act of 1865 introduced … Continue reading Not a Red Flag
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