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How war took its toll on this town

How war took its toll on this town

How war took its toll on this town

16 January 2024

Historian Martyn Taylor looks at the impact of World War One on this Suffolk town.


‘I share your disappointment and anger’: Council leader backs campaign to keep historic archives in town

‘I share your disappointment and anger’: Council leader backs campaign to keep historic archives in town

‘I share your disappointment and anger’: Council leader backs campaign to keep historic archives in town

12 January 2024

The leader of West Suffolk Council, Cliff Waterman, has backed the campaigns to keep archives in historic market town.


Meet the characters from this busy street’s past

Meet the characters from this busy street’s past

Meet the characters from this busy street’s past

09 January 2024

We take trip back in time with historian Martyn Taylor.


How Canon’s musical turn helped many

How Canon’s musical turn helped many

How Canon’s musical turn helped many

06 January 2024

Historian Martyn Taylor reveals the unusual life-long hobby of a canon.


‘It’s just not on:’ Town historian slams ‘bombshell’ plan to axe archive branch

‘It’s just not on:’ Town historian slams ‘bombshell’ plan to axe archive branch

‘It’s just not on:’ Town historian slams ‘bombshell’ plan to axe archive branch

03 January 2024

A town historian has blasted plans to close the West Suffolk branch of the county archives facility.

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Meet the Suffolk mastermind behind 1,000 collectable tea cards

Meet the Suffolk mastermind behind 1,000 collectable tea cards

Meet the Suffolk mastermind behind 1,000 collectable tea cards

03 January 2024

A Suffolk tea and coffee firm may have sold its last packet of tea containing a collectable card, but the tradition is set to continue.


Five of a Suffolk prison’s most famous and infamous past inmates

Five of a Suffolk prison’s most famous and infamous past inmates

Five of a Suffolk prison’s most famous and infamous past inmates

01 January 2024

With a Suffolk prison increasing its capacity by more than half, we take a look at some of the people that have spent time there.


See Thetford’s changing landscape since 2009

See Thetford’s changing landscape since 2009

See Thetford’s changing landscape since 2009

30 December 2023

Using Google Street View we take a look at just how much this town has changed.


See these Newmarket businesses from more than a decade ago

See these Newmarket businesses from more than a decade ago

See these Newmarket businesses from more than a decade ago

28 December 2023

Transport back to over 10 years ago and see which businesses occupied some well-known streets in Newmarket.


‘Disappointment’ as bid to protect long-closed village pub rejected

‘Disappointment’ as bid to protect long-closed village pub rejected

‘Disappointment’ as bid to protect long-closed village pub rejected

24 December 2023

A bid to protect a historic 17th Century village pub as a community asset has been rejected due to ‘lack of evidence’.


‘Real characters and undefinable community spirit’: Former shop owner shares his memories of Suffolk town

‘Real characters and undefinable community spirit’: Former shop owner shares his memories of Suffolk town

‘Real characters and undefinable community spirit’: Former shop owner shares his memories of Suffolk town

22 December 2023

A former shop owner shares his memories of growing up in a Suffolk town in the 1950s.


Five great days when thousands flocked to see spectacular pageant

Five great days when thousands flocked to see spectacular pageant

Five great days when thousands flocked to see spectacular pageant

19 December 2023

Huge audiences flocked to see a cast of hundreds tell town’s story.


Have you spotted the clues that act as a reminder of this long gone Suffolk company?

Have you spotted the clues that act as a reminder of this long gone Suffolk company?

Have you spotted the clues that act as a reminder of this long gone Suffolk company?

12 December 2023

The business has gone but traces of this once thriving enterprise remain.


Bats, caves, spas and country houses – we explore the history that surrounds a sprawling housing estate

Bats, caves, spas and country houses – we explore the history that surrounds a sprawling housing estate

Bats, caves, spas and country houses – we explore the history that surrounds a sprawling housing estate

28 November 2023

Historian Martyn Taylor delves into a housing estate’s past.


The town where the number of pubs has more than halved

The town where the number of pubs has more than halved

The town where the number of pubs has more than halved

21 November 2023

Where have all the pubs gone? Historian mourns town’s lost drinking holes.


When our Suffolk saint brought thousands to the county

When our Suffolk saint brought thousands to the county

When our Suffolk saint brought thousands to the county

14 November 2023

It’s St Edmund’s Day next Monday, but the time was when England’s first patron saint had thousands of pilgrims paying homage.


Now and Then: Beatles’ ‘final’ song brings back bittersweet memories for Suffolk photographer

Now and Then: Beatles’ ‘final’ song brings back bittersweet memories for Suffolk photographer

Now and Then: Beatles’ ‘final’ song brings back bittersweet memories for Suffolk photographer

03 November 2023

The release of The Beatles new ‘final’ song has brought back bittersweet memories for a Suffolk photographer.


Nostalgia: Martyn Taylor details a special wartime archive

Nostalgia: Martyn Taylor details a special wartime archive

Nostalgia: Martyn Taylor details a special wartime archive

31 October 2023

Historian Martyn Taylor looks back at an extraordinary archive.


Memories and tales from a long-gone town pub

Memories and tales from a long-gone town pub

Memories and tales from a long-gone town pub

24 October 2023

Historian Martyn Taylor ‘visits’ a long-closed pub that had one of the country’s longest-serving landladies.


More than 100 Hollywood movie and TV props on display at exhibition

More than 100 Hollywood movie and TV props on display at exhibition

More than 100 Hollywood movie and TV props on display at exhibition

22 October 2023

Some of the biggest names in science fiction are being celebrated in Suffolk at a new exhibition.


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