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SUFFOLK LOCAL HISTORY COUNCIL

SOCIETIES’ DAY Saturday 7th MARCH 2020

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: 01206 271244, email: [email protected]

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 BRIAN THOMPSON The Challenge of Encouraging New Members to Family/Social History. Family History Society (Haverhill Group))

10.15 PAUL GARDEN The Victorian East Suffolk Police Constabulary SLHC Committee

10.45 COFFEE AND BISCUITS

11.05 SARAH DOIG Some of the archives acquired by The Friends for Suffolk Record Office FOSRO

11.35 SANDRA WALKER Ena, Stowupland’s local historian Stowupland Local History Group

12.05 ROD WEST 400 Years of Farming in Blaxhall Blaxhall Archives Group

12.35 VIEWING OF EXHIBITIONS AND SALE OF PUBLICATIONS

LUNCH PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH Coffee / tea will be available

2.20 KEVIN PULFORD Suffolk Stories: the value of Quarter Session Records SLHC Committee and Suffolk Family History

2.50 JOHN RAINER Community Archaeology in Suffolk: the use of technology for revealing hidden landscapes Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History

3.20 DR MARGARET THOMAS Conclusion and News update

TEA AND CAKES

- Society programmes The Calendar is arranged in to three - Museums and Resource Centres sections: - Education The first part of each section notes the activities and programmes of societies, museums and resource centres who are members of the SLHC.

SOCIETY PROGRAMMES Spring 2020 – Autumn 2020 Visitors are welcome to the Society Meetings listed, but are strongly recommended to telephone/email the contact in advance, and this is essential for outside visits. Further information on the activities of societies may be found on their websites. Entrance price where quoted is for non-members.

ALDE VALLEY Suffolk Family History Society Tel: Angela Skelcher United Church, 45a High Street, Leiston, IP16 4EL 01728 830 949 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://www.aldevalleyfamilyhistorygroup.onesuffolk.net 16 Mar 2.30pm - The Story of a Suffolk Bevin Boy at Waterloo Barbara McElroy Centre, Waterloo Avenue IP16 4HF 20 Apr AGM 18 May Evacuees to the East Coast Christopher Brooks 15 June Humour in Genealogy Chris Broom 20 July Life in Suffolk during the Plague Pip Wright

ALDEBURGH & District Local History Society Tel: Michelle Bloore Church Hall, Victoria Road, IP15 5EA 01728 453 670 Start time: 6:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.adlhs.org.uk 11 Mar AGM, C18th-19th Aldeburgh Boats and Fishing Robert Simper

BACTON & COTTON Local History Society Tel: Peter Wenban Bacton Village Hall, Church Rd, IP14 4LN 01449 781 095 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: http://cotton.onesuffolk.net/our-village/clubs- groups/bacton-and-cotton-local-history-society 17 Mar Did the eagle land? Luftwaffe landing grounds in Norfolk Huby Fairhead 21 Apr The Suffolk Medieval Cloth Industry Dr Nick Amor 19 May Ancient Trackways Dr Paulton-Smith 16 June Paradise to the Grave – Inns and Inn Signs John Goodhand

BARROW & District Local History Society Tel: Sylvia Greening Barrow Village Hall, The Street IP29 5AN 01284 810 270 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc

BECCLES & District Historical Society Tel: Lynette Muddeman Methodist & United Reformed Church, Hungate, NR34 01502 713 514 9TT Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: http://www.becclesanddistricthistoricalsociety.onesuffo lk.net 05 Mar : Bombing of a Coastal Town Bob Collis 02 Apr Norfolk’s Oldest Working Motor Car Philip Waltham 07 May The History of Surlingham Jenny Riley 18 May Members Day Excursion to Orford 25 June Members Day Excursion to Ely 05 Aug Members Day Excursion to Sutton Hoo

Page 1 of 21 18-21 Members Visit to Warwickshire/Worcestershire (Residential) Sept

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 http://www.fosro.org.uk to see what the friends do and how to join

BLACKBOURNE Local History Society Tel: Joanne Holdsworth Church Rooms, Old Bury Road, Stanton IP31 2BX 01359 220 011 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc 31 Mar Suffolk Villages - A local history of Stanton Stephen Govier 28 Apr Could local history research have prevented the Jacqueline Dominic Grixti Close collapse in ? The AGM and Raffle

BLO NORTON Local History Society Tel: Richard Dinnen Village hall, Middle Road IP22 2GA 01953 681 085 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.facebook.com/BNLHG

BRAMFORD Local History Society Tel: Beryl Sims St Mary’s Church Room, Ship Lane, IP8 4AN 01473 747 979 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.bramfordhistorygroup.org.uk 19 Mar Fiery Disasters Stuart Bowell 16 Apr An Historic Tour of Suffolk from the 17th to 20th centuries Stephen Poulter 21 May Witchfinder General Mark Mitchels 18 June at war John Bridges 09 July The Lost Business Signs of Borin Van Loon

BURY ST. EDMUNDS Past & Present Society Tel: Patricia Mackie The Guildhall, Guildhall St, IP33 1QB 01284 749 992 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: www.burypastandpresent.org.uk 02 Mar Annual General Meeting followed by: Tiles, Towers and Joanna Caruth Trenches: excavations at Court Knoll, Nayland

CLARE Historical and Archaeological Society Tel: Gill Hind Clare Old School Community Centre, Callis St CO10 8PE 01787 278 740 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.visit-clare.co.uk 06 Mar Who was Lionel, Duke of Clarence? Gill Hind 03 Apr The Stour Valley Path Peter Tatam 01 May Simon of Sudbury – the French Connection Roger Green

CODDENHAM Local History Society Tel: Sue Allison Haysel House, Mary Day Close IP6 9SR 01449 760 289 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://coddenham.onesuffolk.net/activities/historyclub 17 Mar East Anglian Almshouses Sarah Doig 21 April Matthias Candler John Pelling 19 May The Real Robin Hood Graham Higgins 16 June Visit - TBA 21 July Visit - TBA 15 Sept Bonfires & Bells Kate Jewell

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DEBENHAM Local History Society Tel: Sonia Godart-Brown Room 31, Debenham High School, Gracechurch Street IP14 6BL 07831 766 621 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.facebook.com/Debenhamhistorysociety/ 10 Mar Carnival! Drama & Popular Protest in Medieval Dr Kate Jewell 01 Apr At The Overseer’s Door Ray Whitehand 05 May St Edmund’s Abbey, town and country Martyn Taylor 02 June Village People: stories from Weston Longville Sheila Harrison 16 July Visit to Ipswich Transport Museum (£8 per person) Guided Tour

Plea from the Calendar Editor If you should see any errors or inaccuracies please email the calendar editor with the details at [email protected]

DRINKSTONE Local History Society Tel: Sheila Beswick Drinkstone Village Hall, Gedding Road IP30 9TF 01449 737 101 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.drinkstonevillage.co.uk/history 12 Mar Literature Letters and Diaries from our region Ashley Cooper 06 May Maria Marten, the Murder in the Red barn Bryan Thurlow 30 May (Sat) Let`s All Go To The Music Hall With the Hut Theatre 03 June Outing to Great War Huts

ELMSWELL History Group Tel: Stella Chamberlin Chamberlayne Hall, Blackbourne Centre, Elmswell, Suffolk IP30 01359 242 601 9UH Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.elmswell-history.org.uk 12 Mar Canals and Waterways Frances Hart 09 Apr Decorative Plasterwork in Elizabethan & Jacobean Suffolk Claire Gapper 14 May Tudor Costume in time of Henry VIII, 1485-1553 Jacquie Norman 11 Jun 7.00pm AGM, then The Cobbold Family Trust Anthony Cobbold 09 Jul 6.45pm – Outing to Mildenhall’s Warren Lodge Anne Mason 10 Sept Burial Practices (Anglo-Saxon to Victorian) Jenny Seggar

FELIXSTOWE History and Museum Society Tel: tbc Broadway House, Orwell Road, IP11 7DD 01394 674 355 (In conjunction with Felixstowe Family History Society for speakers meetings only) Start time: 7:03pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £1.00 Web: www.felixstowemuseum.org 11 Mar Behind the scenes of ‘Who do you Think You Are?’ Gill Blanchard 08 Apr The History of Spoken Language Charlie Haylock 13 May The Medway Queen – the heroine of Dunkirk Mark Bathurst 10 June Celebrating Suffolk Women Sarah Doig 08 July Radio Caroline Charles Wright / Brian Nichols

FRAMLINGHAM & District Local History & Preservation Tel: David Ransom Society United Free Church Hall, Riverside, IP13 9AG 01728 720 145 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://www.framlinghamarchive.org.uk 18 Mar Clarkes of Framlingham Tony Clarke 15 Apr The Roman Roads of East Anglia James Albone

FRESSINGFIELD Local History and Archive Group Tel: Andrew Vessey

Page 3 of 21 Sancroft Hall, Fressingfield, Eye IP21 5PB 01379 588 389 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://fressingfield.suffolk.cloud/organisations-in- fressingfield/fressingfield-local-history-and-archive- group/ 24 Mar AGM followed by Yesteryear in Fressingfield 28 Apr A little learning – History of Elementary Education Rosemary Steer 26 May Visit to Peartree Farm Barn conversions The Troughtons 23 June Visit to Pakenham Water Mill & Thelnetham Windmill 28 July Archive group presentation Mary Cufley 25 Aug Archaeology on the East Anglia Andy Peachey 22 Sept Becoming a House Detective Steven Poulter

GAZELEY History Society Tel: Hilary Appleton Gazeley Village Hall, The Street, Gazeley, Newmarket, CB8 8RD 01638 750 725 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: Twitter: @GazeleyHistory 17 Mar The history of horse racing in Newmarket Simon Gash 21 Apr AGM and members evening – Book progress, Maggie on Transportation to Australia 19 May Maps and map-making on the ground Tim Glasswell 16 June Further stories from the Millennium Tower Horry Parsons 21 July The Burston School Strike – the longest school strike in Bryan Thurlow English history Aug date tbc – Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 15 Sept Navigation Gerry Crease

GLEMSFORD Local History Society Tel: Margaret King Glemsford Primary Academy, Lion Road CO10 7RF 01787 280 996 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.50 Web: www.glemsfordhistory.co.uk 12 Mar Whistlecraft – a true story of a Suffolk poaching family Pip Wright 23 Apr Creating Theatre from Local History Sources Ivan Cutting 14 May The Wild West goes East – Buffalo Bill’s Tour of East Anglia Philip Lyons 1903 11 June Summer outing 09 July Summer social 10 Sept The Black Death Ron Murrell

GREAT BARTON History Society Tel: Jane Bream Village Hall, Elm Close, bury road IP31 2NR 01284 702 336 Start time: 2:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc 03 Mar Joan of Arc Joy Bounds 05 May The Green Ma Ron Murrell 01 Sept The Amazing Story of Rev. John Heigham Steggall, the Pip Wright Suffolk Gipsy.

GRUNDISBURGH Local History Society Tel: Geoff Caryer Parish Room The Green, IP13 6TA 01473 738 108 Start time: 7:30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: http://grundisburgh.suffolk.cloud/local-history 18 Feb Farming through the Ages Richard Garnham 17 Mar A ‘Voyage’ round the coast of East Anglia Robert Simper 21 Apr Made in Ipswich? Brian Dyes 19 May Woodbridge Long shed Bryan Knibbs 15 Sept Ipswich Theatres and Cinemas Eric Thorndyke

The HADLEIGH Society Tel: Graham Panton

Page 4 of 21 Old Town Hall, Market Place, IP7 5DN 01473 823 503 Start time: 8:00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.hadsoc.org.uk 25 Mar Sudbury Common lands and water ways Adrian Walters 05 May Where have the houses gone? Lisa Psarianos 17 June AGM 04 Aug Hadleigh Airfield Peter McGee

HALESWORTH & DISTRICT Museum Friends Group Tel: Brian Howard United Reformed Church, Quay Street, IP19 8EP 07552 508 893 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.halesworthmuseum.org.uk

HAVERHILL & DISTRICT Local History Society Tel: Tony Turner History Room, The Arts Centre, High Street CB9 8AR 01440 714 962 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.haverhilllhg.onesuffolk.net 25 Mar The Do-gooders and Haverhill Patrick Crouch 29 Apr Amateur Films 27 May AGM

IPSWICH & DISTRICT Historical Transport Society Tel: David Kerridge The Ipswich Citadel, The Salvation Army, 558 Woodbridge Road, 01473 424 904 Ipswich IP4 4PH Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.50 Web: www.ipswichanddistricthistoricaltransportsociety.co.uk 25 Mar Tallboy vs Tirpitz Robert Owen 22 Apr Special Event - Huntley Archives (£5 charge for advance Amanda Huntley tickets) 27 May Presentations by Members of the Norfolk Railway Society Sept AGM, tbc

IPSWICH Society Tel: Caroline Markham Museum Street Methodist Church, 17 Blackhorse Lane IP1 2EF 01473 226 878 Start time: tbc Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: Free Web: www.ipswichsociety.org.uk 18 Mar The story of Suffolk Food Hall and The Cook House Oliver Paul (including the Paul family, agriculture and the farm shop) 24 Apr Outing - Tutankhamun at the Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea 20 May Outing - Guided tours of Hadleigh and Finchingfield Guildhall 11 June Outing - Gressenhall Museum 7 July Outing - Kew Gardens 6 -14 Exhibition celebrating 500 years since the Field of the Cloth of Gold and the Ipswich June connection through Cardinal Wolsey at 3-5 Silent Street Ipswich IP1 1TF

LITTLE WALDINGFIELD History Society Tel: Diana Langford The Parish Room, Church Road, Little Waldingfield CO10 0SW 01787 248 298 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: http://littlewaldingfield.onesuffolk.net/organisations/little- waldingfield-history-society/ Blog: http://littlewaldingfieldhistorysociety.wordpress.com/ 18 Mar The life, work and music of Edward Ellis Vinnicombe Roger Green 15 Apr Can anyone keep a secret? - Bawdsey Radar and its role in Lynette Burgess WWII 20 May The Suffolk Mediaeval Cloth Industry Dr Nick Amor 17 June Tea for the British - With a Little Twist of Suffolk Miriam Stead 16 Sept St Felix and the Universal Quest for Happiness Revd Charles Mugleston

Page 5 of 21 LONG MELFORD Historical and Archaeological Society Tel: Julie Thomson Old School Community Centre, Hall St. CO10 9DX 01787 375 329 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: www.lmhas.co.uk 16 Apr AGM followed by Melford history in 10 images Dr Lyn Boothman 18 June Summer Outing, Meet 7.00 pm outside the Church of St Roger Kennell Mary's Hadleigh, Hadleigh Gems

LOWESTOFT Archaeological & Local History Society Tel: Marilyn Duerden South Lowestoft Methodist Church Hall, London Road South 01502 512 447 NR33 0DY Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.lowestoftlocalhistory.co.uk 12 Mar The Rev Francis Cunningham and the Abolition of Slavery Trudie Jackson 26 Mar The Dockside Dandies of Lowestoft Peter Wylie

MENDLESHAM History Group Tel: Sue Michell URC Chapel, Old Market Street, IP14 5SA 01449 766 434 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: tbc 18 Mar Land Army Girls Nicky Reynold 15 Apr Restoring timber frame buildings Rick Lewis 20 May Working in Antartica Geoff Caryer

Focus on…. “Focus on…” is the 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: [email protected]

MILDENHALL & DISTRICT Museum Society Tel: tbc Mildenhall and District Museum, 6 King Street, Mildenhall IP28 01638 716 970 7EX Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.mildenhallmuseum.co.uk 05 Mar Uncle Sam’s Roots in Eastern England Roger Pugh 02 Apr The Kings of Mildenhall Ray King 07 May Pulp Fact not Fiction Karen-Emma White 04 June Archaeology at the Mildenhall Hub Jo Caruth

MONEWDEN Local History Society Tel: Dave Steward Village Hall, Rookery Road IP13 7DA 07858 752 179 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: Facebook: Monewden Local History Society 11 Mar The lost aerodrome of Elmswell Peter McGee & Graham Mack 08 Apr The Tithe War in 1930's Suffolk Robert Halliday 09 Sept Over Paid, Over Sexed & Over Here, American G.I. Airmen Geoffrey Kay

MONKS ELEIGH History Group Tel: David Mills Village Hall, Church Hill, IP7 7JL 01449 744 918 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: tbc

Page 6 of 21 Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://monkseleighpc.onesuffolk.net/our- village/history/history-group 02 Mar Medieval Monks Eleigh Vivienne Aldous 30 Apr Annual Social Event

Societies Day Organiser Society’s 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. Anyone interested in taking up this role should contact our Chairman Dr Margaret Thomas [email protected]

NAYLAND with Wissington Conservation Society Tel: Jill Slater Nayland Village Hall, Church Lane CO6 4JH 01206 262 145 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: free Web: www.naylandconservation.org.uk 09 Mar AGM and Open Meeting Jules Pretty 22 June Open Meeting. Timber Framed Buildings. Rick Lewis

ONEHOUSE, HARLESTON and SHELLAND Local History Tel: Jill Raisey Group Trinity Hall (formerly Church Room), Forest Road, IP14 3HJ 01449 613132 Star t time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: https://www.onehouse.org.uk/local-history/ 03 Mar The History of Hospital Terry O’Donaghue 07 Apr Beyond Hatches, Matches & Dispatches Sara Doig 05 May Visit to Sudbury Heritage Centre, 6.30pm 02 June Visit – tbc 07 July Orchard Barn, 6.30pm 03 Sept Shepherd & Dog Meal, 7.00 for 7.30pm

RICKINGHALL, Botesdale, Hinderclay, Redgrave Tel: Linda Hudson The Heritage Circle Village Hall, Hinderclay Road, Rickinghall, IP22 1HD 01379 678 984 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.heritagecircle.onesuffolk.net 02 Mar The Maltster’s Tale – A Master Maltster promises to reveal all Ivor Murrell 22 Apr The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – People portrayed on pub John Goodhand signs 27 May Bonfires and Bells – Medieval celebrations Kate Jewell 24 June First Catch Your Hare – The cookbook of Hannah Glasse Frances Hart 22 July The Lore, Language and Healing of the Hedgerows Anne May 26 Aug Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards – including some Dave Steward mishaps at royal funerals 23 Sept Bound for Van Dieman’s Land – The tragic story of Alfred Chris Johnson Tallent of Hoxne

SAXMUNDHAM & District Local History Society Tel: Jenny Mann United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Road, IP17 01728 604 608 1BJ Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: tbc 12 Mar Russia Chris Parfitt 09 Apr The Great Exhibition & Crystal Palace Geoffrey Kay 14 May Witchfinder General Mark Mitchells 11 June Voices from the Workhouse (Wickham Market) Janette Robinson

SHOTLEY PENINSULA Local History Club Tel: Jenny Elsey

Page 7 of 21 Shotley Sailing Club, Queen Victoria Drive, Shotley Gate IP9 1PU 01473 852 040 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: http://shotley.onesuffolk.net/groups-2/shotley- peninsula-local-history-club/

SOUTH ELMHAM and District Local History Group Tel: Sue Riseborough St Margaret South Elmham Village Hall, IP20 0PJ 01986 782 244 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.southelmhamanddistrictlhg.onesuffolk.nett 26 Mar Venta Icenorum - 90 years of discovery, 10 years of ongoing Mike Pinner excavation: what have we learnt?' 30 Apr Minstrels and mayhem-medieval entertainers in Suffolk Kate Jewell 28 May Suffolk's medieval woollen cloth industry Nick Amor 24 Sept Suffolk postal history 1700-1840 Thomas Siemons

STOWUPLAND Local History Group Tel: Judy Clarke Village Hall, Church Road IP14 4BQ 01449 615 386 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.stowupland.com/history-group 04 Mar My Family of Criminals Jill Wright 01 Apr Parish Workhouses Ray Whitehand 06 May Witches in Suffolk Pip Wright 03 June Behind the Scenes at Who Do You Think You Are Gill Blanchard 01 July AGM 06 July Visit to Woolpit tbc 05 Aug Becoming a House Detective Stephen Poulton

STURMER Local History Society Tel: tbc Village Hall, The Street CB9 7XF 01440 712 038 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: tbc Web: http://www.essexinfo.net/sturmer-local-history-group June Date tbc Victorian Classroom Re-enactment 30 July Annual meeting

SUDBURY History Society Tel: Barry Wall Scout’s Hall Quay Lane, CO10 2AN 01787 227 029 Start time: 10.00am Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.sudburyhistorysociety.co.uk

SUDBURY Ephemera Archive Tel: Penny Power Sue Tibbets Sudbury Town Hall CO10 1TL 07850 302 975 01787 379 105 Start time: See Enquiries: [email protected] below Entrance fee: free Web: www.sudburyephemera.org Every 2nd Monday of the month between 10.00am and 1.00pm Last Wednesday of the month between 1.00pm and 4.00pm

SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Tel: 01473 274 300 Enquiries: [email protected] Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk General advice for members, especially for beginners who wish to trace their ancestry, can be obtained by contacting the society. 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 the web site for more details of our activities and research resources. See below for the activities of the local groups of SFHS. Note that you don’t need to be a member of the society to attend group meetings.

SUFFOLK Family History Society – Bury St Edmunds Tel: Kevin Pulford

Page 8 of 21 Hyndman Centre, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3JT tbc Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/bury-st- edmunds-group 18 Mar The Story of a Suffolk Bevan Boy Barbara Mcelroy 15 Apr What did your grandfather do in the Great War? David Epsom 20 May The Trinity House Story Karl Lumbers 17 June Little Hall Lavenham 15 July Visit to Little Hall Lavenham 16 Sept Lost Bury St Edmunds Martyn Taylor

SUFFOLK Family History Society – Haverhill Tel: Brian Thompson Old Independent Church Hall, Hamlet Rd CB9 9EF 07808 922 850 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.50 Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/haverhill-group 12 Mar More to it than brick - The history and geology of brick making Peter Minter 09 Apr Rural Essex in Victorian and Edwardian times Peter Layzell 14 May AGM & The Burston School Strike – The longest school strike Bryan Thurlow in English History 11 June A Haverhill Festival event at Haverhill Arts Centre, Pie ‘n’ Norman Jacobs Mash & Prefabs TBC 10 Sept The Foundlings Ruth Miller 17 Sept Evening trip to Ridgewell Museum (booking essential) 19 Sept OPEN DAY at Haverhill Library, (TBC)

SUFFOLK Family History Society – Ipswich Tel: Howard King The Pioneer Hall, The Co-Op Education Centre, 11, Fore Street, 01473 274 300 Ipswich IP4 1JW Start time: 7.15pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.50 Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/ipswich-group 27 Mar The Suffolk Bevin Boys in World War Two Barbara McElroy 18 Apr Coach Trip to Family Tree Live 23 Apr Subject tbc John Barbrook 28 May Ipswich Group Annual revue + The Basics of Heraldry and its Peter Durrell place in Family History Research

SUFFOLK Family History Society – Lowestoft Tel: Beryl Capps United Reform Church, London Road North NR32 1HB 01502 562 584 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/lowestoft-group 03 Mar Secret Listeners and Code Breakers Ron Ashman 07 Apr Anniversary of VE Day 05 May AGM followed by TALK on North Lowestoft Parks Ivan Bunn 02 June Daniel Malden - Ipswich Highwayman Pip Wright 07 July Crime in Lowestoft Scores Angela Bliss 01 Sept The Trials of Mrs Everson Janis Kirby

SUFFOLK Family History Society – Sudbury Tel: Sheila Long Melford Village Hall, Hall St CO10 9JQ (Opposite Bull Hotel) tbc Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.50 Web: www.suffolkfhs.co.uk/index.php/group/sudbury-group 31 Mar Maria Martin and the Red Barn Bryan Thurlow 28 Apr QUIZ NIGHT 26 May The Cobbolt Family History Anthony Cobbolt 30 June The Green Man Denise Jenner 28 July The Soil Cinderellas (The story of the Land Army) Nicky Reynolds 29 Sept A Portrait of Victorian Colchester Patrick Denney

SUFFOLK Historic Buildings Group Tel: Jane Gosling

Page 9 of 21 The Barn, Haughley Park, Old A14 Rd IP14 3JY 01787 247 646 Start time: 7.15pm Enquiries: tbc Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.shbg.org.uk 02 Mar Choppins at Coddenham Philip Aitkens 19 Apr AGM (at 2pm), visit to Haughley Park House, Stowmarket

SUFFOLK Heraldry Society Tel: Donald Hunt Bury St Edmunds Library, Sergeants Walk, St Andrews Street 01284 763 462 North, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP33 1TZ Start time: 2.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: tbc Web: http://www.suffolkheraldry.org.uk/

SUFFOLK Industrial Archaeological Society Tel: Steven Worsley Ipswich Transport Museum, Cobham Road, Ipswich, IP3 9JD 01473 405 116 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: tbc Web: www.industrial-archaeology.org/events-diary 11 Mar The British Xylonite Company – the First 50 Years Richard Truswell 08 Apr The Waveney Valley Railway Peter Metcalf

SUFFOLK Institute of Archaeology and History Tel: tbc Blackbourne Hall, Elmswell IP30 9UH tbc Start time: 2.00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: www.suffolkinstitute.org.uk 14 Mar The digital beyond: visualising Domesday East Anglia George Barlow The summer excursion programme for members will be published on the website.

TOSTOCK Past & Present Society Tel: Anthony Scully Tostock Village Hall, Norton Road IP30 9PT 01359 270 482 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: http://tostockpc.org.uk/clubs-and-activities/past-and- present-society/ 03 Mar Prehistoric Man brought to Life: The 21st century cave man in Will Lord our time 07 Mar (Saturday) The Mughal Cascade & Conservatory Doug Patterson 07 Apr SARS: Suffolk Accident Rescue Service 05 May The Isles of Scilly - An exploration of these lovely islands Chris Parfitt 02 June Carl Giles & his adopted town - Ipswich John Field 09 July 2pm - Visit to Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses and their working dairy 01 Sept That Rings a Bell: The history of the Town Crier Mike Wabe

WALBERSWICK Local History Group Tel: Rebecca Whiting Walberswick Village Hall, The Street IP19 6TZ tbc Start time: 7.00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net 14 Mar Bloody Marsh (6.00pm) Dr Peter Warner 14 Apr AGM 26 Sept Hester and Henry Cleminson of Walberswick Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten

WALSHAM Village History Group Tel: Frances Jenner Priory Room The Causeway Walsham le Willows IP31 3AA 01359 259 242 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: www.walsham-le-willows.org.uk 18 Mar Samuel Pepys, also AGM Dr David Dougan

WICKHAM MARKET & District Local History Society Tel: David Taylor Wickham Market Library, Resource Centre, Chapel Lane, 01728 746 895 Wickham Market IP13 0SD

Page 10 of 21 Start time: 7.00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: tbc 02 Mar Woodbridge Myths & Legends Dr Bob Merrett 06 Apr Servants in Suffolk Country Houses C1700 to C1900 Dr Nick Sign 11 May The Tithe War in Suffolk in the 1930’s Robert Halliday

WICKHAMBROOK Local History Society Tel: Gillian Cooper Dorothy Anderson WI Hall, Cemetery Rd, CB8 8XR 01440 820 052 01440 820 376 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.50 Web: www.wickhambrook.org/Clubs/Local_History_Society 17 Mar Building of Timber Framed Houses – Carpentry of the 14 & 15 Rick Lewis Century 21 Apr AGM. at 7pm followed by ‘Beating The Bounds’ Roger Kennell 19 May Trinity House Karl Lumbers 16 June Visit – Elveden Estate Tour plus Church Ian Robertson 21 July Visit – River Stour Boat Trip – The River Trust 15 Sept The River Cam: It’s History & Commerce Mike Petty

WOOLPIT History Group Tel: Bernice Belham Woolpit Memorial Institute, The Street IP30 9QH 01359 241 659 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £3.00 Web: tbc 19 Mar Suffolk's Medieval Wool and Cloth Trade Dr Nick Amour

WORLINGWORTH Local History Group Tel: Geoff & Janette Robinson Worlingworth Community Centre, Shop Street, IP13 7HX 01728 628 768 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: tbc Web: www.wlhg.org

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Societies that are currently not members of SLHC

FELIXSTOWE Family History Society Tel: Linda Negus Broadway House, Orwell Road IP11 7DD 01394 448 354 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £1.00 Web: www.felixstowefhs.onesuffolk.net 20 Mar Behind the scenes of Who Do You Think You Are Gill Blanchard

SPECIAL OFFER for new Society members Local history societies can join the Suffolk Local History Council and receive all the benefits of membership plus access to a comprehensive speakers list. 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: www.slhc.org.uk

IPSWICH Maritime Trust Tel: Geoffrey Dyball Ground Floor, University Campus Suffolk, Waterfront Building, 01473 214 004 Neptune Quay, Ipswich IP4 1QJ

Page 11 of 21 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.50 Web: www.ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk 04 Mar The London Wreck – a Cromwellian warship sank in the Steven Ellis Thames 01 Apr Flatford, Constable and the river Stour Navigation John Morris IMT barge trips – see website for times and prices)

IPSWICH Transport Society Tel: Steven Worsley Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, IP2 0SQ 01473 405 116 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £2.00 Web: tbc 16 Mar The Bahamas Locomotive Society – The Story So Far John Hillier 20 Apr City of Norwich Aviation Museum – The collection and story Trevor Eady

MARTLESHAM HEATH Aviation Society Tel: Howard King Community Hall, Felixstowe Road, Martlesham Heath, IP12 4PB 01473 274 300 Start time: 7.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: www.mhas.org.uk 06 Mar Espionage and the SOE. WW2 Norwegion campaign Robert Pearson 03 Apr RAF Bentwaters Simon Gladas 01 May Annual General Meeting followed by a film

The SUDBURY Society Tel: tbc Assembly Rooms, Town Hall, Sudbury CO10 1TL tbc Start time: 7.00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £5.00 Web: www.sudburysociety.org.uk 26 Mar AGM plus Cheese & Wine Evening 23 Apr Sustainable Travel? The electric vehicle revolution Linda Graves, 28 May Amazing Bees Kevin Thorn

FRIENDS OF WOODBRIDGE MUSEUM Tel: Anne Merrett Woodbridge Community Hall, Station Road IP12 4AU 01394 385 572 Start time: 2.30pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £4.00 Web: http://friends.woodbridgemuseum.com/ 20 Mar Fate and Arthur Ransome’s Boat Nancy Blackett Mike Rines 24 Apr Woodbridge Tide Mill Past and Present Nigel Barratt 15 May Keep Taking Ye Tablets – Story of Apothecaries Liz Wood 04 June Visit to Wingfield College 01 July Visit to The Apothecaries’ Hall

MUSEUMS AND RESOURCE CENTRES http://www.suffolkmuseums.org - This website lists over 50 Suffolk Museums

ALDEBURGH MUSEUM Tel: tbc The Moot Hall, Aldeburgh IP15 5DS 01728 454 666 Web: www.aldeburghmuseum.org..uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: March – Weekends only -1.00pm to 4.00pm 28 March – 31 October every day 1.00pm to 4.00pm Entrance fee: Adult £3; Child (5 – 15) £1; Child (under 5) Free Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 children) £7 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 collections provide a unique insight into the lives of the people of Aldeburgh from Anglo-Saxon burial rites to traditional fishing methods; medieval witch trials to the election of the first female mayor.

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BAWDSY RADAR – Transmitter Block Tel: Lynette Burgess Ferry Road, Bawdsey IP12 3BA. 07821 162 879 From Woodbridge, Suffolk, off the B1083, one mile beyond Bawdsey Village Web: www.bawdseyradar.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 11am to 4.00pm 5th April – 28th June Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays July, August and September: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Entrance fee: Adults £7.50, children 5-18 £2.00, under 5’s free, Defence Privilege card holders £5.00, concessions £6.50 Story of radar from 1935 to the present day 08 May VE Day event

FELIXSTOWE MUSEUM Tel: 01394 674 355 View Point Road IP11 3TW Colin Tod Web: www.felixstowemuseum.org Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 12.00 to 5.00pm Easter to June: Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays and 1/2 term Weds. June, July and September: Sundays and Wednesdays August: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays Entrance fee: Adults – £3, Children – £1p, Under 5’s – Free 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. 08 Apr Easter Egg Hunt, tickets Children £4, adults £3, Session 1: 12.30pm – 2.00pm Session 2: 2.30pm to 4.00pm 29 July Every Sunday and Wednesday to 31 Brick Olympics, tickets Children £3, adults £3 Aug

HALESWORTH AND DISTRICT MUSEUM Tel: 01986 798 318 The Railway Station, Station Road, Halesworth, IP19 8BZ Web: www.halesworthmuseum.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 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 Tel: 07394 645 521 The Guildhall IP13 8DU Elaine Nason Web: www.laxfieldmuseum.onesuffolk.net Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 2.00pm to 5.00pm Sat and Sun up to 29 September 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: 01728 832 189

Page 13 of 21 Main St, Leiston IP16 4ES Stuart Hines Web: www.longshopmuseum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: From 17 March to 1 November Bank Holiday Mondays, Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm Sunday 11.00am to 3.00pm Entrance fee: Adults – £6.50, 17-21 years – £5.00, Children – £3.50p, Under 4’s – Free, Disabled £5.50 Housed on the original Garrett Works site and covers 200 years of Leiston's social and industrial history. Events – see website.

LOWESTOFT MUSEUM Tel: Curator Broad House, Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad NR33 5JR 01502 511 457 Web: www.lowestoftmuseum.org Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: April to October Daily 1.00 – 4.00pm, Thursdays 10.30am to 4.00pm. Entrance fee: Free, donations welcome Grade II listed building in the middle of the Park, containing a stunning collection of 18th Century Lowestoft Porcelain, archaeological treasures from the area, including displays relating to early man 700,000 years ago; paintings by local artists and the stories of Lowestoft people and industries. An H.M.S Lowestoft display and information about H.M.S. Mantis and its role in World War II. Toys and domestic items from the past. Special events for children in summer school holidays (Details on website)

MILDENHALL AND DISTRICT MUSEUM Tel: 01638 716 970 6 King Street, Mildenhall IP28 7EX Web: www.mildenhallmuseum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Opening times from 5th March Tues., Wed, Thurs, Sat 2.00pm - 4.30pm, July and August Thursdays 10.00am to 12noon 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. Enquiries regarding group visits please email [email protected].

MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE Tel: 01449 612 229 Iliffe Way, Stowmarket IP14 1DL Web: www.eastanglianlife.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Tues – Sat 10.00am to 4.00pm Mondays during school holidays and bank holidays 10.00am to 4.00pm Event times vary, see website for details. Entrance fee: Adult £12, Concession £10, Child £8, Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) £35, Family (1 adult & up to 3 children) £25. Tickets are valid for 12 month re- entry. With 20 historic buildings set in 75 acres of beautiful countryside, the Museum of East Anglian Life is an open-air museum situated at the heart of Suffolk. The museum is an independent educational charity and a social enterprise supporting the community. The museum cares for over 40,000 objects – once the everyday items of East Anglian life.

Exhibitions: Abbot’s Hall – ‘The Year I Went Heywire!’ up to 30 April 2020 Abbot’s Hall – Henslow’s Bells (working title) 15 May – 8 November

Events:

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See website for workshop events

SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM Tel: 01284 752 394 The Keep, Gibraltar Barracks, Newmarket Road, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3RN Web: www.suffolkregimentmuseum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 9.30am - 3.30pm 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 1878. The display tells the story of the regiment from its foundation in 1685 until it’s amalgamation with The Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1959.

WICKHAM MARKET Area Archive Centre Tel: 01728 746 058 Wickham Market Village Hall, High Street IP13 0HE Philip Tallent Web: www.wmarchives.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: The Archive Centre is open on Thursday mornings, between 10:30am and 12:30pm. Entrance fee: as shown on website Events: see website

Museums and Resource Centres that are currently not members of SLHC

BENTWATERS COLD WAR MUSEUM Tel: 07588 877 020 Building 134, Bentwaters Park, Rendlesham IP12 2TW Web: www.bcwm.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 1st and 3rd Sunday each month and Bank Holiday Mondays April to October 10.00am to 4.00pm 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 Tel: 07882 891 022 The Old Fire Station, 35 George Street IP27 0BX Web: www.brandonsuffolk.com/brandon-heritagecentre.php Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: April to November Saturdays, Sundays 10.00am to 4.00pm.

Page 15 of 21 Entrance fee: Free A permanent collection telling the story of Brandon from the Stone Age to the present day.

BUNGAY MUSEUM Tel: 01986 893 155 Council Office, Broad Street, , NR35 1EE Web: www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk/activities/museum.asp Enquiries: 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 Tel: 01787 277 572 26 High Street, Clare CO10 8NY Web: www.clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: April to September Thursday, Friday and Sundays 2.00pm to 5.00pm Saturdays and Bank Holidays 11.30am 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: 01728 648 796 St. James Street, Dunwich IP17 3DT Web: www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] 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 Tel: 01986 875 084 Sparrowhawk Way, Upper Holton, Halesworth, IP19 8NH Web: www.halesworthairfieldmuseum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Open Sunday and bank Holidays April to October, 2.00pm – 5.00pm Entrance fee: Free 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 Tel: 01473 715 666 Old Trolleybus Depot, Cobham Road IP3 9JD Web: www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: See web site for opening days/times Special event days - check special event web page for times Entrance fee: Adult: £6.50, Child (5-14): £4.00, Concession/student: £6.00, Family Ticket (2 adults up to 3 children): £18.00

Page 16 of 21 Events: Adult: £8.00, Child (5-14): £5.00, Concession/student: £7.00, Family Ticket (2 adults up to 3 children): £22.00. 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 Tel: 07748 482 622 Framlingham Castle, Framlingham Suffolk. IP13 9BP Trevor Jessop Web: www.thelanmanmuseum.onesuffolk.net/Lanman-Museumm Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Check website for details Entrance fee: English Heritage website

LONG MELFORD HERITAGE CENTRE Tel: 07792 357 039 Chemists Lane, CO10 9JG Web: https://suffolkmuseums.org/museums/long-melford-heritage-centre/ Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: April to November Sat - 10.00am to 4.00pm, Sun - 12noon to 4.00pm, Weds - 2.00pm to 4.00pm Entrance fee: Free

LOWESTOFT HERITAGE WORKSHOP Tel: 01502 581 601 80a High Street, Wildes Score, Lowestoft NR32 1XN Web: http://www.lowestoftheritage.org/ Enquiries: tbc Enquiries: tbc Opening times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10.00am to 4.00pm Entrance fee: £2.00

LOWESTOFT MARITIME MUSEUM Tel: 01502 569 165 Sparrows Nest Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1XG Jim Aguss Web: http://lowestoftmaritimemuseum.co.uk/contact/ Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Reopens at Easter 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.

RAF/USAAF MARTLESHAM HEATH CONTROL TOWER Tel: 07707 711 104 MUSEUM Behind Parkers Place, off Eagle Way, Martlesham, Ipswich IP5 Howard King 3UZ Web: www.mhas.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: From April open Sunday afternoons 2.00pm to 5.00pm to the end of October Entrance fee: Free, donations welcome Telling the story of the this iconic RAF and USAAF airfield from 1917 to 1963 – in a fascinating1943 Control Tower – complete with Air Raid Shelter. Group and School visits by arrangement at other times (by prior arrangement) Run by: The Martlesham Heath Aviation Society.

MID SUFFOLK LIGHT RAILWAY MUSEUM Tel: 01449 766 899 Brockford Station, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket IP14 5PW Web: http://www.mslr.org.uk/ Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 10.30am to 5.00pm Open on all Sundays and Bank Holidays until 6 September plus Steam days – see website for dates

Page 17 of 21 Entrance fee: Adult £10.00, child (under 16) £5.00, concession £8.00, family (2+2) £25.00 Suffolk’s only preserved steam railway

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM Tel: 01986 896 644 The Street, Flixton, Bungay NR35 1NZ Web: www.aviationmuseum.net/ Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: March Tues, Weds and Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm 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, see website.

ORFORD MUSEUM Tel: 01394 450 789 Orford Museum is in the Upper Hall of Orford Castle IP12 2ND Jennifer Hall Web: www.orfordmuseum.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Daily opening in the summer, for exact dates and times please check: www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/orford-castle/prices-and- opening-times Entrance fee: Charge for admission to the castle.

PAKENHAM WATER MILL Tel: 01359 230 275 Pakenham Water Mill, Mill Road, Pakenham, Bury St Edmunds. IP31 2NB. Web: www.pakenhamwatermill.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Mill open Sat 4 April. Closing date - Sun 27 September Vintage car rally – Sun 26 April National Mills Day –- Sun 10 May Vintage car rally – Sun 17 May Vintage Power Day – Sun 21 June Traditional crats day – Sun 13 September Entrance fee: Guided Tours including Gift Aid £5.50 for adults including seniors. Children £3.00(5-16 yrs,) Family ticket for two adults and two children £15. Without GA - £5 adult, “.50 children, £13 Family. The 18th century watermill, the last working watermill in Suffolk and is owned by the Suffolk Building Preservation Trust

SAXMUNDHAM MUSEUM Tel: 01728 663 583 49 High Street IP17 1AJ Richard Crisp Web: www.saxmundhammuseum.org.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Check website for 2020 opening times Entrance fee: Free. Donations welcome The museum, originally a bakers shop features different aspects of Saxmundham life.

SOUTHWOLD MUSEUM Tel: 07708 781 317 9-11 Victoria Street IP18 6HZ Web: www.southwoldmuseum.org Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Museum opens 2.00pm - 4.00pm, 1st April up to end of October Entrance fee: Free. Donations welcome

Page 18 of 21 '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: 01787 371 880 Sudbury Town Hall, Gaol Lane, Sudbury, CO10 1TL Web: www.sudburysuffolk.co.uk/heritage Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: 10.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday 10.00an to 12noon Saturady 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 486th 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: 01359 240 822 Woolpit Institute, The Street IP30 9RF Web: www.woolpit.org/museum Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Sat/Sun/Bank Holiday 2.00pm till 4.30pm from beginning of April up to last weekend in September plus Weds afternoon in August 1.00pm to 3.30pm 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.

EDUCATION

SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: 01502 674 680 Lowestoft Branch - The Library, Clapham Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 1DR Web: www.suffolkarchives.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm See website for forthcoming events programme

SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: 01284 741 212 Bury St Edmunds Branch - 77 Raingate Street IP33 2AR Web: www.suffolkarchives.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm Mar Sat 7 10:30am Talk: My Ancestors’ Life: Putting your Gill £7.50 family history into context Blanchard Sat 21 10:30am Talk: The Black Death in Suffolk: 1349 Clive Paine £7.50 Apr Sat 4 10:30am Talk: Town v Abbey in 14th Century Bury Clive Paine £7.50 Tue 7 1:30pm 10 Week Course: Tracing Your Tudor Gill £75 and Stuart Ancestors Blanchard Sat 11 10:30am Talk: Crime on Record: Prison and Gill £7.50 Criminal Court Records Blanchard May Sat 2 10:30am Talk: The Peasants’ Revolt in Suffolk: Clive Paine £7.50 1381 Sat 16 10:30am Talk: Royal Burials at Bury Abbey Clive Paine £7.50 Mon 18 10am 5 Week Course: From Southwold to Jura: Ann £37.50 snapshots from George Orwell’s writing Kronbergs life

Page 19 of 21 Sat 30 10:30am Talk: I Therefore Post Him as a Coward: Gill £7.50 the dual between a lord and a curate Blanchard June Mon 1 1:30pm 5 Week Course: Tracing Your House Gill £37.50 History Blanchard Sat 13 10:30am Talk: Pilgrimages, Saints and Relics in Clive Paine £7.50 Medieval and Tudor Suffolk Sat 27 10:30am Talk: The Huguenot Daughters Gill £7.50 Blanchard July Sat 4 10:30am Talk: Gild and Gildhall in Medieval and Clive Paine £7.50 Tudor Suffolk Sat 11 10:30am Talk: Life Inside the Workhouse Gill £7.50 Blanchard

SUFFOLK COUNTY RECORD OFFICE Tel: 01473 263 909 Ipswich Branch - Gatacre Road IP1 2LQ Web: www.suffolkarchives.co.uk Enquiries: [email protected] Opening times: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 9.30am to 4.30pm See website for forthcoming events programme

Heritage Open Days 2020 11 – 20 September www.heritageopendays.org.uk

Other providers of courses, day schools and lectures: Organisation Web address Telephone No. Centre of East Anglian www.uea.ac.uk/history/centre-east-anglian- 01603 592 450 Studies studies/contact-us Field Studies Council www.field-studies-council.org 01743 852 100 Ipswich Reading Institute www.Ipswichinstitute.org.uk 01473 253 992 reading Room & Library University of Cambridge www.ice.cam.ac.uk 01223 746 222 Institute of Continuing Education University of the Third Age http://www.u3aeastsuffolk.org.uk 03001 233 913 Workers Educational www.wea.org.uk/eastern 01223 417 320 Association Wuffing Education www.wuffings.co.uk/education/ 01394 386 498

WUFFING EDUCATION Tel: 01394 386 498 The Old Court, National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk IP12 3DJ. Time: 10.30 to 4.00pm Enquiries: [email protected] Entrance fee: £42.00 (£25 first time discount Web: www.WuffingEducation.co.uk Wuffing Education Study Days at Sutton Hoo Prior booking essential as many days are oversubscribed. For more details and to make bookings see website. Study Days includes a full day of lectures, access to the NT site, parking, coffee, tea and biscuits throughout the day. 07 Mar Elizabethan Music and Culture in East Anglia Francis Knights 14 Mar New Revelations about the Anglo-Saxons in Suffolk; Recent Jo Caruth Discoveries from Fieldwork 21 Mar Monasteries in the Landscape Dr Richard Hoggett 28 Mar Church Dedications and Medieval Saints’ Cults Dr Janet Cooper

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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.

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 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 www.slhc.org.uk

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