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Thursday 10th April 2008

'The Suffolk Yeomanry in World War II' a lecture by Dr Nick Sign, one of Ipswich Arts Association Thursday Lunchtime Lectures. The lecture will start at 1pm in the Methodist Chapel in Museum Street. All are welcome.

Wednesday 9th April 2008

John Bridges, historian and author of the award winning book 'The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town' about Framlingham, is to be the guest speaker of the Suffolk Industrial Archaeology Society. The meeting will take place at Castle Hill Community Centre, Ipswich at 7.30pm. Admission is free with a retiring collection

Tuesday 1 April 2008

Our old domain name 'suffolklocalhistorycouncil' has been taken over by someone else. This means that it is really important that anyone looking for our website is aware of the current address slhc.org.uk. This is the only address that will take you to our website.

Creative East Awards 2008 - Poppyland Publishing wins “Best Factual Publication"

The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town by well known local author and member of the Suffolk Local History Council, John Bridges, has won an award for its publisher, Poppyland Publishing. At the prestigious Creative East ceremony hosted by Clive Anderson at the Theatre Royal, Norwich on 20th March, Poppyland Publishing won the "Best Factual Publication" award.

The award was presented by John Fry, Chief Executive of Archant Group Ltd. and was sponsored by BBC East. The judges were looking for an accurate, well presented, clear and easy to read book that was visually appealing. With double the number of entries for the Creative East awards this year, totalling nearly 300, there was much competition in the various classes, which included web design, television programmes, graphic and design and feature films. The citation read out by John Fry praised the quality of the research that had gone into the book “The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town – Framlingham around 1900”, the Poppyland Publishing entry. He also praised the quality and clarity of the layout and the context in which it was presented.
Author John Bridges grew up in the town and goes beyond simply recalling the town at the beginning of the 20th century to examine, through period accounts of all the principal businesses, how a typical regional town conducted its business. With many contemporary photographs both from the town and from neighbouring communities, he creates a flavour of life before the First World War and has created a first class resource for those interested in East Anglian history.
“The Commercial Life of a Suffolk Town” which, whilst focused on Framlingham around the year 1900, illustrates the way of life in most of the towns in the region at that time. It is available from Poppyland Publishing (www.poppyland.co.uk) and from bookshops and museums in East Anglia. (ISBN 978 0 946148 80 6; illustrated, 191pp £14.95)

ERRATA FROM SPRING 2008 NEWSLETTER:

a) The Museum of East Anglian Life's website address has changed and is now www.eastanglianlife.org.uk

b) An incorrect telephone number was given for the book 'West Row Girl'. We apologise for the error and the correct information is: WEST ROW GIRL, A PRE-WAR SUFFOLK CHILDHOOD by Una Ellen Jenkins. Published by the author and obtainable in local bookshops or from Tim Jenkins, tel 01284 762989. ISBN 978-0-9557543-0-2 94 pages 68 photographs £8.50 + p&p

SPEAKERS' LIST
The SLHC is updating our very useful list of speakers for local history groups and societies. It would be good to hear from people who would like to join the speakers ’ circuit. New speakers with fresh topics are always needed, so if you have something to tell people why not give it a go! Contact Jane Bradburn in the office on admin@slhc.org.uk.

BELSTEAD HOUSE WEEKEND 2nd - 4th May
This event is now fully booked