The following programme of events has been arranged by the Society’s District Committees and staff at Little Hall. We have an interesting programme of outings and lectures. This year we are exploring some of the outlying parts of the county which many of us rarely visit.
Please contact the organizer of the event direct to make your booking for each event. It is helpful if you could do this as early as possible and in any case not less than 14 days before the event.
Cheques should be made payable to Suffolk Preservation Society.
As last year all events are open to all members wherever they live in the county. Guests who subsequently become members of the Society will have the additional cost refunded.
I look forward to meeting you at one or more of the events and I am sure that we will have a happy and interesting year. If you have any suggestions for subsequent years, please let me know.
John Paton
Hon. Membership Secretary
14 January St Edmunds District. A morning visit to the recycling depot at Great Blakenham. A fascinating chance to see how waste is processed and packaged before export to China. Those with pacemakers are advised not to enter the highly magnetized area. Cost: £5. The tour is limited to 12 people but it may be possible to organise a second visit in March.
Contact: David Rees, 44 College Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1NL Tel: 01284 754618
Email: david.rees@talktalk.net
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19 March Mid Suffolk District 6.30 Haughley Barn. “The Built Environment, Harmony and Discord”. A discussion led by Douglas Evans with slides and refreshments. Cost: £7.
Contact: Claire Evans, Oak Cottage, Daisy Green, Great Ashfield, Bury St Edmunds IP31 3HS Tel: 01359 242643. Email: douglasevans@waitrose.com
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25 April Babergh District. All day visit to Shotley Peninsula with a nautical theme. Assemble at Royal Hospital, Holbrook at 10.30 for a tour of the buildings described by Pevnser as “ in its scale and formality undeniably impressive”. Luncheon at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Wolverstone. The day concludes with a visit to HMS Ganges Museum. For many years the teak built training ship moored at Shotley Gate where boys were prepared for a career at sea. Cost: Members £15 Guests £18.
Contact: Douglas Chivers, Bridge Cottage, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds IP29 4ES
Tel: 01284 830339. Email: douglaschivers@yahoo.co.uk
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12 May Suffolk Coastal. A day at Felixstowe led by the Felixstowe Society. Gather at 11 am for a walk round the buildings depicted by Cotman in his drawings and paintings. After one hour arrive at the Spa for lunch. After lunch visit the Museum and Landguard Fort.
Cost: Members £17 Guests £23
Contact: Mary East, 5 Grove Mews, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe IP11 7YW
Tel: 01394 286628
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13 May Suffolk ACRE in partnership with Norfolk RCC, Norfolk CPRE and Suffolk Preservation Society invite you to the Vitalising Rural Communities for the 21st Century Conference to be held on 13th May 2009, in Elmswell.
Professor Tim O'Riordan, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, will be chairing the event.
Topics of the day will include revitalisation of rural communities and planning for viable communities in Norfolk and Suffolk. In the present economic and environmental climate there is a need for communities to find new ways to revitalise their surroundings.
We would like to invite you to join us on this day and be a part of creating a new agenda for revitalisation between Suffolk and Norfolk.
Please complete and return the booking form (click to booking form and further information) with your booking fee to Karen Richardson, Suffolk ACRE, Suffolk House, 2 Wharfedale Road, Ipswich, IP1 4JP.
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4 June SPS AGM at Haughley Barn 6pm for 6.30pm start followed by buffet supper.
Contact: SPS Office, Little Hall, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ to reserve your supper tickets
Tel: 01787 247179 email: sps@suffolksociety.org
Papers and full details for the AGM will be sent out separately.
25 June Waveney District. Visit to Southwold. A tour to see modern development and to the new Adnams Distribution Centre at Reydon. Assemble at Pier for fish and chip lunch. Numbers limited to 15. Costs: Members £15 Guests £18
Contact: Mike Coleman, The Grange, Nightingale Rd, Lowestoft NR33 7AX
Tel: 01502 518708 email: mikecoleman@supanet.com
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15 July Bury St Edmunds District. All day coach tour to Mildenhall, surrounding villages, churches and Mildenhall Museum. Pub lunch. Depart Bury at 10.00 Costs: Members £30 Guests £35.
Contact: David Rees, 44 College Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1NL, Tel: 01284 754618
Email: david.rees@talktalk.net
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23 July Waveney District. Lowestoft Air Show from 12.00 – 5.00. Mr & Mrs Coleman have again asked members to join them at their house on the coast where a good view of the show is available. It is expected there will be displays from the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Flight and Vulcan bomber. Members are advised to arrive earlier to avoid parking problems. A Buffet Lunch will be available. Cost: Members £15 Guests £18
Contact: Mike Coleman, The Grange, Nightingale Rd, Lowestoft NR33 7AX
Tel: 01502 518708 email: mikecoleman@supanet.com
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19 September Suffolk Coastal. 11.30 Visit to the Late John Western's Studio at Cretingham to see his remarkable collection of drawings of the distinctive character of Suffolk architecture with a talk to explain what his aims were. Followed by lunch at Cretingham Golf Club. Cost: £15 Guests £20
Contact: James Lightfoot. 01394 382475 Email: James@lightfoot-obrien.co.uk 58 Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AD.