Author Archives: Surlingham

Tickets are still available for Bergh Apton’s Mystery Play Cycle “Legend Of The Rood,” written by storyteller Hugh Lupton with David Farmer directing our community of actors & musicians from Bergh Apton and 11 neighbouring villages. It is going to … Continue reading →

Click here to see photos of the production of ‘A Surlingham Girl’ performed at St Mary’s Church, Surlingham today (4th May 2014)

The production of ‘A Surlingham Girl’ raised £70 for Church funds this afternoon. More information to follow together with pictures of the performance.

The play, ‘The Surlingham Girl’, created by students aged 14 and 15 at Framingham Earl High School and their teacher Ms Joc Mack, marks the 250th birth year of Surlingham’s Susannah Holmes, a simple and illiterate servant girl, from the … Continue reading →

Just to remind you that the May Men’s Mardle is at 12:00 (or join us up until about 14.00) next Wednesday 7th May at the Ferry House Inn, Surlingham (our regular table is booked and Sonia is looking forward to seeing us), for a chat, … Continue reading →

This weekend (3 and 4 May) Coldham Hall Sailing Club host their annual Open Regatta.  There will be dinghies and yachts of all classes racing from 2-5 pm on Saturday and 10-5pm on Sunday.  Trophies will then be awarded in … Continue reading →

The Living Rooms in Framingham Earl will soon be leaving their current site and have a leaving sale on click here for details. Sad, as I’ve bought several things from them over the years. They’ll still be selling but on-line … Continue reading →

100 years ago, 13 year old Violet Potter led the pupils of a Norfolk village school out on strike, demanding their teachers be reinstated. Amazingly, the strike chalked up twenty-five years and the Burston villagers, despite great hardship and bullying, … Continue reading →