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Situated in 100 acres of
woodland and delightful
countryside High Lodge
offers a range of activities
and services, and is the
ideal venue for Weddings,
Functions, Corporate and
Conference events,
Clay Shooting, Golf,
Fishing, Holiday Lodge,
Hen & Stag events
and more!

Holiday accommodation

Southwold: 01502 722717
Aldeburgh: 01728 452425

COASTAL AND RURAL
GARDEN DESIGNS


Registered Member of the
Society of Garden Designers
Call Sue on 01728 648790

The Mark Church Centre

'Helping change lives naturally'
A wide range of
natural therapies
to help improve your
health and well being
Tel: 01502 722144

Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

Coastal Property
Services


Residential and holiday home cleaning. Deep cleans, weekly cleans, spring cleans. Full laundry service and ironing service. Property maintenance and building works. Professional, uniformed staff fully insured.
Call Jayne on 07919 532971.
Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS
& MANAGEMENT





Professional mobile locksmith.
24 Hours. No call-out fee.
Guaranteed work.
Fully insured.
Local reliable friendly service.
Tel. Chris on 0782 567 9595
or 01986 872337
Click here to e-mail

Fitted furniture specialists
for kitchens, bedrooms
and studies


01502 723550

Estate agents

01502 722065

Building contractors,
decorators, plumbers

01502 723636

Painter & Decorator


07747186972 www.alexandergoldsmith.co.uk


ascension-events.com
Festival at St Felix School
Southwold. Holistic therapies
Talks, 25 & 26 Sept 2010
Sound healing concerts
email or tel: 0208 133 2022

Award-winning
Queen's Head
at Bramfield


Property services for
domestic and commercial
customers across Norfolk
and Suffolk.
Gardening to oven cleaning.
01502 582709 0785 499 1775
CLICK FOR DETAILS


British Pub Guide for
pubs and inns with
accommodation.
Not just cheap rooms but
luxury bed and breakfast.

SUFFOLK MUSIC TUITION


Victor Scott- Teacher,
Organist, Accompanist,
Choirtrainer


The Angel Inn,
Wangford


Good home cooking
in a comfortable atmosphere
www.angelinnwangford.co.uk



Southwold
Voluntary Help Centre


Southwold Voluntary Help Centre
01502 724549


Grace
Cottage

self-catering holiday
cottage,sleeps 4
www.southwoldcottage.com



DAWN
PRETTY


Portrait and landscape
artist. Tuition in
small groups


SUFFOLK COASTAL
COTTAGES


Personally managed
holiday homes in
East Suffolk


PIT-STOP CAFE

Child-friendly, secluded
cafe hidden away on
Southwold Common

Southwold Art Circle



FAMILY
HOLIDAYS

Self-catering for 6
in Southwold at
25 Stradbroke Road






KEY CHANGE
The appeal to raise funds
to refurbish the west end
of St Peter's Westleton



Friends of East Suffolk
Performing Arts


Southwold Museum


9-11 Victoria Street
01502 726097



LEISTON
PRESS
FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING
REQUIREMENTS
GLENN BARNES
01728 833003




Directory of East Anglian
businesses


Internet mag for
young people on the
East Coast
edited by
Jack Howson





Southwold North Road



 
   


Situated in 100 acres of
woodland and delightful
countryside High Lodge
offers a range of activities
and services, and is the
ideal venue for Weddings,
Functions, Corporate and
Conference events,
Clay Shooting, Golf,
Fishing, Holiday Lodge,
Hen & Stag events
and more!

Holiday accommodation

Southwold: 01502 722717
Aldeburgh: 01728 452425

COASTAL AND RURAL
GARDEN DESIGNS


Registered Member of the
Society of Garden Designers
Call Sue on 01728 648790

The Mark Church Centre

'Helping change lives naturally'
A wide range of
natural therapies
to help improve your
health and well being
Tel: 01502 722144

Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

Coastal Property
Services


Residential and holiday home cleaning. Deep cleans, weekly cleans, spring cleans. Full laundry service and ironing service. Property maintenance and building works. Professional, uniformed staff fully insured.
Call Jayne on 07919 532971.
Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS
& MANAGEMENT





Professional mobile locksmith.
24 Hours. No call-out fee.
Guaranteed work.
Fully insured.
Local reliable friendly service.
Tel. Chris on 0782 567 9595
or 01986 872337
Click here to e-mail

Fitted furniture specialists
for kitchens, bedrooms
and studies


01502 723550

Estate agents

01502 722065

Building contractors,
decorators, plumbers

01502 723636

Painter & Decorator


07747186972 www.alexandergoldsmith.co.uk


ascension-events.com
Festival at St Felix School
Southwold. Holistic therapies
Talks, 25 & 26 Sept 2010
Sound healing concerts
email or tel: 0208 133 2022

Award-winning
Queen's Head
at Bramfield


Property services for
domestic and commercial
customers across Norfolk
and Suffolk.
Gardening to oven cleaning.
01502 582709 0785 499 1775
CLICK FOR DETAILS


British Pub Guide for
pubs and inns with
accommodation.
Not just cheap rooms but
luxury bed and breakfast.

SUFFOLK MUSIC TUITION


Victor Scott- Teacher,
Organist, Accompanist,
Choirtrainer


The Angel Inn,
Wangford


Good home cooking
in a comfortable atmosphere
www.angelinnwangford.co.uk



Southwold
Voluntary Help Centre


Southwold Voluntary Help Centre
01502 724549


Grace
Cottage

self-catering holiday
cottage,sleeps 4
www.southwoldcottage.com



DAWN
PRETTY


Portrait and landscape
artist. Tuition in
small groups


SUFFOLK COASTAL
COTTAGES


Personally managed
holiday homes in
East Suffolk


PIT-STOP CAFE

Child-friendly, secluded
cafe hidden away on
Southwold Common

Southwold Art Circle



FAMILY
HOLIDAYS

Self-catering for 6
in Southwold at
25 Stradbroke Road






KEY CHANGE
The appeal to raise funds
to refurbish the west end
of St Peter's Westleton



Friends of East Suffolk
Performing Arts


Southwold Museum


9-11 Victoria Street
01502 726097



LEISTON
PRESS
FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING
REQUIREMENTS
GLENN BARNES
01728 833003




Directory of East Anglian
businesses


Internet mag for
young people on the
East Coast
edited by
Jack Howson





Southwold North Road




Situated in 100 acres of
woodland and delightful
countryside High Lodge
offers a range of activities
and services, and is the
ideal venue for Weddings,
Functions, Corporate and
Conference events,
Clay Shooting, Golf,
Fishing, Holiday Lodge,
Hen & Stag events
and more!

Holiday accommodation

Southwold: 01502 722717
Aldeburgh: 01728 452425

COASTAL AND RURAL
GARDEN DESIGNS


Registered Member of the
Society of Garden Designers
Call Sue on 01728 648790

The Mark Church Centre

'Helping change lives naturally'
A wide range of
natural therapies
to help improve your
health and well being
Tel: 01502 722144

Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

Coastal Property
Services


Residential and holiday home cleaning. Deep cleans, weekly cleans, spring cleans. Full laundry service and ironing service. Property maintenance and building works. Professional, uniformed staff fully insured.
Call Jayne on 07919 532971.
Click here to e-mail
or here to visit our website

RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS
& MANAGEMENT





Professional mobile locksmith.
24 Hours. No call-out fee.
Guaranteed work.
Fully insured.
Local reliable friendly service.
Tel. Chris on 0782 567 9595
or 01986 872337
Click here to e-mail

Fitted furniture specialists
for kitchens, bedrooms
and studies


01502 723550

Estate agents

01502 722065

Building contractors,
decorators, plumbers

01502 723636

Painter & Decorator


07747186972 www.alexandergoldsmith.co.uk


ascension-events.com
Festival at St Felix School
Southwold. Holistic therapies
Talks, 25 & 26 Sept 2010
Sound healing concerts
email or tel: 0208 133 2022

Award-winning
Queen's Head
at Bramfield


Property services for
domestic and commercial
customers across Norfolk
and Suffolk.
Gardening to oven cleaning.
01502 582709 0785 499 1775
CLICK FOR DETAILS


British Pub Guide for
pubs and inns with
accommodation.
Not just cheap rooms but
luxury bed and breakfast.

SUFFOLK MUSIC TUITION


Victor Scott- Teacher,
Organist, Accompanist,
Choirtrainer


The Angel Inn,
Wangford


Good home cooking
in a comfortable atmosphere
www.angelinnwangford.co.uk



Southwold
Voluntary Help Centre


Southwold Voluntary Help Centre
01502 724549


Grace
Cottage

self-catering holiday
cottage,sleeps 4
www.southwoldcottage.com



DAWN
PRETTY


Portrait and landscape
artist. Tuition in
small groups


SUFFOLK COASTAL
COTTAGES


Personally managed
holiday homes in
East Suffolk


PIT-STOP CAFE

Child-friendly, secluded
cafe hidden away on
Southwold Common

Southwold Art Circle



FAMILY
HOLIDAYS

Self-catering for 6
in Southwold at
25 Stradbroke Road






KEY CHANGE
The appeal to raise funds
to refurbish the west end
of St Peter's Westleton



Friends of East Suffolk
Performing Arts


Southwold Museum


9-11 Victoria Street
01502 726097



LEISTON
PRESS
FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING
REQUIREMENTS
GLENN BARNES
01728 833003




Directory of East Anglian
businesses


Internet mag for
young people on the
East Coast
edited by
Jack Howson





Southwold North Road



 
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February 2012

FEATURES

So you think you know Southwold?

 

Valentine’s Day is upon us. If you don’t get a card, here’s a little quiz to take your mind off your broken heart.

 

First of all, the very obvious. Last month, we asked you where a statuesque gull was. The answer obviously is on top of the new Southwold sign situated just over Mights Bridge.

 

This month, where is this plaque?

 

 

 

As always, you will be able to see this while walking around Southwold.

 

A tip o’ the hat to Brian Burrage again.

 

 

And that’s not all . . .

 

Not a quiz in this bit. Brian also wants to share the following picture with us. Let him take up the story: ‘I am also attaching a photo I found when going through some old things. It is a group of Southwold Scouts taken, I think, in 1946 on a bike ride to Dunwich. I am the second from the right, sitting between Brian Burley and Peter Crick, both I'm afraid no longer with us. The Scout Master is Lancie May and Ronnie Waters is the Assistant Scout Master. Others on there are the May twins, Ronnie Smith, Rex Goldsmith, Leslie Hambling, Paul Blyth and Mr Stannard who drove the Brewery horses for many years. It may be of interest to some people should you have room to include it.’

 

 



The 71st in our series of articles specially written for The Organ by astrophysicist Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson.

 

The campaign for dark skies

The British Astronomical Association, which represents amateur astronomers in the UK, has been campaigning for dark skies for some years now. This January 20th–27th, they organised an ‘Orion Star Count Week’, where the public were invited to count the number of stars they could see with the naked eye in the constellation of Orion. In a similar exercise in 2007, only 2% of respondents could see more than 30 stars, corresponding to clear skies, while over half saw fewer than ten stars, indicating severe light pollution. BBC2 got in on the act with its Stargazing Live programme, hosted by Brian Cox and Dara O’Briain, in which they persuaded the inhabitants of a village to turn off all their lights to see the stars better. Unfortunately, on the chosen night, it was raining heavily, so no stars were visible, but Stargazing Live was a great success in encouraging people to look at the night sky.

 

The Campaign for Dark Skies claims that inefficient lighting wastes over £1 billion per annum in the UK. They also claim that street lighting can help criminals see what they are doing. Apparently, in Saffron Walden, Essex, police reported that night-time crime almost halved after street-lights were turned off at midnight.

 

Here in Southwold, skies can be pretty dark if you can get away from the streetlights. We’re still left with the orange glow from Lowestoft, which represents a great waste of energy and of carbon being pumped into the atmosphere. City and town councils need to consider installing lower pressure neon lights. Streetlights should also be capped so that they do not radiate light up into the sky. And careful consideration needs to be given to the option of switching off at least some street lighting at midnight. I don’t see why, for example, the Pier car park needs to be illuminated all night long. Obviously, we need enough lighting so that people can get home safely after evening events.

 

Street lighting is currently an issue for Waveney District Council, who are looking for ways to reduce spending. Suffolk County Council have already introduced what they call an Intelligent Street Lighting System with a view to saving money in this area. I hope we won’t be too quick to condemn these developments because we will all get pleasure from darker skies. And we in Southwold ought to be especially interested in reducing our carbon footprint, so that global warming and the consequent rise in sea-level can be minimised.

 

Stars’n Tides now has an e-mail address for you to send comments and queries: starsntides@southwoldorgan.com.

 

Past Stars’n Tides articles can be found at http://astro.ic.ac.uk/~mrr/starsntides/

 

 © Michael Rowan-Robinson 2012


 

It's the Wine Talking
by Leslie J Brinton of 'In the Pink' 01986 872579

Wandering around Suffolk and coming across wines from Adnams is one of those pleasures that is none the less appreciated for being quite a common experience.

 

Down at Snape in the delightful Maltings complex, I am often to be found propping up the bar at the Concert Hall, and buying wine by the glass there, as with any bar, can be a bit of a lottery because it is not always very clear as to when the bottle has been opened. Thus the Casa Rivas Merlot is often found there, but is variable in the pleasure it offers to my palate.

 

Not so at The Plough and Sail nearby: with a dinner recently, and specifically some enticing rib-eye steaks, this Chilean red brew, which has come all the way from the Maipo valley south of Santiago to Snape (via Southwold), was top-notch.

 

A newer palate than mine can give you the flavour of this 14% brew:

‘Egg-white like aroma. Velvet texture with notes of vanilla and dark fruits – subtle but flavoursome.’ Thank you Emily.

 

In that most congenial restaurant, you are looking at an investment of £16.95 the bottle: back home in Southwold, Adnams are asking £6.50 a bottle, which you can whittle down to £5.85, should you invest in a case.

 

Leslie J Brinton

inthepink@southwold.org


 

View to the north

 

The weather over the past month has been very strange, with warm and cold spells. There were very high winds at the beginning of the month, which resulted in a number of ships mooring off the coast, presumably waiting to access Felixstowe, which was closed for a while. Just before the New Year, the skies were clear, but the night-time temperature was 11°C. There were very good views of Jupiter and Venus, but the temperature was warm enough for unexpected creatures to venture out at night.

 

 

The wildfowl this winter on the fields to the north still puzzles me. There are far fewer geese than normal and still no sign of gadwall and shoveller ducks nor of lapwing. The red-breasted geese continue to appear on an irregular basis, and one day there were six brent geese. The heron has been a regular visitor, occasionally accompanied by a little egret. I also caught sight of about 20 curlew flying inland over the fields, their downward curved bills very apparent. In the garden, there appear to have been fewer greenfinch than normal, but it was a delight to see long-tailed tits appearing suddenly, feeding upside down on the maple and then disappearing as rapidly as they arrived. There is still no sign of waxwings in my garden, but I am told that 40 or so have been seen in Reydon on the Halesworth Road.

 

Towards the beach end of North Road there is a field in which there are four white geese. The other morning, they were accompanied by a pair of muntjac deer, which clearly were unimpressed by the gaggling that the geese were making. However, they did make off quickly when they caught sight of me. The green shoots of the bulbs are just breaking through, but I was surprised to see daffodils in flower when I drove up to Wrentham mid month. Also numerous catkins could be seen in the hedgerows on the Wrentham road. Bumble bees have been flying around the garden.

 

There have been some very high tides, which have reduced the available foreshore to the turnstones, and I have regularly seen them on the Promenade and sometimes feeding on the grass verges on the cliff top. The high tides have also lowered the beach levels again, particularly just south of the Pier below North Parade. Early-morning clear skies have also brought out parties of photographers to capture images of the rising sun. On my early morning walks, during the colder spells, it has been interesting to see the sand turn white as it is covered in frost; and the days are becoming noticeably longer.

 

Halcyon

halcyon@southwold-northroad.com

www.southwold-northroad.com

 



 

 
 
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