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Beccles U3A


dR Richard Hoggett gave an extremely informative talk, on ‘The archeology of the Cold War’, at Beccles u3a’s may meeting. He defined archaeology as


‘the study of the past from its material remnants’ and after a more general summary of the Cold War, presented examples relating to Eastanglia. Richard is a freelance heritage


consultant, writer and lecturer with over 20 years’ experience in the academic, commercial and local authority heritage sec- tors who has worked with the university of Suffolk as part of the Saxon Shore project and the St Edmund’sabbey project. He is an elected Fellow of the Soci- ety of antiquaries of London and a member of the Chartered Institute forarchaeologists. He explained how there is an


increasing move towards recog- nising the civil defence rem- nants from the First and Second World Wars as archaeologically important some of which have been lost, or in danger of being lost to coastal erosion.


after giving a brief back-


ground to the Cold War, dr Hoggett talked about local examples of Cold Wararcheol- ogy including Orford Ness atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Barnby Royal Observer Corps Orlit posts. a full report on this and other monthly talks can be found on the www.becclesu3a.org.uk website, along with information about interest groups, events and outings. The agm will be held on


Wednesday 20th June so this will be for members only.after- wards doreen Reed will be pre- senting Stories and Poetry. The July meeting is on


Wednesday 18th July when andrew Sankey-Smith’s talk will be gertrude Jekyll and her gardens. meetings are held at Beccles


Public Hall in Smallgate. doors open at 9.45am for a 10.30am start.members are admitted free on presentation of their current membership card, admission for visitors is £2.50.


Armed Forces Day Saturday 30th June


ON Saturday 30th June, the local Branch of RaFa will be attending thearmed Forcesday event at Royalgreen, Lowestoft. This National event is a chance to show your support for the men and women who make up the armed Forces community and who protect the Nation. military personnel and equip-


ment, military band music by the Irish guards, the Veteran’s


parade anddrumhead Service at 12noon are all on display. Please come and support your


Royal air Force veterans and serving personnel and their fam- ilies. Free gifts for under 16 years of


age. details from Secretary on 01502 711519 or Email: lancast- er457@btinternet.com Branch website: www.rafabecclesand- southwold.wordpress.com/


Donkeys meet Ducks at Bungay’s Big Race Day


Historic Chapel


Celebrates Solstice


NOW that Spring has reluctant- ly sprung, volunteers in Bungay have begun preparations for the next great Bungay duck Race. The big fun day on and by the Waveney will be on Sunday July 8th, at Falcon meadow, the Waveneyside beauty spot which was bought into community ownership in 2015 by a combi- nation of public donations and loans. Once again organisers have concentrated on developing the family side of the event, and so as well as decorating their own


WE are pleased and excited to announce that the Long Shop museum will host a new show this year, a spectacular celebra- tion of model railways, Boats and Steam on Father’s day, Sun- day 17th June. The model Show is our new event for 2018 with full size and miniature steam engines being demonstrated in all their working glory, complete with railway layouts in many different gauges for all ages to enjoy, exhibitions of model en- gineering, scale model boats, a fully operation model fair- ground, Children’s activities and our own impressive collection of engines in steam.


Puddleducks in a tented design centre, children can opt for don- key rides on the famous spotted donkeys from Oulton Broad. Live music and a beer tent will cater for the grown-ups. Previous Bungay duck Races have attracted crowds of over 500, but the Falcon meadow Community Trust which runs the whole show isn’t quite sure how the donkeys will mix with over 2,000 plastic ducks. But they do predict that only the ducks will be racing.


Father’s Day Model Show


It runs from 10am to 4pm and highlights the skills of the model engineer, there will be our popular Barbecue offering local burgers and sausages, plus our pop-up café will be serving homemade cakes & savouries. Ticket prices are £8 adults / £5 Children; annual passes will not be valid for entrance on event days. For details of this and oth- er events at the Long Shop, go to www.longshopmuseum.co.uk Remember, dads gets free ad- mission if accompanied by chil- dren under 16. We look forward to welcoming you to this family fun day.


Beccles Weather Report May 2018 This summary is compiled


from the records of Stephen Bar- tholomew of Beccles. May 2018


max. Temperature- 27.0C


(80F) on 8th compared with 26.0C (78F) inmay 2017. min. Temperature- 2.5C (36F)


on 2nd compared with 1.5C (34F) inmay 2017. avg. max. Temp- 18.58C


(65F) - 2018. 17.99C (64F) - 2017. 16.70C (61F) -average. avg. min. Temp- 8.90C (48F)


- 2018. 9.48C (49F) - 2017. 7.50C (45F) -average. mean Temp - 13.74C (56F) -


2018. 13.74C (56F) - 2017. 12.10C (53F) -average. air Frosts- Nil compared with


Nil inmay 2017. Rainfall Total- 0.74” compared


with 2.75” in may 2017. (30- Yearaverage 2.10”). (2018 Total- 35% ofaverage). most Rainfall On One day-


0.20” on 24th and 29th. Winddirection- mainly from:-


North 8 days, North-East 8 days, South-East 6 days, South 4 days, East 2 days and North-West 2 days.


This was the equal warmest


may (with 2017) since 1992, there being some very warm day- time temperatures. Thirteen days of 20C or more noted, three of these 25C plus (all of which occurred during the two Bank Holiday weekends, 25.5C on 7th, 27.0C on 8th and 25.0C on 28th). The 27.0C was the warmestmay day sincemay 23rd 2010, incred- ibly at this early stage of the year, we have now had two mini heat- waves, following that of april 18th to 22nd. On the other end of the scale, the coolest day and night (maximum 12.0C, mini- mum +2.5C) were recorded on the 2nd. This being one of four days which failed to reach 15C maximum, the others during three consecutive days, 16th to 18th inclusive. This was part of the coolest week commencing 13th. The run of five consecutive


rainy months, december 2017 to april 2018 had seen 16.08” of rain recorded. This was halted by only five rain days accumulating just 0.74”, not only notable for being the driestmay since 1998,


only 1990 (3) and 1980 (4) had fewer rain days, while 1989 equalled number achieved this month. Historically, High pressure is


often a feature ofmay’s weather in the east of British Isles and so it proved again this time. How- ever the position of the anticy- clone is vital to determine how much cloud is in its circulation. Two periods of no recordable rain were noted in nine days, 3rd to 11th and eleven days, 13th to 23rd. during the last week, we expe-


rienced our wettest days of 0.20” each on 24th and 29th. Spring 2018 (march, april,


may). average maximum Tem- perature- 13.4C (-0.1C from average). mean Temperature- 9.6C (+0.35C from average). averageminimum Temperature- 5.9C (+0.85C from average). Total Rainfall- 6.92” (118% of average). Seventeen days exceeded 20C


during season compared with thirteen days in same period last year. This time april and may were somewhat milder than nor- mal yet the extremely coldmarch restricted Spring temperature


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“SONNETS, Songs and such- like for a Suffolk Solstice” will take place in Wrentham Chapel, Chapel Road, Wrentham at7pm on Thursday 21st June. This will be an evening of music, poetry and spoken word with wine, fruit juice, nibbles and a chance to chat. The programme will be co-ordinated by Rev Ian Fosten and those attending are invited to bring contributions to perform on the night. The evening will also be an opportunity to hear the oldest church organ still used in regular worship, which will be played by alison Evans BEm. admission is free but there


will be a retiring collection for Chapel funds.


Beccles Rotary Club Thanks


BECCLES Rotary Club would like to thank all those people who gave so generously during our recent Rotary Club collec- tions at morrisons and Tesco. Thank you also to the staff at both Tesco and morrisons for their on-going support. The total amount raised was


£615.41 and will be added to the monies raised at the forthcoming


Beccles Hospital Fete being organised by Beccles Rotary Club on Saturday 30th June. all of the money raised will


go to the Beccles Warmemorial Hospital and other local medical causes. We look forward to seeing you


at the Fete! Bernard Welland-Jones


Beccles Flower Arranging Club


ON Wednesday 27th June at 7.15pm at Blyburgate Hall, Bec- cles the Beccles Flowerarrang- ing Club will welcome Lorraine Scott whose presentation is called “Floral Fusion.” The floral challenge for mem-


bers is “multicoloured” and the entries will be judged by the vis- iting demonstrator. Each month we hold a raffle


Sizzling Summer 70s & 80s Disco Inferno at Public Hall next month


For all 70s & 80s disco music lovers, don’t miss local favourite DJ, Paul Allen, who has a great evening of dance party hits lined up at Beccles Public Hall for Saturday 21st July at 8pm until Midnight.


“Get Foot Loose All Night Long at Beccles Public Hall and re-live those fabulous 70s & 80s when you hear the brilliant period classics on Saturday 21 July at 8pm until Midnight. Look out for the terrific value group ticket


reduction”! Tickets are on sale now from the Box Office which is open from 10am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday, by ringing: 01502 770060 or on-line at www.becclespublichall.co.uk


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