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February 2008 – Ipswich Walks
FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTWe started our February meeting in a sombre mood, very much aware of a glaring absence in our midst – that of Hilary Barker, who passed away recently, leaving us and the whole village both shocked and saddened. We held a minute’s silence, during which our thought turned to Brian and the rest…
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January 2008 – China holiday
JANUARY 2008 REPORTOur January meeting should have included a talk by Mrs Parker entitled ‘4 Weddings and a Funeral’. Sadly on that day she was actually attending a funeral so could not be with us. A member, Mrs Iris Hitchen, who has joined us fairly recently, stepped into the breach with her husband Terry to…
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Dec 2007 – National Trust Gardens
DECEMBER 2007 REPORTIn December Mrs Place came to talk about and show slides of National Trust Gardens. Unfortunately the hall was so cold, someone having inadvertently left the outside door open, that we were hardly able to give her our full attention. However the lovely series of views that accompanied her talk helped to take…
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Kirton in 2007
KIRTON IN 2007 – LOCAL HISTORY RECORDER’S REPORT It was another year characterised by concerns over development. On that front and more generally, people seemed powerless to have their views taken into account by the relevant authorities. DEVELOPMENT & DISILLUSIONMENTThe Maltings – the saga continued as reflected in the attached “Press Briefing” prepared by a small…