It was the annual open day Sunday at Hall Farm, Dennington and farmer Robert Rous tells us that just under 200 visitors admired the new combine capable of harvesting 50,000 loaves (in wheat form) per hour, well petted the Redpoll calf and enjoyed the trailer ride.  Entry was free but voluntary donations raised some £150 for the church bells and village hall.

Yes, this is a couple of months away but expect us to keep going on about it ... giving blood is returning to Fram.

su 16 Mar

The Town Clerk's Feb report confirms we will be seeing some new stalls on the market and that is the end of an era, ex-town councillor Tracy Clifford did her last day at The Crown Friday and is now a full time mum.  We'll miss you Tracy.

we 12 Mar

Felixstowe docks are closed because of the wind with the inevitable tailback of lorries and Jackie's Café in Bridge Street is closing a little earlier tonight at 4:30pm

sa 8 Mar

You won't see the pine furniture stall on the market today or in the future because Veronica and Roy Dowley have retired, more than one applicant for their pitch so wait to see what we'll get in their place.

fr 7 Mar

Nine recorded crimes in Fram last month including a skimmer found on the Barclays cash point and PC Mark Bryant clarifies that no animals were harmed during the burglary at the vets.

tu 4 Mar

Calendar Girls tonight and a house was broken into yesterday lunchtime in Fairfield Road.

fr 29 Feb

The gas is back on at The Crown and Roy explains what in administration means.

fr 22 Feb

Here's why The Crown is closed.

Remember the Pre-School jobbie?  Want to start another one?

Thanks to outgoing sponsor Jackie's who now have a customer loyalty card and can take credit cards with a whizzy bit of technology that if your bill is under ten pounds you don't have to put your PIN in ...

Whoops!  That didn't take long, Fram Bookshop on the Market Hill are our new sponsors.

The Crown is planning to re-open tomorrow morning.

fr 15 Feb

Police Direct have issued a slightly extended description of the man they want to trace from the Sunday skatepark incident.

Penelope Wilton's overbite ... but not as much as we love Miss Olga.

The Town Clerk's Feb report reveals she attended a Coastal Potato event and yes, Jackie's does smell ever so slightly of new paint.

th 14 Feb

The police need to trace a 25-35 year old man who spoke to a young boy at the skate park Sunday.  More info here.

tu 12 Feb

Teddies Off The Tower are back this summer during Arts Fram fortnight.

su 10 Feb

Today we had lunch in the Con Club (it's only called the Con Club and you don't have to be a member ... allegedly).  It was very enjoyable (the prawn salad starter included a shrimp in its shell and now we're a grown up we even like the seedy bits); more than we wanted to eat and Batemans at £1.90 a pint ... mind you the White Horse Thursday had real ale (it was so good we're now a little uncertain which brewery) at £2.00 a pint.

powered go kart racing.

we 6 Feb

Indications that The Outlaws will have an All Star Team (no, not Rick Wakeman) for tomorrow's music quiz ... nice mug.

... and storms yesterday across the southern states (including Arkansas) of the US have killed 48.

mo 4 Feb

Friday week Easton Farm Park host twelve piece Ska Cubano who blend ska, salsa and mambo.  Peppery Prods have been on a roll recently with some cracking bands and no doubt Ska Cubano will continue this streak ... with a singer called Natty Bo guaranteed!

Carl Moore has replaced Paul Briscoe as a Pryke Charity trustee.

su 3 Feb

We're told Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds were on Jonathon Ross yesterday morning (Cheeky Cheeky's mum and dad live in Victoria Mill Road) and the Westbury Centre has finally got a door handle!

sa 2 Feb

Though the police were in attendance the disagreement between three cars around 11 this morning at the junction of Mount Pleasant and College Road seemed minor enough.

we 23 Jan

Dr Norton's funeral will be family only but there is a Thanksgiving Service Saturday week.

tu 15 Jan

A book of condolences for Doctor Norton has been available in St Michael's since around 1 o'clock today.

mo 14 Jan

Sadly we have to tell you that Doctor Stephen Norton died this weekend after a fall.  The surgery announcement is on the bulletin board.

sa 12 Jan

Now that's useful, perhaps even thoughtful, one of the Riverside pavements is closed alongside the sewer works so tarmac has been put down (both sides) to ease crossing on a buggy or with a pram.

fr 11 Jan

Skilfully doubling the pleasure The Con Club is having a Quiz AND Bingo night tomorrow week whilst at the British Legion they'll be beetling.

The Man in the Hat has pointed out that if you join the 1st Responders you don't get a Kojak flashing light but you can have the haircut ... then by happenstance we saw MitH on The Hill briskly crossing the road.  "Ill nnnner art kell, can't stop", he said.  On our way back to Stately Terrace there's MitH's pickup and an ambulance and the light bulb went on; "I'm on a call, can't stop".  Someone had fallen and MitH, who wasn't actually on call, had to collect the kit from the Technology Centre and then attend.  Despite that he got there eight minutes before the ambulance, that's what First Responders do, they get there first.

th 10 Jan

Bumped into Nicky Butcher in town who said the Westbury Centre's now got a hedge (don't know if it's mixed but there's certainly some holly) and why had  we ignored her last three emails?  We hadn't, we had a lot of problems with email last month and never saw them.  So if, like Sally Brown, you feel cruelly rejected please send your email again and we'll cherish it.

The 1st Responders are still looking for members (no, you don't get one of those flashing lights like Kojak) and this year the training courses could be in Fram ... and Faery Cake is looking for info about Framfare's 1950s predecessor FRAM.

su 6 Jan

And to prove they're not just a summer manifestation Arts Fram are putting on a lunch in reubens next month with speaker the former royal correspondent Tom Corby.

th 3 Jan

It's membership time at the Con Club and Arts Fram have booked left side sponsorship for May and June.  Maybe they could organise a temporary ice rink on The Hill.  Oh no ... it's a summer festival.

we 2 Jan

Chairperson has a muse about 2007, don't forget this month's town council meeting is tomorrow week the 10th and just about all the committee meetings have moved for Jan.

Gratifyingly our pic of local special Graham Durrant is going to feature in a text book, particularly gratifying as he wasn't allowed to leap in uniform at the 2006 bungee jump.