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Odie is a gentle giant and needs a home says West Suffolk RSPCA

Odie is a gentle giant and needs a home says West Suffolk RSPCA

Odie is a gentle giant and needs a home says West Suffolk RSPCA

01 July 2017

This loveable character has a penchant for Yorkshire pudding but is really a best boy. Odie, is one year and a cross German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Dogue De Bordeaux.


REVIEW: Clare Teal provides a winning opener to Bury St Edmunds Festival

REVIEW: Clare Teal provides a winning opener to Bury St Edmunds Festival

REVIEW: Clare Teal provides a winning opener to Bury St Edmunds Festival

22 May 2017

Clare Teal and her Mini Big Band at The Apex May 20


NOSTALGIA: Browning’s blacksmith shop, Southgate Street - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Browning’s blacksmith shop, Southgate Street - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Browning’s blacksmith shop, Southgate Street - from the Spanton Jarman collection

22 May 2017

Alfred and Charles Browning, father and son, worked at these premises in Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, from at least 1892 until the 1940s.


NOSTALGIA: If you go down to the heath today . . .

NOSTALGIA: If you go down to the heath today . . .

NOSTALGIA: If you go down to the heath today . . .

22 May 2017

This photo, taken in May 1982, shows children who took part in a teddy bears’ picnic at Hardwick Heath.


NOSTALGIA: It’s a knockout day from 1982

NOSTALGIA: It’s a knockout day from 1982

NOSTALGIA: It’s a knockout day from 1982

13 May 2017

This photo, taken in May 1982 was taken in the Abbey Gardens as crowds gathered for the Diocesan Family Day.


NOSTALGIA: Stars of the stage at Horringer Court Middle School

NOSTALGIA: Stars of the stage at Horringer Court Middle School

NOSTALGIA: Stars of the stage at Horringer Court Middle School

06 May 2017

This week’s photograph was snapped by a Bury Free Press photographer in 1994 and shows pupils in a Horringer Court Middle School production in December of that year.


NOSTALGIA: Vicarage, St Mary’s Square, Bury – from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Vicarage, St Mary’s Square, Bury – from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Vicarage, St Mary’s Square, Bury – from the Spanton Jarman collection

06 May 2017

This house is not shown on Warren’s map of 1791 and it is believed to date from the first decade of the 19th century.


NOSTALGIA: Thurston Upper School’s recipe for success in 1986

NOSTALGIA: Thurston Upper School’s recipe for success in 1986

NOSTALGIA: Thurston Upper School’s recipe for success in 1986

29 April 2017

This photo, taken in November 1986, shows students at Thurston Upper School as they swapped their schoolbooks for cooks’ aprons on a new course.


NOSTALGIA: Bury St Edmunds Town Hall, 1919 - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Bury St Edmunds Town Hall, 1919 - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: Bury St Edmunds Town Hall, 1919 - from the Spanton Jarman collection

29 April 2017

Alderman A Mitchell, Deputy Mayor, gives details of the Peace Celebrations to be held on Saturday, July 19, at a public meeting held in the Town Hall (now Market Cross) on Monday, July 7, 1919.


NOSTALGIA: School show has plenty of kicks

NOSTALGIA: School show has plenty of kicks

NOSTALGIA: School show has plenty of kicks

22 April 2017

A continental flavour was added to the proceedings at Stowmarket Middle School IN 1991 when parents were entertained in French.


NOSTALGIA: St Nicholas Hospital, Eastgate Street – from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: St Nicholas Hospital, Eastgate Street – from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: St Nicholas Hospital, Eastgate Street – from the Spanton Jarman collection

22 April 2017

St Nicholas Hospital was founded to care for lepers circa 1220.


REVIEW: Arabian Nights show is full of drama, fun and energy

REVIEW: Arabian Nights show is full of drama, fun and energy

REVIEW: Arabian Nights show is full of drama, fun and energy

11 April 2017

The most talented Theatre Royal Youth group provided a great evening’s entertainment with the new version of Arabian Nights by Neil Duffield.


SPALDING AT WAR: South Holland schools urged to grow food supplies

SPALDING AT WAR: South Holland schools urged to grow food supplies

06 April 2017

Schools were encouraged to make the most of their land by growing food to help the war effort.


REVIEW: Tragic story cuts at the raw emotions

REVIEW: Tragic story cuts at the raw emotions

REVIEW: Tragic story cuts at the raw emotions

03 April 2017

This touring production of the most talented Bury Theatre Workshop is based on the true story of the ‘Brides in the Bath Murders’ committed by George Smith between 1912 and 1914.


NOSTALGIA: The Suffolk General Hospital – FROM THE sPANTON jARMAN COLLECTION

NOSTALGIA: The Suffolk General Hospital – FROM THE sPANTON jARMAN COLLECTION

NOSTALGIA: The Suffolk General Hospital – FROM THE sPANTON jARMAN COLLECTION

01 April 2017

Pictured here is an operating theatre at the Suffolk General Hospital ‘with patient and medical staff’.


NOSTALGIA: Elsie’s dream comes true

NOSTALGIA: Elsie’s dream comes true

NOSTALGIA: Elsie’s dream comes true

01 April 2017

Elsie Coleman had always dreamed of visiting the United States, but she thought it would only have been possible if she had won the Premium Bonds.


NOSTALGIA: A cut above the rest

NOSTALGIA: A cut above the rest

NOSTALGIA: A cut above the rest

11 March 2017

This photo shows five young people and their models at West Suffolk College in April 1982. They were a cut above the rest as they all scooped prizes in the annual hairdressing competition for those taking the course at the college.


NOSTALGIA: 11&12 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: 11&12 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds - from the Spanton Jarman collection

NOSTALGIA: 11&12 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds - from the Spanton Jarman collection

11 March 2017

This picture shows Oliver & Son, grocers, tea-dealers and coffee roasters.


The art of photography Bury’s photographic society

The art of photography Bury’s photographic society

The art of photography Bury’s photographic society

07 March 2017

Most people now own a digital camera, even if only on a phone, but the majority cannot take photography to the level of an art form.


NOSTALGIA: A royal thank you

NOSTALGIA: A royal thank you

NOSTALGIA: A royal thank you

04 March 2017

This photo shows children at Chedburgh Primary School in May 1986 accepting a thank you letter from the Queen. This was following the 60th birthday card they all worked on together and sent to her majesty a few weeks previously.


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