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Stroll in Thomas Gainsborough's footsteps on his 295th birthday

Sudbury Guided Tour_Silk Weavers Piece Garden

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Plans for a guided tour to celebrate 18th century Sudbury on the 295th birthday of painter Thomas Gainsborough have been revealed.

Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing in the county's summer of music

The Queen

Top 80s pop acts, choirs, bands and orchestras in Suffolk's summer of music

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Pop icon Nik Kershaw has penned a song about Hedingham Castle in Essex

Music

80s heart-throb Nik Kershaw pens song for Essex castle

Michael Steward

Sudbury Mayor, Sue Ayres, was the first person to get involved with the artwork

Angelic interactive artwork installed at Sudbury church undergoing repair

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Mrs Queenie Ablitt receiving her Ascension Day gift voucher from mayor Jack Owen

Applications open for Suffolk town's 401 year-old tradition

Toby Lown

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A procession walks through the grounds of Kentwell Hall Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN

Suffolk Live News

7 school trips all Suffolk children will remember going on

Tom Swindles

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The Woolworths store in Stowmarket closed down in 2008 – but what has the store become?

Retail

Former Woolworths stores in Suffolk and what they are now

Tom Swindles

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A painting by the 18th-century Suffolk painter Thomas Gainsborough is to be sold at auction at Cheffins

Thomas Gainsborough painting bought for £2,600 could sell for £50,000

Angus Williams

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The Ickworth Hotel, in the east wing of Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds.

Suffolk Live News

10 of Suffolk's oldest hotels and their histories

Tom Swindles

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Queen Elizabeth II photographed at Sandringham House, which is the Queen's Norfolk residence, to mar

Festival of Suffolk organisers aim for a lasting legacy

Jason Noble, Local Democracy Reporter

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Suffolk's Kentwell Hall is home to some of the region's most stunning grounds and gardens

Get outdoors at events at historic Suffolk hall

Richard Cornwell

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The White Lion Hotel in Eye pictured in 1986, the year it closed

Pubs

9 forgotten pubs that were at the heart of their Suffolk towns

Matthew Earth

Halesworth is one of the Suffolk towns to go through changes in the last decade

Nostalgia

How have Suffolk's towns changed over the last decade?

Matthew Earth

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare

£200,000 church restoration project complete

Toby Lown

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

First meteor shower of 2022 to light up the night sky in early January

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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War memorials in Woodbridge, Wortham and Worlington which have just been made Grade 2 listed

Heritage

Six Suffolk war memorials added to listed buildings register

Angus Williams

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St Mary's church bell ringers at East Bergholt pictured with the refurbished bells in 2002

Nostalgia

Chiming in - did you ever ring the bells in a Suffolk church?

Judy Rimmer

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Kick boxing tournaments got underway, as the crowds looked on at the action in 1979 Picture: OWEN H

Nostalgia

Nostalgia: Did you ever attend a Suffolk festival of sport?

Oliver Sullivan

A happy bunch at Colchester Carnival in July 1988

Colourful carnivals - are you in these photos from the 1970s to 1990s?

Judy Rimmer

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A gymkhana at Cretingham, near Woodbridge, in April 1983

Nostalgia

Riding high - did you compete in gymkhanas as a youngster?

Judy Rimmer

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Custom cars and hot rods lining up on the prom and seafront at Felixstowe during the rally in 2010

Nostalgia

Classic car events - were you at these vintage vehicle rallies?

Judy Rimmer

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Members of the Art school dressed in bin bag dresses, comlete with tin foil curlers Picture: JOHN

Were you striking a pose at these Suffolk fashion shows?

Katy Sandalls

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Hadleigh United Reformed Church choir rehearsing for a gospel concert in 2007

Nostalgia

Singing in harmony - are you in these Suffolk choir photos?

Judy Rimmer

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A centenary presentation to Felixstowe Cricket Club in August 1970

Nostalgia

Are you in these cricket photos from 1970s to 2000s?

Judy Rimmer

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Enjoying the sounds at Clare World Music Festival in 2002

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Are you in these photos from Clare World Music Festival in early 2000s?

Judy Rimmer

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Wingalkers take to the skies over Clacton during the annual air show in 2004

Nostalgia

Sky's the limit - memories of spectacular air shows

Judy Rimmer

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A march past of Royal British Legion standards at the Suffolk Show in 2004

A century of service - Suffolk joining Royal British Legion celebrations

Judy Rimmer

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Earl Stonham WI lunch at Lavenham Swan in March 1987

Parties, pantos, cookery demos and more - Suffolk WI memories

Judy Rimmer

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Playscheme at Hadleigh High School from August 1995

Nostalgia

Child's play - are you in these holiday playscheme photos?

Judy Rimmer

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Felixstowe Technotronics Majorettes in 2003, after doing well in a national competition

Majorette memories - did you twirl a baton?

Judy Rimmer

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