Full details of this year’s program below:
11 – 11:30am Light On East Anglia
The changing aspects of life across East Anglia, from the Broads to Suffolk’s sleepy one street hanlets to Lowestoft’s fish market. James Cecil of JBC Films presents this nostalgic 16mm film (1965)
11:45 – 12:15 Talk: Clarion Calling
John Ellerby shares a short history of Waveney’s much-loved community newspaper and the story behind his new book.
12:30 – 1:00 Film: Marshland Histories
Dean Parkin introduces a selection of short films from his ‘picture podcast’ series exploring Lower Waveney Valley people and places.
1:00 – 1:45 Music: Tumbrel
A Horkey lunchtime menu special in The Cut Cafe – live music from Bungay duo Tumbrel who draw on the European folk tradition.
1:45 – 2:15 Talk: Transforming the Marshes
Suffolk Wildlfe Trust’s Vicky Eyles is informed and passionate about the local nature reserves, at Carlton & Worlingham Marshes.
2:30 – 3:15 Film: Celebrating Sunrise Film Festival
Three arresting short films rooted in East Anglia – Layers of Reed (Dir: Mark Hannant), Buffing the Walking Men (Dir: Sally Kidall) and Merman (Dir: Madeleine Wynn). Festival founder Joshua Freemantle introduces.
3:30 – 4:00 Talk: Changing Skies – The Seasonal Notebooks of Adrian Bell
From 1950 to 1980, Adrian Bell contributed 1,500+ columns to the EDP under the title ‘A Countryman’s Notebook’. Rescued from the archive in a handsome four volume selection, Richard Hawking revels in Bell’s portrayals of Suffolk’s seasonal beauty.
4:15 – 5pm Film: Village in the Wheatfield & Harvesting in Suffolk
A year in the life of a village in 1949, filmed in Rickinghall, plus an educational film shot at the same time, explaining the harvest in Suffolk. Presented by James Cecil .
All day display: Excelsior Trust Heritage Hub
Traditional rigging techniques including making a Liverpool eye splice in six-strand wire rope, then ‘worming, parceling and serving’ the finished splice. Rob Harbord demonstrates.
