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LoveSudbury campaign launch at Sudbury on Show
March 13, 2017
Sudbury on Show this year was hugely successful for the Sudbury Society. Our stand looked marvellous. In fact, some of us thought it was the best one there! We certainly had a lot more visitors than last time, and plenty of people who engaged us in con …
The perambulating Post Office…
October 15, 2016
So, the Post Office in Sudbury is closing – shock! horror! But, of course, it isn’t closing as such although that makes better headlines. If the proposals go according to plan, it will move across the road about 100 yards away from the present building …
The Bus station: more thoughts
August 14, 2016
The Sudbury Society is appreciative and supportive of the efforts being made to re-site the Bus Station which is crucial for the development of the Hamilton Road area and for the future of Sudbury as a thriving market town. The Society believes that th …
Our Chairman’s views on relocation of the Bus Station
August 14, 2016
The Sudbury Society wholeheartedly supports the development of Sudbury Town Centre to provide extended retail and recreational facilities within the town, which should enhance the future viability of the town centre. Unfortunately the Hamilton Road Qua …
WW2 painting for Heritage Centre
March 7, 2016
‘Seeing Jessie Home’ – a painting by Steven Binks, first shown at our ‘Visions of Sudbury’ Art show back in October 2015. A joint funding scheme between The Sudbury Society, Sudbury Museum Trust and Sudbury Freemen’s Trust (with the additional help of …
Get involved with new book on Listed Buildings
February 17, 2016
There are nearly 250 listed buildings in Sudbury. The Sudbury Society are currently putting together a new book, A Brief Look at the Listed Buildings of Sudbury – a snapshot of what we have now, and a window onto Sudbury’s past. As part of the process …
Chilton Woods – Our response to the recent Planning Application
February 4, 2016
OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION – B/15/01718 The Sudbury Society fully understands the need to expand the market town of Sudbury by the provision of further housing and employment. We believe this extension should be carried out so that it will be a seam …
Look at new plans for St Peters
January 18, 2016
The Friends of St Peter’s has begun the process of planning some major building development and restoration work. We are very keen that all our supporters, hirers and indeed all people of the town have plenty of opportunities to see and comment on plan …
Those Town Centre Traffic Lights!
January 15, 2016
Attached are some notes I wrote recently with regard to traffic issues in Sudbury. My aim was to try and use common sense approaches which would not involve large capital expenditure to try and assist with the flow of traffic in the town and possibly h …
Our latest ‘Visions’ Art Show
January 1, 2016
Visions of Sudbury – the sixth of these exhibitions that we’ve held by Anne Grimshaw The sixth bi-annual Sudbury Society’s Visions of Sudbury art exhibition opened to the public at St Peter’s Church on Tuesday 6 October after the Private Viewing the ev …
The Sudbury Fire
September 9, 2015
The fire tore through Oxfam at 42-43 Market Hill, formerly the premises of one of the old established family businesses Mattingly and Sons. …
Chilton – A New Book
August 29, 2015
The Society’s former Chairman, David Burnett, has recently published a new book based on the history of Chilton. After 18 months or so of research the result is this profusely illustrated story which begins in the Late Bronze Age, incorporates the dis …
Bus Station developments
July 19, 2015
RESPONSE TO THE BUS STATIONS PROPOSALS BY THE SUDBURY SOCIETY We are pleased to see positive movement on the bus station issue. At last the bus station is to be moved from its earlier favoured site within the development area thus maximising the area’ …
Our criticism of the so-called Local Plan ‘Consultation’
March 6, 2015
Babergh /Suffolk Public Consultation on the Draft Sudbury Local Plan held on 23 February 2015. Imagine the Reception area of the Kingfisher Leisure Centre. It’s Friday afternoon, the last day of half-term. Children are running around in swimming costum …
Latest thinking on current local issues
October 26, 2014
Current applications – Walnuttree and St Leonards are still going through the planning process. Bypass – some significant moves seem to be taking place towards a solution, involving links between the A120/A12/A134, which would avoid harm to the sensiti …
What was under our gardens?
October 9, 2014
Pter Rednall with two budding archaeologists on The Croft Spot the digger! One of many clay pipes Jawbones – a horse? What was under our gardens? Sudbury Big Dig 3-5 October 2014 The Sudbury Commu …
Lorna Hoey – our ‘Chair Elect’
October 9, 2014
The Sudbury Society now has a new ‘Chair Elect’ in Lorna Hoey having been without a Chairman since Peter Thorogood stepped down after three years in the post. Lorna is something of the new kid on the block but has been a committee member for a w …
Belle Vue – the Society’s position
August 27, 2014
BELLE VUE HOUSE AND PARK AND TRAFFIC – the Society Planning Group’s response to the consultation about the future of Belle Vue – August 19 2014 THE PARK This is one of the town’s great assets, with its variety of formal, organised and informal spaces a …
How important is an anchor?
January 22, 2014
(Our planning group is pressing the owner of the new Javelin shop in Friars Street to reconsider plans to remove the attractive pub sign from the facade of what was formerly The Anchor PH.) The sign and its marvellous shadow The Anchor Friars Street …
‘Shadowing’ Sudbury Town Council, Scouts and sailing – Caitlin does it all
January 22, 2014
As a civic society, the Sudbury Society is usually associated with planning, buildings, traffic and suchlike but just before Christmas came the opportunity to do something a little different. Last year a student from Sudbury Ormiston Academy, 14-year-o …
Best of Visions
October 15, 2013
The fifth bi-annual art exhibition, Visions of Sudbury, organised by the Sudbury Society and held in St Peter’s church, ran from 8-13 October. Visitor numbers were slightly down on 2011 but sales of artworks were up. Artwork included sculpture, …
Friends’ Meeting House receives Alan Phillips’ Award
October 11, 2013
On Saturday 5 October the Sudbury Society’s Alan Phillips Award was presented at the Religious Society of Friends’ Meeting House in Friars Street. It was in recognition of the work done for the new entrance and the positive and beneficial contri …
What’s under your garden?
September 14, 2013
A mass dig for history will take place in Sudbury October 3-5th this year to discover more about the town’s past. Cambridge University archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis, of Time Team fame and the BBC’s Great British Story, will lead the Dig which will inv …
Prolog application- UPDATE 6/09/2013
November 14, 2012
OUR COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION Babergh District Council only approved Prolog’s application to build two large warehouses on Churchfield Road because the Company was promising to create 500 new jobs in the town. This argument was seen to outweigh the u …
Walnuttree Hospital
September 17, 2012
We understand that the NHS Foundation Trust will be submitting an outline Planning Application with Babergh for the redevelopment of the Walnuttree Hospital site. There was some talk about the Health Authority just marketing the site ‘as seen.’ This o …