Suffolk, England

Glen · Newbie

RE: Suffolk connections

pintpot · Newbie

I grew up in Cambridge (family hails originally from N Essex centuries ago, so nearly local) and thereafter Sheffield and Nottinghamshire, and spent many happy childhood weekends on the coast in Suffolk, particularly at Walberswick and Southwold (this is in the 70s)

Our chorus of "are we nearly there yet" and fidgety young bladders seemed to frequently end up in my Dad stopping the car at Clare Castle Country Park for us to go to the loo and run off some energy

So when I was looking to move away from Cambridge into the countryside, Clare and surroundings seemed to be the obvious, and lovely, choice

I love my adopted county very much. There just seem to be endless soft green acres studded with pretty villages, where life goes on much as it has done for decades. There can't be anywhere else in the SE of England and this close to London that feels so spacious and untouched by the greedy metropolis. I like to believe the county has an independent spirit and culture of its own which is also unique for somewhere otherwise so close to the ubiquity of the rest of the south - certainly there is far more of a distinctive Suffolk culture than in neigbouring Cambridgeshire or Essex

njperry · Newbie

good luck with your new forum John a great site, i spent my youth in a little place called Winston Green and from there moved to Stowmarket , now retired i have spent the last 42 years in Australia

Date: Nov 20, 2008

Could you please tell me how to log in on this site? Everything that I have tried doesn't seem to work. Thanks. rh7352@telus.net. (Canada) confused

ESA1178 · Newbie

I am living in Sacramento, Ca, USA. 2 hrs drive East of the Pacific Ocean & 1.5 hrs west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I Was born in Ipswich and spent my childhood on Greenwich estate from 1959 - 1975. A rough and ready community at the time! I have been in the USA since 1988. Refuse to become an American, will always be British! Miss the beer and the grub!! Married with 1 child, who is American/British..Carrying on the Union Jack!! :)

Mark H.

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