
News and Events in Bungay
LOCAL Bungay & Area Events
Please click on the links below to see details of events being held in the area over the coming months. A link to what's on at The Fisher Theatre may also be found below.
September Events, October Events, The Fisher Theatre
FUNDRAISING Car Wash
Bungay Lions will be holding a fundraising car wash from 8am to midday on Sunday 26th September, in aid of individuals and groups in the local community. The car wash will be held at Waveney Valley Swimming Pool in St Johns Road, Bungay. A minimum donation of £3 is requested. For further details, please call 0845 8335082.
HERITAGE Events in Bungay
Would you be interested in a guided tour of Bungay Castle, St Mary's Tower or the Museum & Council Chambers? If you would, why not take advantage of the annual Heritage Open Days, being held from the 9th to the 12th September 2010? Heritage Open Days celebrates England's fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Click here for further information. Please note, pre-booking is required for a number of the tours - see website for details of how to book.
ARTIST Exhibition & Workshops
An exhibition by artist Russell Coulson will be held at Wingfield Barns, Wingfield from Friday 3rd to Saturday 18th September. Russell will also be holding workshops between 6th and 12th September, where he will explain his water colour, acrylic and drawing techniques. Further information may be found here.
WORLD War II Talk
Mr David Chance will be giving a talk entitled "Reminiscences of a World War II Russian Naval Interpreter" on Saturday 11th September at Ditchingham Village Hall. Tickets cost £7.50, including refreshments, and can be booked by calling 01986 892493.
NSPCC Lunches
Two lunches are being held in aid of the NSPCC. The first, on 15th August, will be held in Bungay from 12 noon to 2pm. Tickets cost £10 and include Pimm's and canapes. If you are a fan of jazz, you may wish to attend the lunch being held in nearby Mettingham on 19th September. Proceedings start at 12.30pm and tickets are on sale at a cost of £9.50. If you are interested in attending either event, please call Terry on 01986 896416 for further information.
BUNGAY Concert Series
Bungay's popular annual series of piano concerts will soon be upon us! Organised by Nina Vinogradova, the series will feature two exciting pianists, Allan Schiller and Freddy Kempf. Both artists will be playing in Holy Trinity Church, the first concert taking place on Sunday 3rd October and the second on Sunday 31st October.
Having performed in Leningrad & Moscow, and also for the Queen, Allan Schiller is perhaps best known for his interpretation of Mozart’s works. Critics praise the clarity of his playing and his ability to make a piano sing. Performing to sell-out audiences all over the world, Freddy Kempf has built a unique reputation as an explosive and physical performer, as well as a serious, sensitive and profoundly musical artist.
For further information, please call Nina on 01986 896416 or visit the Bungay International Music website.
JUSTICE can be seen again in Bungay
The historic figure of Justice atop the town's historic Butter Cross was officially unveiled by the town reeve, John Groom, following a £3000 makeover as a crowd watched from the Market Place. Mr Groom scaled the scaffolding to perform the ceremony, accompanied by the town crier, Les Knowles, who rang his bell from on high to announce the historic moment for Bungay as one of the town's most photographed figures was put on view again.
Afterwards he said: “The Butter Cross and Justice are a great focal point for Bungay, featured on every holiday brochure and promotion of Bungay. I have never seen Justice as close up as this before, and to see her actual sandals and the facial features the makeover has revealed is fantastic. “Once the scaffolding is down she will be fully revealed in all her glory and that is going to be good for the town.”
The unique figure, one of few anywhere in which Justice is not blindfolded, was cast in lead in the London workshops of Henry and John Cheere, and placed in position in 1754, secured on an oak base. Over the ensuing two and a half centuries maintenance has been carried out at regular intervals.
The latest major refurbishment saw 28 layers of paint stripped off, and she was repaired, with her sandals revealed for the first time for many years, re-primed and repainted by Carl Cook and Julia Nuttall, of AHH Scaffolding. Working under the guidance of experts, they used special paint stripper to gradually remove a 4cm layer of paint which had built up over the years.
The last big operation for Justice was in 1976 when the rotten oak base was replaced by Bungay carpenter Alf Plummer, of Garden Close, the figure having to be craned from her position to allow that to happen. Alf, now 90, was among those watching yesterday's ceremony, along with the Mayor at the time, Cll John Warnes, feoffees of Bungay Town Trust, which owns the Butter Cross, and many interested onlookers
News & Diary Dates
Artist Georgina Warne
3rd Sept - 2nd October
Cork Brick Gallery
View website
Beccles Music Festival
17th - 26th September
View website
Jazz Lunch in Aid of the NSPCC
19th September
View website
Pirate Evensong
19th September
Homersfield Church
Further details
Fundraising Car Wash
26th September
From 8am
Further details
Film: The Spirit of the Beehive
27th September
7.30pm, Fisher Theatre
View website
Bungay Piano Concerts
3rd & 31st October
Holy Trinity Church
View website
Halesworth Arts Festival
9th - 24th October
View website
Pumpkin Festival
Sunday 31st October
Star Ceremony
Saturday 27th November
St Mary's Church, 4.30pm
Christmas Lights Switch On
Thursday 2nd December, 6pm
Christmas Market
Sunday 5th December, 9.30am