Signpost - Ellingham and Kirby Cane
2024
Organ concert with D'Arcy Trinkwon - 7pm, 6th Sept. 2024
2026 marked the centenary of the organ at St Mary’s Chucrch, Ellingham. This grade 1 listed instrument is desperately in need of restoration following water damage. The cost of ensuring that it can be used for future weddings, funerals and services for our community is estimated at around £6,000. To help us reach this goal and raise money from your donations at this concert, we were honoured to welcome the distinguished musician D’Arcy Trinkwon who is one of the outstanding virtuoso organists of his generation. Renowned for his artistic mastery and fervour in the service of his art, he is one of the few organists whose career has been built predominantly as a concert performer. Alongside his concert career, he is the Organist to the University of Sussex.
2023
Rare Nacreous cloud, 21st December 2023
The rare Nacreous clouds were seen near sunset on the 21st December 2023 at Ellingham. They normally form in the lower stratosphere over polar regions when the Sun is just below the horizon. The ice particles that form nacreous clouds are much smaller than those that form more common clouds. These smaller particles scatter light in a different way, which is what creates the distinctive luminescent appearance. Due to their high altitude and the curvature of the Earth’s surface, these clouds are lit up by sunlight from below the horizon and reflect it to the ground. Because of the very low temperatures required, nacreous clouds are usually only visible from the UK when the cold air which circulates around polar regions in the stratosphere (known as the stratospheric polar vortex) is displaced and hovers temporarily over the UK.
2021
28th April 2021 - Man charged with attempted murder and kidnap
Norfolk Police released the following report on 28/4/2021:
A man has been charged with attempted murder and kidnapping after a woman was found with stab wounds in the Ipswich area earlier this week.
Officers were called just after 8.40am on Monday 26 April 2021 to reports a woman had been seen in distress in the Yarmouth Road area of Kirby Cane, near Bungay. The woman was then seen being driven away from the address.
At 11.20am, Suffolk Police received reports that a woman had been found with stab wounds in Nacton village, near Ipswich. The woman was airlifted to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridgeshire with serious injuries where she remains in a stable condition.
Christopher Crichton, aged 32 and of Park Street in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex is due to appear before Norwich Magistrate’s Court today (Wednesday 28 April).
7th February 2021 - Heavy snow and strong winds
January 2021
Covid restrictions and lockdown continued as cases of infection increased, but a glimmer of hope appeared on the horizon as vaccinations started to be rolled out to the elderly and those at risk.
Volunteers continued their fine work in the parish, helping deliver essential supplies to those unable to obtain them.
People walked and cycled more than ever before as exercise was recognised as crucial to health and well being; the playing field remained open and well used.