OS from Sunny Suffolk and east Anglia

vivw_2

I've been using this forum since November and still don't feel I 'know' anyone. Was wondering if it may be good to have region threads as well as the daily OS thread/ Flylady etc.
It could make meet ups easier and also we would be able to share local OS information. For example I want to explore using farm shops/ independent shops more and could really do with some recommendations.
Would this be useful to others too?

nickinoodle_2

Yeh I would be intrested! Im from Essex and it would be nice to get recommendations on good butchers, farmers markets etc near me

jordylass

I'm from the North East, but I'd love to have OS people locally to have coffee mornings etc with.
I travel to the Ipswich area about once a month and there is a lovely shop called the Friday Street Shop it's near Snape on the way to Aldeburgh, I always pick up some veg from there.

Sarahsaver

I originate from Bury St. Eds. THough I am not there now I know Bury Market is good. Saturdays and I think Wednesdays. Growing our own veg was the best thing.
I will ask my mum as she still works in Bury;)

livinginhope

Hi vivw,what a great idea!
I feel the East is always a bit..well....left out,we are on Norfolk/Suffolk borders,but everybody is either London or the North,we are stuck out on a limb here aren't we.
Look forward to your thread.
LIH

vivw_2

nickinoodle wrote:

Yeh I would be intrested! Im from Essex and it would be nice to get recommendations on good butchers, farmers markets etc near me

nickinoodle : whereabouts in Essex are you? Although now living in Suffolk [Ipswich to be precise] I was brought up in Essex nr Billericay. My family are in Billericay, basildon and Chelmsford.

I also have links to Norfolk as I lived in Norwich for a total of 23 yrs and my son and ex still live in Norfolk.

jordylass wrote:

I travel to the Ipswich area about once a month and there is a lovely shop called the Friday Street Shop it's near Snape on the way to Aldeburgh, I always pick up some veg from there.

jordylassI don't know that one. Are the veg good? What do they do in terms of fruit? I sometimes go that way.

vivw_2

livinginhope wrote:

Hi vivw,what a great idea!
I feel the East is always a bit..well....left out,we are on Norfolk/Suffolk borders,but everybody is either London or the North,we are stuck out on a limb here aren't we.
Look forward to your thread.
LIH

livinginhope;thanks for the words of encouragement. I was a little worried that people would feel that region threads would be a little elitist.
I hope that it can help us all to be more OS and also make friends.
Whereabouts on the border are you?

Sarahsaver wrote:

I originate from Bury St. Eds. THough I am not there now I know Bury Market is good. Saturdays and I think Wednesdays. Growing our own veg was the best thing.
I will ask my mum as she still works in Bury

Sarahsaver;thanks for that. Have been to Bury a few times but since its 35-40 mins drive away I don't tend to go there often. Will remember the market next time I visit

livinginhope

[QUOTE=vivw.
Whereabouts on the border are you?



Not going to say exactly,but we live in a tiny village just North of Beccles,for obvious reasons (debt) I won't say
LIH

Bargain_Rzl

Well, if you have specific questions for your area, you could always start a specific thread to ask them...

I started one for my local area and it turned out there were loads of people who knew the local Old Style shopping haunts! The thing is though, to comply with forum guidelines you need to be pretty careful to keep the subject matter Old Style or you risk having your thread moved to the "Local Moneysaving" boards (where I occasionally ask a question and nobody ever replies!)

I think there are a few in the Suffolk/East Anglia area though - squeakyand black-saturn come to mind.

vivw_2

livinginhope: Thats okay...wasn't trying to be too nosy. Just if we know roughly where we all are it makes sharing information easier.

can't say I know that area that well.
In the 70's I did teaching practise at Halesworth and also used to attend the Albion fairs that were in that area.

Welcome on board...

vivw_2

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

Well, if you have specific questions for your area, you could always start a specific thread to ask them...

I started one for my local area and it turned out there were loads of people who knew the local Old Style shopping haunts! The thing is though, to comply with forum guidelines you need to be pretty careful to keep the subject matter Old Style or you risk having your thread moved to the "Local Moneysaving" boards (where I occasionally ask a question and nobody ever replies!)

I think there are a few in the Suffolk/East Anglia area though - squeakyand black-saturn come to mind.

Understand what you are saying Bargain Rzl. My intention is to keep it OS rather than moneysaving.