Local history speaker and author Sarah Doig has serialised for viewing online her book "The Little History of Suffolk", which was published by The History Press in 2018.
Each episode, which will be issued roughly every fortnight and lasts about 30 minutes, comprises Sarah’s narrative of the history of our county, accompanied by images. In lieu of our monthly talks, our Group has purchased the right to view the complete series of eight episodes. They can be viewed by our members on their home computers, laptops and tablets in the comfort of their own home.
To date, Sarah has produced Episode 1, covering the history of early Suffolk up to the Norman invasion. Other episodes will be Norman Suffolk, Medieval Suffolk, Tudor Suffolk, Stuart Suffolk, Georgian Suffolk, Victorian Suffolk and, finally, Twentieth-Century Suffolk.
For each episode paid-up members are emailed with a link to the video to simply click, and a password that you will need to input to watch that particular video.
Alternatively, for all eight episodes, we have a single webpage here — or select «visuals» from the dark-grey toolbar above, and then «Videos» from the drop-down menu. Each instalment will become available ("ungreyed") as soon as it's published, but will still require its password.
Our subscription is strictly limited to our paid-up members, so lapsed members may wish to rejoin — or indeed we welcome those joining for the first time. Please visit our Membership page for how to do so.
A further member benefit currently is that, whereas Suffolk Libraries' access to FindMyPast has only been in libraries up until now, whilst we’re in these weird times of the coronavirus, the permissions have been widened so that our members have remote access too. Information on how to access the service has been sent to all paid-up members, and new members are given access instructions when joining the Group.
Maggie Strutt
The Wickham Market Hoard (c. AD 15)
The coins are around 18mm diameter, about the same as a modern 5p piece, but much thicker.