Holy Trinity Blythburgh
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
Focus on Ronald Blythe
Author of the best-selling Akenfield
17 May 2025
2.30 – 5.00pm
Holy Trinity church, Blythburgh
Blythburgh resident Malcolm Doney – who met “Ronnie” and wrote his obituary for the Church Times– will talk about this remarkable man and his links with Blythburgh, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, John Nash and other Suffolk luminaries. This will be followed by tea & cake and a showing of the film Akenfield, Sir Peter Hall’s elegiac portrait of Suffolk life, based on Blythe’s masterwork.
The event is free to Friends of Holy Trinity – donations welcome from everyone else!
A Life of Discovery: Remembering Janet Becker
Speaker Dr Alan Mackley
A simple memorial on the north aisle of Blythburgh Church commemorates Margaret Janet Becker, daughter of renowned Suffolk artist Harry Becker. Janet was a skilled conservationist and respected Suffolk historian. She wrote a number of books including a historical study of Blythburgh compiled from the wardens’ accounts. In 1922, aged 19, she undertook a motor tour of Suffolk churches with her friend Miss Gooch and hand-wrote a charmingly illustrated diary of the 450 mile “Joy Ride”. Alan Mackley will celebrate her life and introduce us to this remarkable document.
THE FRIENDS OPEN AFTERNOON May 2022
‘The Dig’ – Blythburgh style
At the Friends of Holy Trinity Blythburgh’s Open Afternoon on Saturday 14 May from 2–4pm, Simon Roberts of Union Farm demonstrated how local finds reveal our
