Holy Trinity Blythburgh
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
ADVANCE NOTICE: 'Open Afternoon Saturday 16 May 2026: informal interview between Rev. Malcolm Doney and Laurence Edwards, Suffolk sculptor (Yoxford Man, Lowestoft beach figures, Snape Maltings reed bed figures, etc.). See https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/laurence-edwards
DEDICATION OF THE HOLY TRINITY NAVE ALTAR, sponsored by the Friends and others (for details see Newsletter autumn 2024).
The table arrives, contemplated by members of the Fabric Subcommittee, Charles Morris, Jenny Allen and Paul Simmons.
Charles Morris the altar designer talks with Philip Baldwin the maker.
Trustees, Church Wardens, designer and maker at the dedication of the nave altar by Bishop Martin with Rev. Russell Gant, Sunday 9 June 2025.
THE FRIENDS' OPEN AFTERNOON 2025 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!
Unfortunately this event had to be cancelled due to illness of the Rev. Malcolm Doney.
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.
