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#Fenland #Wisbech #Outwell #littleport #friendship #greenshoots #TheOddfellows #CapitalOfTheFensOddfellows
#TheFens #GetALifeHere

‘Friendly, down-to-earth group’ encouraging residents to join activities A friendship group is inviting the community to join in with its upcoming activities and meet new people.

Oddfellarism (is that a word?) on the move deep in the #Cambridgshire #Fens! Congrats to Capital of the Fens Oddfellows (my neighbours), hailing out of #Wisbech, on this story in their local news website | Fenland Citizen | 27 March 2026:
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#TheOddfellows

Historic church to be transformed with ‘exciting plans’ The team behind a heritage building have some exciting plans to strengthen the local community.

Great to read how this lively congregation and their nattily-dressed pastor plan to open up this place of worship | Fenland Citizen | 29 Match 2026:
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#Wisbech #Cambridgeshire #ChristTransformation #heritage #church #community #nattydresser

#Fenland #Wisbech #DomesticAbuse #ViolenceInTheHome #SilentAlert #Silent999Call
The police said: “Did you know about pressing 55 after calling 999 - known as the silent solution? Doing so lets the 999 operator know your call is genuine, and they will try to track your location."

The Boo-Foons are outside of Wisbech and King's Lynn to look for Tom Hickathrift. They are telling you to listen to the Boo-Foons Mystery Investigators on your favourite podcast provider.

We travel to East Anglia, to research a story from the Fens. Tom Hickathrift was said to be carting beer from King's Lynn to Wisbech when events happened... listen to our latest episode from today to learn more of the story!

#fens #tomhickathrift #giant #wisbech #kingslynn

Don't forget it's open mic night tomorrow (30 January) at Octavia Hill Birthplace House. Hope to see you there! #poetry #wisbech

Unsurprised - Coutinho also rubber stamped permit for Europe's largest waste incinerator at #Wisbech in the last days of the Tory Govt which will emit in excess of 800,000 t Co2 annually...

8 Jan 1580: the baptism #otd of Theophilus Buckworth, future Church of #Ireland bishop of #Dromore at #Wisbech Cambridgeshire #otd (John Armagh)

Beyond the Floating World: A Deep Dive into a Classic Japanese Print. - West Norfolk Design This beautiful Japanese artwork is an original mid-19th century woodblock print (ukiyo-e), a form of art central to Japan’s Edo period culture. Produced by the prolific master Utagawa Kunisada (Toyoku...

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#Hunstanton #Japanese #art #design #cool #beautiful #blockprint #printing #antique #old #perfect #uk #martinrowson #norfolk #eastanglia #kingslynn #wisbech #norwich #thetford #sudbury #UtagawaKunisada #Genji #westnorfolkdesign #lynton #creativity

Wisbech from the air - historic “Capital of the Fens”. The River Nene winds through the town on its way to The Wash. Once a busy inland port, Wisbech still shows its Georgian heritage & market-town layout. Population around 32,000. #Fenland #Aerial #image #Wisbech #Cambridgeshire

Heading on the wrong path indeed... just before they got kicked out of office, Coutinho personally gave the development consent for Europes largest waste incinerator at #Wisbech that will emit in excess of 800,000+ T CO2 annually ...

TEECH volunteers taking part in the apple picking fundraiser in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

TEECH volunteers taking part in the apple picking fundraiser in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

TEECH volunteers taking part in the apple picking fundraiser in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

TEECH volunteers taking part in the apple picking fundraiser in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Huge thanks to volunteers from the UK, Kenya, Ukraine & Moldova who joined the Apple Picking Fundraiser in Wisbech 🍎🇬🇧🇰🇪🇺🇦🇲🇩
Your teamwork made it a brilliant success for TEECH! 💛
#TEECH #Volunteers #Wisbech #CommunitySpirit

27 Sept 1584: Thomas Watson, Mary I's bishop of #Lincoln is buried in the churchyard of St Peter & St Paul outside #Wisbech Castle #otd (eebo)

Gaillardia with yellow petals & red centre.

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #PeckoverHouse #Wisbech #Cambridgeshire

Gaillardia - 📷 20.09.2025

#elevensestime

Red roses

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #PeckoverHouse #Wisbech #Cambridgeshire

Roses - 📷 20.09.2025

#FlowersOnFriday
#elevensestime

Purple flowers against brick wall.

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #PeckoverHouse #Wisbech #Cambridgeshire

Aconitum - 📷 20.09.2025

#elevensestime

I find the other names interesting 🤔Aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket,

Red & yellow flowers with petals standing upright on the outer edge & curling in at the centre. Often used as dried flowers.

👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #PeckoverHouse #Wisbech #Cambridgeshire

Everlasting flowers - 📷 20.09.2025

#elevensestime

8 Sept 1652: Theophilus Buckworth Church of #Ireland bishop of #Dromore at #Wisbech Cambridgeshire #otd (John Armagh) where he'd been baptised on 8 Jan 1580.

#Suicidepreventionmonth #safeguarding #peterborough #cambridgeshire #wisbech

🎉 The free Unlocking Wellbeing event comes to Wisbech Castle Gardens!

Free music, food, & activities to celebrate mental wellbeing, recovery, and community.

Hope to see you there!

📆 Sat 13 Sept, 11am–4pm
🔎 More info 👉 zurl.co/eU7aA

#Wellbeing #Wisbech #Recovery

My hometown #Wisbech has some beautiful old and very unique buildings!

Posed staff safety photograph, showing a lorry-mounted crane loading a goods wagon, with men standing underneath.

#OnThisDay 1888 John Clayton, John Clarke, Thomas Martin, Daniel Jackson & Richard Bleach were injured on the Midland Railway, at #Wisbech, #Cambridgeshire, #England.

Loading a vessel with coal, a wagon chain broke & they were injured, though the record doesn't say exactly how.

#Railway200

Don't forget it's open mic night tonight. Hope to see you there! #poetry #wisbech

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The ongoing spat between council and police over policing parking claims another victim: the VE Day commemoration.

Anger as 'selfish' driver's parked car disrupts Wisbech VE Day event
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#wisbech #parking […]

Thanks to everyone who joined our monthly meeting last night. We used the first line of the poem from a collection by Ian McMillan as our prompt: 'this is the moment just before it is launched' #poetry #wisbech

Not long to go until our open mic on 16 May at @octaviahill.bsky.social - please join us if you want to read or just listen to some lovely poetry #wisbech #poetry