Category: Local Interest

Charity bike ride a success!!

Posted: October 10, 2018 • Posted in: Events, Local Interest • Tagged: Charity, Suffolk

Our charity bike ride was a great success! From the seasoned riders to the less experienced, many members of staff and friends of David Burr came together to raise money for three local charities. Around 30 riders took on the 25-mile route, with many doing a ‘second lap’ to complete 50 miles. This achievement was even […]

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Charity Dance at the Delphi Centre, Sudbury

Charity event organised by David Burr’s Philip Goodyer

Posted: September 28, 2018 • Posted in: Events, Local Interest • Tagged: Charity, Sudbury, Suffolk

One of our lettings team has been raising funds for the west Suffolk heart charity Upbeat. Philip Goodyer from our Long Melford office is a keen dancer and has organised a number of events to raise money for the charity. The latest was held at the Delphi Centre in Sudbury and raised £405. Backed by […]

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Competition: Win a three-course Sunday lunch for 2 at Latitude 52

Posted: September 20, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Clare, Competition, Essex

Enjoy delicious food at Latitude 52, The Bell Hotel Clare, Suffolk’s newly refurbished restaurant by entering our ‘guess the street’ competition. Guess the street and like our Facebook page to stand a chance of winning! (Competition closes 27/09/18) Enter via Facebook Do you know where this street is? The Bell Hotel – Where experience becomes memories […]

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Competition: The best way to enjoy Cambridge

Posted: August 14, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest

‘Guess the Landmark’ Competition COMPETITION CLOSED Do you want to win 2 x Cambridge Bike Tours tickets?.. Guess the landmark and like our Facebook page to stand a chance of winning! (Competition closes 16/08/18) Who are Cambridge Bike Tours? When you think of Cambridge you’ll inevitably call to mind images of the historic universities, punts crashing […]

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From open house to perfect family home

Posted: July 23, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest, Properties

Twelve months ago, Katie Kirkpatrick visited an open house marketed by David Burr. The interior of the house was so unappealing, we didn’t even showcase any images on our website. Katie fell in love with the potential of the property though, seeing it as a forever family home. Convincing her husband that this was the […]

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Summer events in East Anglia

Posted: June 8, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest

Summer is a time of sun. Of festivals, carnivals and celebrations. Here’s our rundown of some of the best events taking place in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex this summer period. Music festivals in Suffolk Our region is a great county for festivals. In Suffolk, there is at least one festival a week between May and […]

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Lavenham Guildhall – Horrible history brought to life

Posted: May 23, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest, Rooftops Magazine

If you pop down to Lavenham Guildhall this summer you can discover stories from across five centuries of Suffolk history, including how prisoners were put to the lash and how 18th century used ingredients like live woodlice, peacock dung and crab eyes… sounding much worse than the ailments they were meant to cure! Although originally […]

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Embracing farce and remembering Lovejoy

Posted: February 20, 2018 • Posted in: Just for fun, Local Interest • Tagged: East Anglia

The face may be familar – Caroline Langrishe appeared in the locally filmed TV favourite Lovejoy – and now she has been back in the region in a comedy classic. More about her time playing opposite Ian McShane’s loveable rogue later. This winter Caroline has been among the all- star cast of How the Other […]

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An artist flourishing in her natural habitat

Posted: February 14, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Ruth Simpson is a contemporary artist living near Hessett in Suffolk and her studio is at the end of a quarter mile stretch of farm track. It is idyllic and the very reason Ruth’s love of painting has flourished. Having lived in Suffolk for 10 years she has got used to the rolling hills and […]

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Shelling out

Posted: February 8, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Colchester, Essex, Food

Customers – and the owner – of the Church Street Tavern can’t get enough of the Mersea Island oysters served up at this popular Colchester restaurant by head chef Ewan Naylon. “Do you need all these oysters?” Piers Baker, owner of the Tavern, sweeps through the kitchen and barely waits for an answer from head […]

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Category: Local Interest

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