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Try locally-made sausages - and vote for your favourite, at the event in Framlingham

Try locally-made sausages - and vote for your favourite, at the event in Framlingham

A Melton man has taken over the popular Five Winds Farm butchers shop, famed for its gigantic "Bad Boy" sausage roll and located in the village's train station.

When were sea shanties invented? Roderick Swanston takes a look at the origins of the sea shanty and discovers a rich musical heritage, which dates back to at least the 15th century and possibly earlier Published: How did sea shanties originate? It is most likely that the majority of songs sung by sailors did not originate on board but on land. They were ballads that had been learnt in youth and been adapted by sailors to accompany their work. Separate sea-songs, particularly those...