Saturday's Felixstowe Breakfast Briefing
By Derek Davis
14th Nov 2020 | Local News
Did you know? In 2014, the 3,000th edition of the BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, which was first broadcast on 29th January 1942. The guest for the 3,000th show was 95 year old Eric 'Winkle' Brown, the Navy Fleet Air Arm's most decorated pilot and the record holder for the most flight deck landings. He died two years after the broadcast and there is statue of him at Edinburgh airport. Not may people know this, but HMS Beehive at Felixstowe and HMS Ganges in Shotley played a part in the formation of the Fleet Air Arm.
Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 07:14
Today's Felixstowe sunset: 16:03
Tide Times:
04:03 0.68m
10:31 4.09m16:32 0.23m
23:03 4.26mFloodgates open
Weather:
Mostly cloudy with bands of rain, occasionally heavy, spreading eastwards across the region. It will also become increasingly windy, particularly along coastal areas. Maximum Temperature 15c, low of 6c.
Orwell Bridge:
Open for now but check updates with Road closures.
Quote of the day:
You talk about aerobatics – we did every one I think and I was hanging on to my tummy. So, when we landed, and he gave me the fright of my life because we approached upside-down and then he rolled out just in time to land, he said to me as I got out of the cockpit, slapped me between the shoulder-blades, and gave me the old WW1 fighter pilots' greeting, Hals- und Beinbruch, which means broken neck and broken legs but that was their greeting. But he said to me, you'll make a fine fighter pilot – do me two favours: learn to speak German fluently and learn to fly.
Eric Brown about Ernst Udet, a former German World War I fighter pilot.Joke of the day:
A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.Bus services:
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Live travel updates:
Train times and traffic hold ups FerryFelixstowe to Bawdsey is now running.
Today's Post Office Openings:
Bent Hill, Wolsey Garden – 10.30 – 12.30
Felixstowe, Hamilton Road - 09.00 – 15.00Old Felixstowe, High Road, East – 09.00-17.30
Walton High Street – 08.15 – 17.30Trimley High Road – 06.00 – 22.00
Today's supermarket shop openings:
Co-op Hamilton Road – 08.00-20.00
Co-op Wadgate Road – 06.00-23.00Co-op High Road West - 07.00-23.00
Co-op King Street – 06.00-23.00Co-op Walton High Street 06.00-23.00
Morrison's – 07.00 – 21.00 (petrol 08.00-22.00)Tesco metro – 07.00-22.00
Sainsbury's Warren Heath – 08.00-22.00Lidl Langer Road: 08.00 – 21.00
Lidl Haven exchange: 08.00-21.00 Wear face covering. Respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.This weeks' surgeries and dispensary times:
Grove Medical centre 08.00-18.30 (283197)Haven Health 08.00-18.30 (670107)
Howard House 09.00-17.00 (282706)Felixstowe Community Hospital (458820)
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