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Heather Small of M People will be topping the bill at this years series of open-air concerts in the Tuesday Market Place.

Also appearing will be punk rock band The Buzzcocks, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, plus local bands Glam R Us, Birkenhead, The Blues Tubes and Blurred Vision.

Full Programme:

Saturday, June 30 - 8pm, Glam R Us (King's Staithe Square) followed at 10.30 by fireworks (weather permitting).
Friday, July 6 - 8pm, Birkenhead, One Step Behind.
Saturday, July 7 - 6.30pm, Battle of the Bands Winner, The Blues Tubes, Graham Gouldman of 10cc.
Friday, July 13 - 8pm, Blurred Vision, The Buzzcocks.
Saturday, July 14 - 6.30pm, Battle of the Bands Winner, Heather Small of M People.

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Heather Small, with her unique and distinctive voice, is probably most famous for being the voice of Manchester based band M People.

The band had several big hits in the 90's, with songs such as Moving on Up and Search for The Hero.

www.heathersmall.com

We were asked about a light aircraft which was believed to have crashed into Kings Lynn cemetery sometime around 1924.

The crash actually occured on Sunday, May 2nd, 1926. A "daring exhibition of crazy flying" in Lynn
culmonated in tragedy when the aircraft - a Sopwith Gnu - crashed into the Hardwick Cemetary killing the pilot, Captain Arthur Orde Bigg-Wither.

A field just over the Exton's Road level crossing had been hired for a week long series of passenger trips and exhibition flights. On Sunday a special event was due to take place, to include crazy flying and wing walking while the aircraft was travelling at 90 mph.

Despite a strong gale of wind, the silver aircraft took off and Geoffrey Mark Lloyd, the stunt performer, did his routine of wing walking while the aircraft circled around the open spaces to the south of the town.

Without warning the engine stopped, and the aircraft went into a spiral nose-dive, finishing up with the machine crashing into the cemetary after breaking its fall on some large 60ft high elm trees.

Captain Bigg-Wither suffered fatal chest and internal injuries. Lloyd escaped with serious but not fatal injuries. A well known local man, Arthur Barrett, who had gone along as a passenger, had a remarkable escape, landing in the trees unhurt apart from a bruised face and damaged hand.

(Information and pictures supplied by Dr Paul Richards, local historian.)

A King's Lynn company has taken some highly unusual pictures of the town - from the top of a 55-foot mast.

Highpics, based in Tennyson Road, uses a state of the art high quality digital camera mounted on a 16 metre telescopic mast to take high level pictures of properties, roofs, farms, land or anything else.

Pictures are taken with a high quality digital camera directly onto a laptop and controlled by the user which gives a unique aerial perspective on properties and buildings - a viewpoint previously only achievable from aircraft or scaffolding.

www.highpics.co.uk

Did you know that King's Lynn has its very own miniature railway?

The Lynnsport Miniature Railway will commence running from noon on Sunday 8th April, and every Sunday afternoon from then up to and including 28th October, subject to weather permitting.

The railway is run by the King's Lynn and District Society of Model Engineers, and this year a new track extension has been built to enable more than one train to operate at a time.

Fares are 50p for two laps of the track. Anyone interested in joining the clubs activities should contact Ron on 01553 674080.

website: www.kldsme.org.uk/
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Sometime around 1924 a light aircraft is believed to have crashed into Kings Lynn cemetery.

If anyone knows any details of this, would you please contact us. Thank you.