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    Clarion Origins & Background Andy Bell's recollections EDP article 16.3.13 Introducing the Clarion Art Editor's memo Oct. 1975 Clarion meeting agenda 1.7.1979 Clarion layout sheet 1979 Clarion Crisis Appeal! Clarion financial position 1.7.79 Waveney Clarion: the final letter
  • Fairs
    Fairs Archive website relaunched! List of Fairs Clarion Barsham Specials Fairs Images A wink and a bit o' French Last Barsham Faire Last Word (on The Last Barsham) Where to now? Barsham - the once and future faire The Sun In The East (review) Albion Fair cover Paul Tucker cartoon
  • Environment
    Cycling Sizewell B Demo Clarion Cover March 1979 Andy's Frugal ABC The beast lies down at Sizewell F.o.E Keep East Anglia Green! Cycle power
  • Features
    First ever Clarion Ronald Blythe article Clarion Music Posters Geldeston corner Snap Swop Stone EAAT Sheet Ads Rats! Homeless 7 years party How I didn't get elected Andy Bell poem Tim Hunkin Tony Weston poem Down the pub Up the garden path Adrian Bell Underground comix fight back Clarion April '84: entire Phelge's lines on the 100th Clarion 100th Clarion
  • Coypu
    Coypu: the animal "Coypu": his history Mick Sparksman: Coypu creator Coypu Capers Coypu Comix books Swamp Comix 1
  • Who?
    Clarion staff: who they? Clarion in the Sunday Times Magazine Rogues Gallery Remembering... Clarion gathering
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Background

Background

Background

  • Clarion Origins & Background
  • Andy Bell's recollections
  • EDP article 16.3.13
  • Introducing the Clarion
  • Art Editor's memo Oct. 1975
  • Clarion meeting agenda 1.7.1979
  • Clarion layout sheet 1979
  • Clarion Crisis Appeal!
  • Clarion financial position 1.7.79
  • Waveney Clarion: the final letter

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THE WAVENEY CLARION:

  • Ran monthly from February 1973 to July 1984
  • Was founded by the East Anglian Arts Trust to maintain contacts made at the first Barsham Fair
  • Covered the Waveney Valley, East Suffolk, Norwich and East Norfolk
  • Was non-profit making, but kept going by sales, events and loyal advertisers
  • Gave an alternative perspective on issues such as nuclear energy, food, border-line science, Cruise missiles and the future of rural communities
  • Was home to Mick Sparksman's famous 'Coypu' strip
  • Became one of the longest-running and most successful publications of the 'alternative press'
  • Is safely stored within the 'Fairs Archive' in the Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Library, Clapham Road South, Lowestoft NR32 1DR and is available to be read by the general public.

For more information and images of the people involved see the Who? section. See also our sections on the Clarion's infamous cartoon character Coypu, notable articles and pages in Features, plus the Summary of every issue.

Hear an interview about The Clarion on Norwich's Future Radio - drag the slider to about 16 minutes into the programme - or read the transcript (the PDF file will open in a new window).

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