But now a new work, Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay, takes an new, in-depth look at the fact and myth of the dramatic occurrence at St Mary's Church, Bungay, on August 4, 1577.

It has been co-written, after much research, by Chris Reeve and David Waldron, and explores how the event of the terrible storm on that day became the catalyst for the Bungay town symbol of the Black Dog in the 20th Century.

The book, conceived by Dr Waldron, who lives in Australia, (his father Bruce became minister at the town's Methodist and United Reformed Emmanuel Church) traces the emergence of the Black Dog story, its connections to the traumatic events of the time and its relationship to local and national legends of Black Dogs. It explores the events of the mid-20th Century and the work of Dr Cane, all of which were critical to Bungay's emergence from its industrial basis into an identity as an historic town.

Read more here from the Beccles and Bungay Journal website.