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Forthcoming Dates for your Diary Every Monday evening: Duplicate Bridge 7 pm at Hadleigh Football Club For more information visit our web site at bridgewebs.co.uk/hadleigh Every Tuesday morning (term time only) Hadleigh Craft Club at URC Hall (Ansell Centre), Hadleigh from 9.30 -12.00 noon. Every Tuesday afternoon: Chicago Bridge 2 pm at Hadleigh Football Club. For more information visit our web site at bridgewebs.co.uk/hadleigh Every Wednesday 7 - 9 pm at URC Rooms Country Threads a friendly craft group. Every Friday 09.30 - 12.00 St Mary’s Café Church Coffee, bacon rolls and croissants. Optional worship at 10.00. Last Friday of the month 10:30 to 13:30 - Royal British Legion Pop-in Centre - Service personnel, veterans and families meet for a brew and a chat. Saturday 2nd December Christmas Fayre at St. Josephs Church Hall, Angel Street, Hadleigh with Father Christmas Grotto! Saturday 2nd December Christmas Fair at Polstead Village Hall, 10 am to 4 pm. For Stalls contact Angela 01473 827462. Saturday 2nd December Magdalen House Christmas Fair 2-4pm Saturday 3rd December Hadleigh Orchestra Christmas Concert at St. Joseph’s Church, Hadleigh 6.30pm, entrance is free but we do ask for a donation as you leave. 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 20th December 6pm to 7pm Walking Football at Hadleigh High Leisure Centre – Book on at Hadleigh Pool & Leisure - £3.50 per session. Monday 4th December Hadleigh Steering Group Meeting at Hadleigh Pool & Leisure 4.15pm - snowdonjane@hotmail.co.uk. Tuesday 5th December 10.00 - 11.30am Come in for Coffee at Hadleigh URC Community Room; 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer Tuesday 5th, 12th December 2pm to 4pm Together Tuesday takes place at Hadleigh Pool & Leisure, this week we are making cards/baubles with Kim. Everyone welcome. Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th December 3pm to 5pm The Place2Play takes place at Hadleigh Pool & Leisure, Fun Place – Fun Time for under 10’s, big and small bouncy castles. Children must be supervised at all times. For more information call 07870 506690. Wednesday 6th December Hadleigh Society talk on ‘Cakes, Ale & Partying: Feasting & Fundraising in Medieval Suffolk’. With mulled wine & mince pies. 8pm in the Old Town Hall. £3 for non-members. Contact 823503 or
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secretary@hadsoc.org.uk. Saturday 9th December Hadleigh Lighting Up Ceremony in the Market Place The ceremony will commence at 4.30pm with a performance by the Hadleigh Community Choir, who will also lead the carol singing, and music will be provided by the Elmsett Fellowship Brass Band. Christmas Lantern Parade, Food and drinks available. For further information contact: hadleightownforum@gmail.com. Saturday 9th December Hadleigh Choral Society ‘Celebration of Christmas’ St Mary’s Church from 6.30 pm, free entry with collection for East Anglian Air Ambulance. Sunday 10th December Serendipity Concert, St. Margaret’s Church, Whatfield at 6 pm. Tickets £7 to include wine and light refreshments 01473 823856 or 01473 827826. Monday 11th December Hadleigh U3A Meeting at The Ansell Centre, 2.30pm. Jane Dann will give a talk ‘To Every Season’, all welcome. Monday 11th December Hadleigh & District Gardening Club. Annual Christmas Quiz night 7.30pm Hadleigh Town Hall. Tuesday 12th December 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee at Hadleigh URC, Community Room; 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer. Thursday 14th December 2pm to 3pm Otago – Chair Based Exercise takes place at Hadleigh Health Centre. You may feel that you are too old to think about taking any type of regular exercise, but did you know that taking part in a seated exercise can help you stay independent for longer? It can help you to stay mobile and reduce your risk of falling. Limited spaces, please call 01473 823470 to reserve your place. Friday 15th December to Tues 2nd January Festival of Christmas Trees in St Marys Church, Hadleigh. Saturday 16th December Christmas Concert at St Andrews Church, Layham from 7.00 pm. Everyone welcome. Sunday 17th December 10.30am All Age Nativity Worship at Hadleigh URC Tuesday 19th December 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee at Hadleigh URC Community Room; 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer. Tuesday 19th December 7.30pm W. I. meeting in the Community Room above the Library High Street Hadleigh. A Talk by David Atkins "Why don't they have funny Christmas cards with a religious theme?". All welcome no charge, Christmas themed refreshments. Wednesday 20th December 12.15pm Lunch Club at the Ansell Centre Saturday 23rd December Hadleigh Christmas Market 9 am to 2pm in The Market Place. Sunday 24th December 5 pm Carols by Candlelight at Hadleigh URC. Monday 25th December 10.30am Christmas Day Family Worship.
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News from Hadleigh Library Christmas Raffle ~ The Hadleigh Library Friends Group have organised our annual Christmas raffle with support and donations from local businesses in Hadleigh. Prizes include a luxury hamper, beauty basket, Stowmarket Regal cinema tickets and much more. Tickets are £1 each and raise funds for our Friends Group to buy extras for the library and support our events. Design a jumper ~ Children’s competition to draw a Christmas jumper design with prizes to be won. Looking forward to seeing all your festive creations. Help with computers and tablets ~ We have a team of volunteers, Bruce, Ian, Chris and Seamus who can provide guidance on various aspects of computing including iPads and android tablets, from basics to more comprehensive assistance. If you would like to book an appointment please see Sarah or Ken at the library or phone 01473 823778. Every Wednesday 10.30am – 12.30pm ~ Top Time for the over 55s ~ If you would like to meet new people and socialise over a cup of tea or coffee, Top Time offers a great opportunity to meet and take part in regular sessions. This month’s activities include Guess Who?, Christmas quiz and secret Santa (£1 per person only) & Linda’s talk. Every Thursday 10.00am – 10.30am ~ Free Bookstart Baby Bounce session ~ A great introduction to the library for babies and toddlers up to the age of 18 months with soothing songs and rhymes. Every Friday 10.00am – 10.30am ~ Free Bookstart Tot Rock session ~ Following on from Baby Bounce to action songs and rhymes from 18 months to preschool. Every Sunday 10.30am – 2.30pm ~ Free family craft activities during December are Christmas themed. New Chief Executive ~ Suffolk Libraries is pleased to announce that Bruce Leeke will be the organisation’s new chief executive, taking over from Alison Wheeler in early 2018. Alison announced she was planning to retire in July and we have since been working to recruit a replacement. Bruce Leeke has recently been working as Regional Director for St John Ambulance and will take over as our CEO in late January 2018. Bruce said: “I am delighted to be joining Suffolk Libraries at such an exciting time. The exceptional work of Alison Wheeler, the staff team, community groups and Board has led to the delivery of an outstanding library service across Suffolk over the past five years, at a very challenging time. “I look forward to maintaining the high-quality service already in place and developing exciting new ways of engaging with existing and new customers. I am particularly keen to look at any innovative opportunities or partnerships that can add value to people’s experience and ultimately further increase the profile and impact of the county’s library service.” Festive opening hours for December, Saturday 23rd we’re open as usual, Sunday 24th closing at 1pm, Monday 25th closed as usual, Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th closed, Thursday 28th, 29th, 30th & 31st open as usual, Monday January 1st closed as usual but open from Tuesday 2nd January onwards. Happy Christmas and New Year to all our customers and if you haven’t joined us yet? It’s free. Tell your friends and family – it’s free to join the library and everyone is welcome. Did you know that with a library card you can borrow up to 20 books, 6 story cassettes/CDs and 6 eBooks free? You can also borrow CDs, DVDs and computer games for a small charge. We have an extensive elibrary with free to download magazines, books and music. You can use the internet free in every library too or use the free wifi. Hadleigh Library, 29 High Street, Hadleigh IP7 5AG Tel: 01473 823778 Email: hadleigh.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk
A message from the late David Dyer David, who died on the 31st of July this year, was a well known local milkman, butchers assistant and gardener in the Hadleigh area. David wishes it to be known that he has now completed his life sentence on earth. He is no longer a going concern, and will shortly be pushing up the daisies, and will be entering the haunting business. So watch out all of you that still owe him money. Tommy Robinson
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Notes of Proposals/Decisions/Actions Decision on role of Chair The proposal for a revolving chair had not been supported. Currently no volunteers have come forward to fulfil the role but a decision is required by year end. Kathryn Grandon advised that she would be happy to fulfil the role on an interim basis but feels that long term it is more appropriate if is community based. Decision on dates and times of meetings The group agreed that holding some meetings at 6.15 had made no difference to attendance. It was proposed that all meetings return to 4.15pm The Porch Project: Would be interested in using outdoor table tennis tables but not able to maintain. Babergh were happy to consider these in a park area and would help to facilitate, but if a group was interested in having these there would need to be some external fund raising to support. Hadleigh Market: Is doing really well and has attracted many new stalls and regular traders, however the footfall needs to be higher to make it truly sustainable please can everyone encourage people to use the market Christmas Event: The cost of road closures was prohibitive so the parade will not use the High St. Risk assessments identified pavement areas that would be unsafe. However, it is likely to assemble in Church walk. The WI and the Scouts will be providing refreshments, the tree is being provided by the Town Council. Elmsett Fellowship Brass band and the Hadleigh Community Choir will also be there. Future Festival Ideas: The British Legion will be promoting the Centenary events in 2018 recognising the end of the First World War. These are also being arranged by the Town Council All Hadleigh Music Festival 5th - 8th July 2018 Building on the success of the Sheep 2015 and Festival of Gardening and Art 2017, the idea is a series of events to celebrate the Hadleigh tradition of performing and enjoying all types of music events for all age ranges and tastes. The new festival will showcase the best that the community has to offer, including established and popular groups to individual musicians, young and old. It is planned for concerts and gigs to take place across the town centre, at both indoor and outdoor venues. Please send your ideas for events; we want to hear from established music organisations, as well as newcomers. Each event will have its own producer. Overall events will be co-ordinated by All Hadleigh Music Festival. Contact Ian Grutchfield email: iangrutchfield@gmail.com or drop a note into my house at 127 High St Hadleigh. Next Meeting: Monday 4th December 4.15pm at Hadleigh Pool and Leisure Main Agenda item: Pictorial Review of 2017 with mulled wine and nibbles All meetings are open to any members of the community If you have any suggestions for Agenda items please contact the Chairman, in good time, before the meeting. snowdonjane@hotmail.co.uk
SPECIAL EVENTS All prices are inclusive of return Coach travel & entrance, unless otherwise stated Fri 3rd February Thurs 8th February
Sunset Boulevard @ Cliffs Pavilion, Southend ...£62.00 The Band (Music By “Take That”) @ Norwich Theatre Royal ............................£61.50
Sat 10th February
Strictly Come Dancing ...............................£77.00
Thurs 1st March
Spring Knit & Stitch ...................................£35.00
Fri 2nd March
Spring Knit & Stitch ...................................£35.00
Wed 7th March
Seniors Day – Carvery & “Young Frankenstein” .£80.00
Wed 14th March
Hertfordshire Canal Cruise & Lunch ................£62.50
Sat 17th March
Classic Spectacular @ Royal Albert Hall ..........£72.00
Fri 19th May
Hairspray @ Cliffs Pavilion, Southend .............£53.00
Wed 13th June
Seniors Day – Carvery & “42nd Street” ...........£77.00
Sat 7th July
Hampton Court Flower Show ........................£53.00
Thurs 12th July
Newmarket Ladies Day ........................From £47.50
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Jersey Boys @ Cliffs Pavilion, Southend ..........£53.50
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New Home for the Porch Project After moving from the Deanery Tower to the Corn Exchange, being temporarily homeless with our equipment in store and then into offices at Corks Lane it’s with relief the Porch Project youth work team have at last found a home at 28A High Street Hadleigh. From here we are already running our Inspirations sessions for girls, will restart film nights and plan to run other events for young people. There is no change to our drop-in sessions on Tuesday & Friday evenings at St Mary’s Church and Friday evening at St Andrew’s Great Cornard. Thank you to everyone, individuals and businesses who continue to support the charity and our very special thanks go to all the volunteers without whom we wouldn’t have been able to achieve so much this year. We wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year. The Porch Project is a registered charity 1143203
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Fidelis Activity News Alice in Wonderland is a whimsical book full of strange fairy-tale characters in make believe settings. What better material for the sharpest creative minds and dancers of the Royal Ballet Company? Their recent production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland gave everyone involved carte blanch to bring the book to life on the stage of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Happily, Fidelis ballet-lovers were able to enjoy all this glut of artistic talent closer to home when this sumptuous production was beamed in live to Cineworld Ipswich. A magical evening. Lunch Bunch:- The Saracen’s Head, Newton Green more than satisfied this month’s diners with their tasty generous portions of home cooked food, friendly service, pleasant ambience and competitive prices. Wait Until Dark: - A gripping tale skilfully told by the experienced cast of The Original Theatre Company. Originally a 60’s production, the relentless search for drugs, extreme fear, human resilience and ingenuity resonated with today’s audiences. Speaker:- Back down to earth with our speaker Shoomi Chowdhury, a human rights lawyer and Education Officer at Amnesty International. Shoomi spoke about the extensive work of Amnesty world-wide with respect to Women’s Rights and the upholding of the Declaration of Human Rights Charter. There were questions at the end of her talk mostly relating to public perception and attitudes to Muslims in the UK. An interesting organisation trying to tackle monumental human rights issues.
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Hadleigh United Reformed Church and the – recently refurbished – Ansell Centre remain at the heart of the Hadleigh Community with a recent estimate of between two and three thousand people a month passing through the doors of the church and Ansell Centre hall. The Church with the Ansell Centre Charity always look for ways to strengthen and support the neighbourhood and the increased use of the site facilities is testament to this work. At the start of November the two bodies announced a joint initiative to raise money for a heart defibrillator which would be located at the Ansell Centre entrance doorway and be available to the neighbourhood 24hours a day for 365 days a year. There are several defibrillators already in town but most are only available when the building is open - the nearest ‘externally located’ one to the church site is at the rear of the Co-Op which could take as much time as fifteen-twenty minutes to travel to, and return from, with the lifesaving equipment. The British Heart Foundation promote two statistics – the chances of survival after a heart stops beating is reduced by 10% for every minute delay that passes without getting the assistance of a defibrillator - and - getting suitable and immediate treatment to a heart attack or stroke victim could improve the chances of survival by as much as 35-50%. The campaign aimed for this new defibrillator to be ‘in place’ and ready for Christmas – a present for the community to share. Immediate response to the appeal has been encouraging and by mid-November the monies raised totalled almost 40% of the £2,000 figure required to purchase the defibrillator, the security cabinet, the training/teaching aids and maintenance. We have asked local businesses for contributions towards the cost and have appealed to regular users of the site for a contribution. Already - donations have been received from some local companies as well as individuals and the lunch club members who have their monthly meeting in the hall contributed a magnificent £250. If you are able to donate or the business for which you work has not yet responded to the appeal please help us now. We have asked – could a business spare £50? or an individual £10 or £20? Names of ‘major’ contributors will be permanently displayed within the Ansell Centre. Cheques – payable to Ansell Community Centre cab be delivered to either the ACC Treasurer John Cunningham at Meersbrook, Toppesfield Close, Hadleigh or to ACC Trustee Jan Dicks at 7 High Street Hadleigh or by electronic banking – TSB – Account Name Ansell Community Centre; Sort Code 77.68.36; Account 02039860 Additional information from Roger Jay 01473 823642
Together Tuesday Christmas Party Together Tuesday supports people in Hadleigh to live well with dementia, welcoming people with Dementia and their family and friends to the group. Together Tuesday runs weekly at Hadleigh Pool and Leisure between 2.00pm – 4.00pm. We invite you join us at this Free Together Tuesday Christmas Party to jointly celebrate the season of goodwill. Come and join the fun enjoy a coop cuppa and a seasonal buffet. There will be lots of other Christmas fun for you to enjoy. Tuesday 12th December from 2pm to 4pm at Hadleigh Pool & Leisure Free tickets available 1st December from Hadleigh Pool and Leisure –limited numbers available. Don’t miss out. For more information call 01473 823470 or email hadleighdementiafriends@ssleisure.co.uk or visit www.hadleighdementiafriends.co.uk
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Report by District Cllr Dr Siân Dawson Hadleigh North Ward Merger of Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council This has now become the hot topic following a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Call Inâ&#x20AC;? to the Scrutiny Committee by opposition Members. Half of Conservative Councillors do not agree with Cabinets decision or the CEO advice to dissolve both District Councils. The proposal was signed off by the Babergh Cabinet to agree in principle to merge subject to consultation. A large number of members were uncomfortable about the Cabinetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision in light of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? referendum 6 years ago 60% to 40% against merger and all options had not been discussed in detail. This decision was called into the Scrutiny Committee who voted to support the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Call Inâ&#x20AC;? by 6 votes to 1, advising â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;That the principles of decision making were breached and that the decision be referred back to Cabinet for reconsideration with additional information. The following additional information should be considered by the Cabinet:a) The comments raised during the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 31 October 2017; b A more detailed Financial Case; c) Further information about the consultation activities, particularly the telephone poll. (ii) That Cabinet be requested to refer these decisions to a meeting of the full Council for debate, before Cabinet makes its final determination. The decision has been referred back to the Cabinet who are required to either challenge the Scrutiny decision or provide additional information. The Report will then be considered by the full Babergh Council but the Cabinet, not the full Council, has the authority to take the final decision. Disposal of Corks Lane Buildings Purcell Architects have given Councillors a number of options for the disposal of the Corks Lane Buildings. These will be examined and a public consultation will take place in due course and a pre-application has already been submitted I welcomed the new Strategic Director Jonathan Stephenson who has replaced our Deputy chief Executive. We spent the morning touring Hadleigh and I have made my feelings very clear regarding retaining the Chamber at Corks Lane for Hadleigh community and the delayed development of Angel Court. We do not want more redundant buildings!. I hope to revert in the next couple of months with plans for providing more affordable housing for our community. Public Access The move of Babergh/Mid Suffolk Council staff was planned to be completed by the end of September. However, changes to staff T&Cs (mainly parking in Ipswich) required further negotiation with the Unions. That has now been completed and employees have been given an additional one off payment of ÂŁ500pp to accept the new terms and conditions. Corks Lane is now vacated and all Council business will be done from Ipswich, Stowmarket or Sudbury. Boundary Commission The Boundary Commission has issued its initial findings and recommendations. In our case, Hadleigh has been reduced from 4 to 3 District Councillors who will represent 1 Ward rather than 2. The total number of Babergh District Councillors is to be reduced from 43 to 32. Housing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Private Sector The Babergh Planning Committee has approved applications for some 2000 houses in the last few months. Our target for houses built rather than just approved is 335 per annum. Some of these approvals have been as a direct result of Babergh no longer having a 5 year supply of land bank of potential building sites. Cllr Dr Siân Dawson
As Christmas approaches our inviting cosy café tearoom awaits to serve you an array of tasty festive treats. Meet friends and family for breakfast, coffee & cake, lunch, afternoon tea or perhaps mulled wine and mince pies. Sitting in the tearoom your senses will be indulged with the aroma of baking carried out daily on the premises. For families visiting Kersey Mill attending the special Santa Claus experience, drinks, food and homemade bakes will be available to take away. Our focus this month is on our very popular signature Festive Afternoon Tea. Set on vintage tablecloths, bone china and decorated with crackers and sparkle, be prepared to partake in a selection of Christmas flavours with our savoury course of sandwiches and homemade sausage rolls followed cake stands filled with mini Copper Kettle Christmas bakes, treats including mince pies, brandy snaps, Christmas cupcakes, shortbread, French macaroons and a fruit scone, Copper Kettle preserve and clotted cream. This would not be complete without a lovely cup of tea. Choose from our loose-leaf tea menu, served in individual china tea pots and replenished when you are ready for more! As we are licenced, why not celebrate the occasion with a warming glass of spiced mulled wine on arrival or enjoy a glass of prosecco? Special diets can be catered for. Booking is always essential. For those who are looking for a special Christmas gift but unsure what to buy, vouchers may be purchased for our Vintage Style Afternoon Tea. Each week in December, you will see guest seasonal bakes appear on the cake counter including freshly baked mince pies, apple cake, melt in the mouth shortbread snowflakes/Christmas trees, gingerbread and fruitcake in addition to our usual selection. Hot drinks will include an expanded menu of flavoured coffees and chocolate with novelty toppings and an additional winter blend of loose-leaf tea with spices and cloves. Our annual Christmas closure for routine maintenance and staff holiday will commence on Sunday 24th December and we shall reopen on Wednesday 10th January 2018. We would like to thank all our customers over 2017 and wish everyone a very happy Christmas and peaceful New Year. T: 01473 827001. Open 7 days a week. 8.30am – 5pm, Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm Sundays & Bank Holidays. E: Rosie@thecopperkettleatkerseymill.co.uk
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The Hadleigh Show Hadleigh Farmers’ Agricultural Association (HFAA) would like to thank everyone who made the 2017 Hadleigh Show such a success this year – trade stands, livestock and horse exhibitors, members and the record number of visitors who attended. HFAA are a registered Charity and are pleased to be able to make donations each year to various local and agricultural charities as well as running School/Farm visits and competitions. The success of this year’s Show has enabled us to donate £14,000 in 2017. Plans are now underway for the 2018 Show on SATURDAY 19th MAY, including some changes to car parking and traffic flows. More details will be in HCN next year. Trade stand forms are now available – so if you are a new or local business interested in showing your products to approx. 12,000 people then do get in touch with the Secretary – 07584 568055 or secretary@hadleighshow.co.uk Entry forms for the Art Exhibition, Flower & Horticultural Show and Showing classes will be on the website from January 2018.
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Yuletide Greetings As Christmas draws closer we can finally reveal what Maximus has been up to…. he has been busy setting up a Reverse Advent Calendar. Instead of opening a ‘door’ to a treat each day of Advent, we will be placing an item into our Christmas Hamper which will then be donated to the Storehouse Foodbank in Sudbury. Our donations will be added to emergency food bags and given to those who need a little helping hand. If you would like to donate to our hamper, please pop into reception to see Maximus, Kerry or Sabina. Wishing you the timeless treasures of Christmas. The warmth of home, the love of family and the company of good friends. Have a blessed and meaningful Christmas and happy New Year. Thank you very much for choosing Hadleigh Physiotherapy and we look forward to seeing you in the new year. Hadleigh Physiotherapy will be closed from the 23rd of December until the 1st of January inclusive. Your Hadleigh Physiotherapy Team
Christmas Events at Hadleigh Nursing Home Hadleigh Nursing Home is extending a warm welcome to the public to join its residents and staff at a glittering line-up of Christmas events. The build-up to the festive season will begin with a visit to the Friars Road home by Hadleigh Community Choir at 11am on December 11. Join us for a glass of mulled wine and mince pies. On December 13, from 10.30am to 12.30pm, we will be hosting our regular coffee morning – come along to meet other townsfolk and, as its Christmas, there will be mince pies and mulled wine as well as tea and coffee. On December 15, from 3pm to 5.30pm, local families are invited to join us for our Christmas party with a free buffet and seasonal musical entertainment from singer Lindy Lou. On December 22, from 2pm to 3pm, professional musicians from the charity Lost Chord will be making their first visit to the home. Soprano Ailsa Mainwaring will be joined by pianist Elspeth Wilkes for the first of 12 monthly sessions designed to provide musical therapy for people living with dementia. Helena Muller, who started the Yorkshire-based charity in 1999, said: “Music in particular appears to generate responses in people even in the late stages of dementia. “It is miraculous how music has such a beneficial impact – it brings people back to life which is just wonderful.” Home manager Emma Beckett said: “We’d love to see people at any of our events and to show them our lovely home.” Call us on 01473 372149
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James Cartlidge writes Member of Parliament for South Suffolk In November the Houses of Parliament celebrated UK Parliament Week, an annual festival of events encouraging citizens to “engage, explore and empower”. Whilst there were a whole host of events in Westminster itself, as always for me the most important part was engaging with my constituents here in South Suffolk. In Parliament week itself I visited two South Suffolk schools, in Stoke-by-Nayland and Tattingstone, to take questions on the workings of our democracy. The questions from pupils never fail to engage. By my unscientific estimate, the two most common ones from primary school pupils are: “have you ever met the Queen?” and “how much do you earn?” The latter suggests that our youngest students may have a welcome consideration of pecuniary issues that bodes well for our future prosperity! Of course, the issue of ‘political engagement’ must be tampered with managing expectations about what one can deliver. It can be very tempting in this job to tell people simply what they want to hear, and avoid the reality of what one can actually achieve. For example, many constituents implore me every week to engage in planning matters ranging from single properties to applications for a hundred plus new homes. In fact, planning is in most cases a matter for the district council and not an area where Parliament has direct authority. So, jumping on the bandwagon of people who are unhappy with local applications is, in my view, an opportunistic way to approach a subject that should always be tackled as objectively as possible. My focus is therefore on matters where national Government is most clearly responsible. This is particularly true of Brexit, a matter that will have a huge impact on our environment and agricultural economy. Hence, I was delighted to recently welcome Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Gove to meet 40 South Suffolk farmers at the Stoke by Nayland hotel, to hear their concerns. This was an example of Parliamentary engagement at its best. I look forward to much more of it in the new year, and wish you all a very merry Christmas and prosperous 2018.
Shame on these selfish people Having a new kitchen is very exciting and generally the new owner will proudly show it off to their close friends, family and neighbours. if your friend, family or neighbour has recently refurbished their home and proudly presents it to you, be aware they could be responsible for this - recently dumped along with the rest of their kitchen cupboards, tiles, childrens toys and other rubbish in the hedgerows around the beautiful village of kersey. They could take it to the tip 3 miles away but obviously don’t have that level of intelligence. If you know who is responsible for this or other incidents of fly tipping – report them - it’s your countryside too! Dumping waste on any land which doesn't have an Environmental Permit, or allowing others to do so, on your behalf is a criminal offence. You could face very large fines and even be sent to prison. Apart from being an eyesore, flytipping can lead to serious pollution of land and waterways, blight our countryside and open spaces, increase fear of crime, and harm wildlife and human health. The Council and the Environment Agency are responsible for clearing up or investigating fly-tipping on public land. Clearing fly-tipping from private land is the responsibility of the landowner. Fly-tipping costs council taxpayers and landowners significant amounts of money to clear away. Everyone has a legal responsibility or 'duty of care' to make sure that all waste from their household or business is disposed of correctly and doesn't end up being fly-tipped. Some people make money by charging to take waste away illegally and then fly-tipping it. You could face penalties of up to £5,000 if you don’t check that the company or person you give waste to: • has a licence to carry waste • is not taking it to an unlicensed site There are a number of Household Waste and Recycling Centres throughout Suffolk where residents can dispose of household waste. These sites also accept business waste for a fee.
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Ebony’s Blog Life at The Shelley Centre Hello again friends! Hasn’t it been a great Autumn? The colours around the Shelley Centre have been fantastic, and the valley looks so beautiful. If I were a live horse I think I should be riding out every day to look at the view. Our clients have some interesting journeys to reach us here. We also have a Spanish lady helping us this term; she found her way here from Polstead in a left hand drive car, round all the right angle bends, with the lanes getting narrower all the way, we do congratulate and thank her! Our new boy Bryn has settled in really well and enables larger people to have riding therapy in the arena. The photos are of him being mounted at the mounting ramp, something he found difficult to begin with, and in the arena doing his work with Georgia in the saddle. Bryn’s best friends are Alfie and Bob who appeared in last month’s blog. The Centre is getting ready for our end of term carol service on December 9th, but as we go to press, we haven’t found a new born baby! There is always a tableau in Shelley Church as the Christmas story is reenacted, with our riders taking all the parts. This must be the first year when none of our riders’ families are producing, what has happened! Shall we have to use a doll for baby Jesus? It won’t spoil the wonderful evening anyway and the herd and Babs and I will enjoy seeing everyone assemble in our yard before the candle-lit procession to the church sets off. All our volunteers will be gathering for their Christmas party, a rare chance for the many different groups to meet each other. When helpers are leading or side walking in a lesson they have to be so focused on the rider that there is no chance to chatter. I expect they will be making up for it at the pub. Wish I could be a fly on that particular wall! We shall be shutting up shop during the Christmas holidays and wishing our riders well. I hope my readers have a happy and blessed time, thank you for reading ‘me’ and thank you to the kind editors who make my blog possible. Happy Christmas!!! Website: www.rda-east.org.uk/shelley.html Telephone: 01473 824172
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Do You Recognise Him? This is just one of many pictures in Glyn Morgan sketch books which were recently purchased at auction as part of the legacy of the Hadleigh Festival of Gardening and Art 2017. Glyn Morgan was a student at Benton End with artists Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett- Haines. Do you recognise him? Is it you or a member of your family? It was probably sketched in the 80’s. If you know the name of the boy please contact 01473 827 091 or 824 957 or 827752.
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Diamond – Lites Majorettes We would like to say a big thank you to Kieran and Alice for choosing Diamond Lites as one of their community groups who will receive half of the money that was raised at the Christmas light up ceremony on the 25th November. Thank you to all the volunteers on the night and to everyone who made it possible to put on a great evening. Hadleigh Parkside pre-school and Diamond Lites majorettes are working together to hold a Christmas party with a visit from the man in red! There will be lots of exciting things happening for the children to do and even a present for all the children. There are limited spaces so if you would like to book a place please contact 01473 827702, £10 a ticket for children between 2-8 years old. 2 sessions available, 11am-1pm and 3pm5pm, held at Parkside pre-school. The girls have been enjoying learning their new routines for the new competition seasons which starts in March 2018. If you think you would like to learn the skills of baton, mace, poms and flag twirling and dancing to the latest music whilst keeping fit, making new friends and having a complete blast then please feel free to check us out. We welcome boys and girls aged 3 and over (adults very welcome). We train at the Ansell centre Hadleigh on a Thursday night and Elmsett village hall on a Monday night. We are an equal opportunities group, all committee members and trainers are DBS checked, safeguard trained and all members fully insured. For more information please email diamond-lites@hotmail.co.uk
Hadleigh U3A The next meeting of the Hadleigh U3A will be at 2.30pm on Monday 11th December 2017 in the Ansell Community Centre, Hadleigh where Jane Dann will give a talk entitled ‘To Every Season’. All members and prospective members are very welcome.
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At the November meeting we welcomed Jason Middleton. Jason told us the history of the pearl which is one of the longest used decorative gems. 1500 BC pearls were traded alongside silk and gold. Now Hong Kong has a huge exhibition centre four times the floor area of the O2 and seven floors high, where dealers from around the world meet to buy and sell all types of precious gems. Natural pearls are formed when a parasite enters a mussel or oyster, the mollusc secrets a calcium carbonate substance to protect itself, this forms the pearl. Divers used to scour the seabed looking for these molluscs, when they had a bagful they would surface and open the shells and hope to find a pearl. Now most pearls are produced in farms in China and Japan, a very small fragment of shell is carefully inplanted into the mollusc to start the development of the pearl. Depending on it's size some shells can contain up to fifteen pearls. Jason showed us samples of naturally coloured pearls and ones with different shapes. Pearls can take from 1 to 15 years to grow, Australia grow the largest and most expensive. Jason was thanked for giving such an interesting talk. After tea and coffee we discussed our future activities. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 19th December in the Seminar Room above the Library, High Street, Hadleigh at 7.30pm; David Atkins will be discussing "Why don't they have funny Christmas cards with religious themes?" Do come and join us.
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This is a busy and exciting time for most of us, and the last thing any body wants is to miss out on the festive celebrations due to a bad back or a cricked neck. As families come together, and there are parties and celebrations to attend, here are a few simple pointers to help you have a happy and comfortable festive season. There lots of jobs to do at this time of year; struggling back to the car, laden down with shopping, and rushing to get the presents. Consider making several trips back to the car, rather than one overburdened journey, enlist some help, or use the internet for bulky items. Food can be ordered from most shops in advance, not just on line, which takes the hassle out of playing "hunt the sprout" or "find the turkey" on Christmas Eve. Do remember how heavy the turkey is when you want to get it out of the freezer or oven. Decorating the tree is a highlight of the season, but the taller the tree, the heavier it is. Get some help in carrying it into the house, and use a step ladder to put the fairy on the top, rather than over- reaching. Extra house guests often result in people sleeping in different beds and using different pillows. If your neck is vulnerable, no-one will think you rude if you bring your own pillow. Similarly, a local hotel may have a bed that is better than an air bed, if that is what is on offer from your hosts. We regularly get calls from middle aged men immediately after Christmas, sheepishly explaining that they hurt their backs trying out their children's skateboard or wii fit. Remember, these toys are for the children! Others calls are from the people who fell asleep in the armchair, socially relaxed after a lovely big meal, waking with a stiff neck. Some of our patients present with unexplained injuries following the staff party. These may be ankle strains and sprains from falling off high heels, or simple over enthusiasm on the dance floor. Others struggle with "cocktail party" backs, from standing around chatting for several hours. If you are getting the warning signs that all is not right, please do not wait until the night before Christmas to ring us. To make an appointment, please telephone us on 01473 828585 or 07770 746224 www.hadleighosteopaths.co.uk Please note that the practice will be closed on Dec 26th, 27th,28th and Monday 1st January. Liz will be available for appointments friday 29th December between 10am and 4pm. Reception will be open during week to take bookings.
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Brenda Grimsey Would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and Happy New Year. A donation will be made to Sue Ryder Care Home in place of cards.
Health Foods For You Speciality Hampers to Order For Your Loved Ones Health Foods For You specialises in free from foods and organic. Why not treat your loved one to a beautiful hamper tailored to your individual requirements? The friendly team will help you choose special lovely products to suit your budget. Vegan chocolates, sugar free cakes and jams, free from crackers and organic wines even a raw chocolate making kit are all available to make your gift extra special. Cruelty free, vegan personal care are also very popular. Choose an amount from as little as £10.00 and have it festively wrapped, hassle free! We can take orders over the phone too and recommend popular items so that everything is ready for you to collect when you come to town. We are now open on Sundays 10.00am - 3.00pm including Christmas Eve. Launching SALCURA a new range of products for dry, problematic skin which is so common at this time of year. Salcura is totally free from Steroids, Paraffin, Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLES & SLS), Parabens, Petroleum Jelly, Diethanolamine (DEA), Phthalates or Synthetic Fragrances. Bioskin DermaSerum is a practical everyday-use moisturising serum formulated for use on the face, including around the eyes. This practical and easy to use serum nourishes dry to severely dry and sensitive skin. Also suitable for people who may be prone to eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, rosacea.The gentle serum contains a multitude of natural oils and extracts, making it a little vitamin bomb for the skin. It contains the Sea Buckthorn berry with Omega's 3.5 7 & 9, Aloe Vera to soothe the skin, Lavender for hydration and Olive for its anti-aging antioxidants. Bioskin Zeoderm Skin Repair Moisturiser is quickly absorbed, non sticky and penetrates the damaged skin deep down for maximum moisturisation. What helps to make Zeoderm so effective is the presence of natural minerals in a nano form, called ZeomaZ. The patented ZeomaZ ingredient features TriboMechanically Activated Zeolites, which have the unique ability to detox the skin and bind moisture into the skin.The presence of this vital mineral in Zeoderm is extremely beneficial for damaged, dry, inflamed and irritated skin cells and connective tissues when the surface skin is particularly cracked or damaged. Please call in and ask for more information or some samples to see how this amazing product can help you. Health Foods For You has had amazing feedback from the CBD oil based on many different symptoms ranging from anxiety, stress, sleep and pain. It’s also reassuring to know that it comes from cannabis rather than hemp, and that it therefore contains hundreds of useful medicinal compounds. The CBD cannabis balm with shea butter that Health Foods For You sells is soothing can be rubbed directly onto the skin or sore muscles. Jane says that she has had successful results for psoriasis, eczema and relief for problematic joints. At Health Foods For You quality brands with great prices. Not forgetting the shops order in service of speciality lines. We are here to help! Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm Saturdays 9.00 -4.00 Sundays for Christmas 10.00am - 3.00pm 75 North Street, Sudbury, Suffolk. C010 1RF 01787 828262 info@healthfoodsforyou.co.uk www.healthfoodsforyou.co.uk
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Winter Charity Ball Raising Money for St Elizabeth Hospice in Memory of Andy Wise
Saturday 27th January 18 7pm to 12.30pm The Venue at Kersey Mill, Stone Street, Kersey IP7 6DP Ipswich, Suffolk Welcome to our Grand Winter Wedding Charity Ball Event held at Kersey Mill, Kersey, raising money for St Elizabeth Hospice. All money kindly donated will be given to Christine Wise who has been working so hard to raise money for the hospice since she lost her husband a few years ago. We can hold 120 Guests so ticket prices ÂŁ35 per adult (no children sorry everyone), this will include a 3 x course meal plus donation to the charity. We will have a fully licensed bar for you to purchase your drinks. Strict Dress Code:- Ladies to wear Winter Style or Colour Bridal Grown. If you like you can dust down your own personal Bridal Grown for this event. Gentleman - Same Theme but again a normal suit & tie is just as adequate. For all themed attire will be entitled to 1 x raffle ticket free. There will be Charity Prize Draw which you will have chance of winning some fabulous prizes donated by local businesses. Entertainment:- Disco, Selfie Mirror, Photographer, Mr Bean Entertainment, Live & Silent Auction, Casino....and much more. There is no need to spend mega money on outfits....EBay source such great items and I will add them to this post to give you a idea. Please contact me for further information or how many tickets you would like to purchase either via Facebook or 07951931349 Tickets must all be sold by 1st January 2018 Or purchase via my Website steweddings.co.uk under Events
Songs of Praise for Christmas HINTLESHAM COMMUNITY HALL SUNDAY 3rd DECEMBER at 3.00 pm with The Elmsett Fellowship Band Followed with Refreshments - All Welcome Retiring collection for Church Funds
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Playstation Pre-School It was great to see so many of you at the lighting up ceremony and thanks to all those who donated cakes and biscuits for our stall. A big thankyou again to those who supported the art auction fundraiser, the total raised was £200 and the staff are currently deciding which exciting new play equipment to buy. This term is always a busy one and seems to fly by in the build up to Christmas. We will be wearing our Christmas jumpers for Save the Children in the week beginning 11th December and the children will be bringing boxes home to fill with 5p’s (for Playstation funds), which will then decorate our cardboard Christmas tree. The next few weeks will be filled with lots of Christmassy fun and culminate in our Christmas party on Tuesday 19th December at the Ansell Centre 13.00 – 15.00pm. Parents must stay with their children at the party and Playstation will be closed on this day. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you on Thursday 4th January 2018 when we re-open. Do you shop online? If so do it through easyfundraising.org.uk and raise a free donation for Playstation Pre-school – Hadleigh every time you shop! Visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/playstationps to register. We offer the universal entitlement of 15 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds and are proud to say we also offer the extended entitlement for those familes who are eligible. To find out if you are entitled to these extra hours please go to the Childcare Choices website at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk If your child is going to Hadleigh Community Primary School Nursery, we do a collect and delivery service, you will receive your 15 hours funded places with the nursery and would have to pay for a place at Playstation lunch club and session. Please note 2 year olds may be entitled to 2 year funding the term after their 2nd Birthday, if they meet certain criteria. If you would like any further information please contact Hannah on the below number. If you would like to enquire about places at Playstation we can be contacted at playstationhadleigh@btconnect.com. Please telephone Playstation on 824271 for enrolment details, a prospectus or to arrange a visit
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Christmas time at Bridge Farm Barns 'Tis the season to be jolly' and there is lots going on at Bridge Farm Barns! Corn Craft is full of lovely decorations with which to deck your halls and gifts galore to fill all of your stockings! The tea room is offering Roast Turkey with all of the trimmings every Sunday now up to the 17th December. This year Bridge Farm Plants is staying open until Christmas and is selling fresh trees, wreaths and other seasonal plants. We have late night shopping on Wednesday 6th December when there will be 15% off most gifts & cards in the Corn Craft Gift Shop between 5pm and 9pm. Brett Gallery and Sarah’s Attic will also remain open late until 9pm. Come on over and join us for some inspirational Christmas shopping! Santa is coming! Santa is going to be with us every weekend from 9th December and can be found at Lavenham Falconry with his Owls! Please call them on 07960 879600 to book in to see the big guy! We are open every day up to 4pm on Christmas Eve and then we will be closed between 25th December and 1st January for a much needed rest! We will be open again on Tuesday 2nd January. Season's Greetings to you all and thank you for supporting us
Penny for the Guy! We would like to thank everyone who gave so generously to our 'Penny-for-the-Guy' that we displayed outside the Hadleigh Cop-Op on November 4th. With your help we raised £122.56 for this years BBC Children in Need appeal. Thanks also go to the Co-op for welcoming us outside their store and to the Hadleigh Thrift shop for kindly donating Guy Fawkes' clothes. Samson and Dominic Grist
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December’s walk on Saturday 16th heads out towards Elmsett. We will catch the Ipswich 91 service at 0925 (Co-op side) and alight at Coronation Cottages. From there our route will take us to The Covey Cottages, Potash Farm, Elmsett Gate Farm, Aldham Priory, Shooting Box, Wolves Wood and ending up at the Hadleigh Cock for a Christmas drink. The route is about 7 miles. For those hoping to use their bus passes, note that the bus leaves before the 0930 deadline so you will have to pay. Everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs. Strong shoes or preferably walking boots should be worn as the ground can be muddy and rough in places at any time of the year. As usual, route maps can be requested from the web site. For further information about these walks go to www.hadleighwalkers.com, email us at hadleighwalkers@gmail.com or contact Mike Keeling on 01787 210104 or 07483 887658
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Sing Out Saturdays – sing yourself happy in 2018! Is your New Year resolution to start singing, but you’re not sure if you can? Do you love to sing and want to do more of it in 2018? Help is at hand. Since January 2016, choirmaster Chris Rowbury has been holding monthly singing get-togethers near Ipswich. Open to anyone who wants to sing, these fun and friendly mornings of song are moving to Hadleigh from January 2018. Sing Out Saturdays are every third Saturday of the month and run from 10.30am to 1pm. The first one in 2018 is on Saturday 20th January at the Ansell Community Centre, Market Place, Hadleigh IP7 5DL. Just turn up on the day – no commitment needed and you don’t have to come every month. Sessions cost just £8 per person including refreshments. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary as all songs are taught by ear. Every month is self-contained with brand new songs and different people each time. We’ve tackled a wide range of songs since Sing Out Saturdays started. You can hear some of them on our website www.singoutsaturdays.co.uk where you can also find full venue details and future dates. Sing Out Saturdays are open to all: men and women, experienced singers and complete beginners alike. No musical experience is necessary, there are no auditions or solos and Chris will soon have you singing in beautiful harmony even if you think you can’t ‘sing’. Chris Rowbury is based in Woodbridge. He has 30 years’ experience as a patient, charismatic teacher with a relaxed style laced with plenty of humour. He will get you singing in wonderful harmony in a matter of minutes! Can’t commit to a weekly choir? Sing Out Saturdays are the ideal solution. And it’s good for you too. Lots of recent scientific studies have shown that singing in a group has enormous health and social benefits. Find out more at www.SingOutSaturdays.co.uk or email chris@singoutsaturdays.co.uk or phone Chris on 01394 610 486
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Churches in Hadleigh – Praying for Hadleigh The people of the churches in Hadleigh are committed to praying for our town. Over the course of each year we plan to pray for every street in Hadleigh. During December we will be praying for the following streets: Week commencing Sunday December 3rd Pykenham Way, Wellington Close and Charter Close; Week commencing Sunday December 10th Shearman Road and Lister Road; Week commencing Sunday December 17th Station Road and Station Yard; Week commencing Sunday December 24th Christmas Break; Week commencing Sunday December 31st Tayler Road. If you know people who live in these streets, we would be -very pleased if you also would pray for them. If you live on one of the streets being covered during a particular week and would welcome prayer, please get in touch. Hadleigh Baptist Church Greg Frost 823804 pastorgregfrost@hadleighbaptist.org.uk or pastorchristodd@hadleighbaptist.org.uk Hadleigh URC Wendy Atkins 822535 wendy@whitecat.me.uk St Joseph’s RC Church Anita Rosbrook 810057 a.rosbrook@btinternet.com St Mary’s CoE Joyce Willis 823165 willisjm@lineone.net Salvation Army Liz & John Tubby 464184 hadleighsuffolk@salvationarmy.org.uk
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We are proud to report for the third year in a row Hadleigh High School Students are working with the Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance to make Hadleigh a dementia friendly community. Dementia now affects around 1 in 14 adults over the age of 65 which are our student’s grandparents and great grandparents. This year around 125 Year 10 students from Hadleigh High School attended a dementia friends information sessions to improve their understanding of dementia and to help raise awareness in our community. This makes more than 300 students in just three years. The students committed to doing more to raise understanding and awareness. This included; being more patient in shops, offering help if somebody looked confused. To telling their families and friends more about dementia and adding that they had become dementia friends to their CVS. This is the third year that Hadleigh High School students have become dementia friends. This is a great way to share a little understanding with not just the students bur their families too. Jill Barton Dementia Champion commented “We had two lively sessions at the School and the students were all happy to become Dementia Friends. Some of them had grandparents who were living with dementia so it was particularly important for them to gain an increased awareness”. Dementia Friends awareness sessions take just one hour. If you would like to know more the alliance can deliver dementia friends awareness session to your business, friends, club or staff please contact us on hadleighdementiafriends@ssleisure.co.uk and we will put you into contact with anyone of our eighteen dementia champions from Hadleigh who will happily arrange a session for you. For more information on dementia friends visit: www.alzheimers.dementiafriends.org.uk
Beaumont Community Primary School Dragonflies Remembrance Visit to Hadleigh Cemetery The Royal British Legion and the Mayor invited local schools to attend the annual placing of crosses on graves on at Hadleigh Cemetery. We chose Dragonflies class to represent our school. The children were incredibly well behaved and a credit to our school. They had lots of thoughtful questions to ask! Operation Christmas Child Samaritans Purse This year our families are taking part in Operation Christmas Child Samaritans Purse (you might be familiar with this as the shoebox appeal). The children had an assembly learning all about how this amazing appeal helps so many children every year. We will be sending off all of our boxes very soon! Better Together runs every Thursday from 9am-11am and is run by the Brett River & Cherry Blossom Children’s Centre. We welcome all families with an under 5 at home, come and see us in the school nursery and lovely garden area for a morning of fun! Hope to see you and your friends there!
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Wattisham Station Heritage Wattisham Station Heritage have just released an educational and historic documentary DVD about Wattisham Flying Station called "Wattisham Both Sides of the Fence" depicting the the start of construction in 1938 throughout its unique history right up until the current time. The documentary has been three years in the making and has been made to broadcast standards by a professional film company with many interviews of local residents giving a detailed account of life around the Flying Station during its history. The double DVD was launched on Saturday 14th October with a private showing in the Officers Mess at Wattisham Flying Station to those who made it all possible. The launch was a great success with great reviews resulting with the first batch being sold out within the first hour. Wattisham Station has a unique place in British aviation history, it was from here aircraft made the first bombing raid of the Second World War. It became a strategic base for the US Army Air Force in 1943 and played a vital role in the defence of the west during the Cold War era. The aerodrome was also home to the famous Black Arrows RAF display team. Today, Wattisham remains one of the largest operational flying stations in Europe and home to Britain's Apache helicopter squadrons. The documentary contains original interviews from people who helped shape history across the decades and fascinating archive footage, this is the story of Wattisham Air Station and the surrounding community, from both sides of the fence... For further information and to see a trailer please see our web site www.wattishamstationheritage.org
The HDAA are supporting Together Tuesday and the Ansell Memories CafĂŠ to stay active and connect due to the generosity of Brett Valley Lodge In August this year the Brett Valley Lodge made a generous donation to the Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance of ÂŁ500 to support local community groups to stay active and connected. The Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society report that activities can help those living with dementia to stay independent and provide a great sense of enjoyment. Staying active and connected can keep you and your carer in touch with other people and can improve your quality of life. One of the most important ways of keeping involved and active is simply to talk to others, and not allow yourself to become isolated. Keeping in touch with other people can make you feel better now, and when you need more help in the future. The Together Tuesday group and Ansell Memories CafĂŠ offer just this for the residents of Hadleigh and are always looking for fun activities for the attendees to take part in. The Brett Valley Lodge have bought some amazing equipment for the groups to share, including parachute games, octobands, chair activity bingo and move it or lose it dvd workouts. Jill Mason, HDAA activities coordinator says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;we are so excited for the equipment to arrive, our clients love to stay active and connected with by taking part in fun activates. All that matters is that everyone enjoys themselves, whether this is by taking part or watching from the sides. We are immensely grateful to the Lodge for their kind support.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Being physically active can help raise your self-esteem, helping you from feeling anxious or depressed. You do not have to have dementia to benefit from being a little more active. For more information on Together Tuesday or the Ansell Memories CafĂŠ contact Jill Mason on hadleighdementiafriends@ssleisure.co.uk
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Kersey Mill Newsletter We were delighted to welcome Geoffrey Probert High Sheriff of Suffolk to Kersey Mill. He came along to help celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Suffolk Mills and their fine work preserving and restoring wind and water mills in Suffolk. Whilst here Geoffrey surprised us all by presenting achievement awards to Bill Griffiths and Chris Mills for their works, in Chris’s case to Thelnetham windmill and Bill on numerous wind and water mills. Bill has worked tirelessly on the restoration of Kersey Mill and numerous other mills in Suffolk Essex and Cambridgeshire. His recent works to Gransden Wind Mill in Cambridgeshire is quite incredible. Gransden Mill is one of the oldest surviving post mills in this country. It is both a scheduled monument and listed building and is on the Heritage at risk register as the structure’s condition had deteriorated over recent years. Bill has almost completed the rebuilding of this amazing windmill over the past year and is a credit to him and those behind the project. Well worth a visit. The work to the Hurst Frame at Kersey has continued and giant steps have been made. Paul Willis of Armour Engineering in East Bergholt came along to lend a hand with the reinstatement of the lay shaft that runs under the Hurst Frame. Paul had the unenviable task back in 2013 of disengaging the seized array of metal workings and now following its refurbishment was putting it back in its rightful position. The result being that the Lay Shaft and 3 Crown wheels are now turning again. In the New Year work will continue to the Hurst Frame when we hope to reinstate the bed and bed stones but more on this next time. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas
Hadleigh Bridge Club are winners! Having just affiliated to the English Bridge Union (EBU) and Suffolk Contract Bridge Association (SCBA) we have started off with a bang! Five pairs have qualified in the first round of the SCBA Championship pairs, with semi finals to be held early next year. We have entered a Team of 4 in the SCBA Winter League. Hadleigh had its first match in October and had a good win. Fingers crossed for our other matches. On Mondays (except for bank holidays) we play Duplicate bridge starting at 7 p.m. On Tuesdays we have an afternoon of Chicago bridge starting at 2 p.m. We welcome any new faces and if you do not have a partner we will try and arrange one for you. Please contact us beforehand to let us know if you need a partner. For more information, please see our web site bridgewebs.co.uk/hadleigh or send an email to hadleighbc@hotmail.co.uk
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The Hadleigh Historian Issue 43 (December 2017 - January 2018) Nigel Crisp is a member of the team that The Hadleigh Historian The Hadleigh Historian produces monthly reports in Hadleigh Community News for ‘Hadleigh Great War Centenary Project’ but his research on one particular story warranted more space and so The Hadleigh Historian is pleased to include ‘An unintentional war memorial: Robert Keynes (1895-1916)’. Nigel not only researched Robert’s story in English and Canadian records but also visited the battlefield site in France where the young man was killed and located his name on the Vimy Ridge War Memorial. As Robert’s name is missing from Hadleigh War Memorial, perhaps Hadleigh Town Council could remedy this deficiency, which Nigel has highlighted through his diligent research. Jane Richardson makes a welcome return with her childhood memories of Hadleigh during the 1950s. In part 1, she remembers the freedom to roam on surrounding fields and Constitution Hill, where blackberry picking was a must. She recalls visits with her mother Gwen Bull to shops in High Street like International Stores (now Adnams Cellar & Kitchen), Farmers and Butchers (currently empty), Humphreys Newsagency (now Huffer’s Cafe & Restaurant) and other locations where she met people like Bruce Sutherland the energetic vet, Miss Goss the patient sweet-shop owner and Rhoda Elliott the fashionable shoe-shop proprietor. In issue 44, Jane’s memories of schooldays at Threadneedle Street will be related. There was only one street in Hadleigh named after a female resident until 2013, when new housing was erected off Lady Lane by developers very keen to have their streets named after women who had played significant parts of the town’s history. The last article in the series about Hadleigh street names now tells of the importance of two innkeepers and five benefactors to the poor. The most recent was Sarah Rand, who died in Australia in 1922 but remembered her family’s home town with a gift of £1000 for the almshouses in George Street. I would like to thank Kelvin Avis and his staff for their part during the last year in making The Hadleigh Historian a magazine that, I am told, many readers like to keep. Also my friends Millie Goulbourn, Margaret Jeffery and Jean Styles, who with me make up Hadleigh Local Studies Workshop. We meet once a month to put the world to rights, have a gossip about what is currently going on in Hadleigh...and do a bit of research! Your letters, pictures and memories concerning Hadleigh in the recent past and articles relevant to the town’s history and that of its surrounding countryside are most welcome. Please contact the Editor: Sue Andrews, 17 Manor Road, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk IP77BG. Telephone 01449 740673. Available at Avis the Newsagent and Idler Bookshop in Hadleigh and at Hollow Trees Farm Shop in Semer, still only £3 Issue 43
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Super Moon / Micro-Moon Sun 5th Dec Rise 07.48, Set 15.46. 15th Dec Rise 07.58, Set 15.44. 30th Dec Rise 08.05, Set 15.53. Moon Full 3rd Dec; New 18th Dec. The Planets Mars: Resides in Virgo until the 22nd, when it then moves into Libra. A waning crescent Moon is close by on the 13th in the pre-dawn sky. Jupiter: Is located also in the pre-dawn sky, and shines at an impressive magnitude of -1.7, making it easy to locate. Should you need help, the Moon is close by on the morning of the 13th. Firstly, I’d like to start by announcing that on November 7th, the Minor Planet Center (American spelling) has officially been designated and named in my honour a main belt asteroid. The asteroid is some 2.6 km in diameter and weighs around 10 billion tonnes, so quite a chunky fella. Thank you to Matt Dawson for making this happen for me. Super Moon / Micro-Moon From time to time, you will see on social media sites and even the main news that a particular month will see a 'Super Moon' in it, but what is this phenomenon? Firstly, a 'Super Moon is NOT an astronomical term. It was a phrase coined by the American astrologer, Richard Nicolle in 1979, and astronomers will not use this term, and I, for one, absolutely detest it; but the public wish to know if there is any drastic significance to this type of event. We must start by investigating the circumstances involved to create this event. A Super Moon and Micro-Moon occur when the Moon is either at Full phase or New phase and is defined thus; Super Moon: A Full or New Moon that occurs when the centre of the Moon is less than 223,694 miles from the centre of the Earth. Micro-Moon: A Full or New Moon that takes place when the centre of the Moon is farther than 251,655 miles from the Centre of the Earth.
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This differential in distance is caused by the Moon's orbit being elliptical, when at its closest to Earth at full phase we see a super moon and at its farthest away from Earth at full phase we see the micro-moon. Though this could sound alarming, these phenomena will not cause any volcanic eruption or tidal surge, you will just literally notice that the Moon looks a tad larger or smaller than is usual. Future Super Moons are as follows; Sunday 3rd December 2017; Tuesday 2nd January 2018; Monday 21st January 2019; Tuesday 19th February 2019. That just leaves it for me to thank Kelvin Avis for his continued support of this article and to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year . Neil Norman F.R.A.S. - Any comments or questions, please contact me at neilnorman03@gmail.com
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Thank You Thank you to all those who were able to attend my 80th birthday bash (I regret seating space limited numbers) which had a 'no presents rule' but an invitation to donate £15 per head to be equally divided between two charities. Lindy Loo did a great job with the music, Stowmarket Golf Club put on a super hot meal and Angel Delights made a wonderful golf theme cake.Cheques for £575 each have gone off to the Disasters Emergency Committee and Wood Green Animal Charity. Sheila Webb
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Hadleigh & District Garden Club Our last meeting Monday 13th November 2017.... and what a thoroughly enjoyable meeting that was! We welcomed back BBC Radio Suffolk's Matt Tanton-Brown, who covered, on the face of it, the somewhat scary subject of plant pests and diseases, but it turned not only to be informative, but highly entertaining too. Matt was trained at Wisley and has a wealth of horticultural knowledge which he is great at sharing. Not only, for instance, did we learn about what sprays work to control various pests, but also some of the more deviant ways predators use to devour aphids etc. Matt was also careful to point out key environmental aspects, such as when to use any sprays so as to avoid impacting on bees and other garden friendly insects. We now also know that not only is male urine an effective way of reducing the impact that muntjac deer can have on trees and shrubs but, crucially, that it must be sprayed at least three feet away from the plant to avoid them simply just stretching across! There were so many tips I scribbled down, and that can often be the great thing about the Garden Club - there is always something to learn or to take away and use. Our next meeting on Monday 11th December..... The next meeting sees the return of our annual Christmas Quiz. This always proves to be a fun evening, with questions being set in a very lighthearted and non-technical manner. The questions all have a gardening theme, but are very general and in the past have varied from identifying objects just by feel, to a music round of garden related songs. We are a friendly bunch and teams are formed on the night so no one is left out. Why not come and join us? It will be a totally free evening and snacks and drinks will also be provided. As usual the event will take place in the Town Hall (entrance opposite The Ram) and will start at 7.30pm. Pleasingly our membership has been on the increase recently, as word is seemingly getting around and people are coming along to find out more about us. So do come along and give us a try - a festive welcome awaits and we look forward to seeing you. Andy Leeder, Chairman
Looking ahead, planning a viable future for the district council Since 2011 Babergh and Mid-Suffolk District Council have been working together with a single staff structure and CEO. Currently they remain two sovereign councils. The Joint Strategic plan has marked a fundamental shift in working together to sharing a single approach. Many challenges lie ahead for local government; in 2020 central government will no longer provide funding for district councils. In order to prepare for this we have installed Solar PV panels on our housing stock and other buildings, this will provided ÂŁ7.5 million over the next twenty years. We are investing in various commercial projects to generate income. We need to do more to ensure a secure financial future. A combined district authority would wield a louder voice in Suffolk, and have a greater power of influence; it would need to be approved by both councils, & the Secretary of State. It could not be created before 2019. We welcome your input; there will be an online survey available to the public available shortly http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/onecouncil. In order to merge the two councils a level of public support for the proposal must be demonstrated. No further job losses are anticipated. Associated costs with a possible merger would be recovered in the first year of a new council. Results of the public engagement will be debated at both Full Council meetings in the coming months. Updates to follow. Christina Campbell, Councillor Hadleigh North
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Down to Earth ...with Dave Halfway into November and we have only had a couple of frosty nights. Still, enough to totally blacken the top growth of the dahlias on the allotment. This was a bit sad as there were still many flowers. Everything above ground is cut down and put on the compost, with two long rows of plants, this is several barrowloads. I shall do the same as last year and leave the deeply planted tubers in the ground. A generous mulch of straw based manure from the nearby stables should give enough winter protection. The gardening books say the tubers should be dug up, turned upside down to drain and then stored somewhere dry and frost free over winter. This is fine if you have the storage space and time to do it, as I don't, they have to take their chance where they are. Another possible option is to just leave the cut down tops where they are on top of the tubers to give some protection. As some of the stalks are pretty thick and would need removing eventually, I think they are better off used as the start of a new compost heap. The asparagus ferns are now yellowed and also need to be cut down and put on the compost, they can be a bit woody and are best put at the bottom of the heap, or even taken to the tip. It never ceases to amaze me as to the different ways that plants react to the cold weather. For instance, dahlias are totally blackened, the various brassicas just don't seem to mind, indeed Brussels are improved after a frost as are parsnips. Pansies droop for a while and then perk up again. Some fuchsias are killed off and others are frost proof. Pelargoniums will die but true geraniums will survive, every plant is potentially different that is why it is important to keep any labels that come with the plant and, where possible, give it the conditions it requires. The grass is still growing and can be given a light trim with the mower blades set quite high, try not to walk on the lawn if it is wet or frosty. As a bonus any remaining leaves will be picked up by the mower. Some final hedge and shrub trimming will be carried out in the next few weeks. Having tried for the past few months to buy some vine weevil drench without success, we were told at a recent garden club meeting that the original product had been withdrawn. Thankfully a re-formulated product is now available. It is becoming very difficult to buy some of the chemicals that have been in use for years. This is due in part to understandable concerns about harm to bees and other wildlife. Keep the birds' water and feed filled up. Even on a cold frosty morning we get a lot of birds bathing in their dish by the patio window. As we sit having our breakfast it makes you feel quite cold just watching them. The dish is filled up several times during the day. That's all for this time, Dave
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Put a stop to this threat to our roads and children’s safety
Stop the expansion of Hadleigh Quarry The small quarry at Aldham Mill Hill has applied to Suffolk County Council for permission to install a huge washing / processing plant, 4 associated silt lagoons and a stockpile. If approved it would totally alter the nature of the site and lead to a massive increase in the range of activities undertaken there, with wide ranging and serious consequences.
• The wash plant would be a monster piece of equipment – equivalent in length to 3 big buses. In fact, it is suspiciously large relative to the quarry’s output. So much so that we suspect a longer term, hidden agenda to bring in aggregates from far and wide to keep the monster fed. • Apart from the risk of injury to children/teenagers from falling off the machinery and climbing on unstable stockpiles of gravel, the lagoons would create the additional risk of drowning. These worries are not groundless. Fencing around the quarry is completely inadequate and youngsters have been seen playing on the site already, and in one instance the police were called. • It would mean at least double the number of trucks on local roads which would add to the congestion and road safety problems already experienced at the Aldham Mill Hill/A1071 junction.
• The new installation would be noisy, create lots of dust and lead to mud on the road in winter.
Slow moving, heavy gravel trucks join Aldham Mill Hill here...
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TO MORRISONS
Do you know of any accidents or near misses at this junction? Whether the quarry owners obtain S.C.C. permission to extend their commercial activities to the extent that they could permanently destroy this area of national beauty is something that cannot be forecast. But the fact remains that they will still be able to work the quarry under their present permission until the year 2040. The junction is inadequately designed for the amount of general traffic that passes through it currently, so imagine the risks of all those extra juggernauts joining it every working day.
We are aware that in August 2016 there was a serious collision at this junction, and another about a similar time this year. Should you know of any other incident or near miss it will be helpful to us to hear from you. You can email the address below with details. Plus if you have already made an objection using the petition, please make sure you’ve added your traffic concerns to your comments box. Email: fredbreyer12@gmail.com
SAY NO to a monster wash plant and extra quarry traffic on local roads SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION NOW it only takes 2 mins – 86 locals have already
Just Google: Hadleigh Quarry petition If you would like to study full details of the application, these can be found at: https://secure.suffolkcc.gov.uk/ePlanning/loadFullDetails.do?aplId=24930 Published by the Aldham Tye/Ivy Tree Lane Residents' Group 42
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STOP PRESS Hadleigh Town Council unanimously rejected a revised application (Oct 12) on the grounds of hidden and misleading agendas. Will SCC still go against Hadleigh public opinion now?
Hadleigh Quarry and The A1071 We are concerned with what is about to result in disaster and affect the rest of Hadleigh if allowed to happen. The Hadleigh Quarry had been unused for decades since its minor use to supply the laying of the Hadleigh bypass and A1070 in 1985. In 2001 we contested an application by Tarmac to change their permit to intensify their working at the quarry and we were successful. The present owners of the permit, whose workings have been at a very low level in the last two years of ownership, are now applying to do virtually the same as the rejected Tarmac proposal, but on a much larger scale. The result will be an environmental disaster both to the landscape and to all the associated consequences which we are trying to protect future generations against. Above all is the effect that the expansion would have on the ever increasing traffic on the bypass at the Aldham Hill/Calais Street Junction AND ON ROAD SAFETY for everyone that uses that junction. Make your views and concerns known by signing our online petition – for details see our whole page in this issue. And please also make your views known to your local Councillor, be it Town, District or County. Hadleigh Town Council have made their objections to the plan, why not make yours? Thank you on behalf of the protest group, bgacopy@aol.com
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Above the Parapet County Council Report - Cllr Mick Fraser Benton Street There is a very clear and present risk to safety for residents and the pedestrians walking along the pavements of Benton Street! There have been numerous ‘near misses’ in recent years and likelihood of an accident involving a vehicle mounting a pavement are, I suggest, high. Also, many listed buildings have been damaged by vehicles mounting the adjacent footways when Cllr Mick Fraser it has been unsafe to pass by another travelling in the opposite direction. I authorized officers from County Council to conduct a survey of Benton Street in order to collect evidential data. Cameras identified that there are sections of the street where vehicles mount the walkway scores of times per day, which is quite incredible. With this data and the results of a safety questionnaire survey of residents, Suffolk Highways have designed several proposed changes to traffic management along Benton Street. Each of these proposals have been designed to reduce conflict with vehicles and diminish the need for vehicles to mount the footway and therefore improve safety for all users of the Public Highway. However, each of these options will no doubt inconvenience some road users who transit through Benton Street on a daily commute or occasional basis. Therefore, before deciding which course of action should be implemented I would like to present these various options to you the townsfolk to gain some discussion and feedback. I will be presenting these options to the public in the Guildhall Guildroom at 7pm (19:00 for ex-military) on Tuesday 12th December 2017. Please come along if you consider this may affect you or if you are interested in what could prove to be significant change for traffic management in Hadleigh. My monthly surgery will be on the third Saturday of the month, the next one being on 16th December 2017 from 11am until noon in the Sharron Elliott room of the Royal British Legion Club, George St. Highways faults can be reported at: https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-andtransport/ or by telephone on: 0345 606 6171. mick.fraser@suffolk.gov.uk. mob: 0793 551 2591
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The Shelley Centre to receive ÂŁ25,000 from Suffolk Freemasons The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding is to receive a ÂŁ25,000 Community Award from the Freemasons following an unprecedented public vote. The charity was one of 6 to be nominated by Freemasons in Suffolk, with local people voting to decide the level of their Award. They were part of 178,801 people who voted across England and Wales. The Community Awards are a major part of Freemasonryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 300th anniversary celebrations. The Masonic Charitable Foundation is distributing three million pounds to 300 charities across the country, with the public vote deciding on the range of Awards from ÂŁ4,000 to ÂŁ25,000. Jan Derbyshire, Chairman of The Shelley Centre said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The grant of ÂŁ25,000 which we have been awarded following the public vote is hugely important and we would like to express our heartfelt and grateful thanks to everybody who took the trouble to vote for us. This is an amazing amount of money which will make such a difference to our Charity and enable The Centre to get several much-needed maintenance projects underway so that we can continue to benefit the health of wellbeing of adults and children with disabilities through riding therapies. We are also very grateful to the Masonic Charitable Foundation for this opportunity and their generosity.â&#x20AC;? The Masonic Charitable Foundation obtains all of its funding from Freemasons, their families and friends. It is estimated that half of Freemasonryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total charitable expenditure of over ÂŁ33m goes to charities that help people in communities across the country. Neville Warnes, Provincial Grand Charity Steward in the Province of Suffolk said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are delighted so many people voted in Suffolk. The Shelley Centre was one of 6 charities nominated by local Freemasons and I know they will use their ÂŁ25,000 grant to continue with their outstanding work.â&#x20AC;? www.suffolkfreemason.org.uk
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Festival of Christmas Trees Friday 15 Dec 2017 Tuesday 2 Jan 2018
Last year we displayed more than 25 trees from a range of local businesses, schools and groups. This year we hope the festival will be even bigger and better, and we would love it if your business, club, group or school could take part. All you need to do is supply is a tree with your unique decorations, and pay a ÂŁ10 entry fee. You can be as creative as you like, and let the town know about your group or business. To obtain an application form or for more information please contact the church office: 01473 527499 office@stmaryshadleigh.co.uk. Come to an Informal Social Evening to open the festival with refreshments and Christmas fun on Friday 15 December. More details to follow! www.hadleighcommunitynews.co.uk
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Jerusalem Captured In this article we remember: Benjamin James Farthing - 22 October 1917 Thomas Samuel Smith - 8 December 1917 John Frederick Penney - 10 December 1917 “A Christmas present for the British people” was Prime Minister, David Lloyd George’s proclamation that the Holy City of Jerusalem had been captured by the allies on 9 December 1917. In Hadleigh it was reported that there were “feelings of great pleasure that Holy City was again in the hands of Christians after a lapse of centuries and the flag of St George floated over the Deanery Tower in celebration with a special service held in the parish church.” The Battle for Jerusalem had taken two days and although many Hadleigh men were involved, only Sergeant Thomas Samuel ‘Sam’ Smith, was to lose his life. Sam was born in 1883 and lived his early live in Benton Street. He started school at the age of six at the Church of England (National) School in Bridge Street and so began a deep connection with the school that continued until he was mobilised with the Suffolk Yeomanry at the start of the war. His school career passed from pupil through the grades of monitor, pupil teacher, uncertificated teacher and certificated teacher; he was for twelve and a half years a certificated assistant master. He was also a lieutenant in the Hadleigh company of the Church Lads Brigade and a member of the committees of the Hadleigh Cricket and Football Clubs and secretary to the Bathing Committee. Sam Smith had enlisted into the Suffolk Yeomanry, also known as the Loyal Suffolk Hussars in May 1910 and in June the following year was one a few troopers selected to represent his regiment at the coronation of King George V. The Suffolk Yeomanry were mobilised the day after war was declared and spent the next year training as mounted infantry and “guarding” the Suffolk coast. As the war unfolded it became clear by September 1915 that the need for cavalry was limited and the men of the Suffolk Yeomanry were separated from their horses and sent overseas as a dismounted infantry regiment.
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Sam Smith arrived with the regiment at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on 8 October 1915 and endured the horrendous conditions of that campaign which by then was already a disastrous failure. The Gallipoli peninsula was eventually evacuated in December in a carefully managed operation hidden from the enemy and the last group of Suffolk Yeomanry comprising of 24 officers and men, which included Sam, left on the 19th. The Regiment now followed the the 5th Suffolks to Egypt where they spent 1916 before moving north to Gaza and on to Jerusalem in 1917. In a letter written from Egypt in July 1916, Sam Smith tells that he is in the “land of sunshine and sand” and that he is pleased that he has reached the rank as full sergeant, “for it shows that is doing a little good.” He finishes his letter saying “I am enjoying the sights and experiences which I hope to be able to tell the [school] boys about before long.” It is said that “for the best of motives he [Sam] declined the honour of a commissioned rank.” In January 1917 Sam was in hospital in Alexandria suffering the effects of dysentery. This was the time when the Suffolk Yeomanry officially became the 15th (Yeomanry) Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, being part of the 74th Division of the British army; the 5th Suffolk were part of the 54th Division. Sam was with his battalion during the three battles for Gaza and as the surrender of Jerusalem approached. Sergeant Thomas Samuel Smith is buried 2km to the north of the old city in the Jerusalem War Cemetery and is remembered on the Hadleigh War memorial. Meanwhile on the Western Front the Third Battle of Ypres had closed with the taking of the village of Passchendaele on 10 November. One man who fell during the battle and had Hadleigh connections (but was inadvertently omitted from previous articles) was Private Benjamin James Farthing killed by a shell in October. He was born in 1888 and lived near to Wolves Farm on the border with Aldham. He married in 1911 and moved to Ipswich. At the beginning of the war he volunteered in response to Lord Kitchener’s call to form a new army and joined the 8th Suffolks later transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. Benjamin Farthing’s military movements are unclear before he reached Passchendaele. He is buried at Perth (China Wall) Cemetery in Belgium and is remembered on the Whitton War Memorial on the outskirts of Ipswich. In December 1917 the intensity of bombardment had calmed, but nonetheless shells were still falling on both sides. The 76th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery were active on the Ypres Salient, with the battery was Gunner John Frederick Penney. He had been born in Hadleigh in 1888 probably at the home of his maternal grandparent’s home in Benton Street, but he lived most of his life in Ipswich where his father, Walter, was a photographer. John Frederick worked as steward on the Ipswich and Harwich River Steamers. He enlisted for war service at Harwich in November 1914 and served with the RGA. John Penney was wounded in December 1917 and died at the 43rd Field Ambulance main dressing station at Moated Farm, Vlamertinghe in Belgium and was buried close by at the New Military Cemetery. He is remembered on the Ipswich War Memorial (Researched by Mark Brennan, Nigel Crisp, Jeff Ward. http://www.hadleighww1.com)
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GREAT WAR NEWS DECEMBER 1917 (as reported in the Suffolk and Essex Free Press of the day)
Wed 7 Dec. From Gunner Ernest Spencer Woods who is in East Africa. “ We all know the different kinds of animals that Africa contains and England is short of. And a blessing it is not to be infested with most sorts of these beasts. But there is an harmless kind out here and that is the giraffe. The members of the tribe pop up their heads in the bush and look at us in such a simple manner. As for the jackals and hyenas they are beauties and no mistake.” Wed 19 Dec. From an unnamed Hadleigh in Palestine. “We sometimes go days on end without a wash or shave; today I managed to get a mug full to wash and shave in. As to clothes, I haven’t been able to wash any for over three months, but in that time we have had our clothes thoroughly fumigated twice, so that is alright. There is dust everywhere – on the food you eat, in the water you drink. Five minutes after cleaning your rifle it is as bad as ever – eyes, ears and mouth choked with dust. Rations are fairly good, upholding the name of Fray Bentos.”
Hadleigh Community Primary School Music Exciting news for all the children this month! We would like to thank the ‘Rosa Simon Music Fund’ for their donation to enable the purchase of a class set of glockenspiels. It was lovely to see lots of happy smiles when the children had a go for the first time in their weekly music lessons. In a discussion with the Year 5 children, Phoebe said she didn’t want to stop playing them and Samuel explained how they will help us to understand music. Key Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) Year One have had a very busy month. We ended the term, and our topic of houses, with a visit from Mr Scaife from Wincer Kievenaar Architects. He talked to us about the design process that takes place before building a new house or extension and then showed us models and photos of amazing homes. He then challenged the children to work in pairs and design their own houses. The children included disco rooms, hot tubs, helipads, tree house extensions and many more creative ideas. A prize was awarded to most imaginative pair in each class. Well done to Maisy and Toby in 1B. Zack and Teddy in 1CH and Freya and Sienna in 1LA. The children have been watching the changes through the seasons and this is particularly evident in our regular woods sessions. Parents and grandparents were invited in one afternoon and we made dens, woodland creatures from natural materials and, of course, had a fire to toast marshmallows. Thank you to all parents and grandparents who came along and who donated marshmallows and biscuits for the children. Year 2 have been very busy preparing and rehearsing for their show, The Great Fire of London and what a success they made of it! They had four performances, two to the school and two to parents on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Fabulous singing along with clear expressive speaking and acting, beautiful dances and wonderful bell ringing. It was a show to be proud of. Well done Year 2. Key Stage 2 (Year 4 and 6) As Year 4 are studying Ancient Egypt, the children had an Egyptian day which began with a look at how pyramids were constructed and what treasures could be found within the tombs. After discussing the possible curse from Tutankhamun's burial chamber being opened, we decided to make our very own tombs within the classrooms! Children spent the day creating items that could be found inside and then spent another morning experiencing crawling through to our tombs to discover its valuable artefacts. On Thursday 9th November, Year 6 visited Hadleigh Cemetery to attend a Remembrance Service. Mr Mark Brennan, from the Hadleigh Great War Centenary Project, gave a talk to the children about soldiers from the town of Hadleigh who lost their lives in The Great War. As a mark of respect, school pupils laid poppies at the graves of these brave personnel. The talk was concluded with a poignant 2 minutes silence, and a speech from the Mayor of Hadleigh, to pay tribute to those affected by conflict in the past, and today.
Hadleigh Healing Society Christmas is looming ever closer as TV adverts reminds us, and shops are displaying their festive stock. The meaning of Christmas has got somewhat diminished because of commercialism. It is a time of being with loved ones, communicating with those who are not able to visit for varying reasons, appreciating what we have and what we hold dear. It is a time when differences should be put aside and perhaps harmony, peace and more important love should prevail. For those this is not always possible because they are alone. Take the time to spread a little goodwill to those you know who are alone, it costs nothing and will make that person feel wanted. We, the healers at the Hadleigh Healing Society wish everyone a Happy, Healthy and a Peaceful Christmas and New Year and we are there to listen to you if you are in need. Just ring Tel : 01473 823282 (answer machine) or log onto www.hadleighhealingsociety.org. Thank you for your support.
The Hadleigh Thrift Shop Loyalty Scheme The winner of this month’s £50 prize is M. Evans, and the second prize, which has been donated by Adnams in Hadleigh, goes to A. F. Kerr. Any info regarding the scheme please contact Barbara on 01473 828800.
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Panto is just around the corner... Yes it’s December and time to decorate the house ready for Christmas. As the day gets nearer so does HADS next panto Snow White and the Six Dwarfs. Set in and around Hadleigh, The King of Hadleigh is having a party for her daughters 18th birthday party. After a visit from an old friend Snow White is all of a flutter and so is her dad. Snow Whites nanny is always there to help our poor maiden as they get set to go on an adventure and get themselves in some sticky situations which they seem to get in to A LOT. The show would not be complete with out the dwarfs of course and after Snow White meets them she knows she had taken on too much. I caught up with the dwarfs and asked them what they thought about Snow White and her nanny. "She’s wonderful, she’s been cooking our meals and cleaning the house..oh can I take a selfie please Mr.......". I have also visited the King up castle road who said "I'm so proud of my daughter Snow White, its her 18th birthday in January next year and we must celebrate with a party which i’ll be sending invites out soon. I must also find a new lady to look after me, I miss my wife god rest her soul.." The panto is written and directed by Chairman Trev Clarke and co directed by Russ Allen and will take you on a trip of laughs, dance and music. With a cast of over 20 people its time to buy your tickets to come see it. Tickets are now on sale at Keith Avis newsagents at £7 per adult and £5 for under 15 years old. Show dates are 25th, 26th & 27th January 2018 all starting at 7:30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2pm doors open half hour before the show. The cast and crew have been very hard at work on this show and we would like to thank our sponsors this year of the show Hadleigh Castings, Hadleigh Thrift shop, Catalyst Charitable Trust not forgetting Keith Avis who are always very kind and helpful with our shows. For more info about this or any other of our activity's please visit our new website or follow us on Facebook just look for HADS Hadeigh. Trev Clarke, Chairman of HADS. www.hads.webs.com
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Dear Sir, Whilst staying with my mother, Dorothy Panks, on a visit from Australia, we came across a newspaper cutting from The Suffolk Free Press dated June 21st 1973. The article refers to the scheme my father, Edwin Panks, had for the Hadleigh Riverside Walk which has proved to be so very popular since its inception. The Riverside Walk was just one of the many innovations my father successfully brought to the town, the greatest being the planning and development of the Lady Lane Industrial Estate which he fought for against some very fierce objections. Edwin Panks The construction of Magdalen Road and the banning of heavy traffic in Benton Street can also be attributed to his work. His stubborness in the face of adversity and his great love for Hadleigh and the surrounding countryside had no bounds and he has certainly left his mark on this lovely market town. Lindsay Ashton
Dear Sir, Thank you Fred Breyer for your article in HCN re Aldham Mill Hill Quarry. Some 10 years or more ago there was a site meeting by residents with the quarry and SCC representatives and they where challenged about the effects of heavy lorries passing through villages to get to the quarry which I think the councillors recognised as SCC not having the resources to control. In particular on the concrete crushing proposed I stated that recently (then) two local sites were required to crush and reuse concrete on site (Station Rd. Car Park, Sudbury and Wilson’s Yard, Hadleigh) to remove the need for heavy lorries. By 2020 the building industry will be required to re-use 70% recycled material AND use less energy. An embryo firm in Scotland in conjunction with Scottish enterprise and a university is experimenting, so far successfully, with manufacturing bricks and blocks from recycled material by compression (i.e. heat free) with plant that can be put on site to minimise lorry movements. No doubt other firms are also developing systems. I would submit that there is no need to establish a concrete crushing plant at hadleigh quarry and would suggest there is some deeper long term plan by the firm to ‘de-sensitive’ residents to achieve that. Moreover, if established, such a plant would reverberate throughout the valley, which acts as an echo chamber, with the added ‘psh psh’ of compression machinery similar to that highly irritating noise we get from compression machinery on the industrial estate. I would ask you to all to oppose this unnecessary planning proposal, for councillors to oppose also by alerting colleague councillors in their own councils and in likely affected councils along the A1071 and either side of it, and for residents associations such as Benton Street to alert their members Reginald Smith
Dear Sir, Re: Aldham Mill Hill Quarry - On 12th of December a committee of Suffolk County Councillors will convene to discuss and either approve or reject an application relating to this old generating quarry. The application is to be considered without a site visit and only by information as submitted and a limited verbal submission of five minutes. Any approval of the proposal being put forward by the quarry licence holders can only lead to disaster for both Aldham Hill and the A1071 and ultimately the knock on effect to Hadleigh itself. We have to date distributed seven hundred leaflets, practically all were familiar with the Calais Street/Aldham Hill junction and its dangers on the A1071. Less than 1% were aware of the quarry and the dangers that it held for Hadleigh itself if the present proposal is accepted. Your vote is required on or by 11th of December in order it may be considered with our submission. Google Hadleigh Quarry Petition to sign online or by email to bgacopy@aol.com Fred Breyer
Dear Sir, It is great to see that Nimbyism still flourishes in Hadleigh. I refer of course to the recent letters in October’s Community News which were stuffed with scare mongering statistics with no scientific data to back them up or information from the Department of Transport or reference to the guidelines laid down by such legislation as: The Mines and Quarries Act. 1954, The Quarries Regulations 1999, The Mines and Quarries (Tips) Regulations 1971 and numerous other pieces of Legislation there to protect the public.
If these authors had lived here long enough, they would be well aware that the pavements of Hadleigh were made from aggregate quarried in Aldham. That the Hadleigh By-pass was also founded on aggregate from Aldham, would they want an increased carbon footprint on the disposal of waste (Non-toxic) from Hadleigh. They will be wanting a ring road round their Hadleigh next – no doubt with the sub-base and the foundation stone quarried in Ely, Thetford or Alresford, imported-in with a massive anthropologenic outcome. But of course, not in their back yard. We live in a ‘so called’ free democracy, everyone has a right to an opinion, and as far as I am aware, there is an existing speed limit on the by-pass, as laid down in the January 2013 revised guidelines to local highway authorities by the Department for Transport, published on the setting of speed limits, what would you have, someone carrying a red flag in front of every vehicle? Robert Gales
Dear Sir, I fell flat on my face outside Travel Stop on Monday afternoon. So thank you to:the lady who put her arm around me when I eventually managed to sit up; the lady who called the emergency services; the gentleman who telephoned my wife who was at home; the lady who arrived with a never-ending supply of paper towels; the gentleman who went home and came back with a rug for me; the staff at Travel Stop who invited me into their warm office even though it was past their closing time; the first two ladies mentioned above who continued to stay with me in Travel Stop; the gentleman who came into the Travel Stop office to ask for a bucket of water to wash the blood off the pavement! And last but by no means least, the gentleman who so kindly drove us home when the arrival of the ambulance was delayed To each and every one of you and to anyone else I may have forgotten, thank you so very much. Carlton Jackson
Dear Sir, If you value the free car parking in Hadleigh and appreciate its value to our local shops which ensures we have a thriving High Street for us all to enjoy, please be vigilant. There is in the wind, talk of HAVING to charge parking to be in line with Mid Suffolk District Council. I quite like the idea of us being a unique and special place, whose Council would look at other cost saving measures rather than destroying our High Street with this daft idea. We have fought car parking charges before and we will do so again. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. District Councillors be warned. Sue Monks
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HADLEIGH TOWN COUNCIL Report of the Meeting of the Council held on the 19th October 2017 Present: Councillors: Angland, Byrne, Cook, Fraser, Free, Haylock, Monks, Shearly-Sanders, Sheldrick, Whiting, Wiltshire and Young. In attendance: Babergh District Councillors Campbell and Grandon and 20 members of the public. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Councillors Haines; Matthews and Wilson. These apologies were accepted. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors Sheldrick and Young declared nonpecuniary interests in the Finance & Personnel Committee Report as they are both members of the Hadleigh Town Forum which was receiving a grant. MINUTE The Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on the 21st September 2017 were taken as read, were confirmed and signed. MATTERS ARISING Accounts for Payment Councillor Shearly-Sanders advised that Hadleigh Town Council were appointed as Feoffee’s of the Charity and on investigation he could find no record of a lease in place. Councillor Byrne advised that all the historical documentation shows that Hadleigh Town Council have paid for the use of the part of the building they use irrespective of what it is called. At this point the meeting was adjourned for members of the public to speak on the tenancy between Hadleigh Town Council and the Hadleigh Market Feoffment Charity and the press release on the proposed merger between Babergh District Council and Mid-Suffolk District Council. POLICE The Clerk advised that no information had been received from the Police. Councillor Cook reported that it had been reported on the news that Norfolk County Council is going to sack all their PCSO’s and requested that a letter be sent to Mr. Passmore asking for clarification that this will not be happening in Suffolk. REPORTS OF THE COUNTY & DISTRICT COUNCILLORS Written reports had been received from Suffolk County Councillor Fraser, Babergh District Councillors Campbell and Grandon. Councillor Grandon answered questions on the boundary review. It was felt that the recommendation that Hadleigh was one ward with three District Councillors was not feasible. Councillor Sheldrick advised that Hadleigh Town Council had submitted their recommendation that Hadleigh become three wards with one District Councillor per ward. She was congratulated on the discussions taking place with Beestons and was asked why the consultation period on East House extended and then concluded – she didn’t know the answer to this but advised she would investigate and report back. Councillor Campbell answered questions raised on the proposed merger between the two District Councils. She was questioned on the financial situation and advised that Mid-Suffolk charge for parking but this remains free in Hadleigh and that situation could not remain but was not on the agenda for discussion at the moment. She was asked if this change was proposed how she would vote. She advised that she would vote for the introduction of parking charges in Hadleigh. She advised that a public consultation on the proposed merger would
HADLEIGH TOWN COUNCIL Full Council Meetings Date of Next Meetings at 7.30pm Thursday 21st December 2017. Thursday 18th January 2018 Planning Committees Date of Next Meeting at 7.30pm Thursday 7th December 2017. Thursday 11th January 2018
Please write to Mrs. Carol A. Bailey BA(Hons) Town Clerk, Hadleigh Town Council, The Guildhall Hadleigh IP7 5DN if you are part of a voluntary organisation or community group wishing to be considered for a grant including the following information: • The specific amount of the grant • What the funding is for • Breakdown of costs and any funds already raised • How the project will benefit Hadleigh and its residents. This grant aid is not available to fund individuals, commercial or statutory organisations.
Planning Applications Hadleigh Town Council would take this opportunity to request that when letters of objection are sent to Babergh District Council in respect of planning applications please could they be copied to Hadleigh Town Council. There have been instances where Hadleigh Town Council has made recommendations without being aware that objections have been made to Babergh District Council. They can be sent by post to: Hadleigh Town Council, The Guildhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5DN Or email: staff@hadleightowncouncil.co.uk Please don’t forget Hadleigh Town Council when raising your objections. 50
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commence on the 23rd October where 4,000 residents – 2,000 in Mid-Suffolk and 2,000 in Babergh – would be telephoned and asked to take part in a survey. It was felt that this was very unsatisfactory as it would only involve a small part of the population. It was reported that the officers of both Councils have been working together for a long time and it was felt that this had not led to any improvement but there were now no longer enough officers to do the work and both Councils were no longer efficient. Councillor Fraser answered questions on Suffolk County Council’s financial reserves and highway proposals for Benton Street. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS The Mayor thanked all those who supported her at the Civic Service. The Clerk advised that the consultation on the Local Government Boundary Commission – Electoral Review of Babergh: Draft Recommendations closes on the 11th December 2017. All information is available on line. STANDING ORDER NO. 40 Councillor Young asked why the August Town Council Minutes that appeared in the Hadleigh Community News had not been corrected as was agreed at the September Meeting? She was advised that it is a report of the meeting that is printed in the Community News as they have to be submitted for printing before the 19th of the month so have not been approved by Council. Any changes made to the minutes will be seen in the following edition. A request was made that additional information advising members of the public that this report is not the approved Minutes be added to the Community News Report. The Clerk confirmed that approved changes are made in the Minute Book. ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT It was RESOLVED that accounts amounting to £15,992.01 including HMRC, Utilities, SCC Pension Fund and staff salaries be approved for payment. PLANNING COMMITTEE The Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on the 12th October 2017 were noted. FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE The Report of the Extra Meeting of the Committee held on the 19th October 2017 was received and accepted including the recommendations to approve grants of: i) £600 to Hadleigh Town Forum with the proviso the Town Council should see receipts for the money spent and then discuss what should happen to any surplus monies if this is the case ii) £300 to Hadleigh Elderly Peoples Welfare Committee iii) £480 to Suffolk Rockets Netball Club with this being specifically a Start-up grant for the Club iv) £200 to The Christmas Present Trust v) £250 to Sudbury & District Citizens Advice Bureau vi) £500 to Hadleigh Skatepark Fundraising Trust and for the group to be informed that should they still require funding to apply again just prior to the end of the financial year in March 2018 vii) £140 to Long Bessels Light Display To accept the Internal & External Auditors Report and accept the quotation of £1,080 for the erection of a 25 foot Norman Fir Tree in the Market Place, fitting of Christmas lights and removal afterwards. HADLEIGH ENTERTAINMENTS FORUM Councillor Young reported that everything was on track. Unfortunately the event has had to be scaled down due to the quotation received from Suffolk County Council to implement the proposed road closure. There is a lot of entertainment being put on by the community for the community. BUDGET 2018/2019 The Clerk had provided Councillors with the budget meeting timetables. VISIT HADLEIGH DOMAIN NAME OWNERSHIP The Clerk advised that VisitHadleigh.co.uk is owned by Freereign and used by the Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce. VisitHadleighSuffolk.co.uk is owned by Mr. Service. It was felt that as ownership of the two domain names had been ascertained the motion proposed by Councillor Wilson that Hadleigh Town Council contact the Steering Group to purchase the VisitHadleighSuffolk domain name fails as they do not own either domain name the motion cannot be discussed as it is incorrect. Councillor Cook requested that the motion fails. Councillor Byrne seconded the request. Voting was 10 for and 2 abstentions. The motion fails. REPRESENTATIVES Councillor Haylock reported that the Wool Town Association was successfully launched at Kentwell Hall with nearly 100 people attending. Councillor Young reported that she had emailed Councillors about the Steering Group having received a Community Award. Councillor Free provided information on the events and the Annual Meeting of the Hadleigh Elderly People’s Welfare Committee. She advised that £10 vouchers were available for Hadleigh residents aged 70 and over. TOWN MATTERS There were no Town Matters. There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.40pm Mrs Carol A. Bailey BA(Hons), MILCM – Town Clerk Addendum: This is a draft report of the meeting. The Minutes will be approved at the Monthly Town Council Meeting held on the third Thursday of the following month. Minutes are viewable on Hadleigh Town Council Website – www.hadleighsuffolk.gov.uk. Report of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 12th October 2017 Present: Councillors: Angland, (Chair), Byrne, Cook, Free, Haines, Haylock, Matthews, Sheldrick, and Wiltshire. In attendance: Nine members of the public
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Monks, Shearly-Sanders, Wilson, Whiting and Young. These apologies were accepted. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Haines declared a non-pecuniary interest in planning applications DC/17/04827 and DC/17/04828 – 52 High Street as she is a near neighbour. MINUTES The Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on the 14th September 2017 was confirmed as a correct record and signed. MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising. At this point the meeting was adjourned for members of the public to speak on planning application DC/17/03902 – Land South of Ipswich Road and SCC/157/17 – Hadleigh Quarry, Peyton Hall Farm TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING The Committee considered the applications for Planning Consent, details of which are listed below and upon which the following decisions were reached:- With the approval of the Committee the Chair brought forward the two applications spoken on during the public adjournment. DC/17/03902 Land South of Ipswich Road, Ipswich Road Full Planning Application - Erection of 171 no. starter homes with associated car parking, public open space and landscaping. Refusal was recommended (Voting was unanimous) The reasons for recommending refusal were insufficient parking; the roads are too narrow for emergency vehicles to obtain access to dwellings; pedestrian and school access via Tower Mill Lane is unsuitable; water management and drainage has not been addressed, footpath and cycling provision is not sufficient, conservation of some hedges has not been taken into account. The Committee requested that Babergh District Council take into account the significant number of objections made by near neighbours. It was also felt that the outstanding issues the residents on the first phase of this development were discussing with Persimmons should be addressed and agreed prior to the next development starting. SCC/157/17 Hadleigh Quarry, Peyton Hall Farm. Erection of a wash plant and associated Silt Lagoons. Additional information has been provided by the applicant addressing concerns raised including: noise, traffic, water and plant specification. Refusal was recommended (Voting was unanimous). This application had been re-presented by Suffolk County Council following further information having been provided. It was felt that the additional information received from Suffolk County Council did not alter the reasons for refusal recommended at the previous meeting except to add that lighting would be required for the working hours submitted and have a detrimental effect on nearby residents. Furthermore the Committee felt that the additional number of lorries that would be using the junction could potentially give rise to an increase in accidents given the road is busy with regular shift changes at Wattisham Flying Station. Copies of these two decisions would be sent to Suffolk and Babergh District Councillors. DC/17/03633 Benton End Farm, Benton End, Planning Application - Change of use of existing grazing area to dog running and exercise fields. Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous). The Committee would draw Babergh District Council’s attention to the conditions made in the environmental report: The hours of use; Waste disposal; Noise; And to include these conditions into any approval given. To also note that this area is designated as a water meadow and may flood. DC/17/04269 Pettimoor, Station Road, Householder Planning Application Erection of single storey side/rear extension (following demolishing of existing garage) Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) DC/17/04352 1A Bradfield Avenue, Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (Erection of three new dwellings (retention of existing)) for variation of condition 9 (Provision of obscure glass and non-opening window) of planning permission B/17/01140 – to enable an emergency exit opening window to be fitted. Approval was recommended (Voting was 6 for; 1 against and 1 abstention) It was felt that this whole application had been very badly managed by Babergh District Council and the Committee had no choice but to recommend approval even though the house had not been built in accordance with the original planning application. The Committee concur with the email submitted by a near resident on the 27th June sent to Babergh District Councillor Grandon. DC/17/04535 22-26 High Street, Planning Application - Change of use of buildings from B1 to B1 Office and A2 Financial Services. Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) DC/17/04606 11 Joseph Close Householder Planning Application - Replacement of existing wooden sash windows with UPVC sash windows. Approval was recommended (Voting was 7 for and 1 against) DC/17/04827 57 High Street, Application for Planning Permission - Internal alterations to provide an internal staircase to access office space at first floor and removal of partitions. Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) DC/17/04828 57 High Street, Application for Listed Building Consent – Internal alterations to provide an internal staircase to access office space at first floor and removal of partitions. Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) Additional Applications: DC/17/05090 48 Bradfield Crescent, Erection of single storey and two storey rear extension following demolition of existing; Erection of a front porch. Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING The Committee noted the Schedule of Decisions of the Local Planning Authority, details of which are listed in the Schedule attached to these Minutes. Councillor Cook advised that the Forget Me Not Care Agency are taking over
the old Angel Delight building. There had been no change of use planning application received and wondered if this had been granted by Babergh District Council under permitted development. The Clerk was asked to write to Babergh District Council to request again that should any ad hoc changes of use be granted in the town of Hadleigh could they advise the Town Council of their decision made. Councillor Haylock brought to the attention of the Committee an article on The Quality of House Building – Design Matters written by the Preservation Society in the Suffolk View Magazine which states: The problems have been compounded by the loss of specialist staff from local planning authorities. Currently there are few staff with specialist design and landscape skills working in the local planning authorities than was the case over more recent decades. Until recently, landscape advice was delivered by officers at Suffolk County Council to Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils only. This arrangement has now ceased and instead services have been secured from the adjoining county (Essex) to deliver a freestanding service to one joint authority – Babergh and Mid Suffolk. This reduction in in-house landscape staff is a worrying trend. Councillor Wiltshire reported on East House as it had been brought to her attention that the consultation period had been cut short which may have resulted in the property being re-marketed for sale. The planning application had now been approved so it was assumed that work would commence. Councillor Wiltshire asked if the Clerk had been informed on any progress made regarding the removal of the garage to the rear of the Royal Bengal. The Clerk advised that no information had been received and was asked to write to Babergh District Council for the up to date positions. The Chair advised that she had been informed that the Planning Department at Babergh District Council had now closed and all planning was being dealt with at the Mid-Suffolk Council offices in Needham Market. The meeting closed at 8.23pm. Mrs Carol A. Bailey BA(Hons) MILCM – Town Clerk
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Vacancy For The Position Of Cleaner (Part-Time) Hadleigh Town Council is seeking to employ a Cleaner (Part-Time) for the Guildhall/Town Hall Complex. The hours of the post are 6 per week to be worked with some flexibility but mainly early mornings on Mondays and Fridays. There may be scope for further hours on an ad hoc basis dependent on the needs of the Council. Salary for the post will be NJC Grade 2 Points 10/14 with the actual salary range being £2,531 to £2,721. Annual leave will be equivalent to 22 days (27 after five years’ service). If you are interested in the above position please contact Mrs Carol Bailey Town Clerk or email townclerk@hadleightowncouncil.co.uk with covering letter, CV and references. Closing date: Friday 15 December 2017
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Letter www.layham.org from Layham Are you new to Layham? If you have just moved to the village and would like to know more about it, please visit our website www.layham.org. However, if you do not have access to a computer and would like a hard copy of the 'Welcome to Layham' booklet, please contact Jane Cryer, Parish Clerk 07920 713940. Parish Council The main matters discussed during the Council meeting of 25 October were: • Public Forum The two parishioners present said they wished to set the record straight with regard to a planning application they had submitted in respect of Stows Cottage in 2016. The applicants said there had been several inaccuracies in the information brought to the PC; the application had been refused by Babergh on grounds of sustainability and not because of any concerns about flooding or access. • Babergh District Council report With regard to the Boundary Review, John Ward said the Boundary Commission had now published draft recommendations and was inviting comments. With regard to the proposed merger with Mid Suffolk, Cllr Ward said the two districts had resolved to move forward, but no formal decision had yet been made. It was unlikely that there would be another referendum, although there would be a telephone survey and 4,000 people across the two districts would be contacted. In addition, information packs would be sent out. Cllr Ward stressed that Babergh and Mid Suffolk were keen to understand people’s concerns and were not looking for a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response. The move to Endeavour House was now back on schedule and the Hadleigh offices would close in November, as originally planned; the Sudbury satellite office located in the Town Hall was now open to the public. A new Community Housing Fund had been launched by the Government at the end of December 2016, to help councils to pump prime community housing projects. To date Babergh had been allocated £189,742. • County Council report The Suffolk Minerals & Waste Local Plans were debated by Cabinet on 10 October and were now out for consultation. The quarry at Layham was included as a possible site for extraction and it was agreed that the Clerk would contact the chair of the Layham Quarry Liaison Group to ask when their next meeting would be held. Following the departure of Deborah Cadman, GJ said Sue Cook, Director of Children’s Services, was currently acting as interim CEO and a permanent appointment would not be made until the new year. • CPR training There would be another training session on Monday 6 November, in St Andrews’s Church. • Pavement between Upper Layham and Hadleigh The Chairman had met with Cllr Jones on site. Cllr Jones was hopeful that some action could be taken with regard to removal/trimming back of trees, shrubs and vegetation, on safety grounds; he would also make enquiries about the possibility of widening the pavement, but felt it would be unlikely that any money would be available for non-essential work. • Emergency Plan Cllr Curran reported on his meeting with Sue Hearne, Babergh’s Emergency Planning Officer. It was agreed to accept Sue’s offer to visit the village in order to complete the rest room facility details. Cllr Curran would circulate the risk assessment and review the Emergency Plan before it was lodged with Babergh – this would be an agenda item for the next meeting. • Defibrillator for Brett Green It appeared likely that planning permission would not, after all, be required for this; clarification was awaited from Babergh’s Corporate Manager for Growth & Sustainable Planning. • Babergh & Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan It was agreed to defer a firm decision on whether to make a formal submission until the November meeting. • Allottments and access track With regard to the parking and access issues raised by parishioners at the last meeting, it was agreed that the Clerk would ask Flagship to write to residents to remind them that parking on, or obstructing the access track, was not permitted.
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• Tree at entrance to Brett Green The Chairman said he had hoped that Babergh would replace the burnt-out tree, but this now appeared to be unlikely. His proposal that the PC should purchase and plant a new hawthorn tree was agreed unanimously. • Use of Sat Navs The Chairman said another delivery vehicle had recently become stuck after following his sat nav’s instructions to use Water Lane. The Clerk would investigate the possibility of a sign at the top of Water Lane. Self-help programme in village Over recent weeks a small group of Brett Green residents has worked to clear the tangled vegetation along the bank of the River Brett opposite the line of bungalows facing the river. This is opening up the view for the residents of that area. Well done that group of volunteers and thank you from us all. What next? The edge of the central green of Brett Green is very seldom trimmed by the local authority. The last time it was done we were told it would be seven years before the work was done again. Grass and weeds are now growing well over the pathway in several places. Should we trim it ourselves? If you live overlooking the central green would you be prepared to help a work party to cut the edges? Please contact our Parish Clerk (Jane Cryer) on 07920 713940 or layhampc@gmail.com - when we hear from a large enough group we will consult to set a date. NB. It will help if you have one of those half-moon edging tools. St Andrew’s – your parish church December services 3rd 9.15am Morning Worship 10th 9.15am Sung Eucharist 17th 9.30am Café Church 24th 4.00pm Christingle and Crib service 25th CHRISTMAS DAY 9.15am Family Communion 31st 10.30am Deanery Eucharist at Stratford St Mary Hot Sunday Lunch A total of £515 was raised for church funds. Thank you to all who came, helped on the day or supplied food. A very enjoyable occasion. New Hotel in Layham If you have been for a walk in our conservation area recently you will have noticed our magnificent Insect Hotel! This is designed to provide shelter for our local hedgehogs and other small mammals and attract solitary bees and a variety of other mini-beasts. The construction was carried out on 11th November by members of the Green Team and friends - Laurence and Rosey Nicholls with the help of their grand-daughter Izobelle, also Elaine Pye, John Nightingale, Michael Woods, Sheila Roberts, Doreen and Bob Sillett and their granddaughter Lyla. As it was Armistice Day we observed a minutes silence – thanks to Lyla who reminded us. Michael told us about the young Hugh Pizzey whose family worked the land that we were standing on; sadly he went to war and fought in Flanders, never to return. Next to the Insect Hotel and in other parts of the conservation area we planted flowers and scattered wild flower seeds including buddleja, foxgloves, scabiosa, ragged robin and cornflower. We hope we are now well on the way to establishing our ‘wild flower meadow’. We owe a big thank you to all those mentioned above and to others who also provided materials for the hotel: Bobby Gales, Nigel Thorpe, Dave Martin, James Mosley, Stuart Sillett, Jan and Tim McNelly and Colin Brown. Thank you also to Ben Gunn who supplied the plants and seeds. We look forward to seeing a greater abundance of wild flowers and increased insect activity in our conservation area next year. We hope that our efforts will be enjoyed by all our residents and visitors, including the human variety! If you would like to get involved in the modest on-going project of developing a conservation area please contact Sheila Roberts (01473 827270) or Doreen Sillett (01473 822095).) Layham Playing Field Playing Field 100 Club Thank you to all who have purchased tickets for the new 100 Club year (runs October to September). Your support for our field is appreciated. Winners in the October draw were: £25 Ticket No 77 Webber; £15 Ticket No 79 Gunn
Management Committee The playing field has always had a large and supportive committee but all of a sudden we have a bit of a crisis developing. Jane and Nick Elliott and Andy Thorp are moving from Layham. We thank them for their active support of the Playing Field over many years. In addition, John and Sam Millman, committee members for eight years, have decided to call it day due to other commitments. Their involvement over the years has also been valuable. So – five members down! PLEASE READ ON. We need replacements for these people. The more committee members we have the less there is for everyone to do. We meet only three times each year to plan jobs. The group runs a 100 Club and we maintain the equipment and apparatus and trim grass, undergrowth, hedges and trees. Occasionally we have the funds to provide new apparatus. The photo below shows committee members about ten years ago erecting a new swing frame. From the left, Clive Holder provided the digger and Lester Bennett, Colin Brown, Dan Moat and Terri Newman did the spadework. If you use the field with your children or to walk your dog or just to enjoy as an open space, then consider putting yourself forward. Contact any one of the committee members if you know them or Michael Woods at michaelwoods@suffolkonline.net or 01473 823798. We look forward to hearing from you. More accidents on the B1070 in our village Local people have reported cars hitting a telegraph pole, a garden wall and most spectacularly, a kerb on a bend, resulting in a complete turnover, in recent weeks. The picture shows the overturned car. The accident happened in broad daylight around lunch time and was the result of a driver speeding through our village and not being able to hold the curve after the top of Mill Lane. Mercifully, nobody was hurt but those who saw the outcome were left shaking their heads and wondering what we can do to combat this menace. The Parish Council would like to erect a Vehicle Activated speed advice sign at each end of the village – like those in Holton St Mary. Our County Councillor supports the general idea but believes that average speed recording cameras would be more effective and is making enquiries for us. Watch this space.
Layham Playgroup CIO We have had a busy few weeks making items to sell on our playgroup stall for our Christmas Craft and Shopping afternoon. The children made items including bath salts, Christmas decorations, photo frames, and even some works of art. The adults also met for an evening of card making, crochet and crafts. A very big thank you to all those who helped prepare for the event or helped on the day. We are now enjoying the run up to Christmas. We will be ending the term with our Childrens’ Christmas Service on Friday 15th December at 11.30, with our friends at St Andews church. For more details about Layham Playgroup check out our website: www.layhamplaygroup.co.uk To keep up to date on all the latest news check out our Facebook page. If you are interested in seeing Layham Playgroup for yourself and would like to arrange a visit, please contact us on 07999 866419 or email us at admin@layhamplaygroup.co.uk Ladybird Toddler Group takes place every Wednesday morning during term time, 9.30 – 11.00 am, and is open to all children from birth – five years. We have a range of toys and activities ranging from a quiet baby area to role-play, small world, playdough and crafts.
Christmas Fayre Saturday 2nd December 10 am - 3 pm St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Angel Street, Hadleigh
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We are sorry that there will be no film screening in December as there are so many other events in the build up to Christmas. However, Hollywood in Hadleigh will be back on 12th January with “Churchill”, and on 26th January with “Loving”. Full details of our January films will appear in the next issue of the Community News. Our new film brochure will be available soon in the Library, the Thrift Shop, the Ansell Centre and other outlets about town. We hope to include “Victoria and Abdul” and “Goodbye Christoher Robin” if we are able to obtain licences to show these films.
A Review of our Year’s Activities Our AGM took place on 14th November and was followed by afternoon tea for all our wonderful volunteers. Our chairman, Tom Tebbutt, presented his report for the year, a summary of which appears below. “This year the main hall of the Ansell Centre has been completely refurbished with a new ceiling and lights, new boiler, newly sanded and sealed floor and complete redecoration. The money for this was raised and the work contracted by a team from the United Reformed Church (URC) who own the Ansell Centre and who have put in many hours to achieve the result. The Ansell Centre Charity (ACC) contributed by purchasing the new curtains and some of the lighting. The money for this came out of our reserves so we have been raising money to replace that with the sale of Easter chicks and Christmas decorations, a collection of 20p pieces and many generous donations. Our Lunch Clubs have kept going serving meals to more than sixty people twice a month. Cooking remains a challenge and we would welcome more help for this. We are lucky that so far we have managed to keep producing excellent meals and this is down to the hard work of a small number of volunteers. The Digital Cinema has been going well and seems to be appreciated by our regular supporters. We continue to show films twice a month in winter and once in summer to audiences that vary between sixty and over a hundred. In the last year the Synergy Cafe run by Sue Ryder finished due to a change in the funding set up. Not wishing to see this valuable support lost to Hadleigh, a new Memories Cafe was started by some of the trustees and has been run on a weekly basis since April. We have now secured the use of a lady to take over the running of the café who will be employed by South Suffolk Leisure and paid for by funding obtained by the Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance. We are working with the URC on the “Defibrillator by Christmas” appeal. More details of this appear elsewhere in this publication. These are the main activities with which the ACC has been involved this year.” A very Happy Christmas to all our patrons. We look forward to welcoming you again to our Digital Cinema, our Lunch Clubs and the Memories Café during 2017.
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ST MARY’S HADLEIGH www.stmaryshadleigh.co.uk 01473 527499 The Hadleigh Deanery Office at St Mary’s is open from 10am-12noon, Tuesday-Friday
SERVICES FOR DECEMBER: Sunday 3 December 10.45am Sung Eucharist. 3.30pm Christingle Family Picnic Sunday 10 December 10.45am Morning Worship with Baptism 12.15pmShortened Eucharist Monday 11 December 6.30pm St Joseph’s College Carol Service Saturday 16 December 10am CTiH Carol Singing at the Co-op Sunday 17 December 10.45am Informal Communion. 6pm Carol Service Monday 18 December 2pm St Mary’s School Carol Service Tuesday 19 December 11am Carol Service at the Row Chapel 2pm Hadleigh Community Primary School Carol Service Sunday 24 December CHRISTMAS EVE 10.45am Eucharist with Hymns 4pm Crib Service 11pm Midnight Mass Monday 25 December CHRISTMAS DAY 8am Said Eucharist (BCP) 10.45am Family Communion Service Sunday 31 December 10.30am Deanery Eucharist at Stratford St Mary
OTHER EVENTS FOR DECEMBER: • Craft and Produce Market – Friday 1 Dec, 9am-1pm • FROGs Christmas Party – Weds 13 Dec, 6-7.15pm, for primary-aged children; contact Trish 07810 004121 • Christmas Tree Festival – Fri 15 Dec – Tues 2 Jan Please note that St Mary’s Church will be locked from 12noon on Christmas Day, and will remain closed on Boxing Day. We wish you a joyful and blessed Christmas, and a happy new year.
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Another busy month at Suffolk Rockets NC. Our Youth Girls started their competitive season in the Colchester Youth League, we have entered two year 7 teams 'Cosmic Rockets' and 'Saturn Rockets'. They have both played 2 matches winning one and losing one, a great start with some lovely netball being displayed, the girls are really enjoying it and don't stop smiling when they play - a real credit to the Club! Each game the other team choose a 'Player of the Match' from our teams and so far both Lily and Charlotte have won it each week for their teams, at the end of the season the player who got the most votes from Players POM and Coaches POM will win a prize at our Club Presentation Event. Congratulations to Heidi, one of our year 7 girls, who has been selected into the Suffolk Netball Development Academy, which is part of the England Netball Performance Pathway for talented netball players. We are very proud of Heidi and we know this is just the start of her Netball journey. The Back to Netball ladies continue to thrive and improve each week at training, I am so impressed that numbers are still reaching 17-18 each week, even with the weather turning rather chilly! We have been busy organising Suffolk Rockets first B2N tournament which is on 25th November 10am - 1pm at Hadleigh High School, we have 5 teams entered including 2 of our own teams. Anyone is welcome to come along and watch especially if you are thinking of getting back into netball, come along and meet the players and coaches. Our aim to support ladies to become coaches or umpires continues, Luciana and Kaileigh, our Beginner Umpires, recently attended the 'Into Officiating' course in Colchester, this course is the first stage of their umpiring journeys and now they are able to umpire youth league games and B2N games. Both will be umpiring at our B2N festival. Well done to you both for taking the next step. If you would like more information about the club please contact Hayley Greenhill, Head Coach suffolkrocketsnc@hotmail.com FB & Twitter Suffolk Rockets NC.
Thankyou from Rachel Many thanks to everyone who supported the Big Fun Run that I recently took part in. I raised a massive 1264.00 in sponsorship thanks to you all !!!!! The money raised will go directly to Suffolk Artlink to support the myriad of opportunities they are involved in throughout our county, using creative arts to engage and enthuse individuals inclusively to improve wellbeing and participation and to strengthen communities. Suffolk Artlink runs many opportunities county wide. You may have seen the Clown Doctors on the local news recently, who are funded partly by Children in Need. As an Artlink project the clown doctors support young people facing health issues in hospitals and their families by providing play opportunities and some respite from the daily stresses that ill health can bring. If you would like to know more about the work that we do in our area or if you would like to make a donation please do contact us. Rachel Bennett, Suffolk Artlink
News from The Station Safe to say that winter has truly gripped us. Frosty mornings, bitter cold winds and potential hazardous driving conditions are now part of our every day. Some words of advice and useful tips from us here at Hadleigh Police Station â&#x20AC;˘ Spend a few extra minutes clearing and defrosting your windscreens properly, do not put yourselves or other road users at risk by driving with just a small patch of clear windscreen. â&#x20AC;˘ A safe journey starts in preparation beforehand. Always have a blanket, shovel, warm coat & gloves, wellies, de-icer, scraper and fluorescent tabard in your boot. You never know when you might need them. â&#x20AC;˘ Set off earlier on your planned journey, drive slower and carefully to arrive safely. â&#x20AC;˘ Think carefully, is your journey necessary ? If it is, allow a greater stopping distance between you and the car in front, particularly on wet or icy roads. Hopefully you will find these tips useful, but if you require any further advice on road safety or crime reduction, now that the evenings are darker, please contact us, details below. Other issues in the town:- Anti-Social Behaviour This is still very prevalent and we continue to be advised of many issues on a daily basis. We still have a group of youths who, for want of a better word, are terrorising our parks, public spaces, skate park and both large supermarkets in the town. They have no respect for the town, the residents of the town, their families and anyone in authority, which has been borne out by their actions throughout the summer holidays and continues to do so. If you experience any of this anti-social behaviour; if you see large groups of youths drinking, fighting, smoking, shouting or swearing at members of the public â&#x20AC;&#x201C; please call it in to Suffolk Police on 101 (non-emergency) or 999 (emergency) or email the SNT at the address below. We know it is happening, but we would like your help. We want residents in the town who feel intimidated / scared or alarmed by this behaviour, to let us know so that we include in our action plan. Measures are being put in place to address this behaviour by us at the police station to try and bring back living in Hadleigh, a pleasant experience, and not one where residents are fearful of going out of their homes in the evenings. The parks in the town are for everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enjoyment and should not be spoilt by a few. I would also like to mention again that Hadleigh is just one of 49 villages that we cover from the Police Station in the town. So if you do not see PCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or PCSOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a daily basis, it does not mean we are not working, it means our time is being spent elsewhere dealing with other issues in other areas. On behalf of Sgt Miah and the rest of Hadleigh SNT, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all residents a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year. See you all in 2018, PCSO 3173 Julia Bignell Hadleigh Police Station, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh, IP7 5AD Email: hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk Follow us on twitter : @HadleighPolice Police Connect: suffolk.police.uk/policeconnect
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Unusual Gifts for a good cause Thanks to the Hadleigh-based group, Country Threads, the patients, day centre patients, visitors, and staff at the St Elizabeth Hospice, Ipswich will find a fine selection of unusual hand crafted Christmas gifts in their Made with Love hospice shop this year. The group, together with many other local volunteers, beavered away at a recent Saturday workshop to create attractive greetings cards, unusual novelties together with unique tree and room decorations to ensure the shop will have plenty to tempt their Christmas shoppers. The busy workshop is a social day too with time for tea breaks, lunch and plenty of lively conversation. This informal friendly group meet every Wednesday evening at the URC Rooms. Call Mavis Gordon 01473 824398 or Lin Slaughter 01473 828065 for further details.
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Issue 1 of Brett Valley Review was received by Suffolk Local History Council as ‘an attractive, accessible and very well researched local history magazine and is highly recommended’, something to live up to in Issue 2. I hope that you will find the historical miscellany of interest starting with Monks Eleigh parishioners attending the church court at Hadleigh on matters of morality, Sabbath breaking and probate of wills and ending with the graceful village sign at Milden, with the river itself ‘from source to sea’ the subject of the colour feature. Other articles include moving house at Kersey, a charity providing bread or fuel at Preston St. Mary and the site of Cosford, which gave its name to one of the districts through which the Brett flows. An interesting character is Revd John Clubbe of Whatfield (rector 1735-1773), whose circle of friends included artists Thomas Gainsborough and William Hogarth. John wrote satirical works, the most famous being The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Villa of Wheatfield, which has caught out many people over the centuries thinking it was a true history of Whatfield. However, it still makes an interesting read. Your letters, photographs and memories of the communities in the Brett Valley during the recent past and articles relevant to their history are most welcome. Please let me know if you would like an aspect of local history investigated and I will do my best! On sale now price £5 at Bildeston - Bank House Stores and Brook Farm Studio; Brent Eleigh - Cafe Como; Hadleigh - Keith Avis and Idler Bookshop; Monks Eleigh - Corn Craft and The Post Office Stores; Semer - Hollow Trees Farm Shop or from Sue Andrews, 17 Manor Road, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 7BG, price £6.50 to include postage.
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Hadleigh CC members have enjoyed a fruitful 2017. The Club’s ethos is “cycling for all” and amongst our 100 or so members, we have toddlers on balance bikes, competitive teens, time-trialists, coffee and cake social riders, commuters, adult novices and veteran racers. This year we have had a very active committee happy to volunteer, coach, set up exhibitions and promote the Club at the Hadleigh Show. We have benefited from the input of Molly Cutmore and Ryan Gooderham who developed their riding skills with the Juniors and now race for The Pedal House. Our new committee members, Phil Barnes, Gale Pryor, Kate Billingham, Farhad Abdly, Rickaby Shearly-Sanders and Paul Harman have brought enthusiasm and fresh ideas. The Club, of course, could not survive without the hard work and dedication of Simon King (Secretary) and Benson Ho (Treasurer). Particular pleasing has been the regular Sunday social rides from the George, with many new ride leaders and Lucy Jay’s informal rides on Monday evenings from the High School. We have had a third Gayford Flyer sportive which attracted nearly 200 riders and a second Get Back to Cycling course for women. The Club has continued to run very successful Junior sessions on a weekly basis with coaches Adam Chamberlin, Martin Nichols, Chris Herron and Simon King and volunteer helpers. We have supported riders at Mud, Sweat and Gears across the Region, including another Hintlesham round. Mike Motteram, Chair of the Club, said, “It’s been a full-on year. We’ve had cyclists participating in a whole range of disciplines on and off the road. The Committee has begun to explore ideas for 2018. These include encouraging new riders to take up group cycling with shorter, slower rides in the Spring.” “Happy Christmas to all our members and for all Hadleigh folk who ride bikes, stay safe in 2018.” Riders are invited to gentle social rides starting at 9am from The George on Sundays, weather permitting. Adults and “capable children accompanied by an adult” are all welcome. The distance is around 25 miles. Check out our Facebook page. Visit www.hadleighcyclingclub.co.uk or connect with the club via Facebook: Hadleigh Cycling Club @HadleighCycling
Hadleigh Bowling Club The outdoor green got its autumn TLC – honestly, most of us can only dream of getting as much attention as that grass receives all year – and was put to bed ready for next Spring and the new season. Meantime, what do the bowlers do if they want to keep bowling? It’s a good question. They carry on playing indoors and many play in the various team and singles leagues and competitions in Hadleigh and across the county. And the club continues to run all its frequent and popular social events throughout the year, dinners, quizzes, curry evenings, Valentine’s night, lunches, games and supper evenings. Really, you’ve got to stay fit to keep up with all of them! All the winners of the 2017 outdoor competitions at the club were listed in the last edition and here’s your chance to see some of the stars you may know. And finally we’d like to thank all our advertisers and partners who have generously continued to support us in 2017 and we look forward to extending our collaboration in 2018. Gwinnell & Son Gotelee Solicitors Crockatt Garages Hunters Exclusive Colour Fence Ltd Travel Stop Mulberry Maids Hintlesham Barns Hadleigh Physiotherapy WJ Green Janas Joinery Keith Avis Newsagents 58
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Bildeston Primary School Learning and Growing Together Able Writers’ Day Two of our Kestrel class children attended an Able Writers’ Day at Chilton Community Primary School on Friday 13 October 2017. They worked with the dynamic children’s author, David Bedford. David is an acclaimed children’s author of over 70 books and has an international reputation as a speaker, creative writing tutor and nurturer of children’s reading. The children had a fantastic day and came away with a signed book as a reminder of their day. U9 Cross Country Event Six of our children were selected to go to Hadleigh High School to compete in an U9 cross country event on Wednesday 1 November 2017. They competed against other schools within our pyramid of primary schools. Our highest positions were 10th in the girl’s race and 9th in the boy’s race. Village Tag Rugby Event On 2 November 2017, a team of nine of our KS2 children competed in the annual village Tag Rugby festival at Whatfield Primary School. They worked really hard as a team and they came second overall which was a great result. U11 Tag Rugby Festival The same Tag Rugby team went along to St Joseph’s College on 7 November to play against other primary schools from across the county. They had a long but great afternoon winning three matches, drawing two and losing one. Remembrance Sunday Four of our children represented our school at the service held at the market place on Sunday 12 November. It was an opportunity for pupils to think about and commemorate the sacrifices made by previous generations, as well as the people who work for our security today. They read poems they had written and laid a wreath of poppies that had been made at school. Children in Need On Friday 17 November 2017, the children supported Children in Need by dressing up in the theme of “Be Bright, Be Seen” wearing lots of bright and fluorescent colours for the day! This tied in very well with the work our road safety officers are doing. So they were raising money for a great cause that makes a massive difference to the lives of disadvantaged children across the UK and raising awareness for road safety! Bildeston Primary School Newberry Road, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 7ES Telephone: 01449 740269 Or visit our brand new website: www.bildeston.suffolk.sch.uk
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Hadleigh Thrift Shop Herewith another list of organisations that we have helped during this year The Blind Association Magdalen House Wellbeing Centre St Mary's School Christingle Service, St Mary's Church Loyalty Scheme (2) Beaton House for the Homeless Defibulator for Layham Hadleigh Pantomime Hadleigh Dementia Alliance Childrens' Air Ambulance Rachel Bennet Hadleigh Elderly Peoples's Welfare PlayStation Pre-School Breast Cancer Fund Long Bessels Xmas Hadleigh Stars Gymnastics We would like to say a big thankyou to all who helped with the organisation, and all those in the wonderful audience (the biggest so far), not forgetting the choir. The singers were one of five choirs that were chosen for CHOIR OF THE YEAR competition on Songs of Praise (BBC 1) The first half will be shown on 26th if November and the final half on 3rd December. Watch if you can to see who won. Cannot thank you enough for all the donations, volunteers and shoppers that keep the shop thriving.
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Hadleigh United Football Club Sponsored by Hadleigh Tyre Group www.hadleigh-utd.co.uk Hadleigh’s Suffolk Premier Cup match against a young Ipswich Town side never went according to plan with the game ending in a win for Ipswich by five goals to one. We gave them a good game for much of the time with Jack Lambert scoring but superior fitness told in the closing stages with four goals in the last 20 minutes. The game attracted a good crowd to the Millfield with Hadleigh earning plenty of praise against professional opposition. A draw was achieved at home to Clacton while several other games were lost by just the odd goal after close contests. The Reserves are having a good season with a win against Walsham and a draw against Felixstowe to maintain a good position in the league table. However, the reserves lost by one goal at Haverhill in a Suffolk Cup match. The Youth Team play in midweek and are doing moderately well. The game at Walsham Youth ended all square while a home match against Leiston youth resulted in a narrow win for us. Our Veterans are enjoying themselves, although a Suffolk Cup match against Barham was narrowly lost. The Veterans play their matches on a Sundays, sharing the Millfield with the women’s team. Prize winners in the latest monthly draw were Alan Dilloway and Doug Grimwade. Ground Improvement winner Rolf Beggerow. Both draws were made by Elsie Lewis.
Hadleigh United Fixtures First team fixtures for December begin with a trip to Thetford on Saturday 2nd. A journey to Coggeshall is next on the list on Tuesday 5th before Ely pay us a visit on Saturday 9th. A long trip to Godmanchester follows on Saturday 16th before Yarmouth are in Suffolk on Saturday 23rd. A short trip to Long Melford follows on Boxing Day morning while Saffron Walden will be at the Millfield on Saturday 30th. The Reserves entertain Stowmarket Reserves on Saturday 2nd before our Reserves go to meet Stowmarket in a cup match on Saturday 9th. Witham come up to Hadleigh on Saturday 16th before the Christmas break. Our Youth team begin on Wednesday 6th at home to Walsham. On Wednesday 13th Ipswich Wanderers are entertained. The months ends at Woodbridge on Thursday 21st. The Veterans begin at Diss on Sunday 10th before entertaining Phoenix on Sunday 17th.
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A large field of 80 players took to the links at Newton Green for the annual match between the ladies’ and senior men’s sections. Up for grabs was the much sought after miniature water closet trophy, with the men getting the better of the opposition to retain the porcelain piece. With 40 players per side playing in four-ball, better ball Stableford, the men registered 12 wins, the women five and three Rebecca Evans and John Ford games were halved. The sections take it in turn hosting the event each year, and women’s captain Rebecca Evans presented the trophy to seniors captain John Ford.
Hadleigh Art Club Activities A fine array of watercolour paintings resulted thanks to Issy Wright’s workshop on October 24th. Subsequently tips and technique picked up during her class were employed on the afternoon devoted to ‘Autumn Leaves’. These can be viewed on Hadleigh Art Club Face Book page. Members, the following week enjoyed looking at themselves in order to create a self-portrait. On the 21st the task was to decorate a letter rather in the manner of scribes of old and then on the 28th of the month they set about designing a Christmas card. This wide range of activities keep our members in their toes and broadens their skills. New members are welcome to join. The meetings are held in the Hadleigh Library Seminar Room every Tuesday afternoon at 2o’clock until 4o’clock. The delights for December include; 5th Create a Christmas Cartoon or design decorations with a Christmas theme. 12th. as Winter gets its grip on us paint a bleak landscape. Then we all relax with some Festive Jollies on the 19th of the month. Next Year the first meeting will be on the 9th of January.
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Offering a friendly and reliable service with over 20 years experience Experts in A-Rated gas boiler installations Boiler servicing, repair and system maintenance General Plumbing, Bathrooms, Showers, Taps Power flushing, Landlord and Safety Certificates Fully insured - No job too small Contact Ashley for a free no obligation quotation
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Call Graham on 07766 056944 01473 823559 Accountants / Financial Services Thompson Financial Consulting 01473 828973 Walter Wright ............................01473 822143 GKM Financial Services .............01473 828280 Aaron Clarke ..............................01473 657763 Butchers Jolly Meat Company ..................01473 810119 Builders / Property Maintenance C.A. Builders..............................01473 824404 Simon Farthing ..........................07823 333451 T.J. Griggs .................................01473 824315 G.C. Property.............................01473 823559 Grass To Glass...........................01473 828269 Cooper & Kelling Builders .........07966 678704 GMH Builders ............................07807 217623 Deepflow Guttering....................01473 879448 Philip Eden Builder ....................01473 832407 Tony Faulkner ............................01473 822122 Eastern Heritage Restoration .....01473 805440 Cru Contractors .........................07496 901704 Cards, Gifts, Stationery Keith Avis ..................................01473 823131 Carpets / Flooring A.J. Carpets ...............................01473 822240 Hadleigh Carpet Care .................01473 396706 Pro-Clean ..................................01473 396650 Car Sales, Servicing, Repairs & Valet Ainger Holbrow .........................01473 823286 L.S. Eaves..................................01206 262123 Suffolk Rural Enterprises...........01473 652232 Complete Car Services ..............01473 828991 Hadleigh Tyre Group..................01473 827827 Paul Wilding ..............................01473 827272 Eurospeed Tyre and Garage.......01473 823172 S. T. Services Simon Tydeman ..07783 033401 Crockatt Garage.........................01473 824342 Scuffs & Scrapes.......................01473 824909 Chips Away...............................0800 1455 118 Simon Shield Cars .....................01473 658097 Chimney Sweep / Fireplace Services TL Chimneys .............................07733 420611 Capel Chimney Sweep ...............01473 313069 Clothes Labels to Love ...........................07889 773593 ZOR Boutique ............................07969 525859 Cleaners Mulberry Maids .........................01473 827338 Cycle Repair Spokes Cycle Repair..................01473 658529 Pedal House ..............................01473 828129 Sunny Day Cycleworks ..............01473 806391 Doors, Windows & Blinds Andy Grimsey................................01473 823584 Tim Allen Windows........................01473 827086 Hadleigh Glass ..............................01473 822415
Specialist with 40yrs experience • Flat Roofing including re-decking • Guttering, Fascias, Soffits and Bargeboards uPVC
All property services catered for No job is too small!
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Call Brian today for a free quote For more information call Matt on 01473 823366 Surefix...........................................01473 827004 A&B Glass ....................................0800 077 3996 SEH BAC........................................0808 1592846 Paul James Blinds ........................0800 030 6038 Ventanilla Blinds..01787 313677 / 07966 371963 Electrical Goods and Supplies Hadleigh Lighting & Electrical .......01473 829222 Hicks TV & Audio Solutions ..........01449 741056 Electricians CC Electrical ..................................07891 723712 S Cowle Electrical..........................01473 823179 Andrade Electrical..........................07977 279970 David Lavender..............................01473 829753 Estate Agents Frost & Partners............................01473 823456 ByChoice .......................................01473 828280 Palmer & Partners.........................01787 242540 David Burr .....................................01206 263007 Hunters Exclusive..........................01473 828121 Florists The Flower Shop Kersey Mill .........01473 805156 Funeral Services Hunnaball ......................................01473 748808 Kingsbury & Saunders ..................01473 823117 R. Gwinnell....................................01473 824440 W. A. Deacon.................................01787 247389 Collins & Curtis Masonry ..............01473 250932 Garden Machinery Repair W. J. Green....................................01473 823839 Steve Blake....................................07813 814623 Garden Services 4 Life Landscapes .........................01473 828117 Grass To Glass ..............................01473 828269 T. J. Griggs ....................................01473 824315 The Landscaper .............................01473 824107 Leeks Landscapes .........................07741 448208 Garden Worx .................................01473 823887 Hair and Beauty Hadleigh Hairloom.........................01473 822191 French Complexion........................01473 828805 Hardware M. W. Partridge ..............01473 824183 / 822333 Health and Fitness Hadleigh Boxford Practice .............01473 822961 Hadleigh Dental Surgery................01473 823092 Hearing Care Centre ......................08000 962637 Looking-Glass Dental Practice.......01473 823003 Sally Mowles Foot Health Care ......01473 822902 Hadleigh Osteopaths .....................01473 828585 Hadleigh Physiotherapy.................01473 810185 Health Foods For You ....................01787 828262 Backs to The Future.......................07818 420029 Maggie Thurlow Hypnotherapist ..01473 829729 Hadleigh Acupuncture ...................07717 314961 Allied Health Professionals ............03330 433966
Mobile: 07860 775509
Holiday Lets Toppesfield Cottages .................01473 829129 Home Design / Services Les Hymas Upholsterer .............01473 829337 Energy on Tap............................07780 975787 Rendall & Wright .......................01787 375076 Hadleigh Stoves.........................01473 829644 RMD Upholstery........................01787 580272 I.T. and Computer Services Home Computer Services..........01473 829552 Locksmith / Home Security T.J. Griggs .................................07850 630389 Guytec CCTV .............................01473 652165 Mortgage & Protection Advice SHK Finance ..............................07538 477590 Mobility Services Hadleigh Mobility Centre ...........01473 823235 Newsagents Keith Avis ..................................01473 823131 Nursing & Care Services Laxfield House............01787 247340 / 247495 Hadleigh Hall Nursing Home .....01473 851995 Opticians D. J. Dunstone...........................01473 823755 Contemporary Vision.................01473 828801 Painting & Decorating Simon Farthing ..........................07823 333451 Eleanor May Painter & Decorator .01449 740526 Pest Control Vermoush Pest Control .............07805 999544 Lister Countryside Services.......01473 805792 Command Pest Control .............01787 248049 Pets April Cottage Cattery..................01787 247302 Picture Framing Framestore ................................01473 822334 Plant Hire Hadleigh Hirebase .....................01473 828509 Plumbing & Heating Gallagher ...................................01473 828806 Seager Home Solutions .............01473 824884 Plumbmate ................................01473 810088 Roundhouse Plumbing ..............07939 082630 Heatsave Heating Solutions .......01473 822775 Spear .........................................01473 829863 Buddha ......................................07710 081745 Allpress Plumbing & Heating.....01473 828004 GJ Watts....................................01473 829644 Jason Winfield Plumbing...........07443 457024 Hadleigh Stoves.........................01473 829644 Printers Keith Avis Printers .....................01473 823366 Pubs, Restaurants, Food & Drink Hintlesham Golf Club.................01473 652761 The Kings Head Hadleigh...........01473 828855
The George Hintlesham .............01473 652408 The Ram ....................................01473 822880 The Swan Monks Eleigh ............01449 763163 The Greyhound Lavenham.........01787 249558 Brewers Arms............................01787 210441 Hadleigh Fast Food ....................01473 824736 Angel Delights ...........................01473 806398 Copper Kettle.............................01473 827001 Septic Tank Emptying A.K. Services .............................01473 822694 Shops Hollowtrees ...............................01449 741247 Bridge Farm Barns.....................01449 740456 Skip / Waste Removal G. Leeks Skip Hire .....................01473 824256 Solicitors / Wills Gibbons Solicitors .....................01473 822488 Bates Wells & Braithwaite..........01473 219282 Gotelees ....................................01473 822102 The Will Business ......................01206 263420 Legal Comfort............................01473 552876 Sports & Hobbies Hintlesham Golf Club.................01473 652761 Stoke by Nayland Club...............01206 265818 Snowys Bait & Tackle ................07766 140624 Storage Elmsett Storshops .....................01473 822162 Structural Engineers Brett Design Partnership ...........01473 822047 Surveyors MS Surveys ...............................01473 249020 Taxi Beaumont Cars ..........................01473 827096 Town & Country Cars ................01473 828999 Voyager Travel ...........................01473 828102 Hadleigh Private Hire .................01473 829700 Travel Beestons ....................01473 212521 / 823243 Travel 2000................................01206 394433 Travel Stop ................................01473 828728 Tree Surgeons Garden Worx .............................01473 823887 Veterinary Surgeons Highcliff Veterinary Practice ......01473 822704 Central Veterinary Services........01473 555000 Water Softeners Patmore.....................................01473 713600 Brett Valley Installations ............01206 337316 Weight Loss & Fitness Cambridge Diet Val Lord............01449 737113 Window Cleaner C&D Services ............................01473 828626
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