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May 2013 Number 87

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hildren from across the benefice came together on at Snape village hall in March to participate in the Good Friday Workshop. A variety of activities were watched over by the everpresent Barrie!

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News The Blaxhall Festival - Revisted

Day with a joy that evokes a bygone era of simple pleasures. .....and every year it gets better.

“Oh, I know Blaxhall Church!" exclaimed a new acquaintance recently, This year the delights will not only feast the senses, but "It's the one with the angels! Quite delightful!" also our fulfil our need for weekend retail therapy with local produce and plants on sale. There will be musical interludes throughout the weekend and Joyce Lovett will be providing one of her famous, or was that infamous (???) quizzes to tease and test our little grey cells.

This year's new attraction will be a guided walk around Blaxhall following in the footsteps of George Ewart Evans so we too can "...ask the fellers who cut the hay" what St Peter's Day means to them!

Of course she was referring to the festival of 2008 when, you will remember, we had for our festival theme ANGELS and Clara Jenkins, our Artist in residence, had cut out wonderful white angels to fly all over the church.

So charming that people are still talking about it today!

So please come and join us on the 29th & 30th of June, when hopefully God will bless us with some more beautiful English summer weather and everyone can enjoy another wonderful weekend.

Maybe you remember other themes better: Colours of the Rainbow, Months, Countries of the World from 2011, o r perhaps Places in the Village from 2004 ...

... all of which have taxed the imaginations of the flower arrangers and delighted visitors in equal measure.

More recently The Olympics of last year twinned with Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee (because the committee had difficulty deciding which to choose!) was arguably one of the best ever; AND the weather stayed dry and the tent stayed up, despite the wind!

The Blaxhall Festival is, for me, the most charming occasion and so characteristic of the village it represents; showcasing annually our wide ranging talents: art, flowers, culinary skills, music, horticulture and an indepth knowledge of local history. It celebrates St Peter's

Children playing while their parents enjoy the refreshments at a recent Festival

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Cuttings from the Walled Garden: Jim Mountain the plant breeders haven't gone a little too far with this one in creating such enormous blooms. Some of our crops will be a little Over the course of time, we all get very used to things as late and I certainly delayed the sowing of runner beans. It

The Walled Garden

they are. We have known for some time that one part of our sales area could be improved and yet it has remained untouched. This may have been in part due to my reluctance to make any excavation near a spaghetti junction of buried oil pipes, mains electricity and telephone cables. After dismantling benches before Christmas, I had acquired quite a heap of treated timber and the decision was made to turn it into better accommodation for our potting compost sales. The new shed has forklift access for easy restocking. With the addition of some green and white paint and a bit of ornamental woodwork of Marion's design, it has transformed the space it occupies from dull and dowdy to refreshingly useful.

might have been possible to plant them really early in a few favoured gardens in warmer years, but my instinct is that this year they will not be planted until well into May and any we had sown early might well be in full flower and producing beans by the time they were sold.

We have a new member of staff named Charlie. He is personable and shows a definite affinity for plants. It has been a delight to take on a young person with an interest in plants and a qualification from Otley. Now it is up to us to nurture this talent and show the majority of young people who perhaps regard horticulture as a second rate occupation that this is not the case. Recently, in BBC2's Country File, the presenters grasped an opportunity to show just how technological some aspects of horticulture can be when they visited a high tech herb grower at Angmering. Some sharp brains were shown growing vast numbers of potted herbs for supermarkets - a customer who knows exactly what they want and how much they are prepared to pay for it. It might be in their long term interest to pay a little more and nurture their supplier base.

Note is always made of the plants and other items that customers ask for. A regular request was for my corrhyzal fungi. The fungi form a symbiotic relationship with their host plant: the plant supplies the fungi with carbon and sugars and the fungi transforms many soil minerals into a form that the plant can absorb more easily. Whilst the fungi are associated with 90% of plants, they can be partially absent from some soils. As the beneficial role these fungi Jim Mountain play has become better understood, manufacturers have started to produce them for sale. None of our regular suppliers stocked these products and we were surprised at the nursery by a visit from a salesman from Empathy, one of the main manufacturers. I hope our purchase and cut and split to your requirements subsequent sales will be as beneficial to us and Empathy as is the relationship between plant and fungi.

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The arrival of spring has been more intensely felt following such a long spell of almost penitential rain during March and into April. It seems amazing that within a week the grass has turned green and the buds of the chestnut have changed from sticky brown to plump and emergent olive green. Bees are buzzing round the primulas and the Matrix strain of pansies, which had defiantly produced blooms in the coldest weather, are now a mass of flower. Splendid as they are, I sometimes wonder whether

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Local History Blowing in the Wind

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As promised last month we’re back to the subject of windmills for May. The mystery photo should be quite an easy one for some of you, so I look forward to some correct answers! A typical Suffolk post mill in most respects, but standing out from the crowd by virtue of many of the main timbers being made of sweet chestnut, as opposed to the much more common oak and occasional elm or sycamore.

The miller during of the mill’s heyday was Snape born David Reynolds, who’s brother Joshua kept the mill in Friston and son David (jnr) was for a time the village schoolmaster.

Like so many windmills it became redundant around the turn of the century due to the cheap bulk flower produced by big steam, and then electric, powered mills. After lingering on unloved and unwanted for several years it was eventually dismantled in the 1920s.

E&F would love to receive more old photos, stories, history from across the benefice, so please email us if you have something we could feature.

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Snape News Snape W. I. - April Meeting

New Bus Shelter Seat

At our meeting this month we were delighted to welcome back Sheila Harrison. Her talk this month was about the Reverend James Woodforde, a Norfolk parson whose life would be considered totally unremarkable but for the fact that he kept a diary for nearly 45 years. The diaries cover the period of the American War of Independence and the French revolution but Woodforde was more concerned with chronicling the daily life of his family, his household, local friends, social occasions and country pursuits such as fishing. As a result the diaries provide a unique insight into life in rural 18th century England.

We have been informed by Annette Mason-Gordon and Brian Boulton that Anglian Water have completed the donation/installation of a new solid oak seat in the village bus shelter as thanks and compensation for the several weeks of inconvenience caused by last year’s roadworks.

Sheila's talk began with an extract from the diaries dated 1776 when Woodforde left his family home in Somerset to begin a new life in Weston Longeville, Norfolk. The parson was accompanied on his journey by his nephew Bill, a manservant and a dog. Bill remained with the parson until 1778 when an unfortunate incident with a housemaid meant that Bill had to go. He was replaced

by Woodforde's niece, Nancy, who acted as housekeeper for the parson until his death in January 1803. Further servant trouble eventually led to the dismissal of his manservant after too many incidents involving the demon drink.

The frequent descriptions of meals and what was served suggests that Woodforde was himself very fond of food and drink. This has resulted in him being described by detractors as a bit of a glutton. This is rather unfair as the lack of central heating and a need to walk greater distances every day meant that a much higher daily calorie intake was needed in the 18th century than is required today. Serving up huge amounts of food was also a way for households to show off and would not necessarily all have been eaten.

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Many thanks to Sheila for a very interesting talk and for introducing us to these charming diaries – perfect reading while we wait for Spring to arrive.

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We shall be holding our Table Top Sale on Saturday 22nd June from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm in Snape Village Hall.

More details to follow in next month's press. In the meantime please put the date in your diaries.

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Chelsea Physic Garden will be the subject at our next meeting on 1st May when our speaker will be Timothy Cutler. This is an opening meeting and friends and partners are most welcome. We shall also be having a seedlings sale at this meeting so if you have more seedlings than you have room for in the garden, please do bring them along, too.

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Barrie’s Letter

The Alde River Benefice

The Rectory, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, IP17 1LJ 01728 603180 barrie.rectory@btinternet.com

Dear Friends, Well now its May and surely summer must have arrived ! Its been a long winter following a very wet and poor summer so most people feel that what they need now is a good summer. Most human beings have this inbuilt sense of this form of natural justice; a bad time should be balanced up by a good time. People work hard all their lives and believe that this entitles them to enjoy a long and fruitful retirement – after all, they would feel that they have earned it. Although things do frequently work out like this there are times when one bad experience follows another and another; there seems to be no end in sight and it all seems jolly unfair.

Most people in this country would feel that they can rightly have this expectation that everything will work out in the end. However, there are many people in many parts of the world who cannot reasonably expect that this “natural justice” will apply in their lives. From the moment they are born their chances of surviving childhood are not good, many will die from conditions which in developed countries would be no more than a minor ailment that can be treated easily. Their lives will consist of living in very poor accommodation, endless drudgery and the prospect of seeing their children die. This is not to say that they will be miserable and depressed; it is amazing how people enduring such conditions do seem to laugh and sing and appear much more content with life than those in more developed countries. This should not serve as an excuse. Our sense of natural justice should tell us that we can't stand back and watch the situation continue. Events like Comic Relief have shown us how much can be done in very simple ways such as the provision of mosquito nets to reduce the chances of a child getting malaria, in this instance £5 means the difference between life and death.

While western countries are plagued by obesity, in other parts of the world around 870 million people are desperate for food with adults and children going to bed hungry each night. Whilst it can be argued that such difficulties will always arise when communities are undergoing dramatic social and economic change, after all, we only have to look at conditions in English cities in the early part of the Industrial Revolution but this does not mean that we should stand back and let things take their course. Christian Aid Week, which this year runs from 12th to 18th May, aims to raise money to bring the suffering in so many countries to a rapid end. Gift Aid envelopes will be available in all our churches, please take one and as you fill it think of your own children or grandchildren , think of what you would do for them if they were hungry or ill. Make your donation as a thank offering for them.

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News Benhall Open Gardens And Village Fayre - Saturday th 6 July 2013 A big thank you to all the people who have already come forward with offers of help and to those who have volunteered to open their gardens.

This year's event is really taking shape, with some excellent gardens to be visited, some for the second year running, others new this year. There is still room for a couple more though, so if you are willing to open your garden on the day and to support this event, please contact Carol Durrant.

There will also be a full day of activities for everyone on the village green with maypole dancing, live music, Punch and Judy and craft/produce stalls.

appreciate your help.

More information will appear in Ebb and Flow next month, but in the meantime please do not hesitate to contact Carol Durrant on 01728 602334 if you have any questions, or can help in any way.

If you can help to man the refreshment, plant and produce stalls for an hour or two, please contact June Sampson on 01728 602320.

An Inspector Calls ...

Those of you who enjoy some local am-dram might like to know that Hollesley Players will be performing ‘An Inspector Calls’ on 16, 17, 18 May. For more details and tickets please call 01394 411079.

The event will run from 11.00am to 6.00pm and refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to Benhall Primary School, The Pre-School, the Alde Valley Lunch Club and Benhall Church. Activities on the village green will be free. Tickets for entry to the gardens will be £5 per person or £4.50 if purchased in advance.

We know it is early days, but now that spring has finally arrived, please help us by sowing seeds and taking cuttings to donate to the plant stall. If you are willing to bake a cake or a loaf of bread for the event, we would certainly

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Local Food Recipe for the month of May

By Jenifer Hammond

Method Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees C or gas mark 6.

Cauliflower Cheese

Cut the dry stork end off your cauliflower and cut it into This hearty recipe takes the humble cauliflower and quarters and blanch it in a pan of boiling water. transforms it into a complete meal for supper. Liking the bad weather our locally produced cauliflowers have been While the cauliflower is boiling make the cheese sauce. flourishing in the cold. If you have tasted a locally grown To do this, heat the butter and the olive oil in a large cauliflower recently you, like us, will have found that they saucepan. Add the chopped onion and the chopped have taken on a sweet and full flavour, perfect for serving mushrooms and fry these until they are soft and the onions are opaque. with cheese sauce.

Add the plain flour liberally to soak up the oil and to o coat the onions and mushrooms well. This should form a lumpy paste/roux. Cook this gently on a low heat, stirring continuously until the flour is 'cooked'. Add the milk very slowly, mixing the sauce all of the time. This part needs constant attention as any large lumps that form at the bottom of the pan may burn and spoil the sauce. Continue adding the milk until the white sauce is at your required consistency, I like this to be runny but very thick.

Add the powdered and the whole grain mustards, the pepper and the grated cheese and ham (torn or cut into bite sized chunks) to taste. Stir this all together on a low heat so that the cheese melts and all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined.

The recipe below makes the cauliflower into a meal that can be served with a jacket potato and a few additional Place the blanched cauliflower into a casserole dish, or vegetables. Remove the ham if you're serving it for similar. Pour over the cheesy sauce and grate more cheese vegetarians or serve it as a delicious side dish if you have a over the top. meat dish already planned.

Ingredients 1 Medium sized locally sourced or home grown cauliflower 2 Tablespoons of butter 2 Tablespoons of olive oil 1 Medium locally sourced white onion, chopped 3 Small locally grown Chestnut (or other button type) mushrooms (optional), chopped Approx. 4 Tablespoons locally sourced plain flour – Maple Farm's is perfect 1 Pint locally sourced whole or semi-skimmed milk – Marybelle's is a good local option ½ Level teaspoon of Coleman's powdered mustard ½ Teaspoon wholegrain mustard A pinch of freshly ground black pepper 1 Small block of mature cheddar cheese grated (reserve some for browning on top) 3 thick slices of carved ham – Five Winds Butchers have a good range of locally sourced, free-range ham to choose from. Lane Farm ham is also available in the farm shops and supermarkets (optional)

Place the dish into the oven and leave until the cheesy top is golden brown.

Serve immediately with jacket potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

If you have a favourite recipe to share we'd love to hear from you. Details should be sent to: Ebb and Flow Recipes The Rectory Stratford St Andrew Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 1LJ Or email: jeniferhammond@hotmail.co.uk I very much look forward to hearing any suggestions for June's recipe.

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News Little Glemham Parish Council A vacancy for a councillor has arisen and Little Glemham Parish Council is now in a position to fill the vacancy by co-option. If you live within the parish of Little Glemham, and are interested in becoming a councillor, please, in the first instance, contact Mrs Pat Trinder, Town Clerk, on 01728 688018 or email at pat.trinder@gmail.com.

The Fellowship Chairman Janet Burrows thanked Sean for a very interesting and enjoyable talk. A card and bouquet was presented to her by the members for her 80th birthday which she celebrated the following week. The next meeting is on 7th May and includes the big 'Bring and Buy' sale for our charity. Sister Marian Davey will be attending and will give a presentation entitled 'Stella Mare'.

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Benhall Churchwarden runs for charity

At the meeting on Tuesday 2nd April Sean Humfrey, manager of Jennie Jones Estate Agents, gave a talk entitled 'A Day in the Life of An Estate Agent'. Sean told us he had intended to join the Hampshire Police Force when he finished his A levels but before the September intake, he took a temporary job in an estate agents in Bracknell, which was a New Town built after the 2nd World War. Two major events happening in the country in the early 1980's meant he did not join the Police Force after all but took up a full time job in estate agency. After meeting and marrying his wife Sarah they decided to relocate to Suffolk and Sean began work at an estate agent in Bury St. Edmunds, a Cathedral town where the properties were very different from those he was used to selling in Bracknell.

St Mary's Benhall Churchwarden Ann Boulter recently competed in the Bungay Black Dog Half Marathon in aid of Leukaemia Research. She would like to thank all who sponsored her and helped raise the sum of ÂŁ300. Ann will be competing in the City of Birmingham Half Marathon in October and is again running in support of Leukaemia Research. If you would like to sponsor Ann, please contact her at annlesley.granger@gmail .com

About 10 years ago Sean took over as manager of Jennie Jones in Aldeburgh and later became manager of their Saxmundham office. He believes prospective purchasers can usually tell within a couple of minutes looking whether or not they have an affinity for a property. Sean said he is in the business of selling a home and does not try to persuade any applicant to buy a house he or she is not completely happy with.

Members of the Fellowship enjoyed a story from Sean about his favourite sale - a semi-detached house built by Reades of Aldeburgh in 1928 and originally sold or ÂŁ500.

When he first visited the house it was still furnished with the original furniture bought from Smyths of Leiston, and he discovered a bill of sale for this furniture in the house.

Offered for sale with an Open House some 4 years ago, 40 people attended on the day. The new owner has now fully restored the house to the style in which it was first built.

Sean finished by answering questions from the floor.

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News

The final film of the season from Great Movies in Glemham at the Great Glemham Village Hall was the Blues Brothers, an anarchic musical comedy from 1980.

This is, depending on your sense of humour, possibly one of the funniest films of all time. Certainly there was much chuckling amongst the 30 strong audience. Everyone enjoyed the spectacularly (and literally) over the top car chases and at least some of the audience came appropriately attired (see picture).

GMG's next season will begin in September. The programme is yet to be confirmed, so if anyone has a favourite film that they think would go down well, please send all ideas along to greatmoviesinglemham@yahoo.co.uk.

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News Great Glemham Pop-up Cinema 4

On Sunday 5th May (doors open 2pm for 2.30 start) two documentary films are to be shown at Great Glemham village hall. The first is 'Chasing Ice' which documents National Geographic photographer James Balog's Extreme Ice Survey using time lapse photography of glacial retreat in Greenland, Alaska and Iceland. This visually stunning film is described as follows by the Filmhouse, Edinburgh review:“Balog's love of photographing ice is apparent and 'Chasing Ice' is filled with beautiful frozen landscapes and images of ice contorted into sublime abstract sculptures.

But there is also an important environmental message underlying these images: the current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are unprecedented and the planet is dramatically approaching an environmental tipping point. Director Jeff Orlowski doesn't preach to his audience though and successfully balances a sense of urgency with this fascinating subject matter. It's an absorbing and vital watch.�

The second film , which is intended to illustrate a simple response to the issues raised by the first, namely producing more of our own food locally, is the delightful 'Digging for Victory' which documents the build-up to Capel St. Mary's Annual Flower and Produce Show and some of its greenfingered folk. The film will be introduced by its Suffolkborn makers, Nick Woolgar and Darius G Laws, who will happily answer questions afterwards.

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Refreshments will be available and each film lasts for an hour. Representatives of local 'Transition'/green groups rom Framlingham, Saxmundham and Woodbridge should also be present to discuss any issues raised and to publicise projects that they are involved with. The event is being staged in association with Jason Gathorne-Hardy's Alde Valley Spring Festival. Jason has made a contribution towards the costs and it is hoped that donations according to ability to pay will cover the remainder. Any excess will go towards a suitable project to be announced on the day. If you think that you might wish to join us could you please email: julianduggan@suffolkonline.net so that we have some idea of numbers.

Blaxhall Community Coffee Morning There were some new as well as familiar faces at the Blaxhall Community Coffee Morning in April. The weather might have been unseasonably chilly but the welcome was warm and conversations ranged far and wide as the world was put to rights.

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News

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Alde and Ore Estuary Partnership Annual Meeting Thursday 23rd May 2013 at 6pm at the Thorpeness Country Club At the first Annual Community Meeting, Sir Edward Greenwell, Chairman of the AOEP, will discuss the progress of the Estuary Partnership's first year. A great deal of work has been achieved in assessing the river defences for their sustainability, and work to design the upgrades to the flood defences is now in progress. If you

are in local business, a district/parish councillor, landowner or householder in the estuary, the issue of how our flood defences are managed and funded in years to come is of vital importance.

We are delighted that Hutton Swinglehurst, Head of Flood Risk for Marsh UK, will be joining us as Guest Speaker. Together with Guy Carpenter Insurance Brokers and Landmark Information Group (a digital mapping and land data intelligence provider), he is responsible for Project Noah, a flood risk reinsurance scheme which aims to ensure that home insurance in flood-prone areas continues to be made available.

This will be a very popular meeting. As there is a maximum of only 100 seats I would be grateful if you could let me know by email if you would like to attend.

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News Spring Christenings & Weddings

Alde Valley Spring Festival gets off to a fine start

Pictured in the second photo, with his family and Barrie is Samuel James Stacey, son of Sarah and James Stacey; he was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Snape 7th April, 2013.

This year's Alde Valley Spring Festival at White House Farm, Great Glemham was opened by artist Maggi Hamling on a beautiful sunny day. The exhibition features work by local artist such as Maggi Hambling, Kate Giles, Laurence Edwards , Tessa Newcomb and many others.

Apart from painting and drawings there are bronzes by Stuart Anderson, furniture by Great Glemham craftsman Jim Parsons as well as ceramics by a number of artists. The festival is organised by Jason Gathorne-Hardy who also provides his own lamb for the feast that is served to the visitors which also features locally produced Suffolk food.

This year the food was set out on a table supported by two Suffolk “icons� the Smyth seed drills which were made in Peasenhall and exported not only all over England but also all over the world.

Below are Katie and James Askew with their daughter Daisy following their wedding at St Mary's Church, Farnham. In the background is David Gillingwater who piped them out of church at the end of the service.

Visitors tuck in to a feast of locally produced food,

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The Royal British Legion (RBL) – Snape and Farnham Branch

The information and photographs, given or loaned, will be part of an exhibition in Snape Church during 2014.

April Meeting Our latest monthly meeting once again had a full agenda which generated good discussion amongst all in attendance. The relaxed atmosphere in which our meetings are held also ensures a pleasant and interesting evening and is supported by the hospitality of the Benhall Club. **Next Branch Event**

Hedge Planting on Lime Tree Farm Blaxhall 2013

The Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew.

Saturday 22nd June. 7pm for 7.30pm.

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Tickets: £11 including a Fish & Chip Supper.

Excellent Raffle plus Licensed Bar. This is one of the Branch's main fundraising events during the year and helps us to make a significant donation to The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Your support has always been tremendous in the past and we hope you can join us once again, on which is always a fun evening.

If you are unable to attend perhaps you might be able to donate a draw prize. Donations are always welcome.

Tickets can be obtained from any member or telephone 01728 688502. st

This is just a reminder that Brian Boulton is compiling a portfolio of information and photographs about people who served in that war.

Brian would like anyone who has records, photographs or any information about people in our area who were involved in the 1st World War, to contact him by telephone

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An Evening with Charlie Haylock

2014 – The Centenary Year of the outbreak of the 1 World War.

Our next meeting is at The Benhall Club on Monday 13th May 2013 at 7.30pm.

Lifts can be arranged if required.

Villagers from Blaxhall have braved the recent cold winds and snow to complete a community project replanting 200 metres of hedging along a popular bridleway which links Blaxhall Youth Hostel to Blaxhall Common. This new planting replaces the ancient hawthorn hedge which was removed from along the track nearly 50 years ago.

The group of local volunteers were joined by village residents Ena Plant (81) and Ray Poacher (84) who were both born in Blaxhall and who both remember the original hedge before it was grubbed out in the 1970s. In a symbolic link with the past Ena planted the first hedging plant and Ray completed the project by planting a locally grown oak sapling.

Not only will this return a long lost feature back to the local landscape, but the mix of hawthorn, field maple and holly will also create an important “green corridor” for wildlife.

The project was funded through the Suffolk County Council Locality Budget, Suffolk Coast and Heaths Community and Conservation Fund, WH Greenfield Farms, Blaxhall Environment Group, and donations from private individuals. Hedging plants and materials were supplied by Crown Nursery, Ufford.

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News Benhall and Sternfield Ex-Servicemen's Social Club The Big Spring Feast and Albert Herring Festival Diary of Events for May Special Events Saturday: 4th April Prize Bingo. 7.30 for 8pm £3 per person Saturday 18th December Prize Bingo. 7.30 for 8pm £3 per person Weekly Events for May Tuesdays: Erin Lea-Murphy's Dancing School 3.30-7pm Wednesday Zumba class 7.30-8.30pm £3 per person Thursday: 11am Pilates. Please book first.

Hiring Back bar £5 for whole evening .Village hall with small stage is £10 per hour.

See latest Club news at www.benhallandsternfield.onesuffolk.net your official local website or ring 602337 and speak to Gary within opening hours.

Opening hours Mon-Fri: 7pm-11pm Sat: 1.30pm-1am Sunday: 12pm-11pm

Great Glemham - Annual Meeting Great Glemham Parish Council is holding its annual meeting in the village hall on 13 May. The meeting starts at 7:30pm with tea and coffee being served from 7:00pm.

The focus is to be on public transport and the parish council is delighted to welcome Mr Neville Jephcote (community transport officer at Suffolk County Council), Mr Paul Rasmussen (operations manager at Coastal Accessible Transport Services) and Mr Jeffrey Morse (owner and operator of Fareline Coaches which operates the monthly 121 shoppers bus service to Ipswich). In addition, the parish council hopes that the new owners of the Crown Inn will be able to join the meeting and to give an update on their renovation plans. A detailed agenda is being prepared and will soon be available from the honorary clerk, Nicholas Redman (telephone 01728 663304).

Friston Car Boot Sale The Annual Car Boot Sale in aid of Village Hall funds will be held on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May on the Village Green. Spaces can be booked for £5.00 each by phoning 01728 688387 or by paying £6.00 on the day. Car-boots to arrive from 8am and buyers from 10am. There will be refreshments available and bric-a-brac for sale in the Village Hall.

An innovation at this year's Alde Valley Spring Festival is a picnic open to all at White House Farm Great Glemham on Saturday 11th May. This is no ordinary picnic Jason Gathorne-Hardy has constructed what must almost certainly be the largest picnic table in the world. The top is constructed from oak planked from trees on the farm and is 100 metres long. Jason hopes that people will bring their own picnics but consisting of locally sourced produce.

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The annual Six Charities Fete will be held on Saturday 15th June, starting at 2pm at Stone House, Great Glemham, by kind permission of Mrs Barbara Richardson. Last year the sun shone, so we are hoping for similar good weather this year. If we should be unlucky and it is very wet, you will find us in Great Glemham Village Hall. The charities we are supporting are British Red Cross, East Anglian Air Ambulance, East Anglia's Children's Hospices, RNLI, Mind and The Salvation Army. There will be all the usual stalls, including White Elephant, Plants and Produce, Cakes, Books, Toys, Nearly New Clothes, Tombola, Games and Raffles. You can see Maypole Dancing and enjoy delicious refreshments.

Admission is free and we hope that as many people as possible will come along to support these good causes, find a bargain, meet up with friends old and new and enjoy the beautiful garden setting of this event. For more information please call 01728 663707.

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News Need Wood chippings for your flower beds?

be hosting a talk in the village hall about great discoveries from Suffolk. Tickets cost £5 per person and this includes Bags of wood chippings are again available for £2.00 per wine and nibbles.

60 litre bags.

Benefice Home Group

The money raised from the sale of these bags this year will go to support the Woolverstone Wish at Ipswich Hospital For the last few months we have been meeting as a small (www.woolverstonewish.org.uk) and Blaxhall group approximately once a fortnight, hoping that as we Environment Group for hedge planting in Blaxhall. met there would be fun, friendship, fellowship and that our relationship with God would develop as we came together Contact Margaret Grenham on 01728 688611 to discuss His Word. Our hopes have not been disappointed! We have laughed often, have got to know Benhall Church Wardens each other and have been encouraged and understand Benhall Churchwarden Ann Boulter recently competed in more about the what and the how of “Living to please the Bungay Black Dog Half Marathon in aid of Leukaemia God” means, not least loving and caring for all in our local Research. She would like to thank all who sponsored her community. and helped raise the sum of £300. Ann will be competing in If anyone would like to join us or find out more please the City of Birmingham Half Marathon in October and is contact Sue 689177, Nigella 688660, Patricia 663756 or again running in support of Leukaemia Research. If you Sally 747181. would like to sponsor Ann, please contact her at annlesley.granger@gmail .com

The Great Glemham Flower Festival The 2013 Great Glemham Flower Festival will take place over the weekend of 25th and 26th May. The theme this year will be 'Discovery! Great Finds and Feats of Exploration'.

Lockdales Auctioneers will be holding one of their celebrated valuation mornings on Saturday 25th in the village hall (coins, medals, stamps, jewellery, watches, clocks, silver, ceramics, books, pictures, furniture etc).

The same evening, John Cross and David Cummings will

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From the Registers Baptisms

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Samuel James Stacey, son of Sarah and James Stacey was baptised at St John the Baptist's Church, Snape 7th April, 2013.

If you wish to contact the Ebb and Flow team with contributions, questions, letters, advertising enquries, etc please email editor@ebbnflow.org.uk. Please remember we are a small team of volunteers so may not get back to you immediately, but will try to do so within a few days.

Weddings The marriage of Katie Laura Newport and James Alexander Askew took place at St Mary's Church.

Farnham on 13th April, 2013 Funerals The funeral of Ronald Alfred Ling , aged 81, took place at St Mary's Church, Benhall on 2nd April, 2013 followed by burial in Benhall Cemetary.

The funeral of Jillian Ann Tricker, aged 68, took place at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Sternfield, on 3rd April, 2013 ,followed by cremation at Seven Hills Crematorium. The ashes were interred in the churchyard., on 16th April.

The funeral of Geoffrey Alfred Reeve, aged 66, took place at St Peter's Church, Blaxhall on 8th April, 2013 followed by burial in the Churchyard.

The funeral of Violet Damant, aged 63, took place at St John the Baptist's Church, Snape on 25th April, followed by burial in the churchyard.

March rainfall (mm) in Great Glemham

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Blaxhall Highs and Lows in March Highest Lowest Windiest

12.2° C -2.6° C 33mph

6th 11th 22nd

Blaxhall’s mean temperature for March was just 2.6° C, matching the figure across England and making it the second coldest March since records began in 1910!

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The Puzzle Page

May Crossword

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1. Garret (5) 4. Communicative interaction (7) 7. Hassle (7) 8. Smithy's block (5) 9. Tooth (5) 10. Reaches out (7) 11. Pact (6) 13. Stategy (6) 17. Time off (7) 19. Stroll (5) 21. Rough (5) 22. Eight-sided polygon (7) 23. Imagined (7) 24. Watercourse (5)

1. Try (7) 2. Supernatural creature (5) 3. Floorshow (7) 4. Mentally quick and resourceful (6) 5. Go forward (7) 6. Stories (5) 8. Pertinent (3) 12. Gourmet (7) 14. Disorderly (7) 15. Everlasting (7) 16. Unit of time (6) 17. Perspicuous (5) 18. Employ (3) 20. Start (5)

April solutions May Sudoku

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Letters & Quiz Dear Ebb and Flow The arctic month of March and the start of April has seen a splurge of activity on Great Glemham's Butcher's Field play space, which has included the construction of a large sandpit and a stunning willow spiral! Alongside the Saturday willow days a quiet, yet resolutely determined band of souls have, in the shadows, and somewhat belatedly, been mulching the relatively new hedging plants. This has involved laying copious quantities of cardboard topped off with a small mountain of woodchip, none of which would have been possible without donations of spent cardboard boxes from Saxmundham's pet food shop, Framlingham's florist, Waitrose and the Co-op , to whom I would like to extend my gratitude. I would particularly though like to thank Great Glemham's Lee Wright (Stump Solutions) who provided several loads of woodchip, without which the task could not have been completed. Congratulations to everybody who has been, and are still to be, involved in the Butcher's Field project.

Happy swinging, Julian Duggan

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PAUL FLIPPANCE 07789 733 939 Answers to the April Quiz All the answers were connected to the month of April.

1. The Titanic sank on April 15th in which year? 1912 rd 2. Shakespeare died on April 23 in which Year? 1616 3. In which city was there a severe earthquake 1906 ? San Francisco th 4. Which football tragedy happened on 15 April 1989 ?

Hillsborough disaster th 5. In which city did a massacre took place on 13 April 1919 ? Amritsar 6. What major disaster took place on 26th April, 1986 ?

Chernobyl Reactor nd 7. Which territory was invaded on 2 April, 1982 ? The Falkland Islands nd 8. Which religious leader died on 2 April,2005 ? Pope John Paul II 9. On April 14th 1962 Georges Pompidou becomes Prime Minister of which country ? France

May Quiz – In this Month What happened on these dates in May? 1) What event happened on 8th May, 1945 ?

2) Which criminal twins were arrested in May 1968 ?

3) Tate Modern opened in May 2000, what was it previously ?

4) What disaster happened on 6th May 1937 ?

5) What was the significance of a race in Oxford on 6th May, 1957 ?

6) What was opened in two ceremonies on 6th May, 1994 ?

7) Who was proclaimed Emperor of France on 18th May, 1804 ?

8) Which territory was ceded to the United States of America on 19th May, 1848 ?

9) What was patented by Levi Straus and Jacob Davis in May, 1873 ?

10) Who proposed relay satellites in geostationary orbits in May, 1945 ?

11) What opened in Hyde Park on 1st May, 1851 ?

12) Which countries formed a union on 1st May 1707 ?

13) What came to an end on 12th May, 1926 ?

14) What came to an end on 17th May, 1900 ?

15) Who was beheaded on 19th May, 1536 ?

16) Which waterway was opened by Queen Victoria in May,1894 ?

17) Which building was opened in May 1809 to house French prisoners of war ?

18) Who rejected the offer to become King of England in May 1657 ?

19) What ended on 31st May, 1902 ?

20) Which passenger ship was torpedoed on 7th May, 1915 ?

10. On 10th April 1971 which diplomatic initiative was started by USA ?. Ping Pong with China 11. On 10th April 1945 the capital of which European Country fell to Russia ? Austria 12. On10th April 1963 which nuclear-powered submarine sank ? USS Thresher th 13. Who was murdered in Memphis on 4 April, 1986 ? Dr Martin Luther King 14. On 4th April 1939 "Moonlight Serenade." was recorded by which band ? Glen Miller 15. On 12th April 1954 which record was recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets? "Rock Around the Clock" 16. Which American President was inaugurated on30th April, 1789 ? George Washington 17. Which magazine closed on 8th April 1992 after 150 years ? Punch 18. In which U.S. city was a bomb exploded on 19th April , 1995 killing 168 people ? Oklahoma 19. Which oil rig exploded on 22nd April 2010 ?: Deepwater Horizon th 20. On 27 April 1984 which embassy siege came to an end ?

Libyan Embassy in London

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Below - The One Hundred Metre Long Picnic Table at White house Farm, Great Glemham

1. Blaxhall-born Ena Plant (aged 81) begins the community project by planting the first piece of the 200 metre stretch of hedging. 2. Blaxhall resident Ray Poacher (aged 84) brings the project to a successful close by planting a local grown oak sapling. 3. Some of the volunteers who helped to plant the new hedge included (left to right): Steve Smedley, Joy Shaw, Thomas Liddy, Emma Burwood, Julia Greenfield, Nicola Gooch, and Alba the Labrador.

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