Hadleigh Community News, May 2015

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Preparations for the 176th Hadleigh Show on Saturday 16th May are nearly complete and we hope you will join us for a great family day out at Holbecks Park.

Hadleigh’s “Year of the Sheep” will be launched at the show so make sure you visit their marquee to find out about what is planned for the town. The Education Tent will also be filled with sheep from many of our local primary schools.

The top 30 Programme entry covers will be on display; spot the winning entry printed on the front cover of the Show Programme. The Grand Ring will welcome the Inch Perfect Motorcycle Trials Display team with their exhilarating action packed display of balance, skill and extreme bike control. These two highly enthusiastic and talented young stunt riders will perform tricks and jumps up massive vertical steps and a whole variety of other manoeuvres you wouldn’t even think possible!

Following last year’s successful machinery demo, this year we will be showcasing Sugar Beet production where you will discover that a mouse doesn’t always have whiskers and a tail! New this year are 2 Food Courts with seating, where the best of our local caterers will tempt you with a range of food for breakfast, lunch or tea. The Food Hall will also showcase the very best local food and drink producers, tempting you to sample and buy.

Advance tickets can be purchased on-line at www.hadleighshow.co.uk as well as the usual retail outlets; Keith Avis Newsagents, Hadleigh; Hollow Tree Farm Shop, Semer; Boxford Post Office, Boxford; Bates Wells & Braithwaite, Sudbury; Hall Farm Shop, Stratford-St-Mary. If booking before Friday 15th May, visitors can take advantage of the ‘Early-Bird Discount’, which reduces a Family Ticket (2 Adults with up to 3 Children) to just £24.00. Other Early Bird prices are: Adult - £9 (£12 on day); Child 5-16 – £5 (£7 on day); Senior Citizen £7 (£10 on day). Parking is FREE; gates open at 8.00am.

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Forthcoming Dates for your Diary Sydney Brown Court Coffee Morning Every Monday 10.00am -12.00 - Why not pop in for a cup of coffee or tea and make new friends. Together Lent Study Group, Salvation Army Every Monday evening: Duplicate Bridge 7 pm at Hadleigh Football Club Every Tuesday morning (term time only) Hadleigh Craft Club at URC Hall (Ansell Centre), Hadleigh from 9.40am-12pm Every Tuesday afternoon: Chicago Bridge 2 pm at Hadleigh Football Club.

Every Wednesday 7.00 to 9.00 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.

Friday 1st May, Books Galore and even More! Sale of good quality paperbacks in the Market Place. All proceeds to Women v. Cancer.

Monday 1st May 12.15pm Lunch Club – Ansell Centre Saturday 2nd May 2.00-4.00pm Scrabble - Hadleigh URC, Community Room Saturday 2nd May Hadleigh Bowling Club Annual Ladies Coffee Morning, 10 am to 12 noon. Cakes, Plants, Bric-a-brac, books, raffle.

Tuesday 5th May 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee - Hadleigh URC, Community Room, 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer - Hadleigh URC Thursday 7th May Dont forget to vote !

Friday 8th May, Robbie Williams Tribute from 7pm at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club. A swing-style tribute to Robbie with a welcome drink and 3-course meal.

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Saturday 9th May 2.00-4.00pm Scrabble - Hadleigh URC, Community Room Saturday 9th May Plant Sale at Raydon Village Hall, 10 am to 12 noon Monday 11th May 7.30pm Hadleigh & District Garden Club meeting in the Town Hall opposite The Ram. A talk by Hollow Trees Farm on the development of their farm and shop. The competition is a vase of spring flowers. Members £1 visitors £3 incls refreshments. Produce & plant stall.

Monday 11th May Hadleigh U3A. 2.30pm in the Ansell Centre. Our monthly meeting, which will feature Pip Wright’s talk about Suffolk Witches.

Tuesday 12th May 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee - Hadleigh URC, Community Room, 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer - Hadleigh URC Tuesday 12th May 7.30pm Hadleigh & District Flower Club meeting in the United Reformed Church, Market Place Hadleigh. Come and watch a flower arranging demonstration by Wendy Munnion from Maldon Essex entitled "A

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Saturday 16th May 2.00-4.00pm Scrabble - Hadleigh URC, - Community Room Saturday 16th May Quire presents uplifting songs from four continents. A concert at St. Mary’s, 7.30 pm. Tickets from Idler and St. Marys Office also on the door.

Saturday 16th May Hadleigh Show - Advance tickets from Keith Avis Newsagents, Hadleigh; Hollow Tree Farm Shop, Semer; visitors can take advantage of the ‘Early-Bird Discount’, which reduces a Family Ticket (2 Adults with up to 3 Children) to just £24.00. Other Early Bird prices are: Adult - £9 (£12 on day); Child 5-16 – £5 (£7 on day); Senior Citizen - £7 (£10 on day).

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Tuesday 19th May 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee - Hadleigh URC, Community Room, 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer - Hadleigh URC Tuesday 19th May 7.30pm The Hadleigh Evening Womens Institute meeting in the Seminar Room above the Library, High Street Hadleigh. A.G.M. plus a Wash Board Workshop (nothing to do with laundry) by Sue Butcher. Visitors £3 includes refreshments.

Wednesday 20th May 12.15pm Lunch Club - Ansell Centre Friday 22nd May 10-12 noon Leading Lives Coffee Morning - Ansell Centre Saturday 23rd May 2.00-4.00pm Scrabble - Hadleigh URC, Community Room Saturday 23rd May Dying Matters - St. Mary’s Church, Hadleigh 10 am - 4 pm. An event by professionals designed to answer all your questions on the caring and losing of a loved one. www.stmaryshadleigh.co.uk.

Sunday 24th May 12noon – 4pm Supper Club: A Night with Aspalls Cyder An exclusive dining event with a 6-course taster menu and wines to complement the main and dessert courses. Just £39.95pp. Call 01206 265837 or email sales@stokebynayland.com to book.

Tuesday 26th May 10.00-11.30am Come in for Coffee - Hadleigh URC, Community Room, 10.00-11.30am Church open for Prayer - Hadleigh URC Saturday 30th May Hadleigh Green Fair at The Guildhall between 10 am & 4 pm, To apply for a stall - Laura on 01787 211644.

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Lee completes the World’s Toughest Foot Race

I'm really pleased to say that on April 11th, I complete the world's toughest foot race the Marathon Des Sables in pretty brutal and extreme conditions as described by the great explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who also managed to complete the race as “more hellish than hell”.

I experienced daytime temperatures peaking at 53 degrees (127 fahrenheit) a total distance of more than 250 km the equivalent to 6 marathons in 6 days, a very long 92km in one day, and climbing three mountains in one day each the size of Mt Snowden all whilst carrying a backpack with everything I needed to survive. I was presented with the most challenging situations my mind and body have ever experienced, I was in some pretty dark places that I needed to pull myself through in order to finish but the end result was worth it. We have raised over £8000 for the NSPCC which is what this really was all about.

This year long journey has been pretty extreme with some big sacrfices with family time with the training being mostly 7 days a week sometimes running twice a day, and the ongoing commitment for the charity work.

But what I can now say from experience is to really challenges yourself and try something different, put yourself in a place where you have never been before, the feeling you will get that achievement is like nothing else, you will have a new outlook and slant on life. My wife and children have been with me all the way on the year long journey and to them I am deeply grateful, without them it would not have been possible.

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GSOLICITORS IBBONS Howard on board the Walton Lifeboat Dear Readers as I write to you I am being dappled by the sunlight. Whilst we are all hale and hearty why not instruct us to put in place your Lasting Power of Attorney which will enable sons and daughters or another trusted person to run your affairs should you not be able to do so. The Power will operate even after you have lost mental capacity. It is so much cheaper and easier to have a Lasting Power of Attorney that is entered voluntarily than your family having to achieve the same result (if you lack the mental ability to be able to conduct your own affairs) by way of obtaining a Deputyship Order from the Court of Protection.

It was lovely to motor to Thursford on Easter Sunday. Yes, that is where the fantastic Christmas Show is held and the rest of the year the Wurlitzer cinema organ is played twice daily by Robert Wolfe who is one of the leading cinema organists and who has been playing the mighty Wurlitzer at Thursford since 1981. His dexterity on the keyboard and pedals alike was absolutely breath-taking. The collection amassed by George Cushing includes carousels, steam organs and there are some shops. We enjoyed beverages and a light lunch in the limousine. I had a thoroughly enjoyable visit but my chauffeur Frank finds a run of several hours quite tiring these days.

Frank and Maria have been on their knees propagating in the kitchen garden for the Summer. The Essex Section of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club contributes to the Walton and Frinton Lifeboat. And so it was that on the Section’s visit to the lifeboat that I won a place to go to sea on board. I was concerned that my best shoes should not be water-logged but my wellies sorted that and I alighted bone dry. The picture shows me on the deck. The engines were unleashed and we powered through the sea off Walton pier at 25 knots. We were seated in special captain’s chairs with computer screens in front. It was quite an experience.

Seeing a film? Why not try dinner at the Harvester (there is an option for all-in to include soft drink at £10) followed by a movie. I have just seen Woman in Gold which is a true story about the theft by the Nazis of valuable works of art from a wealthy Jewish family in Austria and the battle for its return to Mrs Altmann. The film took us back to the atrocities of the Nazis and the obstacles placed in the way of Mrs Altmann by the Austrian Government. I found it terribly moving.

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Hadleigh Community Primary News Welcome to Mr Pilkington Following Mr Jackson’s resignation last term, Mr Gary Pilkington agreed to return to HCPS as Interim Headteacher – he had previously been Headteacher here before taking up a new post at Claydon Primary School. We were delighted to welcome him back on the first day of the Summer term and he is already helping with our school improvement plan.

Year 5 have a scary night!

At the end of last term, Year 5 travelled to The Natural History Museum on a Saturday evening and met with…..dinosaurs! In fact the event was called ‘Dinosnores’ – a real ‘night at the museum’, just (well almost), like the film!

The trip was a cross curricular one, incorporating aspects of science, history, geography and literacy – the main link being with Year 5’s project on life cycles and habitats.

The children took photographs on the way, whilst looking at the sites of London from their coach. They recorded the journeys afterwards on their ‘journey sticks.’

A number of activities were completed by the children including: making their own ‘T’ shirts; having a torch light hunt in the dark around the exhibitions (very creepy); learning about camouflage and participating in a live animal show which included snakes, skunks, giant snails and a meercat! They even had an arachnid presentation! Needless to say, the event was a huge success – the children talked about it for days! It’s not every day that you get the chance to spend the night sleeping under the huge diplodocus at the main hall of The Natural History Museum! We would particularly like to thank the staff who gave up their weekend to give the children this unique opportunity.

Hadleigh Community Choir Summer Concert 2015 We are delighted to announce that Hadleigh Community Choir will be presenting its annual Summer Concert at 7.30pm on Saturday 20th June in Hadleigh United Reformed Church, Market Place, Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5DL. Tickets are now on sale price £6 each from The Idler bookshop and Keith Avis Newsagents, both in Hadleigh High Street.

The choir will be singing a mix of light and popular songs, mainly with a summer flavour, and there will be additional performances by choir soloists plus themed readings by our guest reader. As usual you will be able to join in the fun of our sing-alongs with the choir (we will provide the words), all led by our Musical Director Simon Thompson. After the concert, join us for our special ‘afterglow’ with wine and light refreshments in the Ansell Centre, all included in the ticket price. There will also be an opportunity to enter our now-famous luxury prize gift draws. Hadleigh Community Choir’s unique mix of tuneful music, readings and solo performances are guaranteed to make your evening as enjoyable and summery as possible (even if it is raining).

We look forward to seeing you there. For more information call Nik on 01473 824462 or Peter on 01473 824033.

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Six Acre Productions performance of the comedy thriller play THEFT by Eric Chappell After two sell out murder mysteries since the group began in 2013, Six Acre Productions present to you "Theft", a comedy thriller play. By kind permission of Mrs. G. Buckle, the three performances will be performed in a picturesque barn at Nedging Hall (IP7 7HG) on the evenings of FRIDAY 22nd, SATURDAY 23rd and SUNDAY 24th MAY at 7:30pm and tickets are £6.

As you may have noticed, these dates are over the second May bank holiday weekend - don't hold out for good weather...let's face it; when is it ever good weather when it's a bank holiday weekend?! Tickets are already selling well so do act fast because, with a very small but talented cast of local actors, "Theft" promises to entertain.

Tickets are available by contacting Sarah by telephone on 07508 472 142 or by emailing sixacreproductions@live.co.uk. Six Acre Productions also have a murder mystery show planned for September, so keep an eye out for further information in the coming months. The charity they will be raising money for is the PORCH PROJECT (www.porchproject.co.uk). For more information, please do get contact.

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Hadleigh Bowling Club Hadleigh Bowling Club is holding their annual Ladies Coffee Morning on Saturday 2nd May between 10.00am and 12 noon. Whether you're a member of the club or not ALL are welcome to come along. As well as tea and coffee you will have the opportunity to buy cakes, plants, bric-a-brac and books or take part in the raffle or tombola. A fun morning is guaranteed at Hadleigh Bowling Club, Stone Street, Hadleigh IP7 6DN.

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Welcome to our new head teacher We would like to welcome our new head teacher, Ms Lynne Golding, to Bildeston Primary School. Ms Golding is now head teacher of Whatfield and Bildeston Primary School as they entered into collaboration at the start of the autumn term. Ms Golding is spending her time getting to know the children and parents at our school. We hope you will join us in wishing her success in her new role.

Grandparents Lunch This is an annual event at our school and always proves to be very popular. This year our kitchen produced 160 meals for our hungry children and their ‘nans and granddads’. Of course roast dinner was

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Why the baskets won’t go up this year…….

Sadly, there won’t be hanging baskets in Hadleigh High Street this year. We’ve put them up for the last 5 years but this year we were unable to raise the money we needed - nearly £7,000 - in the time we had to do it. We couldn’t start fundraising until our insurance cover from Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce was confirmed in mid-January. We needed the money in place before contracting with our suppliers at the beginning of March. Although many residents and traders were keen to contribute, we still had a shortfall of about £3,000 - and no time left to find it. For this reason we decided to have a break this year and use the time to set the finance in place for 2016.

Fundraising plan For this reason we will be returning cheques already sent, and asking everyone to carry their pledge over to next year’s hanging baskets. To simplify the fundraising we hope contributors will agree to set up a standing order or direct debit for the beginning of March; we will be in touch with the relevant details. It’s worth pointing out that it is the community and not the councils which finances the summer baskets; Hadleigh Town Council pledged £150 towards them this year but Babergh District Council has never been a contributor. High street traders, town associations and residents are the people to thank for the annual flower baskets. We have our contractors to thank for the amazing displays we have had and we hope they will work with the scheme again next year. Ray from Hollywood Landscapes has done an outstanding job in maintaining the baskets over the years and we hope we can retain his services in the future. John from Claremont Nurseries in Hadleigh has been with the scheme from the start and we hope he will continue to bring his horticultural talents to planting and preparing the baskets.

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The basket brackets, which are owned by Hadleigh Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices the whole scheme is run, will stay in place and be safety checked as usual, so they’ll be ready for next year.

But the future of flowers in Hadleigh rests with the contributors and setting up a fundraising system which is efficient and effective. We’d be happy to hear from anybody who can help and urge contributors to help by setting up an annual contribution.

If we do this together, we can get the flowers back into the High Street next year.

Guy Ormes, Ron Jenkins, Cyndy Hilton, the Hanging Gardens of Hadleigh volunteer team.

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Hadleigh Healing Society We have listened for weeks to politicians promising to make things better and to rid the country of the debt that accumulated in the past. To improve the NHS, education and many other things, BUT can all these things be achieved.

Many people shake their heads in disbelieve. So many speeches, opinions, statistics, and promises only time will tell whether any will materialise and benefit people.

We do have one thing that is our given right, that is the right to vote.

Something that others fought hard to achieve and gifted to us today. We the healers cannot promise to cure you but we can promise to listen and help ease your problems.

So perhaps give us the opportunity to help you all in the strictest confidence.

Please telephone: 01473 823282 (answer machine) or log onto www.hadleighhealingsociety.org for an appointment.

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Informed Opinions is a growing online community of people who have joined to take part in paid, genuine market research studies We are currently looking for 1-2 people to join our recruitment team setting up people to take part in projects relevant to them. The projects are ad-hoc so we cannot offer set hours or a guaranteed number of hours per week/month.

The job would involve lots of work on the phone screening interested people to ensure they are what is required for the project. Accuracy is extremely important. We work to tight quota requirements and on a fairly tight turn around. Successful applicants must be available to work evenings and be available during term time and school holidays.

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Clifford Seager 21.2.36 - 26.2.15 Margaret, Jenny, Rod, Day and family would like to thank friends for all the cards and kind words they received following Cliffs sudden, unexpected death.

Many thanks to Major Mary Hartley and the team at Kingsbury and Saunders, for all their help and kindness in arranging and directing the funeral. To those of you who made donations to the St Elizabeth Hospice, another big thanks to you all.We do not yet know the total amount raised.

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Hadleigh Community Transport Group Hadleigh Community Transport Group (HCTG) seeks to provide transport for its residents and those in the Lavenham and surrounding areas.

We operate two Links services on behalf of Suffolk County Council (SCC) that, on request, bring passengers from outlying villages without a bus service to where they want to go within a defined area or to connect with bus services for onward travel. For those without access to transport of their own we operate the Dial-a-Ride service in and around Hadleigh. These services use SCC provided and maintained vehicles. We have three sixteen-seater minibuses of our own which we use on the services from Hadleigh to Manningtree and Ipswich, the service from Whatfield to Ipswich and the Ipswich to Shotley service: these are all sponsored by SCC. The vehicles are also used for contract work such as school transport and adults to day services and are available for group hire to organisations in and around Hadleigh e.g. for trips to the theatre or the seaside. HCTG are currently running a pilot operation taking passengers to Ipswich Hospital for appointments. This looks promising and we hope to make it more permanent: look for announcements.

HCTG rely on the drivers we employ to help provide a high level of service and in return we have the policy of paying at least the Living Wage rather than just the legal minimum wage. Because of careful management we are in a position of being able to update our vehicles when necessary.

Our committee are local people from Hadleigh and Lavenham: we are seeking more volunteers to serve on it.

For any of our services or to volunteer contact us on Hadleigh 826242

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Fidelis Activity News Sheep at the Dentist: Drawing on old pom-pom making skills the ladies produced sufficient to cover a defunct CD rack and create an endearing colourful sheep. As part of the Hadleigh Year of the Sheep celebrations, he now stands proudly watching the world go by from the window of Dr Lawrence Werber’s dental practice at 62 High Street. There will be others popping up all over the town.

History Boys:- Although the premier of this Alan Bennett play was in 2004 its message and characters are every bit as relevant today as then. This new production at the New Wolsey Theatre by Sell A Door Theatre Company gave a young cast, just embarking on their professional career, an opportunity to show their talents. As high spirited adolescents they certainly did that trying the patience of their more mature members of staff. An entertaining, humorous play with plenty of underlying messages.

The Secret Adversary: Returning to the New Wolsey, members much enjoyed this Watermill Theatre production which was part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of Agatha Christie’s birth. The play follows the daring adventures of Tommy & Tuppence through 1920’s London. However, this inventive new adaptation was a completely different take on the traditional thriller with fast paced action, comedy, live music and a dash of romance.

Veterinary Anecdotes: Practicing vet, Brian Faulkner, had plenty of hilarious stories relating to his long and varied career throughout the UK. As an accomplished speaker with a gentle Irish lilt he knew exactly how to tell his humorous tales to advantage.

His audience laughed their way through memorable moments which included coping with unusual ailments in domestic animals, a randy camel, a highly spirited horse and the innards of a sick cow. Although Brian still has his own practice in Wickham Market he also specialises in the science of psychology with respect to the veterinary profession. This fascinating new dimension to his work is in great demand both at home and abroad.

Hopefully it will include a second visit to Fidelis.

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Hadleigh Orchestra Summer Concert at Boxford Church Sunday, June 14th 6.30 p.m.

This year our summer concert will be held in Boxford Church (where we hope parking will be easier than at Polstead). We are going there because one of our main items is the popular Scherzo for piano and orchestra by Litolff (about the only thing he’s remembered for today!), and at Boxford church there is the ideal piano for this work. The other main item will be the last two movements of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. This is the very dramatic depiction of a storm and the calm that follows it. The programme will also include Bizet’s ‘Carillon’ and the overture to Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ – a real crowd pleaser.

As usual entry is free but we will ask you to contribute to a retiring collection as you leave which will help us to cover our expenses and enable us to make a donation to the church.

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Dying Matters May 23rd, 10 am - 4 pm St. Mary’s Church, Hadleigh Dying Matters is a free event for everyone of all ages covering end of life care and dying. As well as a large number of professional stands there will be an embroidery exhibition by a lady expressing her grief at the loss of her husband, as well as refreshments available for you to enjoy whilst browsing. A booklet containing the details of all the professional services involved in this valuable work, who are with us on the day, will be available for you to take home. This can be used as a handy reference when needed.

Our event is now part of the National Dying Matters Awareness Week, 18th 24th May, run by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC). Local businesses, independent professionals, and national charities will be there to answer your questions. Please come, browse and benefit from the day.

For visitors to Hadleigh, please visit www.stmaryshadleigh.co.uk for a map with parking availability. We look forward to welcoming you

Hadleigh & District Probus Club

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The object of the Club, established in 1998, is "To promote fellowship amongst retired and semi-retired professional and business men".

Following the change in venue at the start of 2014 we have been meeting at The George, High Street, Hadleigh, where Tori and Paul have continued to make us welcome on the third Wednesday of each month and provide us with good meals. Following our happy experience in 2013 we visited the Stoke-by-Nayland Golf Club again last year for our Ladies Lunch on 6th August. Our high expectations were well met by an excellent meal in elegant surroundings and on a perfect day weatherwise. This year we again held our customary Annual Dinner in the Town Hall Dining Room on 1st April. The turnout of members and guests were well served by Angel Delights of Hadleigh. We had two lunchtime speakers during the year. In November Councillor Mrs. Angland, Hadleigh Town Mayor, was our guest at lunch and in January Steve Laing, the landlord of the Queen’s Head, Layham, gave us a talk on his experiences during the Falklands conflict. We lost a founder member and past Chairman of the Club: Peter Castle died last August but at the ripe old age of 95 his funeral was more an occasion for celebrating his life rather than mourning his passing.

The number of members in the Club is limited, mostly by the accommodation available for lunch, but we have room for a few more. Any person interested in joining should, in the first instance, contact the Secretary, Chris Drake, on 01473 808147, email chrisdrake29@talktalk.net.

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Podiatry/Chiropody services at Hadleigh Physiotherapy Do you have pain in your feet? Is walking uncomfortable despite trying different shoes? Do you have a painful or thickened toe nail, hard skin, or a corn that has been troubling you? Are you experiencing problems with your legs or feet when you run? If the answer is yes then perhaps you should consider seeing a Podiatrist/Chiropodist?

Podiatrists/Chiropodists are trained to degree level and qualified to assess, diagnose and treat conditions or injuries which affect the lower limb, ankle or foot. Problems that can be treated range from simple nail and skin conditions through to complex muscle, tendon, and joint injuries.

Our Podiatry team Laura Stanton-Davis and Mark Smith are both members of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (MChS) and are registered to the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Laura worked as a Specialist Community Podiatrist for the NHS for 10 years, where she managed high risk patients alongside routine foot care. She is an experienced Podiatrist who is able to assess, treat, and provide advice on a wide range of foot problems such as, callous (hard and thickened skin), corns, in-growing toenails, fungal nails, verrucae’s and basic nail care/cutting.

Mark has worked as a Biomechanical and Musculoskeletal Podiatrist for the past 11 years. He was a clinical lead in the NHS for 10 years to both adult and children services, worked as a clinical lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and in 2012 completed his MSc in Clinical Podiatric Biomechanics.

For the past two years he has been employed by the Ministry of Defence and works as the regional Podiatrist to East Anglia and the South East. Mark regularly delivers training to Physiotherapists and Doctors within the MoD and is actively involved in research and audit to develop new treatment protocols for running injuries.

Mark can assess for a range of lower limb injuries, sports injuries and problems associated with biomechanics and gait analysis (walking/running assessment). Treatments may include footwear advice, exercise and stretching programs, gait and running education/advice, and if required insoles/orthoses, bracing or footwear modifications.

Your appointment A comprehensive assessment of your problem will be undertaken initially which will enable us to discuss treatment options and develop a treatment plan.

To book an appointment please ring Hadleigh Physiotherapy at 01473 810185 or 07599 959997 and don’t forget your £5 off voucher if you are a new client.

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Race Night for ‘WomenVCancer Cycle Africa 2015 Challenge’ On Saturday 21st March at Nayland Village Hall, a Race Night was held to raise funds for ‘WomenVCancer Cycle Africa 2015 Challenge’.

The event was well supported and greatly enjoyed by eighty people and a tasty fish and chip supper was cooked on site by ‘Smallfry’ a mobile business from Bungay, which was followed by delicious ice-creams from Aldeburgh. Gill Dutton would like to thank everyone who supported the event, purchased and named horses and the six businesses who kindly sponsored a race each: Hadleigh Kitchens, The Travel Stop, and The Kings Head, Beaumont, Seymour Accountants, HSJ Dental, Colchester, and Mike Hatton of BFP Wealth Management of Sudbury. She would also like to thank Keith Avis Printers who printed and donated stunning Race Cards!

A dozen businesses generously donated superb prizes for the prize draw and each winning horse owner was presented with a bottle of ‘Bubbly’. The total amount raised on the night was an amazing £2,035.00. www.hadleighcommunitynews.co.uk

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Kersey Mill Newsletter How incredibly quick time seems to be slipping away this year, by the time you are reading this it will be only a few days before “National Mills Day” on May 10th (10.30 – 4pm) when the mill at Kersey will be open to the general public along with lots of other wind and water mills throughout the country. So do put this date in your diary where you are all welcome to come and pay us a visit and we can share our progress with its restoration. We know a number of people will visit several of the mills within the area, we are expecting a visit from a car enthusiast group who have planned a vintage rally and several cyclist, whatever your chosen mode of transport do visit www http://www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk for a list of all mills and opening times and pop along.

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We expect to have the waterwheel turning by water; this will be the first opportunity in the past 100 years or so, for everyone to see the amazing strength and energy created by a few inches of water.

We have been doing considerable works to the wheel house; those who have previously visited on one of our open days will recall the numerous trip hazards and the lack of health and safety that existed in the early 1800’s.

Pictured is George who managed to spare us some time over the last few weekends to help with reinstament of walls and floors, George is normally building extension, installing drives repairing roofs and doing all manner of building tasks, we are extremely grateful to G.B Property Services for all the help with the mill as we are with the help we have received from Bill Griffiths and Tim West and many others who have helped with hands on tasks and fund raising, the progress that can be seen today is a real credit to all those that are helping with the restoration of this piece of Suffolk history…Thank you.

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The programme will include JS Bach’s Two violin concerto in D minor, and Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor Performed by Accomplished Musicians Gillian Harritt (violin), Emma Jane Willan (oboe) Julian Azkoul (violin), Jad Azkoul (guitar) Nick Parry (cello), Patrick Friend (cembalo) All profits will go towards maintaining St Lawrence Church Advance tickets £6.00 (£7.50 on the night) are available from Di Langford, Pitt Cottage, The Street, LW 01787 248298 Sue Sheppard, School House, Church Road 01787 247980 There will be a Licensed bar for pre event and interval refreshments.

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Royal Bengal in Hadleigh are proud to announce the arrival of our delivery service for Hadleigh and surrounding villages.

From Sunday the 26th of April the Team at the Royal Bengal will be trialing the new delivery system for next 3 months.

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Election Statement By Prospective Babergh District Councillor For May Elections I am Reg Smith, UKIP, standing for Hadleigh North Ward. If elected ,I would like to achieve the following objectives to help us all.

Get East House into use again. Over 10 years have gone by during which Babergh District Council (BDC) have failed to achieve any meaningful use yet have continued spending large sums on maintenance, insurance, business rates guarding etc. A deadline must be set and, if not achieved, then the building be sold or rented for a peppercorn amount (with safeguards).

We must get decriminalisation of street parking so that enforcement can be carried out by existing car park wardens - so that police rarely get involved.

What this means for you is that if you did get a fine you would not have to declare a criminal conviction for insurance, employment, credit, banking, etc.

It would help us all by stopping the persistent parking on double yellow lines and disabled bays reserved for the disabled only. Colchester and many other councils have done this successfully without additional cost!

Community Infrastructure Levy - this is a new name for what was called S106 money meaning builders of mainly new build homes would have to pay a capital sum to BDC which would use it for environmental improvements. BDC intends keeping most of this money and only handing over 25% of it to Hadleigh Town Council (HTC) only if HTC create a satisfactory local plan.

Unfortunately, in the past BDC has largely frittered this money away through planning led schemes rather than spend it on local schools and other projects.There is a need for this money to go to HTC which, being closer to the community, can spend it on additional classrooms, unsatisfactory run-down footpaths on key travel to school/work/home areas etc.

HQ - ensure new combined HQ for BDC/Mid Suffolk is set up in best location with local offices the public can easily access - not everyone has a computer or is in a home close to a bus route.

If elected, I will do my very best for you and not be put off speaking my mind by the "tribal" politicians running BDC. Published by Mr R A Smith of 13 Ann Beaumont Way Hadleigh

Nayland Open Gardens Sunday 14th June 2-6pm. Tickets ÂŁ5 from any garden. Teas and Car parking at the village hall. Proceeds to local conservation projects of the Nayland with Wissington Conservation Society. Registered charity no. 268104

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The Clarice House Group of 7 Day Golden Pass Health Clubs and Spas are delighted to have chosen local and independent charity, Age UK Suffolk as their first ever Charity of the Year for 2015. Linking in with the Ipswich Spa’s 20th anniversary, as well as working with the Bury St Edmunds and Colchester Health Clubs & Spas, this is a great opportunity to work with a local charity that works so closely with the community in which we operate.

Clarice House Group Managing Director Stuart King said “The Age UK Suffolk ethos of enabling older people to make the most of their later life is something that we support wholeheartedly here at Clarice House and we are delighted to announce this relationship with Age UK Suffolk as a vital local and independent charity. At Clarice House we believe in creating an environment where all can relax and feel comfortable in achieving their fitness and relaxation goals; we love helping our members make a positive change to their lives. Jo Reeder, Business Development Office for Age UK Suffolk said “We are delighted to be working with Stuart King and his teams at Clarice House for the year ahead. There is an exciting programme of events planned, enabling us to raise awareness of the work and services that Age UK Suffolk offers across the county. The support of local businesses such as Clarice House is vital in enabling us to continue to offer such vital services to vulnerable older people across the county, and every penny that is raised through charity of the year partnerships, is spent directly on these services.”

The Pound A Mile Challenge - we want people across the county to accumulate 72,000 miles of physical activity in an attempt to raise £72,000, in which every one pound coin, placed side by side will form a Golden Mile.

The complimentary 7 Day Golden Pass enclosed worth £105. Inserted in the May edition of the Hadleigh Community News will help us towards accomplishing our goal. With a suggested donation of £7 to Age UK Suffolk gratefully accepted in exchange for seven consecutive luxurious days at any of the Clarice House health clubs and spas.

To start your 7 Day Golden Pass please call the club of your choice to make an appointment with one of the membership advisers at either Ipswich 01473 463262, Bury St Edmunds 01284 705550 or Colchester 01206 734301.

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Hadleigh Evening WI In April members of Hadleigh Evening WI with other local WIs attended the “The Three Valleys Group meeting”, which this year was hosted by Elmsett in their village hall. One of the highlights was a performance by the Wattisham Military Wives choir, singing popular songs concluding with the old favourite “We’ll meet again”. Hadleigh Evening won the competition “a poem about WI”, composed by Sheila Webb which included details of WI activities with the punch line “but don’t stop making the Jam!” Joan Rudman thanked Elmsett for a most enjoyable evening and invited everyone to attend the 2016 meeting, which will be hosted by Hadleigh Evening.

Several ladies went to the Federation County meeting at the Apex Centre Bury St Edmunds. The speaker, antiques expert Eric Knowles, was very entertaining. Looking forward to this year’s centenary celebrations, President Rae Stapleton has been chosen to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace, along with representatives from WIs throughout England and Wales.

Carole Cranston will be our delegate at the centenary national meeting to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on 2 June, where a resolution regarding health and social care will be debated.

We are delighted to have been able to welcome several new members – Jill Skipper, Eileen Simpson, Bridget Warnes and Jean Larkin. Next month’s meeting is on Tuesday 19th May in the Seminar suite above the Hadleigh library, starting 7.30 pm. A Washboard Workshop with Sue Butcher, promises to be a fun evening. Visitors and hopefully more new members will be welcome. For further information please contact:Philippa Carruthers phil.carruthers40@hotmail.co.uk Tel. 01473 823057

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Happy Birthday Mung Bean Mung Bean, Hadleigh’s local health and whole food shop, supplying all you need for healthy eating and living, has now been open for nearly a year. On Friday May 22nd we will be celebrating our first birthday and would like to invite Hadleigh shoppers to come and celebrate with us.

It has been a year of hard work but we have managed to create a well-stocked shop that people enjoy to visit and buy from.

We would like to thank all our customers for the support they have given us over the last year and hope that they will come and celebrate our birthday with us.

Anybody in Hadleigh who has not already visited us, please do. You will be surprised at the variety of stock we have fitted into a small shop and we are always happy to source items we have not got, but you the customer would like. Just come and ask us, or visit us on our facebook page –‘Mung Bean’.

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Nayland Church Fete Monday 25th May 2-4.30pm Nayland Playing Field, Traditional stalls and sideshows, Childrens’ and Adults Sports, Tug of War, Jazz Band, Classic Vehicle Display. Admission: Adults £2 Concessions £1 Children 50p.

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Wheelers Wine Cellar Roadshow is coming to a venue near you!

Wheelers Wine Cellar is a brand new wine shop situated just off the A12, on the outskirts of Dedham. To walk into this shop is like walking into a fine wine cellar in France – the perfect environment in which to peruse the 300+ wines on offer from delicious wines for the weekend starting at £6, to the greatest fine and rare wines from around the world. Join the Wheelers Wine Cellar team this summer for an evening of wine tasting, nibbles and champagne at a venue near you:

The Fleece Hotel in Boxford on 26th June The Wheelers Wine Cellar Roadshows offer exceptional value for money and are the best way to discover new and interesting wines from their vast portfolio in a very relaxed, informal setting. Taste over 20 exceptional wines, all differing in style, from around the globe, a glass of champagne and a selection of seasonal nibbles – a wonderful opportunity to try before you buy.

All the wines shown will be available at heavily discounted prices for attendees, and wine experts will be on hand to share a glass and offer advice and guidance on the world of wine. This is a must for those who share a passion for great food and wine, and it’s just around the corner!

Tickets are just £12 per person, or 4 for £40 or 6 for £60. Why not get some friends together and come along? Surely the perfect start to the weekend?

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An exciting new business is now officially open in Stowmarket! The start of 2015 saw business entrepreneur Oliver Miller open Bishop & Miller Auctioneers.

The new auction house will throw open its doors to members of the public looking to sell or have valued their antique items, jewellery, watches and much more. Bishop & Miller Auctioneers is based on the Charles Industrial Estate in Stowmarket and will be offering Fine Art & Antique sales throughout the year. The new business venture will see a minimum of 6 auctions a year with the aim to holding them every month as business gathers pace. Alongside the auctions there will be the opportunity to give members of the public the chance to have their items valued at specific valuation days held at the premises and around the county which will give people the opportunity to put their items into the auction to sell.

All items will be considered for inclusion into the auctions from furniture to pictures and jewellery to ceramics and silverware plus much more!

Bishop & Miller Auctioneers Managing Director, Oliver Miller, has been in the antiques industry for 15 years, and is now at the helm of his own auction house, after years of experience with in his own self-employment within the industry regularly attending antique fairs and shows around the East of England and also working at Bonham’s in Bury St Edmunds.

We are currently taking in lots for our next Fine Art Auction on Saturday 4th July. This auction will include Jewellery, Watches, Silver, Pictures, Works of Art, Furniture, Fountain Pens and Tribal Art. If you think you have something of interest and are looking to sell your item in our auctions, please contact the team on the contact details below and we can arrange a valuation.

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We are also happy to take in Coins, Medals, Militaria, Paintings, although some items may require additional work with our consultants in our saleroom.

Items are welcomed for consignment to auction, purchased on the day or if you are just curious! Alongside offering auctions and valuation days, Bishop & Miller Auctioneers are able to offer valuations for tax, insurance and probate purpose and also do house calls. So if you need something expertly assessed and valued contact the team today to arrange an appointment.

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Ann Burroughs 1937 – 2015 Thank you to Dr Cope and all the staff of Hadleigh Health Centre District Nursing Team, Mill Pharmacy and carers Ash and Victory, St Elizabeth Hospice Ipswich.

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TOPPESFIELD COTTAGES We have 2 stylish properties in the Hadleigh area accommodating 2 or 4 people Family or friends wanting to visit, but no room to put them up? Why not offer them a pleasant break in one of our comfortable cottages Bookings for weekends and short breaks are available throughout the year For full details contact Gale on 01473 829129 gale@toppesfield.com www.toppesfieldcottages.co.uk

THANKYOU !!!

A BIG thankyou to all that came down to support the players who took part in this years 24 hour Darts Event in aid of The Braintumour Charity which was held at The Hadleigh Royal British Legion on Sat 18th - Sunday 19th April & to all that donated to this worthy cause. This years fundraiser was in memory of one of the players - Phil Seager's mum who was sadly taken recently as a result from suffering from a brain tumour, plus in light of the unfortunate case of Lee Ramplin (a player that also took part in last years event) discovering he has a brain tumour. My Mum also has recently passed away and had been a supporter of The Brain Tumour Charity over recent years and even after her life has raised money for this event with donations made by friends and family that had attended her funeral.

As well as continuous darts being played throughout the 24 hours, we also held a 9 darts competition for spectators, a raffle, pubcard and an auction with some fantastic prizes that were generously donated by local businesses.

A hugh thankyou to the following businesses who sponsored the Event Finezza Pizza (Back of the Kings Head), Hadleigh Private Hire Taxi, Sarah's Attic, Snowys Bait & Tackle, Molly's, John Grose, Sweet Memories, Motor Parts, Exhaust Unlimited, The Hadleigh Royal British Legion, Simon Farthing Painting & Decorating, Jim Lawrence, Adorn Tattoo, The Mens Room, Hintlesham Golf Club, Eurospeed Tyre and Garage, Bubble Busters Carwash, Adnams, The George, Brett Vale Golf Club, The Royal Bengal, The Hadleigh Thrift Shop, Dorothys Tea Room Also, Special thanks to the Hadleigh Royal British Legion, Tony & his staff for looking after the players throughout, Pat Beckett for making sandwiches and of course the players themselves, Steve Beckett, Simon Farthing, Phil Seager, Craig Warner, Dan Johnson, Debbie Butcher, Paul Stone, John Broomfield, a great bunch who I have alot of time for.

I will update with the total figure raised soon but it is estimated that once all sponsorship money is collected we have raised over £2.5k!!!!!

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The Chestnuts Woodturning Club meets at the United Reformed Church, Community Room in Hadleigh and holds a club night on the third Thursday of every month.

In March our members were treated to an extremely competent demonstration from Simon Hope, a local professional turner. His ability to hold the attention of club members whilst working at the lathe and keeping us amused was truly worthy of the title ‘Professional�. It was a great night sharing turning techniques and experiences. He made two items, an offset turned candle stick and a scalloped dark stained bowl. In the time available neither of these items were wax, oil or acrylic finished but his ability to encourage us all to try these methods was good to witness. The photographs of his work on the night explain all!

This month, April 16th, Graham Slaughter a well respected amateur turner, demonstrated how to turn a lidded string box from an old mahogany table leg, this was recycling in action. Graham used various hollowing tools and chucking techniques in completing the task but because he was using mahogany he only briefly used abrasive on the work piece to limit the wood dust and of course it wasn't surface finished. Graham also brought along a selection of boxes he had made and finished.

Next month, on 16th May one of our more talented club members and AWGB Branch Secretary, Brian Partridge will be turning items (including jewellery) using Plywood.

As I said last month we have members from Hadleigh and surrounding villages, it’s a very friendly and sociable club so if you have a woodshed that is currently under utilised or you are harbouring a desire to give woodturning a go, why not come along and see us.

Please call Bob Riches 01473 822384 our Chairman or Alan Newman 01473 658738 our Treasurer to get the details.

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Race Night to raise funds for research into Vasculitis Vasculitis - Not a commonly known condition, even GP’s would only encounter this devastating condition once or twice in their whole career. The vasculitis range is vast from very mild (which my 5 year Grandson has contracted) up to acute, which is what my Brother Paul died of in September last year. Often associated with other conditions including cancer, my Brother first suffered from Arthritis, which progressed to polymynosis (arthritis in the muscles’s) then vasculitis. Paul a fit and healthy man would have been 70 on the 10th June, a great racing fan, the night of the 12th June is to raise funds for a charity which is run entirely by volunteers to aid research into this devastating condition. (any donations to the Charity would be gratefully received) Tickets £40 - Available from French Complexion Crabtrees & Keith Avis Newsagents

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A Black Tie Charity Event Night of ‘Horseracing Fun’ Friday 12th June 700pm for 7.30pm until midnight £40 per ticket Price includes a Welcome Drink on arrival Hog Roast Compere for the Racing Event • Cash prize for Winning Horse Raffle & Auction with some amazing prizes

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Stretching is vital for muscle health. Whether you are a professional athlete, play amateur football, hockey, rugby or basketball, a keen cyclist, runner or swimmer, even if you are just walking the dog every day, no matter what your level of fitness keeping muscle flexibility is key to good muscle health.

Stretching before exercise helps prepare the body for activity by increasing the circulation of blood to the muscles and clearing the lymphatic system around the soft tissues. Stretching helps increase flexibility and joint range of movement preventing injury and improving muscle and joint performance.

HOW TO STRETCH GENTLY and SLOWLY take each muscle to the point when you start to feel a resistance, GENTLY hold the stretch for 30 to 60 seconds, allowing the muscle to release and grow longer. DO NOT cause yourself any pain – there’s no need.

CAREFUL - If you take the stretch too far you can cause an inflammatory response, meaning your body will try to repair the damage. Every time you feel pain when stretching you are actually causing damage to the soft tissue.

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Solar Power - have your cake and eat it It all started with yet another cold call, but this one hung around long enough to say you get paid for what you generate even if you consume it. Roly's immediate reaction was that he had seen a flypast of the Pink Arrows.

When he took said person's advice and looked at the website of the Energy Saving Trust he realised the caller was right, but there was other (more useful) advice on that website that the caller had hoped would not be noticed. Among these little gems was inviting lots of prospective contractors to quote.

We sought further advice from Steve Cutmore at TSB and came away comfortable in the knowledge that there was a better return to be had on our money. By the time the salesman arrived from the cold call firm we had quotes for two different systems in the bag. This bloke arrived on horseback sporting platinum spurs on his boots; he was selling an electrical installation & didn't understand the difference between wiring something in parallel or in series. He could only offer one system and took very little time offering us a 20% discount on the bargain price of £12,500, providing we signed up that day. Little did he know that we had been quoted £5,800 for a similar system, and had concluded that a slightly more expensive system would work better on our site. This firm had some amazing subcontractors, though: they could arrive on site, erect a scaffold, fit 16 photovoltaic panels, wire them up and be gone with their scaffold in 3 hours. Another firm managed to quote without a site visit; needless to say this didn't inspire us with confidence.

We eventually narrowed our 5 chosen candidates to two, neither of whom use subcontractors. One was in Ipswich, the other in Hadleigh, & the monetary differential between quotes for like systems was not worth considering. Energy on Tap got the job as they were nearest, and we are most satisfied with the workmanship and attention to detail. However it did take 4 days.

Now for the bottom line. Our system came to £7,100. That money was earning 39p a day in a cash ISA. Right now we are generating some 22 KwH a day and using very little in the way of chargeable units from our energy supplier during the day. For every unit we generate we receive a government subsidy of 15.8p; this is called the feed-in tariff or FIT. At current rates we are receiving some £3.50 day - better than 39p; but wait for it: it is index linked for 20 years and tax exempt. Ho!ho!ho!

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Beaumont School News Ducks! Summer term at Beaumont school started with much excitement as we were home to hatching ducklings for 2 weeks! The eggs which arrived on the first day of term quickly began hatching over the next few days. This process was studied closely by the children in all the classes, who were amazed by what they saw. The children, many of whom hadn’t experienced anything like this before, were fascinated The children with a by the hatching process and newly hatched duckling. the development of the ducklings over the few days we looked after them. The eggs and ducklings inspired a range of wonderful work in the different classes and really enriched the children’s learning.

Comenius Project As you may or, may not know Beaumont leads a two year long Comenius project which involves 6 different schools from the European Community. The grant for the project comes directly from Europe. Each school, in turn, shares successful or innovative practice with the other schools in the project. It also enables the pupils in the schools to develop links with other countries. The pupils in Spider class made really good use of these links to support their work on fossil fuels. They were lucky enough to get information from a husband of a Norwegian teacher who works on the North Sea oil fields.

He very kindly sent the children resources which the children found very useful in their studies. In his communications to the children he also discussed about the cultural differences between the two countries and how the oil industry was so vital for Norway. The last project visit, to Spain, will be taking place in May. School Disco! The children celebrated the end of term by dancing the night away at the school Easter disco. Brilliant organised by the Friends of Beaumont, our parent teacher association, the children really enjoyed demonstrating the latest dance moves and having the opportunity to buy the goodies laid on for them.

Daddies Club A high proportion of the pupils at Beaumont are children from service families. The children often require more support when their parents are deployed away from their families. Once a week ‘Daddies Club’ meets for just this purpose. The children take part in a range of fun activities and gives them an opportunity to share their feelings at a time that some find difficult.

During the last term the club have also been supported by Suzanne Arnold from Home Start. She has been using her skills as a storyteller to encourage the children to create journals that could be sent to a parent abroad. These types of activities really benefit both the children and parents involved.

Inspire Easter Workshop Late last term the children from the Dragonfly class visited St. Mary’s church to take part in an Easter workshop.

The superbly organised event saw the children rotate around a series of activities that explained the Easter story in more detail and taught them how it relates to life today. The children really enjoyed listening about the story and taking part in the hands-on The children from Dragonfliy class tasks. Thank you to the attending the Easter workshop at St. volunteers and staff at the Mary’s church. church for putting this on for us.

Nursery Easter Egg Hunt The nursery class celebrated Easter by having their own Easter Egg hunt! The children enjoyed hunting for the eggs in their outside play area. Once the children had found all the carefully hidden plastic eggs, they were rewarded with their own chocolate egg for their efforts. This was just one of many Easter activities the Nursery enjoyed.

Gardening Club Our ever popular Gardening Club have been very busy, now that the weather is warming. They have been planting onions, carrots, peas and courgettes in pots at school but also down at the public allotments in Hadleigh. The children will be visiting the school’s allotment regularly over the coming months to tend to the various crops. The children get very excited by watching the plants grow and develop. They particularly look forward to harvest time when they can taste the fruits of their labour! Many thanks to the parents who volunteer to help with gardening club and to Mrs. Liggett and the staff members who run the club.

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Traction ’15 - A Hundred Years of Tractors On Sunday 10th May, the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket will be hosting TRACTION’15 - a hundred years of tractors. This event will draw together a range of tractors, including examples seen at work in the fields of Suffolk during the last 100 years.

Vehicles on display will include the Museum’s Burrell Ploughing engines, some of the earliest surviving engines to come out of the factory at Thetford, Norfolk, as well as a working steam tractor and early petrol tractors that take us through both World Wars and into the days after WW2 when every farm moved from horse to tractors.

Barry Salmon, Steam and Grease Team volunteer at the museum says “We have many local supporters who have wonderful collections of tractors. This will be a unique and fascinating event that shows how tractors have changed over the last 100 years.”

There will be demonstrations of different aspects of tractor development, including cultivation activities in one of the Museums demonstration fields. We will also be offering the chance to win a ride in the ‘jump seat’ of a modern 250 horsepower Case while it struggles through the heavy clay lands of the Museum site! Traction ‘15 coincides with National Mills Weekend, so the Alton Watermill at the Museum will be in action with demonstrations of corn sacks being lifted to the top of the mill using just water power. If you enjoy the roar of a tractor or want to know more about these fabulous machines, the Museum of East Anglian Life is the place to be on the 10th May. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday (and Bank Holidays) 10am – 4.30pm and Sunday 11am – 4.30pm. For admission prices see http://www.eastanglianlife.org.uk/visitus

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Award winning creative play sessions launched in Hadleigh & Sudbury Fancy getting creative with your little ones? Why not try the new Creation Station arts & crafts classes for babies and pre-school children now running in Hadleigh & Sudbury. With a new theme each week there is always something new to discover & a wonderful work of art to take home at the end! We supply all materials, overalls for the kids and we clear everything up, so no mess or stress for you!

‘Little Explorer’ sessions are suitable for 15 month – 5 year olds and ‘Baby Discover’ classes are a gentle introduction to art & include other sensory activities for 5 – 14 month babies.

Classes are running weekly on Monday’s at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church Hall, Long Bessels, Hadleigh and Friday’s at 3rd Sudbury Scout Hut, Quay Lane, Sudbury.

Classes are £5 per session (£3 for siblings), childminders pay £5 for first child and £3 for any additional children.

For further information or to book a trial session contact Tracey on 01473 206801, email at traceypennell@thecreationstation.co.uk or facebook.com/TheCreationStationsuffolkipswich

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Thankfully, the warmer weather is now with us! We took advantage of this when the children participated in a sponsored fun run in aid of the NSPCC. Lee Sands travelled to the Sahara Desert to run in 6 marathons for charity. Before he took part in this gruelling challenge, he visited school to inspire us as part of our new ‘Be the Best You Can Be’ programme.

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We raised £531 toin aid support Lee’s equivalent of 3 miles! A big thankrunning you to Lee & Verity for giving up their time,around equivalent of 3 miles!

A big thank you to Lee & Verity Sands for giv as well as to Mrs Seed and our Year 6 Sports Captains for organising and running fundraising efforts.

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“It was fun and very interesting.” (Oliver, Year 3) The children in Years 3 and 4 enjoyed a “I liked learning the proper meaning of Easter.”

(Matthew, Year to 3) super trip St Edmundsbury Cathedral. They learned about various aspects of Holy Week and used roleplay to tell the Easter story.

In particular, they liked making palm leaves sampling a Passover meal!

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(Matthew, Year 3) They learned about various aspects of Holy Week and used role-play to tell the They learned about various aspects of Holy Week and used role-p (Matthew, Year 3) The whole school celebrated Easter with our annual trip to St Mary’s Church for our Easter Service. The children sang beautifully, read really clearly and wrote thoughtful prayers. The Very Reverend Martin Thrower gave an inspiring talk The whole school celebrated Easter with our annual trip to St Mary’s Church for our about the hopeful, positive message that Easter Service. The children sang beautifully, read really clearly and wrote comes of theThe Easter story and theThrower gave an inspiring talk about thoughtfulout prayers.

Very Reverend Martin children enjoyed the the hopeful,really positive messagedecorating that comes out of the Easter story and the children really enjoyed decoratingflowers. the cross Thank with colourful cross with colourful you flowers. Thank you to all involved Thedid whole school celebrated Easter with our trip to St Mary’s C in organising thisin special event. The 6 pupils a The lovely job of6preparing theannual to all involved organising thisYear special event.

Year pupils did a lovely Easter Service. The children sang beautifully, read really clearly and w Easter Garden at the church! prayers. The Very Reverend Martin Thrower gave an inspir job of preparing the Easter Garden at thethoughtful church! the hopeful, positive message that comes out of the Easter story and th Thank also to whoThank you t really enjoyed decorating the all crossthe with visitors colourful flowers. in organising special event.

TheWorship Year 6 pupilsin did the a lovely job of p havethishelped lead Easter Garden at the church! school recently, including Jackie Cork, Philp Mann, Pastor Greg Frost, Reverend Barbara Challis, Cat from the Christian Youth Ministry and Martin.

The children have been thinking about the value of ‘trust’ and relating this to the people they trust in their own lives and the people who trust them. As usual, it was lovely to see lots of parents and grandparents at our achievement assemblies.

Elm class produced a great assembly about Red Nose Day. Red Nose Day was the inspiration for many aspects of their learning, including maths, geography and literacy. For example, they wrote riddles about the Red Nose characters, which they read out in assembly. They shared jokes and their research about the history of Comic Relief and helped to get all the children excited about raising money!

It was lovely to see so many parents and children involved in the fabulous book swap event on World Book Day. The hall was packed! Everybody was very happy with their new books. The children also enjoyed a ‘carousel’ of It was lovely to see so many parents and children involved in th stories and activities. Mr Coomb’s reading Revolting swap event of on World Book Day. Rhymes The hall was was packed! Everyb withso their new books.

The children also in enjoyed a ‘carousel’ o particularly popular! It was also nice to see many parents coming for our Mr Coomb’s reading of Revolting Rhymes was particularly pop ‘open classrooms’ event, which was a good opportunity to see the work in to see so many parents coming in for our ‘open classrooms’ ev opportunity see the about work in children’s children’s books and on displays and good to find out tomore life inbooks theand on dis more about life in the classrooms. classrooms.

It is really important for the children to learn how to be safe. The Year 5 children have just completed ‘Bikeability’ training. The children started with basic skills on the playground and then moved onto the roads to practise going round parked cars and stopping at junctions. They learned lots of important things about bicycle maintenance and safety while having a great time. “It’s good education for road safety.” (Isaac, Year 5). All of it’s been good fun!”

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Happy Birthday Daisy & Dukes At the end of May, Daisy & Dukes Children’s Clothing will be celebrating two years on Hadleigh High Street. We have recently moved from stocking nearly new children’s clothing up to 5 years to selling from birth to 10 years and currently have a great stock of summer clothing including shoes, hats, swimwear and accessories. Customers are welcome to bring along their children’s outgrown or unused clothing which is still in ‘nearly new’ condition.

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• Take a journey behind the scenes at our state of the art facilities • See our new powerful Digital X-Ray developer • Discuss the pain relief successes of our new Laser Therapy machine • Competitions • Step into our “bandage a teddy room” • Bring a friend along and receive a voucher for £10 if you recommend us • Afternoon tea and cakes

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‘Small School with a ‘can-do’ attitude’ Ofsted - September 2013

‘Pupils enjoy a very wide range of stimulating activities that parents describe as “amazing�’ Ofsted - September 2013

‘Pupils’ social development is outstanding’ Ofsted - September 2013

Roger Kennell dropped this photo in to the Community News Office, it shows, we believe a Mrs Woods and a Mrs Shuker who won 1st Prize at the Polstead WI Flower Festival in 1952. But perhaps you know better, just let us know.

Call Kelvin 01473 823366

The Drama Zone The Drama Zone is an exciting and stimulating environment for young people to explore their creativity through performance art. Following on from the success of their first play, “The Inquisitive Butterfly� sessions will resume for the summer term where the group will be working together to create a play involving all things sheep to celebrate the year of the sheep in Hadleigh. We are based at the Ansell Community Centre on Wednesdays between 4 and 5.30pm and sessions are open to young people aged from 8yrs.

New members are always welcome so why not try a free first session? Drama is a great way for young people to grow in confidence, develop teamwork skills, make new friends and have a lot of fun. Please contact 07780725132 to arrange a free trial session or for more information.

Electrical Contractors Relocate To Suffolk!

As approved NICEIC electrical contractors for the past 25 years, Polaris Power & Data Ltd are pleased to announce their relocation to Suffolk. During the past, Polaris have conducted all manner of electrical works to domestic dwellings and to a variety of business sectors, including numerous schools and colleges in Central and Greater London and are now offering their expert services in Suffolk too.

Company Director Alan Henderson explains “A great deal of our works has been the requirement to conduct periodic testing and inspection of electrical installations and provide certification to make sure the installation is to BS7671 standard – a growing concern and a requirement for insurance purposes both in domestic and commercial properties�. This certification is also an essential requirement when renting a property and also when selling one and Polaris offer this testing and certification at a competitive cost.

Alan also added “ cost effective garden and exterior lighting is proving to be very popular at present with summer approaching, and here at Polaris we are experienced in the installation of remote controlled exterior lighting�.

Not only do Polaris engineers have extensive experience in domestic electrical works but also in the workplace with testing, certification, fault-finding, refurbishments, new installations, data and network installations, fire alarms and door entry systems: in short, everything your workplace needs to keep it running smoothly and can also help it stay within the law by ensuring your emergency lighting, fire alarms, computers and portable appliances are all tested in line with the current regulations.

If you would like further information on any of the above or if you wish to discuss the latest lighting technologies that help offset rising electricity prices and maintenance costs, please feel free to call the head office on 01787 211914 or Alan Henderson direct on 07860 444515 or email info@polarispd.com and they will be happy to be of assistance.

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‘The headteacher, staff and governors share a strong commitment to drive the School forward, always with the central focus of raising pupils’ standards’ Ofsted - September 2013

For a brochure, or to look around the School, please phone: 01473 823309 or visit the School website: http://www.whatfield.suffolk.sch.uk

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Whatfield 12 Month Challenge Another month gone by and another marathon completed. By the time you all read this Gary Cotter will have completed his 4th marathon, this one slightly closer to home in Bungay. Again his family will be supporting him with all his efforts not only during the marathons but all the hours of training he has had to complete.

Gary's dedication and commitment to completing this challenge and raising funds for Whatfield School is very much appreciated. In the autumn we hope to arrange for a 'Ladies Vintage Afternoon Tea' to help boost fundraising and keep everyone up to speed with all the progress of Gary's 12 month challenge.

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Rosa’s Fund: biggest donation to date to launch Hadleigh Junior Choir A fund set up in memory of a small Hadleigh girl killed in a tragic accident last year has confirmed that it will be underwriting the launch of the town’s first ever junior community choir. The Rosa Simon Music Fund, which has received close to £15,000 in donations from many individuals and organisations since Rosa died in June 2014, has already supported 14 projects to the value of £4000. Now it can confirm that it will be donating £1500 to help the Hadleigh Community Choir realise a longstanding ambition to establish a junior choir for singers aged between eight and 16. The money will be used to fund a musical director as well as the costs of music and hiring rehearsal space, plus those associated with putting on two concerts at both Christmas this year and during the summer of 2016.

Paul Simon, Rosa’s father, explained why the fund founded in his three and a half year-old daughter’s name wanted to back this venture: “Rosa simply adored singing. We believe that under the wise and enthusiastic guidance of the well-established and respected Hadleigh Community Choir, the children and young people of the town and the surrounding villages will have the perfect chance to learn the joys of singing different types of music together.

“We hope that with the backing of the Fund for the first year, this choir will be a positive and enduring reminder of Rosa and all that she meant to both her family and the very many people who knew her and are still inspired by her”.

Peter Finch, Chairman of the Hadleigh Community Choir said ““It has always been the aim of Hadleigh Community Choir to include children up to age 16 and while we had lots of community support and volunteers who wanted to work with the juniors the stumbling block had been raising the money to cover the operating costs. Thanks now to Rosa’s Fund that has all changed. This generous grant will enable us to launch our new Junior Section with a professional music team comprising Alan Humphrey as its Musical Director and Maggie Addison as its Manager.

“The official launch of the Junior Section will be in September 2015 when local eight to 16 year old children and their parents will be invited to come and hear our plans. Rehearsals will start in October and the first appearance of the juniors will be at Hadleigh Community Choir’s official Christmas Concert on Saturday 12th December 2015”.

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Rosa Simon Music Workshop & Concert Saturday June 6th 2015 With money from Rosa’s Fund, we’ve invited 60 local pupils aged between nine and 12 or so to join jazz pianist and composer Pete Letanka in an exciting music workshop during the morning of June 6th.

They will be writing and rehearsing pieces of music and using some of the instruments bought via Rosa’s Fund.

In the afternoon, the children will be performing these pieces in a concert which is open to the general public and to which we’d really love you to come.

3pm in the United Reformed Church, Market Place Tickets cost £5 (under-fives on laps free) with tea and coffee afterwards.

All monies go to the Rosa Simon Music Fund Tickets are available via the participating schools, Keith Avis Newsagents or by emailing: danton89@hotmail.com

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Patient Participation Group (PPG) Are you interested in having your say?

Our virtual patient participation group was formed in 2011, with the intention of our patient members becoming a more integral part of our practice.

Members of the PPG will become involved in the range and quality of the services we provide and to take part in the decision making process that leads to a change in our existing services. The PPG can take a leading part in developing patient surveys, sharing results, newsletters and patient feedback.

As a practice we want to expand our PPG to help develop and improve the group further. We are looking to change from a virtual group, to one where we meet together face to face. It is our aim that we have a broad range of patient members to get a true representative group.

We intend to co-ordinate and chair these meetings initially although it is hoped that a natural patient Chair will emerge. The terms of the group and the frequency of the meetings can be agreed together, when we first meet.

If you are a patient at Hadleigh or Boxford, you are passionate and committed to improving quality care and you would like to volunteer to be part of our PPG, then we would like to hear from you.

We have developed a very simple sign up form, which we can either email to you or post if you prefer. This form is also available on our website www.hadleighhealth.co.uk

Contact details: Tracey Squirrell, Assistant Manager, email: tracey.squirrell@nhs.net or telephone: 01473 820127 24 32

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Hello readers and welcome to the latest edition of News from the Station. I am sure you are all aware of the recent incidents in Hadleigh. We are all very aware the effect this type of incident has on a community such as Hadleigh and have been working hard to try and reassure the public by giving regular updates at local meetings and in the press and trying to keep a visible presence in the area. There is of course a specialist team of officers who are trained to deal with this type of incident who are still investigating all three incidents. There is no link between the incidents, the reports are very different in nature and as such are being investigated as separate enquiries. If you have any information regarding the incidents could you contact the Major investigation Team at Police Headquarters, Martlesham on 101. Your local team have engaged with local people, particularly the youths in the town.

PCSO Hawkes and Bignell have visited the Porch project and local Schools offering safety advice. This included being picked up by parents at the end of a group, walking around in small groups and staying in those groups and refraining from going into unlit areas.

Last month I mentioned the local priority setting meeting that is held every other month in a location within the Babergh east area. The last meeting was at Hadleigh High School and I am pleased to say there was a good attendance. The next meeting will be on 20th May at 7:30pm at the Pinewood Community centre. Please don’t be put off that the meeting is in a different area, we discuss the whole area so if you have an issue please come along and air it. The meeting is chaired by a panel of local representatives that are not connected with the Police. There will also be members of the Babergh East SNT present to discuss and answer any questions.

Another event looming locally is the Annual Hadleigh Show. Members of the team will be there. Please come and speak to us. We will have representatives from our crime reduction who are happy to give advice.

PCSO Hawkes recently found some small silver coloured containers in Hadleigh. These have been identified as Nitrous Oxide capsules. The capsules are available to purchase legally and are designed to blow up balloons and/or used in the catering trade. These capsules have recently been featured in the press where a Premier league footballer was featured inhaling them. Nitrous oxide is an anaesthetic, which can cause nasty side effects such as fainting, hallucinations and in some cases due to it starving the brain of oxygen can cause death. Please don’t use them for anything other than the purpose for which they were meant. They are legal but the consequence of inhaling them could be fatal.

As always if you would like to contact us at the station, please drop in or dial 101.

You can also email us, babergheast.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk.

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The Amazing Benefits of Baby Swimming Swimming is one of the most amazing experiences you can share with your baby or toddler! Babies have a real affinity with water as they spend nine months in the womb. The benefits to both parent and baby of swimming together are immense and include: • Plenty of eye and skin contact – it’s a wonderful way to bond with your baby • Helping you and your baby feel relaxed and confident in the water • A fun and socially stimulating activity (for both you and your baby!)

• The water allows your baby to move freely and develop actions they wouldn’t otherwise be able to in their first year of life • Even though gentle, baby swimming classes provide a complete physical work-out: strengthening your baby's heart, lungs and respiratory system • Regular swimming often improves eating and sleeping patterns • Learning to respond to key words (within a few months) can make your baby sharper mentally, increasing levels of awareness and understanding • Even parents who can’t swim can enjoy relaxing in the water with their baby.

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My canine pals and I enjoy playing outside on warm, dry days, finishing up with a thorough dust bath! Some of our supporters are also busy in the garden, growing plants for the Leavenheath Open Gardens Day on 14th June. Visitors can look around the Sanctuary on the day, and browse our gardening stall.

Prior to that, the volunteers will be holding a two day Bank Holiday garage sale at SESAW from 10am to 1pm on 23rd and 24th May. Thank you to everyone who helped raise £1054 at our Easter Fayre in March.

Some of our volunteers (and a couple of SatNavs!) didn’t know the location of Whatfield before the first day of Spring. They do now, and waxed lyrical about the lovely Village Hall and customers!

At the time of writing permanent homes are needed for a selection of animals including a pair of degus and several rabbits. We also need more volunteers in the mornings to care for the animals and walk dogs. If you can spare three hours to help once a week please leave your details on the answerphone.

I’m off for a run around the garden with my friends and I hope you didn’t believe the story Ollie told you last month? I was just checking the bait was tasty enough when they found me in the trap. Anyway, the silly thing must have been faulty to catch me, Kenny (the Boss) Chihuahua!

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Fish & Chips, BBQ, hot & cold drinks will also be available to purchase on the day. There will be an entrance fee on the gate of ÂŁ2.50 for adults and ÂŁ1.50 for children and concessions (under 5s go free). All proceeds from the entrance fee will go towards Age Concern and Diabetes UK. For more information on the exhibition call Bridge Farm Barns on 01449 740456 or Paul Goodchild on 01787 372478

Hadleigh & District Footpath Volunteers Our walk this month will be on Sunday 17th. It will be one of David Warner special interest walks. We will leave Hadleigh by Coach from the bus station (Co-op side) at 9 am and travel to Lovers Lane, Leiston. We will then walk to Eastbridge via Minsmere, Dunwich, and Westleton. We will stop for lunch at the 18th century smugglers pub the Eels Foot. After lunch we will walk to Sizewell via Minsmere Sluice for the return coach ride to Hadleigh, arriving back around 4pm. This walk is 10 miles in length, and the total walking time should be about 4 hours. The cost of this trip will be ÂŁ5, and we will need at least 20 participants to make it financially viable. Please contact David Warner by the 10th. May if you will be joining us on this walk.

This is one of the loveliest walks in Suffolk, and it will be well worth the effort.

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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Coffee Morning in Monks Eleigh A coffee and cakes morning was held on Thursday 19th March 2015 in Monks Eleigh where coffee and many delicious cakes were consumed. These had mainly been baked and donated by some of those attending and there was a very impressive array. A tombola added to the fun and most people went home with a prize or two. The event was held to mark “Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month” and to raise funds for two charities, Ovacome and Macmillan. The funds for Macmillan are being used towards the funding of the new cancer centre at Ipswich Hospital which will make such a difference to those affected by cancer. A total of £141 was made on the day with further donations still to come from those who couldn’t attend.

Lovis Passfield-Taylor, who organised the event was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in September 2012 and is currently receiving further chemotherapy at Ipswich Hospital. She said it is crucial that women can recognise the early symptoms of ovarian cancer which are often quite vague and are listed below.

• Bloating which is persistent • Feeling full quickly when eating • Unexplained pelvic pain • Unexplained changes in bowel habit If you experience any of these symptoms please tell your doctor.

Summer’s Coming...!

January is the traditional time to start a diet but it’s probably one of the hardest times of the year to succeed. Unsurprisingly we tend to crave more “warming” foods in winter – homely casseroles, pies & puddings but of course they are higher calorie! But now the days are longer, holidays are not so far away and the sun is out. We all know it’s easier to eat heathier when the weather is warmer but now time is short so we need a solution – FAST!!?

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Hadleigh Community Choir proudly presents its

Summer Concert Music and entertainment for an early summer evening

7:30pm Saturday 20th June Hadleigh United Reformed Church Programme: Our special mix of popular songs and music Themed readings to make you smile Solo musical performances Sing-along with the choir (words provided) Afterglow with light refreshments and prize draws

Tickets only £6 each from: The Idler Bookshop or Keith Avis Newsagent (Ticket price includes wine and light refreshments)

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On Saturday 4th April 2015 Mandy from Partridges Machinery Department took to the treadmill to raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF is a charity close to her heart which researches to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes.

Mandy set off at 8 am on the treadmill in the Machinery Department window as customers came in to guess how far she would walk in the day. At around 3 pm Mandy was doing well until the treadmill decided to stop, so she took to the High Street walking up and down with a bucket to get more donations for this worthy cause. By the end of the day she had clocked up 23.98 miles, worn out the treadmill but also raised a fantastic £540.22 for JDRF with more money still coming in.

Mandy would like to thank all the Partridges customers for their generous donations and Partridges staff for helping her raise this fantastic sum of money.

We would like to thank Mandy for arranging this event and putting in so much effort to make this work. Keep your eyes peeled for the next Partridges fund raising event.

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Hadleigh Loyalty Scheme The lucky winner of the £50 prize in the April Draw for the Loyalty Scheme is Cheryl Fraser of Hadleigh.

Save Hadleigh’s Park - Update It seems like a while ago since we began our initial efforts to try to protect Cox’s Park(East House Meadow) from being built on it by Babergh District Council. You may recall signing thepetition a couple of years ago, along with another thousand good people of Hadleigh, which resulted in Babergh withdrawing their planning application to build 4 executive houses with cart lodges on a large part of the park. However this tactical move by Babergh, was done with the intention of submitting an alternative application, but sadly still involving houses being built on the park and outside of the East House fence line. Since then, things may have seemed pretty quiet, however, there have been developments behind the scenes. Most importantly last year an application was submitted to register the affected land as a Town Green under the Commons Act 2006 .

The Town Green application was accepted as 'valid' by Suffolk County Council and the next stage is that there will be a week long public enquiry in Hadleigh, starting Monday 1st June 2015 which will hear and make recommendations on the evidence provided by the campaign’s supporters - and Babergh District Council that oppose the village green application.

If you provided evidence for the campaign, please mark this week in your diary so that you may be available to attend the enquiry in person. Your evidence may be crucial to achieving the protection we are all so keen to achieve!

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Hadleigh Men set to be Pirates of the Highlands!

In early June this year local men Lester Bennett and Dean Nuttall plan to become pirates in the Scottish highlands when they aim to complete the Great Glen Waterway in order to raise money in aid of Macmillan cancer and also Leukaemia & Lymphoma research charities.

Alas this won’t be done in a Spanish galleon called the Black Pearl.. more a hand paddled 16 ft open canoe and will involve a weeklong trip covering 100 km (65 miles) of the Caledonian canal, wild camping on the loch side and carrying all supplies and utilities with them.

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How & Why Tackle Climate Change On Saturday 13th June from 10 am to 1.00 pm, St Mary’s Church in Hadleigh, Suffolk, will host “Whose Future? Whose Planet?” - a talk and workshop on climate change led by guest speaker Colin Bell MSc MA, a researcher, writer and editor of two books on faith and environment issues at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University. The meeting will be chaired by the Very Rev. Martin Thrower.

The event, sponsored by Hadleigh Thrift Shop, is free to attend and open to anyone interested in climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing humanity this generation. Colin Bell will help us explore a variety of issues including the beauty of the natural world, what we know of climate change and our impact upon it, why it matters and why change has been difficult, and positive ways forward both global and in our local communities to benefit future generations.

Local children and young people will at the same time be celebrating the environment with an exhibition of artworks inspired primarily by the Suffolk landscape and coastline. This exhibition will be hosted by St Mary’s Church.

The exhibition will be held from 4th – 15th June, to coincide with the “Whose Future? Whose Planet” talk and workshop. It will feature artworks by pupils participating in the environment inspired “It’s Our World” art project www.itisourworld.org.uk from Hadleigh High, Beaumont, St Mary’s and Hadleigh Community Primary Schools, as well as by students from Suffolk One Sixth Form College in Ipswich. “Planet Earth is amazing! Let’s look to the future, and see what we need to do or not do, so our children and grandchildren can be equally blessed by it.” Colin Bell For further details and to register interest in attending: go to www.stmaryshadleigh.co.uk ‘ and click on the advert

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Hadleigh High A Specialist Science School High Lands Road, Hadleigh Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5HU Headteacher: Caroline Gibson Telephone: 01473 823496 E-mail: office@hadleighhigh.net Website: www.hadleighhigh.net Celebrating Success The spring assembly had a particular focus on Year 11 pupils who are in the final stages of preparing for their GCSE examinations. Many Year 11 pupils were awarded a range of academic awards with Livi Player achieving 7 academic awards – an outstanding achievement.

We have traditionally awarded a range of prizes for Year 11 pupils (provided by the school, local community and sixth form provider). The following students were the recipients for 2014-15.

The Gerrard Award for English Ellen Seeley Hadleigh High School Award for Drama -Harry Planck Hadleigh High School Award For Computing – Timothy Jenkins Hadleigh High School Award for Modern Foreign Languages - Kirstie Airlie The Brendan Oakes Memorial Trophy (Presented By Mr Oakes) - Ria Tampion, The Alan C Keeble Cup for Design Technology - Mali Hitchcock-Brown The Lady Burton Cup for Outstanding Individual Effort - Livi Player and Amarlia Thomson The Chris Warwick Memorial Cup (Science) - Jonah Beadle The Walter Wright Shield For Maths - Jonah Beadle The Andrew Hambling Shield for Outstanding Sporting Achievement Jonah Beadle The Sixth Form College Award for Excellence in Humanities – Tom Bull, The Sir George and Lady Burton Trophy for Music - Rosie Greenway and Abigail Simpson The Mellersh Cup For Art - Boris Takam The Sharron Elliott Memorial Trophy for Determination in PE - Callum Morrin Year 11 pupils have been successful as they have grasped the need to take a greater degree of independence in their studies as well as possessing the resilience and commitment which are required to succeed both in school and life. They are excellent role models for our younger pupils who are following in their footsteps. We wish all Year 11 students good luck in their forthcoming exams.

Easter Crafts’ Evening

Our recent Easter Crafts Evening was an unqualified success, with children and adults alike enjoying numerous art based activities in the Art department. The different craft activities varied from pom-pom making to clay Easter eggs, which went down well with visiting parents.

The evening also included a raffle, which was well received. All of the visitors agreed how enjoyable the evening was, and all of the attendees went home satisfied with the fruits of their labours. We raised £96.65 for the art department. Thank you to everyone who supported the event. (written

by Tim Jenkins) Year 10 plan for the summer The Year 10 students of Hadleigh High School are nearly there in organising the very first Hadleigh High Extravaganza which will be held on Saturday 13th June from 11am to 4pm. All the money raised at this event will go to Cancer Research UK. This event will be a fun day out for the whole family with attractions such as a giant inflatable slide, rides, bouncy castle, total wipe out, stalls, competitions, BBQ, refreshments, live entertainment and much, much more. Alongside these many attractions we will also be hosting the first Hadleigh High School Community 5-a-side Football Tournament, and we have invited local businesses and 38

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organisations to enter a team to play, with prizes and trophies for the winners. For the younger members of our community we will be holding children’s races including ‘egg and spoon’ and ‘sack’ races among many others. For further information concerning the 5-a-side Tournament please contact us via email at events@hadleighhigh.net (Written by Molly Keeble) Year 11 prepare for the world of work Last month all Year 11 students successfully completed a practice interview with local employers. The organisations that took part were Hadleigh Town Council, Celotex, Army Careers, BT, Babergh District Council, Walter Wright, Mygo, W.S Training, and Ipswich Building Society.

Students firstly completed a letter of application and CV tailored to the post they were applying for.

The feedback from the interviewers was very positive and students commented on what a valuable experience the whole process had been.

Finley Kirk, a Year 11 pupil, said that he felt the interview was a “good experience and would be helpful and useful in later life”. Amarlia Thompson, also from Year 11, said, "it was helpful as not only did we get valuable interview experience we also got help with our CV’s and cover letters.” A very big thank you to all of the organisations and the interviewers who took part.

Gospel choir On Saturday 2nd May, a London Gospel Choir is performing at the URC and are looking for participants to take part in an afternoon workshop. The workshop will involve learning two songs and to be part of the evening concert. This is to help raise awareness of dementia in Hadleigh. Students who are taking part will be offered a free summer pass to south Suffolk leisure centre, thanking them for their contribution.

Rosa Simon Music workshop and concert During Saturday 6th of June, 60 local pupils, between the ages of 9 and 12, will join Pete Letanka, a jazz pianist and composer, in a music workshop. They will be writing and rehearsing pieces of music using some of the instruments which have been provided by the Rosa Simon Music fund. In the afternoon, the pupils will be performing their pieces in a concert which is open to the public. This will be a wonderful opportunity for young pupils to express their creativity, and have fun performing on stage. The concert will be open at 3pm in the United Reformed Church, located in the Market Place. Tickets for the event cost £5. All the money made will go to the Rosa Simon Music Fund to potentially hold more events such as this one in the future.

An evening of Drama On Tuesday 24th of March, the Year 10 Drama group put on a production of the play, ‘Missing Dan Nolan’. They were split into 2 groups, with each group presenting half the play. Katarzyna Teszner, from 10A said, ‘It was frightening because we were in front of all the parents watching, but it was fun.’ The students had many different views, but all agreed that it was a positive experience. Chloe Sheehan, 10T said, ‘Overall, we had some mishaps but the performance flowed well and we really enjoyed it.’ The performance generally had positive effects on the pupils, as Finley Longman stated that it ‘helped develop social skills, and we communicated with local families who came to watch.’ The performance was viewed as being a great success by all, and an important experience of acting on stage.

Hadleigh Students speak out During February half term, selected pupils went to the Youth Speaks district final in Kings Lynn, to deliver their speech to an audience. Hadleigh High School was in competition with several other schools, including some from the private sector. Accompanied by English teachers’ Mr Pryke and Mr Day, the group gave their speech on ‘Euthanasia’, which proved to be very moving. Unfortunately they did not make it through, however Mr Pryke said that ‘they received good feedback, and it was a great experience. We shall definitely be back next year!’

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Unsung heroes were honoured at the Babergh Community Achievement Awards ceremony. The event, which was compered by Mark Murphy from BBC Radio Suffolk, recognised 23 individuals and groups that have given many hours of their time to help the communities in which they live. Anyone living in the Babergh District who works in the local community, on an unpaid, voluntary basis, was eligible for nomination. Their community work could come in any shape or form, from fundraising, to campaigning for improved local services, to providing a long-term service to the community. Charlie Adan, Chief Executive, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils, said: “The Babergh Community Achievement Awards Ceremony was a wonderful evening which highlighted some of the fantastic work that volunteers in Babergh are undertaking within their communities.

“We are very grateful for the support of our sponsors, Prolog, Mark Murphy from BBC Radio Suffolk, Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa and the students from Suffolk One, King Edwards VI School and Hadleigh High School for all their help in creating a very memorable evening for our special guests.

The special award of the night went to Charlie Williams, from Thomas Gainsborough School, in Gt Cornard. Charlie was five when he was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumour, but after a seven-hour operation and intensive radiotherapy and chemotherapy, he was given the all clear three years ago. Aged 15, Charlie is always prepared to go the extra mile, striving to raise awareness and funds for Cancer Research so others get the support and treatment they need.

Very recently, he was one of 20 who was selected to represent Cancer Research UK’s and Channel 4’s Stand Up to Cancer campaign which helped to inspire viewers to donate over £14m to fund crucial research. A new dimension to this year’s ceremony was a film of all the winners, which had been produced by media students from Suffolk One. The film highlighted the hard work individuals and groups have achieved and featured the nominator explaining why they felt an award should be given. This was very well received and really gave an insight into the fantastic work undertaken in our communities. The event, which was organised by Babergh District Council, with generous sponsorship and prizes provided by Prolog, took place at Stokeby-Nayland Hotel.

Musicians from King Edwards VI School, Bury St Edmunds, entertained the guests whilst they enjoyed their buffet supper. The organisers are also very grateful to young representatives from Hadleigh High School, who took part in the judging panel which was held in December 2014. All of the judges provided an essential contribution to the judging process and had to make some very tough decisions.

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 May we will be praying for the following streets: Week commencing Sunday 3rd May Ansell Close and New Cut; Week commencing Sunday 10th May Benton Street, Carder Close and Cross Maltings; Week commencing Sunday 17th May Raven Way and Cranworth VAT is moving online April 2010 Road; Week commencing Sunday 24th from May Bradfield Avenue and Bradfield Crescent 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 weekthe and new would penalty welcome prayer, please in touch.

About regime forget the late Hadleigh Baptist Church Greg Frost 823804 payment of PAYE pastorgregfrost@hadleighbaptist.org.uk or pastorchristodd@hadleighbaptist.org.uk Hadleigh URC Wendy Atkins 822535 wendy@paddocks9.plus.com St Joseph’s Church Anita small Rosbrookdetails 810057 a.rosbrook@btinternet.com Don’tRClet these panic you!

St Mary’s CoE Joyce Willis 823165 willisjm@lineone.net Let us take the strain and worries away Salvation Army Liz & John Tubby 464184 hadleighsuffolk@salvationarmy.org.uk

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Christian Aid – Empowerment of women All over the country people are planning a range of activities to help raise money for Christian Aid during this month. The theme this year is the plight of poor women and girls in rural Ethiopia where widows have no say if they are poor and girls are married off as young as twelve for the dowry that will bring.

Christian Aid is helping to change this. On Sunday May 3rd at 6.30pm at a special service in the URC church Simon Snell, the regional organizer will talk about these problems and bring outstanding short films showing the life there and how Christian Aid is working to help.

Other Events Sponsored Bible reading Saturday May 9th all day, Coffee Morning with stalls in St Mary’s on Friday May15th. Usual street Collections On May 23rd the Community Light Orchestra are giving a concert at St John’s Church, Caldmore Hall Road Ipswich at 7.30pm who were well received when they performed here in Hadleigh.

Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival 14th June 2015 – 11am to 6pm Taking over the Market Hill in Sudbury and St. Peter’s on Sunday, 14th June, the Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival will be the perfect summer treat for all food lovers. Local restaurants, eateries and food producers come together to celebrate the fabulous diverse range of food available on the Suffolk/Essex border. The event will be opened by Lesley Dolphin of BBC Radio Suffolk and there will be cooking demonstrations by local chefs on the stage outside compered by Mark David and inside the church there will be cooking demonstrations by Neff Appliances organised by KSL Sudbury. Regis Crepy from The Great House, Lavenham who has done cooking demonstrations at the previous two festivals said last year: ‘Once again it was a great food festival. The best in Suffolk’.

Sudbury has free parking throughout the day, free park & ride from Delphi Car Park and free entry into the festival, the only money spent will be on the goodies to buy. Whether you know what food you like or are a culinary adventurist, this is a foodies paradise with local produce to delights from around the world.

New for 2015, is the Scutcher’s of Long Melford pop up restaurant, make sure your book early to ensure a table.

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THE OBSERVER There's an awful lot of coffee in Hadleigh (Brazil).

Just a few month's back there was the fear of the High Street becoming a boulevarde of estate agents and charity shops pursuant to the arrival of Morrisons. However Hadleigh is now the Coffee Capital of Suffolk, the latest one is in the Co-op, with Hick's former shop also due to be converted similarly.

It seems every other business is either a tea room/cafĂŠ/bistro, even the newsagent's will sell you a coffee. (Come on Howard your missing out by relying on Powers of Attorney for a living). After good reports of Paddy and Scott's (Co-op), I have looked in twice, the second time in order to confirm if my first impression still stood. The coffee was good at two quid but the place itself is soulless, very noisy when busy, the background music beggars description but befits the deliberate structured casualness of the place. Added to which the wooden d.i.y. stirrers made me nostalgic for the buffet bar at Colchester railway station. It might cost 20p more but the coffee in the Meadow Way Bistro is as good and the Continental jazz is authentic. This makes for a pleasant elevensies seated on continental cafĂŠ chairs and your own small table.

Surviving Winter in Hadleigh Elsewhere in this magazine is news of this newly formed charity. Please read it, it may be of use to someone you know who needs support at some stage next winter. S W H will have a stall at the May Show, row U5, between the Grand Ring and Fun Fair please call and say hello or give a hand for a short while.

1914 - 1918, The Great War Excellent work and articles by a very strong team of experienced researcher's glows in the pages of H.C.N. The new Hadleigh charity has been gifted over 100 copies of The War Illustrated magazine. They cover the whole of 1917/18 plus part of 1919 until publication ceased. They are ORIGINAL magazines, themselves now antique's. A donation to the new charity will secure them for the researcher's. They can be examined at stand U5 at the May Show.

Hadleigh Heroes WW2, 1939/45 Some years ago I found that two names of that conflict were missing from the town war memorial and R.o.H. plus one from the 1914 horror. To confirm the authenticity of the findings the omitted names were researched and accepted

by Hadleigh Town Council. This led on to researching the remainder of the WW2 casualties and became a monthly feature in HCN for the following three years. It was never the intention to go into a book publication but over the years some have questioned this. Well, I have not the experience nor the remaining time left to achieve this. In addition to those who lost their lives there are the experiences of three men, two of whom are still with us, on file.

Not until it was too late did I find out another survivor who had an M.C. and two mentions but as it was his K.I.A. brother I was researching he wasn't included.

Stranger stilI nobody locally has ever made any mention of this hero. To round it all off there is the sad story of Kapitan Horst Holtring the U boat skipper who sank the American troopship that Lt. J. Billing of Pond Hall was on. Billing was there seemingly as a plant by the MoD to inform of what the Yanks got up to.

Now if none of this can entice someone to take this forward nothing will.

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Sometimes in life, you meet some exceptional human beings.

They touch aspects of your soul, however fleeting.

Like a whisper in your ear They lessen all your fear Lending a moment of support Making sense out of your thoughts Like they hold your hand, when no-one else is there Showing empathy and kindness, a quality of care They move through life, aiding others, wherever they are They are the epitome of everything selfless, human superstars.

Saturday 6th June 2015, 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Ploughman’s lunches, book and cake stall in St. Mary’s Church.

Why visit us?

1. Idle curiosity – after all, the gardens are mostly hidden and invisible from the road.

2. The exercise will do you good.

3. For a gossip with owners/neighbours/visitors.

4. For technical reasons such as do the owners:a. Take a leaf out of the gardening manual of HRH The Prince of Wales and sing lullabies to their tomatoes? b. When their plants are assaulted by voracious caterpillars/aphids/beetles:- (i) go and speak very sharply to the visitors in the confident if possibly misplaced belief that they will go away or (ii) spend vast sums on potions prescribed by our friends in Brussels which achieve precisely nothing or (iii) go away on holiday and forget about it. c. Enquire about the most comfortable deckchair from which to admire the results achieved by one’s spouse.

But let us be a little more serious for a moment. It is very much our hope that a visit to the gardens will give visitors an idea of what they may achieve themselves. Most of the gardens (not all of them) are fairly small, but there is a wide variety of age content and layout. A fine selection of shrubs, herbaceous plants, annuals, fruit and vegetables can all be found and a fair idea obtained concerning what may be expected to flourish in these parts. We have several gardens opening for the first time this year and one or two returning after a year off. The emphasis remains on town gardens. So do come and see us – oh! and the church needs the money for maintenance and repair!

I am sure that most of us will want the historic centre of this lovely old town preserved for the future.

Finally, I am looking for advice about compost heaps and how they work. I have been variously advised that the results are attributable to splendid little pink worms or bacteria or something similar or fungi. Perhaps it is a mix of all three but I would love to know and can only hope that whatever it is, it does not get banned by Brussels because, my goodness me, the results are useful. www.hadleighgardens.co.uk John Hunt

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Our talk on the 13th of April was by the owners of Shrubland Nurseries who gave a fascinating and informative insight into the many problems of gardening on heavy clay soil, with accompanying slides. This was very relevant to a good few members who suffer from these very conditions, myself included. They also pointed out that Hadleigh has a huge variation in soil types from the said heavy clay right through to sand and gravel -- the Ice Age Melt has a lot to answer for! Like Shrubland Nurseries I suffer from occasional soggy patches developing, despite being on some of the highest land in the district, and with a huge sand pit in the next door field. As it was developed more or less entirely for wildlife, they don't actually complain, although my elderly mini Dachshund does! She doesn't like wet feet, never mind finding herself in the middle of a mini bog with water up to her tum! Our next meeting is May 11th when we will be hearing all about the growth and development of Hollow Trees Farm. We meet on the second Monday of the month at the town hall at 7.30, with refreshments afterwards and we are always happy to welcome new members.

Ruth Allen 822323

Driveway and Patio Specialist

Hadleigh Gardens Personal Thoughts At last I have finished laying the path in my vegetable patch that I started in February last year before my wife broke her elbow. It is lovely to have it finished, and it makes access so much easier. The next job is to redevelop the border that lies between the new path and the hedge. This border was not good before I started work on the path, so it is now a shambles.

This month I managed to do something that I always intend to do, but rarely manage. I visited one of the gardens that I list in the column. I went to Woodwards in Coddenham and found a fascinating long narrow garden full of bulbs in full flower. A lot were planted in the ground, and a lot were in hanging baskets. I liked the effect, but I have rather gone off of hanging baskets because of the effort needed to water them. The garden is open again this month when it will present a very different picture.

For once at I am fairly happy with my garden at the moment. I have lots of colour and the fruit blossom is coming out. There is still lots to do, but providing we have a drop of rain it looks like being a good Summer in the garden.

Open Gardens There are lots of gardens open this month, so I have only included the nearest ones.

4 May Bevills, Sudbury Road, Bures, CO8 5JW 10 May Blakenham Woodland Garden, Little Blakenham, IP8 4LZ 16 May Green Island, Park Road Ardleigh, CO7 7SP 17 May The Priory, Stoke by Nayland, CO6 4RL 17 May Rosedale, 40 Colchester Road, Bures, CO8 5AE 17 May 20 Melford Road, Sudbury, CO10 1LS 24 May Lavenhall, Lavenham, CO10 9QX 24 May Woodwards, Blacksmiths Lane Coddenham, IP6 9TX 30 May Chippins, Heath Road, Bradfield, CO11 2UZ 31 May Daws Hall, Lamarsh, Bures, CO8 5EX Weather Records In March at Kersey there was 18 mm (0.7") of rain, which is about one third of our average for the monthly rainfall. The 3 monthly total at the end of March was 114.4 mm (4.5") which is about three quarters of the average figure. In March the maximum temperature was 13 Cel (55F) which is lower than usual, and the minimum temperature was 1 Cel (34F) which is warmer than average.

Indeed it is unusual not to get a frost in March. In my garden the ground temperature at writing is 10 Cel (50F) . This is slightly warmer than normal.

Hints Garden Centres and Nurseries are now bulging with beautiful plants to tempt us. Before you part with your money, think where the plant is going to go in your garden, and whether it would grow there. Would it be the right size ?

Would the colour of the flowers or foliage fit its surroundings ? Is your soil suitable for it ? Would it get the amount of sun it needs ? Could it cope with the wind that whistles round that corner ? One needs to accept that there are lots of beautiful plants that you have no hope of growing in your particular garden.

As a good general guide the time to prune shrubs is after they have flowered.

So have a look at your forsythias, kerrias, flowering currants and spring flowering spirea, and trim off the flowering shoots, so that they can make new shoots, which will flower next year. There are odd exceptions, so one needs to get to know your plants. I have one variety of forsythia that flowers best on the side shoots of one year old growth. This needs 50% of the shoots cut out each year at this time.

Some varieties of roses are prone to the disfiguring fungus on the leaves called black spot. I do not like spraying, but the way to control this problem is to start early, and spray prone varieties with a fungicide. The same approach applies to hollyhocks which get a fungus called rust which is generally not fatal, but does spoil the apprearance.

John Rye

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Ebony’s Blog My life at The Shelley Centre

The bluebells will be in full flower and scent so why not join us for a “Countryside Walk” in the beautiful Stour Valley, 5 or 10 miles through the footpaths and country lanes, starting (between 10-11am) and finishing at The Shelley Centre on Sunday 3rd May. £10 per adult (children under 16 free) with complementary tea & cakes on your return. You have time to apply for a registration/sponsorship form by contacting robsouthgate58@btintertnet.com or ring The Centre.

We often seem to be asking for your support for our fundraising efforts but sadly our expenses never seem to diminish. We have just paid our annual Insurance premium of over £4000 and the cost of hay, feed, Vet, Farrier and general running expenses all add up to around £65,000 a year. We will be at the Hadleigh Show on 16th May selling cakes and plants, so do call in and see us there. We have more congratulations to report this month. Debs Bennett has become a Group Riding Coach and we welcome her into our present team of 12 Coaches who instruct the weekly rides Mondays to Fridays.

Seven of our Riders entered the Dressage Anywhere Competition last month and have all qualified to take part in the National Finals, so we will be video recording their Test again this month to submit to the Judges and await the results with great excitement.

We also congratulate Eunice and our Carriage Driving team who have ensured that Bob has been suitably trained and experienced to enable him to pass his assessment to join the team as a carriage driving horse.

Our summer term is always busy and the warmer weather should allow some of our rides to be out around the fields and beside the river – such a joy for those who are unable to walk on uneven ground to experience the sights and smells of the countryside with the help of four strong legs beneath them.

Details of all our activities are available on our Web site. As usual, if you would like to join our team as a volunteer helper, either with the rides or with maintenance jobs, do please get in touch.

Website: www.rda-east.org.uk/shelley.html Telephone: 01473 824172

Building teams at Orchard Barn

20th June 2015

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There are always seasonal projects to get involved with at the Barn. Over the years we have learnt that tasks are completed more quickly if we work as a team. As John Heywood (1497 – 1580) said “Many hands make light work”.

OB uses natural and traditional building projects as a way of bringing people together to learn. And both experts and beginners learn from each other – we all have skills and experience to bring to a project.

Working as a group we chat which makes the time fly by and inevitably there is an element of competition that means the job in hand is completed more quickly.

We enjoy working outside and hearing the sounds of nature all around us including the agricultural background noises We also keep safety in mind and help each other if a large or awkward load needs to be moved.

Being part of a team we share knowledge, have a wide circle of contacts and know where to get resources locally. Each completed project builds selfconfidence and we share our achievements furthering our feelings of camaraderie, friendship, companionship and community.

If you would like to join our Volunteer group then please visit our website www.orchardbarn.org.uk or phone 01473-658193. Alternatively drop in between 10-4 on a Wednesday and say hello. We are on the south west outskirts of Battisford. West end of Mill Road and turn left. For those of you with new fangled sat navs - our post code is IP14 2LY! We are also available for traditional building demonstrations at summer shows. Wattle and daub anyone?

Rotary Review CLUB EVENTS: The annual BBQ will be held at the Queens Head, Lower Layham on Saturday July 18th. Tickets will be available from the beginning of June but please put the date in your diary now. The event will be in aid of Shelley Centre for Therarapeutic Riding and Hadleigh Rotary charitable fund.

SPEAKERS: 1 Roger Kennell paid one of his regular visits to the Club, this time, to talk about industry in Hadleigh during the 20th century.In the early years of the century Hadleigh was a true market town with livestock market and food stalls etc. There was also a railway both passenger and freight with the former ending in 1932 and the latter in 1965 whilst the town also had its own gasworks until around 1960. Many businesses in the first half of the century were related to farming with a horse tackle shop and forge in the high street as well as the famous M.W. Partridge supplying all manner of items as well as repairing farm machinery. Other industries included ropemaking,sack making and a large cocomatting enterprise. All these had disappeared by the second half of the century apart from Partridges of course. Wilsons Corn Mill and maltings was also a large employer. Apparently Prettys of Ipswich operated a corset factory in the town hall building until 1927 [ supplying the farmers wives perhaps!]. Housebuilding started in earnest in the 1960's and Lady Lane Industrial Estate soon followed providing a variety of light industrial and storage enterprises. The population remained fairly static at around 3500 until the 60's since when it has steadily risen to around 9000 today.

2 John Walker, who has been a magistrate since 1993 spoke about this aspect of his life.He explained the running of the court and the roles of the support staff. The Court Clerk, either a solicitor or barrister, is there to provide legal guidance and approve the decisions of the magistrates.The Usher ensures that the timetable is followed, checks defendants, brings them into court and swears in witnesses. There is a duty solicitor available to advise and represent clients if necessary. Fees may apply. A Probation officer assesses the suitability of the sentence and prepares pre sentencing reports if required. In this respect the court has discretion when setting the level of fines and compensation taking into account the client's ability to pay.

The prosecutions are normally brought by the Department of Public Prosecutions but organisations such as the Probation Service, HM Customs and Excise and TV Licensing may also do so. Magistrates may pass sentences up to 6 months with more serious cases being sent to Crown Court.

John must retire this year as he reaches 70 but feels that the service loses much experience by not extending the age limit. One tip that he passed on was always accept the fixed penalty for speeding, parking etc unless you are 100% sure of winning as it is always more expensive to go to court with fees,compensation etc added to the fine which may also be much higher.

MEMBERSHIP: Please check out the website to learn more about this Club and Rotary in general. Use it also to register your interest in Associate Membership or full Membership otherwise please contact Rotarian David Stokes 01473 827226.

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News from Friends of Whatfield School An exciting new event at our Village Hall is coming up - Proceeds to Whatfield Primary School & it should be a great night here on 6th June when Bildeston - based band The Kings will be performing live on stage. The entertainment also includes the Harmany Roadshow Disco to groove along to - it's sure to be a great night out. The Bar will be open and there will be a catering van outside to stop you getting hungry!

Tickets £7 - Please call Karen 07763 577096 or Sharron 07804 097710 This is the first of several fund-raising events FOWS are holding throughout 2015 - keep an eye out on these pages to find out more in the next issue!

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The Battles Continue In this article we remember: Leonard Driver - 8 May 1915 Herbert Daniel Hines - 8 May 1915 Enos Ephraim Beer - 9 May 1915 Charles Mitchell - 23 May 1915 Percy William Lumley - 24 May 1915 The 2nd Battle of Ypres continued into May 1915 and the 8th saw the opening of the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge. The 28th Division, which included the 1st Suffolks and 2nd King’s Own Royal Lancasters, were in the front line around the village of Frezenburg. Despite repelling the early attacks, the 2nd Kings Own was eventually overwhelmed and over 700 men were missing; among them was Private Leonard Driver from Hadleigh. The resulting enemy advance meant that the 1st Suffolks became completely surrounded and over 400 were lost; among them Private Herbert Hines. Leonard Harry Driver was born in 1890; his family living in George Street. His mother died in 1903 and his father two years later. Leonard’s two younger brothers were sent to a charity boy’s home in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire in December 1905. Exactly what happened to Leonard when his father died is not clear, but what is clear is that Leonard entered the theatre of war with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 15 January 1915 and served on the Ypres Salient until he was killed in action. Herbert Daniel Hines was born in Benton Street, Hadleigh in 1888. In 1910 he enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment and was with the 2nd Suffolks at Aldershot in 1911. He arrived in France on 16 January 1915. Both men are commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.

On 9th May an attempted was made to take Augers Ridge. This was on the southern end of the line held by the British Army and would have given important views over the battle field.

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March had not advanced far enough to take this ridge and now a pincer attack, from the north and south, was planned. In the first wave of the assault was the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade; their casualties were high with many killed including Lance Corporal Enos Beer from Hadleigh. Enos Ephraim Beer was born in Hadleigh in 1889 the son of a shoemaker of 21 High Street. He enlisted at Bury St Edmunds with the Suffolk Regiment on 11 November 1908 and transferred to the Rifle Brigade the next year and served in India. He arrived in France in November 1914, was awarded the 1914 Star and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.

On the Ypres Salient, 24th May saw the Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge where the Germans released the largest gas cloud yet seen. The worst of the gas hit the 10th and 12thMillion Brigades ofCandles the 4th Division included the 1st King’s Own One towhich Remember Royal Lancaster Regiment who were in trenches at ‘the brickworks’ hamlet of La Brique, 2014 just to the north of Ypres, they were behind the front line but in the 9pm, Monday 4th August path of the gas cloud. Serving in the battalion were Hadleigh men Sergeant Hadleigh War Memorial Percy Lumley and Private Charles Mitchell, both of whom were killed in action The Royal British Legionthat invite toWilliam Lumley was born in Sudbury in 1893. By 1911 he and day.you Percy hadofmoved to Hadleigh. His regimental number suggests he enlisted take part in this nationalmother moment the following year and was rapidly promoted to Sergeant. Charles Mitchell had reflection to mark the 100th Anniversary in Angel of the date Great Britainlived entered theStreet. He was born in 1885 and enlisted with King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment when they were at Colchester in 1906. At the outbreak of First World War. war they were in barracks at Dover, but by 24 August they had arrived in The Hadleigh Branch of the Royal British Legion will be holding a ‘Lights Out’ event to mark the Centenary.

France and own only(Special 2 days later suffered their first from casualties.

Both men are Candles will be provided or you can bring your centenary candles are available M&S, commemorated the Menin in Ypres.

Byand thetheir endfamilies). of May the actions that with profits going to support serving members of theon Armed Forces, Gate veterans of all ages We aim to light 112 candles to represent 112 names on Second the memorial.

Please comewere and pay yourthe town lay in ruins becamethe known as the Battle of Ypres over, respects to all those who sacrificed their lives during this conflict. and both sides had fought themselves to a standstill. email : hadleighww1@gmail.com (Research by Mark Brennan, Nigel Crisp, Jeff Ward. facebook : Hadleigh Great War Centenary Project http://www.hadleighww1.com.)

Post : Hadleigh RBL, George Street, Hadleigh, IP7 2BB

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Help us to commemorate VE Day! For days people had been anticipating the news of the German surrender - a team of bell ringers were on hand to ring in victory at St Paul's Cathedral, people bought Union Jack flags and houses were garlanded with bunting, ready for the celebrations that would surely come. Finally, in a school house in Rheims, Germany's unconditional surrender was signed at 2.41pm on 7 May 1945.

Active operations by the German Forces would cease by 11.01pm the next day. Six years of bloodshed in Europe that had killed approximately 382,700 members of the British Armed Forces and 67,100 civilians were finally over. Everyone, both in London and at home sitting by their wireless sets, wanted to hear just one man: Winston Churchill. At 3.00pm on 8 May, the Prime Minister broadcast to the nation: the war in Europe was over. VE Day – was a day of celebration and bittersweet emotions. 70 years on we want to capture the joy and emotion of VE Day and salute Britain’s greatest generation. Hadleigh, in line with national events will hold two special events: A Day of Remembrance - on Friday 8 May 2015 at 3pm at the war memorial, the Mayor will lay a wreath on behalf of the town and a 2 minute silence will be observed.

A Day of Celebration - on Saturday 9 May 2015 at 3pm in the Market Place, a celebratory gathering with flags and bunting. It is hoped that those who gather will create the shape of a large human V for a photograph. It is hoped that several Hadleigh WW2 veterans will be at these events and so this is an opportunity for the community to salute their service.

Everyone is invited to these short but important events. Please come along.

News from St. Margaret's Church, Whatfield Following on from our successful Cheese & Wine evening, which raised an amazing £930 in February, our next fundraising event is to be on Saturday 23rd May, when we welcome the popular and talented Hadleigh Community Choir to our Village Hall, which promises to be an enjoyable evening of summertime music. A mixed choir of about 35 will perform a varied mix of songs – well known, classic favourites, traditional folk, popular and there will be opportunity for an audience sing along. Hadleigh Community Choir have a high reputation for providing good entertainment, and are noted for all they do to raise charity funds. Tickets are £7 pounds to include refreshments, from Diane Armour on 01473 822000 or from other members of the Parochial Church Council. A bar will be available too.

GREAT WAR NEWS MAY 1915 (as reported in the Suffolk and Essex Free Press of the day)

Wed 12th May Lance Corporal Ernest Harry Chisnall, from Benton Street, with 1st Suffolks writes from hospital in Lincoln, “I am going on pretty well at the moment although I have a wound or two – one in my right thigh and left foot and a small one in my left hand. I am rather lucky to get home so quickly as I was only hit on Wednesday near Ypres and was home Friday night and comfortable in hospital on Saturday morning”.

Wed 19th May Rifleman Claude Alfred Todd of the Market Place, with 4th Rifle Brigade writes from hospital in France. “I am wounded in my left elbow by shrapnel. I got hit last Tuesday morning after seeing 85 of my company go down within half an hour. The Germans shelled us all day long and gave us poison gas, which I can’t say I liked very much, but I saved myself by getting my handkerchief and wetted with my last drop of water and gagged my mouth with it”.

Wed 26th May During the month over four hundred sand bags have been sent from the (Hadleigh) Ladies’ Working Party which meets on Tuesday and Friday of each week in the club room of the White Lion Hotel.

Wed 26th May As a result of the special recruiting effort in Hadleigh for the Suffolk Yeomanry a dozen young fellows offered themselves for foreign service, seven of whom left for Ely last Tuesday morning … two boys, Harold George Scarff (age 14) and Edward Durrant (age 13½), monitors at the Boys’ Voluntary School, Bridge Street, cycled to Ipswich on one bicycle for the purpose of enlisting. Upon agreeing to serve for nine years they were accepted conditionally that they produce written consent of their parents. These they obtained and returned with them to Ipswich the next day from whence they were drafted to Bury St Edmunds and are now engaged as band boys.

Asparagus with Hollondaise Sauce

Recipe for Success

If my husband listens to anything I say, and let’s face it, there’s always a first time, then by the time this goes to print, we should have embarked on a pick you own asparagus adventure somewhere in our

by Sarah Thompson beautiful county. Much as I love asparagus, I refuse to eat anything but seasonal. Don’t worry if you don’t have a culinary asparagus cooker, boiling it in a saucepan is just as good, but do ensure you smother it in hollandaise sauce. Oh how I love the merry month of May. The Hadleigh show is a wonderful opportunity to see the reason why we should all grow local, eat local and support our local traders. BASIL! Buy And Source It Locally – or in this case, sauce it locally. Somebody stop me before I get too political.

Ingredients 500ml white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp peppercorns Bunch tarragon, 3 large free-range egg yolks 200ml melted unsalted butter., Squeeze of lemon juice Method Boil the vinegar together with peppercorns and tarragon, reduce by half. Boil a large pan of water, then reduce to a simmer. Using a large balloon whisk, beat together the egg yolks and 2 tsp of the reduced wine vinegar in a heatproof bowl that fits snugly over the pan. (Think bain-marie). Beat vigorously until the mixture forms a foam, but make sure that it doesn’t get too hot. To prevent the sauce from overheating, take it on and off the heat while you whisk, scraping around the sides with a plastic spatula. The aim is to achieve a golden, airy foam (called a sabayon), which forms ribbons when lifted. Note - if the sauce mixture starts to ‘split’ or curdle, immediately scrape the mixture into a clean bowl and whisk in an ice cube or 1 tbsp ice-cold water, then continue whisking in the remaining butter just a ladleful at a time.

Whisk in a small ladle of the warmed butter, a little at a time, then return the bowl over a gentle heat to cook a little more. Remove from the heat again and whisk in another ladle of butter. Repeat until all the butter is incorporated and you have a texture as thick as mayonnaise. Finally, whisk in lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste plus a little warm water from the pan if the mixture is too thick.

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Royal British Legion Hadleigh Branch & Club Entertainment Saturday 9th May – Paul G & The Retros Sunday 10th May (daytime) – Jam Session Sunday 10th May (8pm start) – Quiz with Guest Host Saturday 23rd May – ‘G’ The man with 1000 voices Saturday 6th June – Iron Heart Special Offers: FOSTERS/CARLSBERGH/JOHN SMITHS SMOOTH - £2.70 pint Southern Comfort and Jack Daniels Doubles (50ml) – £3.60 Sol/Desparado/Tiger/WKD/Smirnoff Ice – 2 for £5.00 Look out in Club for Saturday night specials and guest beers HAPPY HOUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON Ladies Section Tuesday 5th May – The History of Punch & Judy Tuesday 2nd June – Great Tilkey Honey Meetings start at 7.30pm. Please bring a raffle prize Don’t forget our Hall Hire: Lounge 30 people, Main Hall 100 people.

Ring 824874 for details. www.hadleighcommunitynews.co.uk

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HADLEIGH TOWN COUNCIL Report of the Meeting of the Council held on the 19th March 2015 Present: Councillors: Angland (Town Mayor), Byrne, Cook, Free, Grutchfield, Haylock, Janas, Lazenby, Matthews, M. Munson, Sheldrick and Whiting. In attendance: Inspector Cooper and Sergeant Milbourne (Suffolk Constabulary), Councillor Grandon (Babergh District Council) and one member of the public. Non attendee: Councillor Amin and Councillor Riley, (Suffolk County Councillor/Babergh District Councillor) APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Councillor L. Munson.

This apology was accepted.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Cook declared a pecuniary interest in the Accounts for payment as she was a payee and left the room for this item.

MINUTES The Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on the 19th February 2015 were confirmed and signed.

MATTERS ARISING Town Matters Councillor Cook thanked Councillors Angland, Byrne, Haylock and Janas for their assistance at the Councillor Information Day Sessions. She reported that around a dozen residents had shown an interest.

POLICING Sgt. Milbourne presented the Police Report for February. It was noted that 19 crimes had been recorded. The offences comprised as follows: 10 thefts; 3 criminal damage; 2 minor wound without intent; 1 interference with motor vehicle tampering; 1 driving motor vehicle with excess alcohol; 1 assault occasioning ABH; 1 fear of provocation of violence. Of these 10 had been detected.

Councillor Cook raised the recently produced league tables which showed Hadleigh low down on the table and asked that the local constabulary be congratulated on the work they do to keep crime levels low. He responded to questions on detected crimes, safety of property, police cuts, cash machine theft arrests and the recently reported assault.

REPORTS OF THE COUNTY & DISTRICT COUNCILLORS Written reports had been received from Councillors Grandon and M. Munson. Councillor Grandon was asked to find out who is the current Head of Economy at Babergh District Council.

She updated the Council on the current state of works on Cox’s Park Playground and it was suggested that the Town Clerk may be able to provide Babergh with further information on stockists of play equipment. Councillor M. Munson answered questions on the current GP situation. Councillor Grutchfield paid tribute to the volunteers who had received Babergh District Council Community Achievement Awards including the four from Hadleigh.

STANDING ORDER NO. 24 Councillor Cook asked if the Clerk would contact Babergh District Council to ask if Town and Parishes can contribute to the Council Tax Notification Leaflet in future?

ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT It was RESOLVED that accounts amounting to £33,070.22 be approved for payment.

PLANNING COMMITTEE The Minutes of the Committee held on the 26th February 2015 were noted.

SPORTS & OPEN SPACES COMMITTEE The Report of the Meeting of the Committee held on the 5th March 2015 was received and accepted.

TOWN MATTERS Councillor Angland reported on the closure of the Post Box in Hadleigh Post Office. The Clerk was asked to write to the Royal Mail, the Sorting Office and the local Post Office for an explanation as to why the box has been decommissioned.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 20.33pm.

Mrs Carol A. Bailey BA(Hons) – Town Clerk Report of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 26th March 2015 Present: Councillors: Angland, Byrne, Free, Haylock, Janas, Lazenby and Whiting Non attendee: Councillor Amin. In the absence of the Chair Councillor Byrne took the Chair.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence had been received from Councillors: Cook, Matthews, L. Munson and Sheldrick. These apologies were accepted.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Angland declared a non-pecuniary interest in Application no: B/15/00070/FUL – Deanery Lodge, Church Walk as she is a freeholder of the land that this application wishes to cross.

MINUTES The Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on the 26th February 2015 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

HADLEIGH TOWN COUNCIL Full Council Meetings Date of Next Meetings at 7.30pm Thursday 21st May (Annual Town Council Meeting plus committees) Thursday 18th june Planning Committees Date of Next Meetings at 7.30pm, Thursday 11th june

Hadleigh Craft and Food Fair 1st November 2015 This hugely popular Fair organised by Hadleigh Market Feoffment Charity will take place in the Town Hall/Guildhall Complex on Sunday 1st November 2015 starting at 10:00am and finishing at 4:00pm. Anyone interested in details regarding booking a stall for this event should contact Hadleigh Town Council on 01473 823884 and ask for Sue Munson or via e-mail admin@hadleightowncouncil.co.uk. Closing date for bookings is 2nd October 2015. Several stalls have already been reserved.

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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:B/15/00070/FUL Deanery Lodge, Church Walk, Erection of 1 no. two-storey detached dwelling. Refusal was recommended (Voting was unanimous). The reasons for recommending refusal are: i) The plans are inadequate as they do not show the effect the building will have on Hadleigh Hall which is a Listed Building ii) The building design is not complementary to existing buildings iii) The area is on the flood plain and there does not appear to be a Flood Risk Assessment iv) The area is in the Conservation Area v) The building will be visible from the riverwalk vi) The building impinges on other buildings in the area B/15/00132/FHA 16 The Green, Erection of two-storey rear extension, Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) B/15/00164/FUL Primo Manufacturing Ltd. Unit 46, Erection of three-storey light industrial unit/office building (to replace original building on the site destroyed by fire) Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) B/15/00226/TCA Land on North Side of Toppesfield Bridge, Duke St., Felling of 1 no. tree. This application was noted B/15/00307/TPO Mellowdays, 1 Castle Road, Felling of 1 no. Sycamore tree within Group G1 of Tree Preservation Order BT95. This application as noted B/15/00216/FHA 104 Benton Street, Erection of single-storey rear extension, Approval was recommended (Voting was unanimous) TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING The Committee noted the Schedule of Decisions of the Local Planning Authority.

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN Councillor Angland reported on the Working Party Meeting held on the 5th March 2015. It had been recommended to hold more ‘pop up’ events at strategic sites within the town to obtain more public feedback. The Clerk advised that the Library, Health Centre, Co-op and Morrisons had all agreed to holding sessions in these buildings.

The Clerk was asked to contact those residents who had shown an interest in being involved with the Neighbourhood Plan to see if they would help man these sessions.

The Clerk was asked to proceed with the designation and request more funding in April to be used for a business survey.

Councillors Angland and Cook had attended a two hour information course. The Clerk of Rendlesham Parish Council, who has just successfully completed their Neighbourhood Plan, provided tips on how to progress the process and both Councillors found it a very productive course.

It was agreed that the Working Party would progress the pop up sessions.

NEW BABERGH & MID-SUFFOLK JOINT LOCAL PLAN DOCUMENT: PUBLIC CONSULTATION The Chair opened the discussion on the Strategic Site Allocations & Designations document and the proposals put forward for the allocation of the Brett Works Site.

Following a discussion on the three options put forward it was agreed that Hadleigh Town Council recommended Option 3 which is for the land to be de-allocated.

Councillor Angland requested that Hadleigh Town Council respond to the document Development Management Plan DM10 – Local Green Space where three options had been put forward. It was agreed that Hadleigh Town Council would support Option 2.

ANY OTHER RELEVANT BUSINESS Councillor Janas asked the Clerk if she was happy with the response received from Philip Isbell on changes made to the Planning Charter. The Clerk advised that she was not happy and would be raising this and other planning matters, including the cemetery and container at Layham Road applications, at a meeting on Wednesday 1st April with Mike Evans and Tom Barker. The Clerk asked the Mayor if she would attend.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 8.15pm.

Mrs Carol A. Bailey BA(Hons) – Town Clerk

Councillor Kathryn Grandon and prospective councillor Sian Dawson have postponed their May surgery.

They look forward to meeting you and assisting you with your concerns at the surgery in June (depending on the outcome of the election). Please see June’s Hadleigh Community News for the date and location.

If you have any immediate concerns, please call Councillor Grandon on: 01473 824489.

Songs of Praise Presents SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY MALE VOICE CHOIR

In Concert Sunday 17th May at 3.00 pm at Hintlesham Community Hall Retiring donations for local Church

Playstation Pre-School The children have started the new term off playing with the new kitchen in our home corner, which we were able to purchase thanks to fundraising efforts by everyone. This half term, we are looking at how things grow with lots of planting outside, looking at baby animals and how the children have all grown, comparing them to their baby photo's.

We have our AGM on Thursday 21st May at 7.30pm, will be held at the Royal British Legion, if you would like to attend please discuss with Mandy or any of the committee members.

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 or session (or both).

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 Mandy 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.

Looking After The Hearts Of Suffolk Do you have a heart condition? Do you know anyone with a heart related illness that could benefit from exercise and support? Upbeat Heart Support has meetings at The Delphi Club in Sudbury on a Tuesday morning. If you feel you could do with a bit of support, come along and see us. We have a Cardiac Nurse present all morning and our exercises are designed specifically for heart patients lead by BACR trained Instructor. Plenty of members who have been through the same thing who you can have a chat and cup of coffee with.

Upbeat Heart Support in West Suffolk is a self financing charity and provides rehabilitation exercise classes for patients with heart and related illnesses.

Sessions take place at The Delphi Centre, Sudbury and at New Bury Community Centre, Bury St.Edmunds. If you would like more information please call 01449 774333 or 01359 232678

From the Sheep Pen The gradual appearance of some unusual looking sheep in Hadleigh is the quiet prelude to something much more elaborate in the town. Coinciding with the Chinese Year of the Sheep, there is an adventurous programme to celebrate the importance of sheep, wool and cloth in shaping the past, present and future of our ancient wool town. The May Show will embrace all things ‘woolly’ and mark the start of the celebrations. These will continue until the end of September with a humorous follow up by HADS in October. There will be events and happenings to suit all ages, tastes and interests from wacky games to more academic lectures and concerts. May is a good example of the diversity of activities on offer. At the Show, energetic teams of six will participate in a costumed competition “I’m a Sheep Get Me Out of Here”. Kindly sponsored by Hadleigh Castings, it’s still not too late to take up the challenge and enter a team, contact Jonathan Moore 07 545 545 744. The Hadleigh Year of the Sheep (HYOS) co-ordinating Committee will have its own marquee where you can buy sheep related merchandise, enjoy appropriate ovine pictures and watch a spinner at work. There will also be an opportunity to collect a programme of forthcoming events, buy tickets for many of these and a copy of the Ewe Know Quiz which has been sponsored by Gotelee Solicitors.

After all that activity there will be a chance to relax on Sunday 17th May 7pm at the URC and listen to a classical music concert ‘Golden Fleece’ by CHROMA. Our youngsters have not been forgotten; for them there will be a sheep craft day in the Library on 27th May and a chance to join in at a massive Bo-Peep Family Picnic at Cox’s Park and Hadleigh Leisure Centre on 31st May. Organised by HADS and generously funded by The Hadleigh Thrift Shop there will be a wide variety of stalls, refreshments, music and performers to entertain you. A Bouncy Castle and a hunt for Bo-Peep’s lost sheep are just a couple of the activities on offer that day, whatever the weather.

The fun continues into June (7th) when the Scouts will hold their traditional Hadleigh Duck and Raft Race together with the energetic Special Sheep Dip on the clear waters of the River Brett.

Our most unusual ‘woolly’ participant will soon make its appearance on The Conch/ Constitution Hill so watch that space.

A general programme of events will be available at the HYOS marquee. For more detailed information look for the HYOS’s snazzy blue panel in the HCN every month. As ever we are eternally grateful to all our sponsors without whom we couldn’t continue.

HADLEIGH YEAR OF THE SHEEP 2015

PROGRAMME FOR MAY & JUNE Keith Avis is celebrating

May – Sept Darkness

Sheep Peep Show, on wall of TSB Bank, High Street.

Contact: - roysholmes@hotmail.com

16th May 8am – 4.30pm 11am & 2.30pm

Launch of HYOS at May Show Contact: - Jane Haylock 01473 827 752 I’m A Sheep get Me Out of Here Competition Contact Jonathan Moore 07545545744

Keith Avis Newsagents

17th May 7pm

CHROMA Concert Tickets: - chromafriends@me.com & The Idler

Win a 6 Month Farm Trail Pass for up to 4 People

27th May Morning

Sheep Craft Day in the Library

31st May 11 – 3pm

Bo Peep Picnic, Cox’s Park & Hadleigh Leisure Centre Contact: -Trev Clarke 07787158085

7th June 10am – 1pm

Special Sheep Dip & Duck & Raft Race Contacts: - Barry Dallas 07850 730122

Hadleigh Year of the Sheep Simply colour in the sheep template enclosed in this issue of Hadleigh Community News and return your entry by 15th May to:-

Kindly Donated by Hollow Tree’s Farm, Semer

Plus of course - a Cuddly Toy Sheep!

This draw is open to all those aged 12 years and under.

Please put your name, age and telephone number onto the back of your picture.

The completed pictures will be displayed around our store for all to see.

Full Programme Details www.yearofthesheep.webs.com

The winning entry will be drawn from our sheep dip on Friday 15th May and the winner informed www.hadleighcommunitynews.co.uk

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Letter www.layham.org from Layham Are you new to Layham? box here please Layham Parish Council The main matters discussed at the Parish Council Meeting of 25 March 2015 were: • Defibrillators The phone box in Lower Layham was in the process of being refurbished by Councillors Gunn and Pratt; the work was almost complete. A local electrician had offered to install the defibrillator free of charge; UK Power Networks might need to carry out a final installation check before the launch.

With regard to Upper Layham, UK Power Networks had been requested to survey the phone box with a view to installing a second defibrillator there.

• County Council report Councillor Jones said the repairs to the A12 were behind schedule and some of the diversion routes were being questioned; he would be checking these with the Highways Agency’s contractors. He said there was also some concern over the standard of the repairs so far. In response to a question about the Better Broadband programme, he said coverage should be up to 90% by the end of 2015.

• Annual Spring Clean – Saturday 7 March This had been a very successful event; 46 people had taken part and 26 bags of rubbish had been collected.

The Clerk would write to Babergh to highlight the amount of rubbish that tended to appear immediately following refuse collections.

• Footpath across the Playing Field The Chairman had obtained quotes for the work. The Parish Council agreed to fund this, including a contingency for labour costs, if necessary.

• Swift Event Layham Parish Council had been invited by Natural England and the Suffolk Wildlife Trust to host a ‘Swift Event’ on Thursday 2 July at 7.00 in the Village Hall. Layham had been asked to host the event because of the large number of swifts that gather around St Andrew’s Church each year.

• Planning Applications in respect of Deaves Farm, Cherry Orchard Farm and Popes Green Farm were considered. There were no objections – however, in the case of Popes Green Farm, councillors expressed some concern about the 'feeder' (unmade) road as further traffic / deliveries would exacerbate the condition - as would car parking. Also, councillors said they would prefer to see a brick chimney, rather than steel, as being more in keeping with the listed building and surroundings.

• Consultation on new Joint Local Plan for Babergh & mid-Suffolk A draft response was approved, which the Clerk would submit to Babergh by the deadline of 31 March.

• Allotments The draft updated agreement was approved; the Clerk would finalise the agreement and send it to all allotment holders with renewal notices on 1 April, together with a covering letter.

St Andrew's - your Parish Church Services on Sundays in May 3rd May 10.30 am Morning Worship 10th May 9.15 am Sung Eucharist 17th May 9.30 am Café Church 24th May 9.15 am Family Eucharist 31st May No service at Layham 11 am Deanery Eucharist,Hadleigh Coffee, cake and chat One meeting this month on Monday 18th May. 11 am - 12.30 pm in the church.

All welcome, bring a friend.

Plant Sale at St Andrew's Sunday 17 May 2.00 pm. Teas and raffle

Layham Playing Field Annual Meeting Monday 11 May 2015, 7.30pm, Layham Village Hall Every year we meet and ‘take stock’ and every year we hope to find new volunteer helpers who will join our committee and play a small part in maintaining and developing our village playing field.

We see a lot of families who obviously value our field - because they use it regularly. Please consider helping us. Simply turn up at our Annual Meeting and volunteer! Thank you.

Playing Field 100 Club The winners of the March draw were: £50 Ticket No 64 Hambling £15 Ticket No 18 Laing £10 Ticket No 73 Nightingale 50

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Felling the Lombardy Poplar on the Playing Field It was simply getting too tall – and there is a history of poplar trees in this village falling during heavy winds. Following a request from a resident of Brett Green the Management Committee of the Playing Field felt it was better to be ‘safe’ than ‘sorry’. Roy Richardson (pictured here starting to fell the tree) and members of his family, took the tree down at no cost to the village. Their payment was to take the wood for their log burning stoves. We are grateful to them for their help.

A number of years ago, Bill Whitsett, a local artist who lived in a bungalow within sight of the tree, made a drawing of what was then a much smaller tree, on a misty morning. Many of you will remember Bill.

Drawing of Lombardy Poplar by Bill Whitsett Layham Village Hall Committee Any chance that you could find the time and interest to help keep the village hall building on the road? There were no new faces at the April AGM and fresh thinking is needed to help with fund-raising and fresh arms to help with maintenance. If you would like to play a part in keeping this valuable asset in working order then please contact David Pratt on 877667.

Illustrated Talk and a Ploughman’s Supper Margaret Woods will tell us about her research into the Medieval Manor of Hadleigh Layham Village Hall, Saturday 6 June 7.00 for 7.30 £7 – proceeds to Village Hall Bookings with Richard Groom on 822220 Layham Social Club If you fancy a bit of social contact every few weeks then consider giving Layham Social Club a try. It meets in the Village Hall on a Tuesday afternoon every few weeks and the programme is decided by those attending. It has included a tea dance, darts, quizzes and bingo – all washed down with tea and cakes! If you would like to learn more, including the date of the next meeting, contact Anne Mayhew at 19 Brett Green or on 827216.

Layham Local History Group A small group of local people has formed an informal Local History Group with the intention of preserving as much of the story of Layham life past and present as possible. Ian Gooding, Noel Herring, Jan McNelly, Jeff Ward, Jonathan Oldham, Margaret Woods and Michael Woods make up the group at present. All have different interests and will be working on different themes with the intention of setting up temporary displays at future village events. The first task of the group is to sort and catalogue the collection of papers and photographs that have been accumulated over the years.

Among the papers is this photograph labelled Alban and Jane Tibbenham and their daughters Alice and Matilda C1918.

Does anyone know anything about them?

Nursery bed for Cricket Bat Willows If you use Overbury Hall Road you may have noticed that the meadow at the T junction just after Snatch Cottage is being put to new use. Nick and Liz Reid have purchased the meadow and after constructing a deer fence all round the area have planted it with 4000 cricket Bat Willow stools (or ‘tods’ as they are known).

Most of these should root and shoot during the coming season. The shoots will grow straight and tall, as the closely planted stools will ensure competition for light. After four years the shoots (or ‘sets’ as they become known when they are cut) are harvested by a Cricket Bat Willow grower who plants them all over the country in suitable moist areas. These sets grow into

trees large enough to be cut in about 20 years when the trunks are purchased for cricket bat manufacture. There are trees at various stages of growth on the land belonging to Layham Mill and the conservation area of the Playing Field.

Early Morning Bird Walk A ‘bird walk’ is being held from Overbury Hall (IP7 5RP) at 5.30am on Saturday 23 May led by Tom McJannet of ‘Focus on Birds’ and assisted

by Jerry and Cath Aggiss. The walk is a fundraising event for the very well-known Hadleigh Porch Project – a charity that supports young people through the challenges of teenage life and, in some cases, turns their lives around.

Everyone taking part in the walk is requested to make a donation of ÂŁ20 on the day to this worthwhile cause.

You should wear walking boots or gumboots just in case it is wet – there are no difficult walking conditions on the farm. Breakfast will be provided at the house when the walk is over Booking is essential to Nick or Liz Reid by telephone – 07770 944742 or email: nickandliz@overbury.net. Numbers will probably be capped at 20 – so booking is on a first come – first served basis.

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Polstead Art Group 2015 Exhibition Our 15th Exhibition will be held in Polstead Village Hall on Saturday 25th July from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 26th July from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. Pictures on view and for sale. Homemade refreshments available.

Polstead Art Group meets on Tuesday afternoons from 2 pm until 5 pm. We are a friendly group and welcome new members.

Jennifer Prosser

Layham Playgroup We are so glad to hear you all had a lovely Easter and were lucky to receive lots of yummy Easter eggs. We are very excited to be welcoming a few more boys and girls to our playgroup family this term.

We started the new term by starting to focus on what happens on the farm, and because of our beautiful rural location we have been lucky to be able to watch the tractors in the fields preparing for their crops‌ I wonder if the cows will move back into their field next to the playgroup hall?! Look out for them when walking up the lane!!! What beautiful sunshine we have been having recently, more reason to be playing in the garden and digging in the soil!!!

Layham Playgroup is a feeder group for all three Primary Schools in Hadleigh. Government funding is available for 3 year olds and in certain cases for some 2 year olds.

If you are looking to creatively occupy your 2 – 4yr old and would like an information pack or would like to arrange a visit, please contact us on 07999 866419 or email us at admin@layhamplaygroup.co.uk

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Synergy CafĂŠ in Hadleigh “Welcoming people living with dementia and their family and friendsâ€?.

Sue Ryder run the Synergy CafÊ in Hadleigh which is held each Thursday at the Ansell Community Centre from 11am – 3pm, it is a place to relax, make new friends, share experiences, learn new things, music, singing, games, art and craft and generally spend time in a supportive environment – refreshments and light lunches are available. The CafÊ has been running successfully for over a year and a half now, and a large part of that success is due to the wonderful people who attend and who really get involved in making the CafÊ special. For example, recently two family carers organised an Easter raffle and managed to amass a truly impressive number of prizes and raise £60 for the cafÊ’s funds.

The Synergy team members work hard to make this a place that people enjoy coming week after week and were delighted to have been selected as one of the Mayors charities of the year. The Synergy cafĂŠ are also hosting the Hadleigh Dementia Action Alliance community event at 11am on Thursday 21st May. All welcome to attend this event.

If you would like any further information on any of the above please contact Carmella Pugh at Sue Ryder – Tel: 01473 295200. www.hadleighcommunitynews.co.uk

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Dear Sir,

Please write to: Kelvin Avis 68 High Street, Hadleigh, Ipswich IP7 5EF or email: kelvin@keithavis.co.uk

Dear Sir, I attended a meeting last night (25th March) at the High School relating to the Safer Neighbourhood Group where on the Agenda was an item relating to Benton Street and the traffic problems experienced on that street.

I enclose a except of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 together with a photographs of an every day occurrence on Benton Street and would respectively point out that Suffolk County Council are failing in their duty to implement this. After extensive lobbying from the Benton Street residents the Council have now proposed an 18 month trial Chicane type arrangement, taking away 2 existing car parking spaces including a disabled one. Suffolk Council Where do you propose these people park in an already congested residential street with minimum parking spaces for residents? Those familiar with the road feel this is the most preposterous idea ever. For those of us using Benton Street we know all to well that such an arrangement already exists with the existing yellow lines and parking places. This is another example of the Council wasting our money in attempting to put a plaster on a gaping wound instead of tackling the problem head on. There was no representative from Suffolk County Council at the meeting. Why? I saw two Town Councillors in the audience together with our Labour party Parliamentary Candidate. Jane Basham. Good for them.

The Police confirmed that they do not have the resources to “police” traffic offences. It was explained that it was a waste of time and resource stopping the foreign lorries that often ignored the weight sign on the approach to Hadleigh from London on the A12 as they would have to stay in a cell over night and then appear in Court the next day and be fined £50. It was also explained that we are not allowed to have cameras on Benton Street identifying traffic offenders. He went on to explain that the Council car parks in the Town are policed by a company the Council employ to monitor parking, and that Suffolk was one of two Councils in the country that did not out source this work. One man in the audience made a very good comment, he could get a ticket for parking on a white line at Magdalen Road but could get away with parking all day on zig zags by a zebra crossing or causing havoc on Benton Street with one of his two trucks. I do agree with him, if the police were to charge a foreign truck drive and impound him and his goods overnight you can better your bottom dollar that the company he works for would ensure that the loss to their revenue by this action was NEVER repeated.

It seems to me that in order to avoid making a mockery of the town the following needs to be addressed:• The Council need to reinvestigate why the motion to place a weight sign on the approach to Hadleigh from the A12 form Ipswich was missing from the last set of minutes and to ensure this is followed up and implemented as agreed • The Council need to look into the resourcing traffic/parking control or resource our police force better to ensure the job of adhering to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 • The Council need to abandoned the idea of the Chicane on Benton Street, it is a waste of OUR money and is going to cause even more havoc to the traffic flow, the vehicles, our properties, let alone the pedestrians who take their life in their hands walking down the street.

Are you waiting for a fatality before you wring your hands and do something.

Suffolk County Council – be brave, listen to the people, think outside the box.

Sue Monks

Dear Sir, Congratulations to the person who completely fooled me on 1st April this year. The planning application notice on the gates of the Brett Works site giving details of an application by Waitrose for a supermarket looked very authentic and really took me in – I’m impressed!!

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The Rat Run of Benton Street Suffolk County Councillor Brian Riley causes chaos in Benton Street, Hadleigh this morning.

The van removing his belongings creates congestion. Ironically, an overweight foreign lorry, illegally taking a short cut through the historic town of Hadleigh, cannot pass. Hadleigh residents have long fought to stop Lorries using this street.

It has many Grade II listed houses with no foundations. They doubt that their elected Conservative Councillor will help their cause from his new home in North Carolina. Police cannot help either. The cost of arresting and charging the foreign drivers exceeds the £50 fines imposed. Only UK lorry drivers suffer on-the-spot fines. Residents were heard singing - “Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina” as they passed the Councillor’s house being vacated at No. 4.

Roger D Young

Dear Sir, When the Year of the Sheep was first suggested I had no idea of the marvellous response there would be. On behalf of the Co-ordinating committee I would like to thank all the sponsors who have supplied funds or materials and all those who have been working hard over the last months to create sheep in all shapes, sizes and materials.

May has finally arrived and for the next few months we look forward to seeing flocks of sheep around the Town. Let’s hope the weather is kind and that everyone enjoys the events which have been organised.

Jane Haylock, Chairman, Hadleigh Year of the Sheep

Dear Sir, Over the last year the Community Forum has been represented at every Hadleigh Steering Group meeting. It is evident that many changes/improvements are frustrated by decisions, yet to be made, that would enable more direct action. However, one of the stated purposes of the Steering Group is to seek proposals, options and solutions. Despite all the challenges Hadleigh had its own pantomime again last year. Following the support for the annual community picnic, it will feature again bigger and better this year, as part of the Year of the Sheep. When our East House Survey was undertaken in 2013/14 many issues were highlighted. Such empty buildings have been shown to be of great concern.

Sadly with the loss of the Children’s Centre, the old Corn Exchange now stands empty. If Hadleigh is able to have this “for her own”, how would you like to see it used for the benefit of the community? What is needed? The old Corn Exchange is a much more viable building, since it has only just been vacated but ideas and proposals need to be aired.

The Community Forum is aware that the Steering Group is really in need of input from members of the community. Please let us know your thoughts, the role of the Community Forum is to help ensure your voice is heard.

HCF members - Trevor Clarke and Jane Snowdon email: hadleighcomforum@aol.com or telephone Jane Snowdon 824957

Leavenheath Open Gardens & Magna Carta Scarecrow Day Sunday June 14th 11:00 – 5:00pm To celebrate the sealing of Magna Carta, Leavenheath village in Suffolk which is 8 miles north of Colchester on the A134 close to Constable Country, will be commemorating the event with a number of gardens being open. An exhibition in the village hall of the 25 Baron shields painted by a cross section of the community with an explanation of who each Baron was and where he came from in England. Scarecrows with a medieval theme will be in the village with clues to solve. A dateline showing the key dates on how the Magna Carta influenced our democracy, especially the part Suffolk played in the meeting of the Barons in November 1214 at Bury St Edmunds will be on display. A full size brass rubbing of a Knight who is buried locally will be shown together with other Magna Carta information. A choir will be singing period songs in one of the open gardens and visitors will be able to visit a medieval house of the 14th century. This is a charitable event with all profit from the event after expenses, being divided between Leavenheath Scouts/Cubs/Beavers and the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice. For more information, visit www.leavenheath.org “The Magna Carta Trust’s 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee is charged by the Magna Carta Trust to co-ordinate activities, raise the profile of the anniversary and deliver a number of key national and international aspirations. For more information, visit www.magnacarta800th.com

SKy Watch Eclipse All of those who were schooled between 1930 and 2006 will know that the solar system comprised of 9 Planets, but since 2006 the classification that defines a Planet meant that our little buddy Pluto now plays second fiddle to its larger 8 brethren.

But every day has its day, and on July 14th this year the world will turn its eyes toward this tiny world as a space probe called New Horizons, flies past this former Planet, our best view ever of this cold and distant world.

Our story of Pluto begins with the discovery of Uranus in 1781. Its a very complex situation, but simplified it was noted that Uranus was not in the position it should be because of probable gravitational interference of a larger body a search began for this larger object and in September 1846. Neptune was discovered, this explained the discrepancy of Uranus and all looked dandy, but hold thy horses-a problem occurred-Neptune wasn't playing ball either in its motion, something else was influencing this large body according to Newtons laws of gravity, so a search began for a 9th Planet.

Fast forward to 1930 at Flagstaff observatory in Arizona, and a 23 year old Clyde. W. Tombaugh, using a 'blink comparator' (a piece of equipment which compares 2 photographs and shows the movement of any objects) on February 18th, he found an object that had moved over the course of a few hours and this was to be the Planet Pluto (A name given by Venetia Burrey an 11 year old school girl from Oxford).

Problem solved and everyone is happy surely? Nope, we have a problem in that after the orbit of Pluto was determined and its size calculated, this object was in no way big enough to perturb Neptune to the extebt it was being so, this takes us into the Planet x realm which is a story for another day. Pluto in numbers. Of the 8 official Planets in the Solar system our home, Earth is ranked at 5th largest behind Jupitar, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus (in that size order, not distance from the sun Sun) so we are not a big world but compared to the former Planet Pluto our vital statistics are thus.

Pluto Earth Aphelion (farthest point from Sun) 48.7 au 1.01 au Perihelion (closest point to Sun) 29.6 au 0.98 au Inclination to ecliptic 17.1 degrees 7.1 degrees Moons 5 1 Axial tilt 119.5 degrees 23.5 degrees Day length 6 days, 9 hours 17 mins 24 hours Surface Temperature (mean) -229c 15c Volume 0.0059 Earth's 1 Surface area 0.033 Earth's 1 Mean Radius 0.18 Earth's 1 Mass 0.002 Earth's 1 Escape velocity 1.229 KM/second 11.186 KM/s as you can see, Pluto is a very small world compared to Earth and on July 14th we shall get to see up close a world that was discovered 85 years ago for the first time. So why is Pluto not now a Planet ? The illustration shows bodies within the solar systems that are equal or in fact bigger than Pluto, but as these other objects grew in number, the IAU ( International Astronomical Union ) in 2006 decided to charge the rules as to what constitutes a Planet. Their ruling was as follows.

1 It must orbit the Sun:- Tick there 2 It needs to have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape :- Tick again. We're on for the hat-trick.

3 It needs to have "cleared the neighbourhood" of its orbit :- DOH !

Yes, 2 of the 3 criteria are met but it's the old chestnut, clearing out your orbit that poops at the party.

Basically part 3 of the rules means that Pluto must have enough gravitational influence to either pull debris towards it or repel it out of the way. Sadly, Pluto is not strong enough to do either so it will now always be classed as a "Dwarf Planet", a case of close, but no cigar my friend.

New Horizons is a NASA built probe that was launched in 2006 and weights 478 Kgs. It is officially the fastest man-made object ever to leave Earth because due to a gravity assist of Jupiter in 2007, the probe has been travelling at 9,000 m.p.h towards its destination for the past 8 years solid.

A nice touch to the mission is that when the discoverer Clyde Tombagh died aged 91 in 1997, some of his ashes were kept and placed on the probe that is on its way to his former Planet. I'll leave you with that thought...

Until next month, keep your eyes on the skies.

Any questions please contact me any time this is my e-mail address neilnorman-03@gmail.com Neil Norman

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Hadleigh welcomes Paddington Bear!

Friday 29th May at 7.30 pm

PADDINGTON (PG) £3.50 on the door (accompanied children £2.50) Paddington was born on Christmas Eve 1956 when his creator, Michael Bond, saw him alone on a shelf in a London store and took him home to meet his wife! Bond decided to write some stories about the bear, and the rest is history. Paddington's life is full of events; since abandoning his home in Peru after an earthquake, our hero arrives in London in search of a new home where he is dubbed Paddington in honour of the London train station. He is successful in finding shelter in the home of Hugh and Mary Brown whose troubled and unruly children need a good dose of bear-bonding !

This is a genuine 5-star family film – Nicole Kidman, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville all succeed whilst Ben Whishaw provides the perfect voice of Paddington. “Please look after this bear” says the tag around Paddington's neck - rest assured, the cast certainly oblige! At its launch party for Paddington, they served marmalade sandwiches to guests. Our refreshment committee will do their best to emulate this but guarantee that all our patrons will have a choice of coffee, tea, biscuits, and choc-ices both plain and milk!

A word of caution to parents who plan to see PADDINGTON. The film has a PG certificate due entirely to the censors giving the film this classification for minor sexual references – neither Michael Bond nor Paddington Bear were amused by this decision! But do come, your ticket will be £3.50 for adults and £2.50 for an accompanied child.

You will find Hollywood in Hadleigh in the Ansell Centre

CONTACTING THE ACC Call Tom on 823719 or Jan on 823413 Take a look at our website - www.ansellcc.org.uk WHERE IS THE ANSELL CENTRE? It is next to the United Reformed Church and behind the Ram Public House in Market Place. Access is through the church garden.

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As the 2015 visit of the children approaches again this year we are once more appealing for donations of clothing. These children really do arrive with nothing except the clothes they travel in so if anyone has anything that they could donate to these children 14 girls and 4 boys, requiring clothes of age sizes 6 to 13 , we would be very grateful. Summer and Winter clothes are appreciated as although they visit us in the summer they return home to winters that often are colder than minus 25 degrees!

When this article goes to publication three of the Charities representatives will be in Belarus where we will have the opportunity of meeting with the children who have been selected by the local authorities. This will be the second group we will bring from this area but still many of the parents are very concerned as they do not know where or to whom their children are going. Our job will be to explain our program and reassure them that their children will be looked after as part of the family they will join. We have many exciting experiences lined up for the Children this year including a trip to a Camel Oasis and we also hope to repeat our great experience of last year being a trip to London. This was so successful that our Sponsors have very kindly offered to repeat the event for 2015. The Leaders who came with the children said it was an extremely educationally beneficial event as well as a tremendous day out.

Another new fundraising event this year is to be a “Big Barn Bash” on June 28th. This will be a Barn Dance with a Country & Western Theme, outdoor open fire cooking and dancing to a 6 piece band, Box Car Kelly & the Railroaders. Further details will be given in next months newsletter or can be obtained from our website under the Fundraising Heading.

As previously we are also hoping to send each child home with a shoebox full of basic medicines and would welcome donations of any of the following items: Good quality plasters, Blister plasters, Lemsips, Lip Chap Sticks, lockets, Sore Throat Pump Spray, Strepsils, Menthol Nasal Sticks, Cold Sore cream, Mouth Ulcer Cream (must be for children) Decongestant Capsules or drops, Drapolene Cream, liquid paracetamol and Ibuprofen for age 6+ and digital thermometers. Donations can be dropped at the Charity Shop in Needham Market High Street (please state they are for the children) or call me on 01449 760343 if you need to arrange a collection. Thank you to all who support us, we could not do this without YOU!.

Elizabeth Parker, Link Chair

Dementia Awareness Week A Cake and Coffee Morning will be held at Hadleigh Health Centre on Friday 22nd May 2015 from 8.30 am until 12.30 pm. FREE Tea and/or Coffee with Cake and all we ask in return is a small contribution to this very worthwhile cause. Any gifts of Raffle Prizes or Cakes would be most welcome.

Thank you for your support

A day on the farm and river for Autistic Society

The Sudbury Society Friars Hall, School Street, Sudbury Friday 29th May at 7.30 pm

Music Hall Memories: A pocket history of British Music Hall A talk by Bryan Thurlow Admission Members £2, Visitors £3 www.sudburysociety.org.uk

ST MARY’S HADLEIGH www.stmaryshadleigh.co.uk 01473 824987 Volunteer guides from River Stour Boating and members of the West Suffolk Branch of the National Autistic Society get ready to paddle Youngsters and adults from the West Suffolk Branch of the National Autistic Society enjoyed a day of outdoor activities on the banks of the River Stour recently. The day-long event at Rushbanks Farm and Campsite, near Bures, included canoe trips, nature walks, art lessons and an evening folk concert and barbecue. Gareth Bates, from Rushbanks farm, said: “I was determined to do something positive for the society and all the people they support so brilliantly. It was all about having a day of fun in the great outdoors and despite the weather everyone clearly had a great time.” River Stour Boating provided canoes and guides to take paddlers on river trips - some for the first time in their lives.

Steve Mann, River Stour Boating Director, said: “The wind and rain made it quite interesting at times but it was great to see so many people enjoying this beautiful river. It can be a bit daunting if you haven’t canoed before and we were all very impressed with how they were all prepared to give it a try.” A nature walk under the guidance of Neil Catchpole, Project Officer at The Dedham Vale AONB, was followed by an art class with Barri Appleby cartoonist for the Beano and Dandy comics - who showed techniques for drawing animals and birds. Julie Marco, WSBNAS volunteer, said: “It was a wonderful day and we can’t thank Gareth and all the other people who made this very special day possible.”

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A budding young actress is celebrating after winning the first award of its kind at a prestigious performing arts festival Zoe Troy, 10, was named the first winner of the Wardale Williams Award for Excellence in Speech and Drama. The award was presented for the first time as part of the long running Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts.

Jan Osborne, chairman of the festival, said: “We are delighted to have been able to introduce this award as part of the festival, which rewards an outstanding performance. The judges and independent adjudicator chose Zoe, who lives in Bury St Edmunds, due to her impressive use of facial expression, which helped her to deliver great stage presence and I would like to congratulate her on such an excellent performance. I would also like to thank Wardale Williams for supporting the festival and allowing us to present this prestigious award.”

The Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts is a competitive festival open to people of all ages. It gives an opportunity for people to perform in front of an audience and to receive an expert and friendly assessment from a professional adjudicator. The festival started in 1922 and now offers about 400 classes in the three main branches of the performing arts; music, dance and speech. People from across the East of England take part in the festival. Martin Russ, Wardale Williams, director, said: “We are delighted to be supporting this important festival, which is an established part of the Sudbury calendar. As a local company, for many years standing, we always try to support the local community in any way we can and is why we decided to offer this award. I am also very pleased to present the award to Zoe who was a very worthy winner.”

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This cross was decorated by pupils from St Mary’s Primary School, Hadleigh at their recent Easter Service.

Sunday 3 May No 10.45am service at St Mary’s Sunday 10 May 10.45am Morning Worship with baptism 12.15 pm Shortened Eucharist Thursday 14 May 7.30pm Deanery High Mass for Ascension Day Sunday 17 May 10.45am Sung Eucharist with Marriage Blessing Sunday 24 May (Pentecost) 10.45am Morning Worship 12.15 pm Shortened Eucharist Sunday 31 May 11am Deanery Eucharist (note change of time), followed by shared lunch EVERY SUNDAY 8am Said Eucharist (BCP) EVERY TUESDAY 11am Mattins (or Communion on 1st Tuesday) at the Row Chapel, George Street 1.30-2.45pm Tadpoles, for babies, toddlers and their carers 6.30-8.30pm Porch Project (for teenagers) EVERY WEDNESDAY 7.30am Morning Prayer and Communion followed by breakfast EVERY FRIDAY 9.30am-12noon Café Church, including short all-age service at 10am 7.30-10pm Porch Project

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First to take to the fairway was New Seniors’ Captain Jim Deasy. Jim has been an avid golfer since well before his senior days and a very supportive member of the golf club. Having adopted his role at the recent Seniors’ Prize Presentation and AGM during which he was presented with the traditional Captains’ shirt from outgoing Captain Barry Lloyd.

On a bright but slightly chilly morning the New Ladies' Captain, Annie Tyler, was chauffeured in style to the 1st tee by Ladies Section Secretary Linda Gilham driving a golf buggy decorated to resemble a learner driver's car and with Madness - 'Driving in my car' playing over the p.a. system for all to hear. Linda was particularly worried when Annie told her to STOP!! The theme for Annie's Club Captain David Fletcher drive-in was based around her having been a Driving drive-in Instructor and the teeing area was appropriately conedoff. 'L' plates were everywhere and Annie was well supported by many of the club members who turned out to watch her drive-in. Annie, undeterred by the restricting narrow cones, drove straight and true, finishing fairly and squarely on the fairway, a perfect shot. Ladies’ Captain Annie has chosen for her Captain's Charity the Mid Suffolk Citizen's Advice Bureau based in Stowmarket.

The very active junior section has begun its year with the election of Ben Moyes to the role of Captain and Ben will be supported in this important role by vicecaptain Jack Orriss. Ben has been an loyal junior member at Stowmarket for some time, notching up quite a few good competition results along the way and playing to a high standard of golf. In fact Ben got off in fine style to his year by winning the club’s Junior Easter Trophy. Ben is pictured receiving his trophy from club professional Jon Markham.

Completing the foursome the new club captain David Fletcher his year by firstly hosting an excellent lunch for family and friends, followed by an informal speech, prior to being chauffeured to the first tee by vice-captain Ian Harvey in a golf buggy. Vice-Captain Ian Harvey had decided on a theme reflecting the new captain’s 'previous life' as an estate agent and had worked hard on creating a spectacular effect. Ian had also painstakingly placed well over 400 tee pegs into the ground to, helpfully, indicate the direction David should play his shot.

As usual club Manager Geoff Scott tee'd David's ball up and after due encouragement from a good sized crowd he confidently hit the ball a good distance straight down the fairway unfazed by a very strong headwind.

Measured by the pro Jon Markham, the prize of a bottle of champagne for correctly guessing the distance hit went to long serving lady member June Morton who seems to have a talent for this type of prediction as she also won it last year! The raffle for the 12 month personal car parking space was won by lucky member Mike Creffield. Captain David has chosen for his charity, St Nicolas Hospice Care. We wish them all good luck and hope they achieve their fund raising aims.

Ron Woodham

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Hadleigh resident Faith Archer will be doing just that from 26 to 30 April, as part of Live Below the Line, a campaign to raise awareness of global poverty and the funds to combat it. More than 1.2 billion people worldwide live on less than a pound a day.

Closer to home, one in four children in the UK live in poverty, and demand for food banks has rocketed in recent years. Live Below the Line doesn’t try to replicate poverty, but to give some understanding of the harsh choices faced on such a restricted income.

“I remain incredibly grateful that for me, Live Below the Line is a choice for a limited time, rather than the grinding reality, day in, day out, £5 food to last 5 days for so many people. “The challenges of doing Live Below the Line in the past – struggling with the shopping list, eking out food, going to bed hungry – have fundamentally changed my perspective on food poverty, and sparked so many conversations with other people. “ “If the campaign encourages anyone to donate to UNICEF’s efforts to end hunger or add groceries to the food bank box in the Co-op, it will have been worth it.”

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Hadleigh United U14 Secure SSYL League Title

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TESTING CENTRE On Saturday 24th March the squad and many supporters travelled to Walsham-Le-Willows to play Eye Saints Under 14, a League fixture in Divison 2 of the South Suffolk Youth Football League. With four games left the lads only needed 1 point to secure the League Title. After a tense start the lads soon got into their stride and scored twice, with Eye getting one close to the break. Half time 2 - 1. The second half was one of missed opportunities from both teams, but endeavour and commitment from Hadleigh eventually paid off with a late goal securing the victory. Full time 3 -1 and the League Title.

Jamie, Ben, Joel, Theo, Barney, Sam, Harry, Dom, Fin, TP, Orlando, George, Louis, Felix. The lads have had a great season with 12 Wins, 1 Draw and 2 Lost in competitive fixtures to date. Hard work at training along with a great team spirit has finally paid off for them. We look forward to Division 1 football next season.

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Pirates needed to join the Midnight Walk crew Ahoy me hearties, St Elizabeth Hospice is on the lookout for pirates to join their crew for the Midnight Walk on Saturday 16th May 2015.

Men and women can choose to walk or run one of three new and improved routes which all start and finish at Ipswich Town Football Club; the five mile, eight mile, or the more challenging half marathon. Gavin Lamb, event organiser, said: “The Midnight Walk is fast approaching and we’re all getting really excited for the biggest and best night of the year! “We’ve already got over 1,200 people signed up and that number is going up all the time – so sign your crew up now.”

Pirate fancy dress is optional, but if you do want to dress up, then head to your nearest St Elizabeth Hospice shop where you can get your hands on an array of pirate fancy-dress all for £5 and under. If you don’t want to take part in the event, but still want to be involved, why not volunteer on the night and join the Cap’ains Crew! Without volunteers, the Hospice’s biggest fundraising event of the year wouldn’t be possible, so could you spare an evening to help your local Hospice?

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Hadleigh United Football Club Sponsored by Hadleigh Tyre Group and Toppesfield Ltd www.hadleigh-utd.co.uk The Reserves had a great night on 24th March when they won the Suffolk Senior Reserves Cup by beating Cranes Sports in a penalty shoot out. The match ended with the teams scoring four goals apiece with Luke Simpson, Ollie Dunlop, Jason Butler and an own goal on target for Hadleigh. Hadleigh won the penalty shoot out amid great excitement among the travelling supporters. In the league matches the Reserves gave an outstanding performance in a two goal win against Felixstowe Reserves at the Millfield.

The first team earned draws against Newmarket and Walsham but suffered defeats against Norwich United, Whitton and Ipswich Wanderers. The first team have included several youngsters in recent games and they have all performed splendidly. The Thurlow Nunn Youth Team have had a good season with a seven goal victory at Long Melford on 7th April being one of the highlights. The under 16 youth team won the Eastern Junior Alliance cup by beating Hoddesdon Town in the final by two goals to one. Dan Knight and Tyler French scored in the second half to overturn an interval deficit.

So the season is virtually over and the Presentation Evening for the senior teams will be on Saturday 9th May at the football ground at 7pm. Supporters will be welcome to attend with food being included in the ticket price. The club is advertising for match day helpers for next season. Anyone who would fancy being part of a friendly football club will be made most welcome. Just contact any committee member for details. Prizewinners in the latest montly draw were Jerrell Paton and Lee Baker. The ground improvement draw winner was Gavin Peters. Both draws were made by Mr & Mrs Donnelly at the Ipswich Wanderers match.

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Brett Vale Golf Club The East Anglian Ladies at Brett Vale Golf Club, Raydon, Suffolk, have raised £1070 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The cheque was presented by 2014 Captain Sue Curran to Macmillan representative Mandy Jordan at a Photo courtesy of E.A.D.T. presentation last week.

Sue said "I selected Macmillan because of it's work with cancer, which most families are touched by. I'm very grateful to all the ladies who gave their time and money so generously to raise this total, which I think is very good for a small club like ours.

Jed Seeley Bags Nine Trophies Jed Seeley, who broke the course record for adults at Newton Green Golf Club during the year, bagged an armful of prizes at the annual presentation for the club's junior section. He collected nine awards, and aims to join the Professional Golfers' Association training scheme with professional Tim Cooper later in the year.

Seeley's awards included being voted junior club person of the year. His other awards included the KVR Trophy, Cooper Trophy, Junior Shield, coaching/skills Award, C List eclectric, Order of Merit and also the S Woodhead doubles knock-out with Harvey Watts. Another major award winner was James Cooper, who is following in the footsteps of his dad Tim, Newton's professional.

Other winners: Oliver Page (handicap championship and P Hawkins Salver), Ben Tatum (scratch championship), Connor and Bob Talbot (H Wordley Cup for junior-adult foursomes), Alex Iveson (four clubs trophy and A Dodds trophy), James Cooper (Bill Mills trophy, Newton salver, player of the year and most improved player), Ben Uttridge (D Salmon trophy), Kieron Heard (Arctic cup, Mary Whittle trophy and mid-week roll-up).

The presentation meeting heard that Connor Talbot would be succeeding Ellie Aldous as junior captain.

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TEL: 01473 823172 Ten Hadleigh Cycling Club members will attempt to ride from Marble Arch to the Arc de Triomphe on 27th June in 24 hours. A distance of 265 miles. The team has undertaken a series of gruelling training rides over the last few months, including 160km to Ely, 225km to Duxford and a trip of 250km up the Suffolk Coast. The riders intend to raise money for the Brendan Oakes Trust.

This Hadleigh based charity is named after a 15 year old who lost his life to cancer in 2005. The charity aims to fund activities for young cancer sufferers and their families.

Lucy Holdaway, the young daughter of a Hadleigh Cycling Club member has raise £84 with a sponsored silence and the pupils of Springfield Juniors in Ipswich have raised nearly £700 with a non-uniform day.

Donations to the charity can be made by sending the Message ATOA88 £ (insert amount) to 70070 or via our justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/A2A-24/ The Team has received support from the Pedal House, Sunny Day Cycles, P&O Ferries and Dulux Paint. In addition, the team has received back up from Suffolk Roadsafe as part of the Look Out for Each campaign which encourages cyclists and other road users to take care.

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Stoke by Nayland Golf Club Peter Blewitt Trophy The traditional Easter Monday competition at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club is the Peter Blewitt Trophy.

This is an American Greensomes mixed pairs event played on the Gainsborough course with a shotgun start. There was a good entry of 22 pairs.

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by Club Captain Julian Duncan Smith Eileen Hands (Lady Captain) Suzanne Shaw-Smith Julian Lamb Lamb to Duncan Smith and (Club Captain) Suzanne Shaw-Smith with 43 points and three points behind were runners up Tim Dickens and Beverley Thompson. Full Results: 1st Duncan Smith and Suzanne Shaw- Smith 43 points 2nd Tim Dickens and Beverley Thompson 40 points 3rd Ian Thompson and Tracey Dickens 39 points 4th Barry and Lesley Hitchcock 38 points ocb Best Front 9: Clive and Margaret Bentley 20 points Best Back 9: Graham and Bonnie Head 21 points

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4 bedrooms

£385,000

EPC Rating: D

Mistley

2 bedrooms

EPC Rating: D

Upper Layham

3 bedrooms

£285,000

Awaiting EPC

Hadleigh

3 bedrooms

£395,000

Nedging

4 bedrooms

EPC Rating: E

Washbrook

2 bedrooms

£285,000

3 bedrooms

£465,000 Awaiting EPC

Bildeston

4 bedrooms

£435,000

Aldham

4 bedrooms

EPC Rating: D

Hadleigh

£185,000

£349,995

£650,000 EPC Rating: D

Hadleigh

3 bedrooms

£410,000

Lettings EPC Rating: D

Polstead

3 bedrooms

£1000 pcm

Hadleigh

3 bedroom

£750 pcm

Hintlesham

1 bedroom

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£800 pcm