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Party in the Park - Sunday 19th July Sudbury’s Party in the Park will be opened in spectacular style this year by the Suffolk School of Samba – who specialise in Brazilian music and carnival dance. The band will perform a lively and colourful procession through the award winning Belle Vue Park, where the popular event is held.

The free all day event, now in its seventh year, is run by the town council and aims to raise the profile of the diverse range of clubs and groups in and around the town.

Thousands of people are expected to attend this year’s event, which will see displays from several local groups including the Phoenix Majorettes, modern jive dancing by Ceroc, martial arts, baby ballet, keep fit, exercise routines, a children’s entertainer and rugby. Out of the main arena there will be a range of activities including circus workshops, football skills, bowls, golf, music drop-in sessions, bungee trampolines, climbing wall, tennis coaching, rugby skills, graffiti artist display, bungee runs, Punch and Judy shows and bouncy castles.

In the evening local bands will provide live music. If you are local and in a band or a singer and would like to play at this year’s Party in the Park then contact us now on partyinthepark@sudburytowncouncil.co.uk

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What’s On in Sudbury - July 2015 Whatever time of year, Sudbury always has something to enjoy. In July, it will be the seventh year, Sudbury Town Council have put on Party in the Park. The event aims to raise the profile of the diverse range of clubs and groups in and around Sudbury on July 19 starting at 11am in Belle Vue Park. There will be displays by local groups, a range of activities and live music in the evening.

Sudbury & District Horticultural Society are holding their annual show on July 4 and 5 in St. Peter’s. Come in to see the exhibits of veg, fruit, flowers, handy crafts and cookery, entry is only 50p for adults and 10p for children.

Throughout July, St. Peter’s will be continuing with the free lunchtime concerts every Tuesday between 12.30 and 1.30, Kettle & Fish hold their peaceful café and information centre every Thursday and not forgetting the very successful Farmers Market which is held on the last Friday of every month and Craft Fair on July 11.

From July 27 to August 1, the Quay Theatre will be running its 25th year of Summer Schools for young people aged 10 to 15 years. It’s a chance to learn and refine performance skills through classes, workshops and performances.

With the summer holidays starting, the Quay Theatre is putting on the kid’s musical Dean Friedman’s Smelly Feet on July 24 and the film Disney’s The Jungle Book on July 25.

Gainsborough’s House has a children’s event, Suffolk Treasures on July 28 from 10am to 1.30pm.

A list of all the events and more information is available from Sudbury Tourist Information Centre located in the library or can be downloaded from www.sudburytowncouncil.co.uk Jane Hatton, Sudbury Town Team

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Campaign to help children with cancer raises more money An ongoing campaign to raise funds to support children with cancer has broken the £2,500 mark. The Keira Campaign is being supported

by Wardale Williams and its sister company Observatory the Opticians. The optical group launched the campaign with the family of teenager Keira Dixon in March. Keira, 17, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after optometrist Greg Hybel spotted concerning signs during an eye examination at the Wardale Williams practice in Halstead, Essex. Within five days she underwent lifesaving surgery.

In addition to raising money for CLIC Sargent the childhood cancer charity which has Sudbury practice supported Keira and her family since her diagnoses - the aim of the campaign is to raise manager Amanda Skinner with a CLIC Sargent awareness of the importance of having regular collection box. eye examinations. All eight practices in the optical group, including the one in Sudbury, have been supporting the campaign since its launch. Most recently members of staff raised around £350.00 by taking part in the national Wig Wednesday event, when they donned an array of colourful wigs for the day.

Jonathan Foreman, qualified optician and managing director of the Observatory Group, said: “We had great fun taking part in Wig Wednesday and are delighted to have raised even more money for this very important campaign. As well as raising money for a great cause, we are attempting to raise awareness around the importance of having regular eye examinations.

As in the case of Keira eye examinations can spot signs of serious and potentially life-threatening health issues.

“We hope people keep supporting this campaign so we can continue to raise much needed funds to support CLIC Sargent, which does tremendous work supporting families whose lives have been blighted by cancer.”

Anyone wanting to support the Keira campaign can make a donation at the Wardale Williams Sudbury practice.

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The River Stour Trust was very pleased on Thursday 4th June to host a School trip in cooperation with Sudbury Rotary Club and Acton Primary School.

A class of students were bussed in by Go Start, the local community bus service, to the Visitor Education Centre at Gt. Cornard. This special trip for the students was to enable them to learn about the historic River Stour, once a busy trading route.

The students enjoyed a half-hour presentation on the history and workings of the river from one of the Trust’s public speakers before going out into the lovely sunshine. Once outside the students were taken on board the fully renovated historic lighter known as John Constable.

The lighter was rescued by the Trust some years ago from the bottom of the river. Originally it would have operated as part of a pair of lighters drawn by a horse from Sudbury to the sea at Mistley. It’s cargoes would have included, among other things, bricks, coal, wheat and horse manure from London. The students once having learnt some more about this fantastic craft were then split into smaller groups to experience a boat trip down the river, whilst others went pond dipping.

They then had a picnic lunch on the lock island before returning to school later in the afternoon.

Sudbury Business Nominated for Two Prestigious Business Awards The Hearing Care Centre, a family-run audiology company, managed by entrepreneur Karen Finch has just been announced as a finalist in two separate categories at the Anglian Business Awards organised by the East Anglian Daily Times newspaper.

The company which looks after people’s hearing from Sudbury Community Health Centre, has been shortlisted for the Customer Care Award and Medium Business Award respectively. This will be the 7th time the company has either been winners or finalists of the Customer Care Award in the last 9 years, an achievement that Managing Director Karen Finch is very proud of.

“I am so immensely proud of my team and what we do here on a daily basis.

To be recognised by the judges for two awards is a fantastic achievement for a company of our size,” she said. “Our goal at The Hearing Care Centre is to achieve 100% customer satisfaction through taking a personal approach and providing the very highest quality hearing care".

In the Customer Care category companies must demonstrate a strong customer focused ethos which underlies everything they do, going above and beyond customer expectations, ensuring everything that the company does has the customer at its core. And for the Medium Business category the judges are looking for an established business able to demonstrate all-round strength, including with people, figures and corporate social responsibility.

The finalists will discover if they have been successful at the EADT Business Awards ceremony which will be held at Trinity Park in Ipswich, on Thursday 9th July 2015.

Sudbury Area Cancer Support Group Wednesday 22nd July Plans for cancer patients in West Suffolk, your opportunity to hear what they are doing and influence their future plans. Dr. Andrew Yager, Cancer Lead, West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group. We will also be joined by members of the Boots, Sudbury Pharmacy Team

The Friends Meeting House Sudbury 7-9pm For more information contact Ruth or Phil Worsley Tel: 01787 370978 email ruth-SACSG@outlook.com Supported by Macmillan Cancer Support

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The River Stour Trust took their first ever Bat Watch Special evening cruise on the 10th June much to the delight of all their passengers. This very special late cruise left Cornard Lock and meandered up river towards Ballingdon aboard the historic John Constable Lighter. As the crew insured safe passage the guests sat back and enjoyed the lovely sunset and watching hosts of wildlife from the peace of this near silent electrically propelled barge. Included in the ticket price was a glass of wine for everyone and a good selection of nibbles. The trip took the boat past two bat roosts with added bonus of spotting Muntjac deer near the waters edge. All aboard thoroughly enjoyed their evening out.

This wonderful trip is to be repeated on the 8th & 9th of July at 8.30pm. To book your tickets please call 01787 313199

You don’t need to be able to touch your toes to practice yoga – Yoga is not about being flexible and bendy - it's about using aspects of yoga to make the best out of your life; it helps improve breath capacity and concentration, reduces stress and muscular tension, and has many physical benefits…the flexibility that comes with yoga is an extra added side-effect ☺.

The wonderful thing is that doctors and health professionals are now recommending yoga and mindfulness to patients – and we are lucky to have a variety of Yoga classes on offer on our doorstep.

Brenda Louw (RYT) is an experienced Yoga Teacher, having trained and taught in Scotland since 2007. Now based in Suffolk, her classes are hands-on and down-to-earth, in which she offers plenty of variations to the different postures.

There is something for everyone – classes vary from gentle yoga and relaxation; Yoga for Health including Yoga to help relieve and prevent back pain; mindful meditation and flow yoga. Beginners and those with yoga experience are always welcome.You will leave a class feeling taller and lighter, breathing deeper and much, much calmer.

Exciting news is the NEW CHAIR YOGA class on a Wednesday afternoon - no need to get up and down from the floor, chair yoga is perfect if you have limited range of motion…it also helps relieve the symptoms of many health issues including: hypertension, chronic fatigue, general stiffness, vertigo, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, arthritis, chronic pain, hip and knee replacements.

When coming along to a class, wear loose, comfortable warm clothing, bring along a blanket, a pillow and a bottle of water.

Try not to have a large meal at least 2 hours before. If you have an exercise or yoga mat, bring it along, but there are a few available to borrow. When coming for the first time, please try to arrive 15 mins before the start time.

Classes on a drop-in basis, so you can come along as and when you can.

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YO GA & MEDITATION All welcome @ The Old School, Long Melford Tuesdays: Restorative & Yin Yoga 6 - 7.15 pm £9 (£32 / 4) Monthly Meditation 7.30 - 8.15 pm £8 (First Tuesday of the month from July)

Wednesdays : Yoga for Health 1.30 - 3 pm £8 (£28 / 4) Chair Yoga 3.30 - 4.30 pm £6 (£20 /4) Outdoor Yoga & Meditation 6 - 7 pm £8 (Please check dates – weather permitting)

Thursdays: Gentle Yoga 2 - 3.30 pm £8 (£28 /4) Guided Relaxation 3.35 - 4.15 pm £6 (£20 / 4)

Sundays: (once a month) Yoga & Meditation 9 - 11.30 am £15

Songs from across the pond at Friends Meeting Place, Sudbury on Saturday 4th July at 3.00pm Tickets £7 available from: The Library TIC, Sudbury Market Place or Jilly Cooper 01787 281836 or on the door Light Refreshments included In aid of Medecins Sans Frontieres

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GRAND OPENING WEEKEND Thursday 16 July to Sunday 19 July - 10am to 8pm

Melford’s Famous Old House Gallery is delighted to welcome you to their grand opening weekend.

The gallery will be officially opened on Friday 17 July by Dennis Taylor, the former world snooker champion, who will be attending from 4-9pm. He will be picking the raffle prizes in aid of The British Heart Foundation around 8pm.

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For those of us involved in gathering the information, it was an absolute delight to read some of these memories and to share our own! The first print run has now completely sold out and we have now ordered a re-print, so for those of you who are interested in purchasing a copy, please contact us, we look forward to hearing from you.

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During the process of separating form a partner, dividing assets between spouses involves first establishing what are matrimonial assets and non-matrimonial assets.

In some cases the distinction is straightforward.

A business built up during the marriage would be a matrimonial asset. A lottery win after the breakdown of the marriage is a non-matrimonial asset. There are, however, many grey areas. If one spouse inherited a small business at the beginning of the marriage and at the end of the marriage this was a very large business would this be considered a matrimonial asset or a nonmatrimonial asset? What about if one spouse had worked hard during the marriage in the other spouse’s inherited business?

Assets that may have been one party’s prior to the marriage, and were nonmatrimonial originally, can become a matrimonial asset depending on the way that they have been treated during the marriage. The family home for example is usually always considered to be a matrimonial asset. The Court will look at the individual facts of each case and is likely to ignore the issue altogether if there are not enough assets to meet both party’s future needs adequately.

Even if an asset is clearly non-matrimonial the Courts will take this into account if it is needed to provide for the parties’ basic needs.

If however there are more than enough assets to meet the parties’ future needs, the Court may then consider whether some of the assets are nonmatrimonial assets and should be excluded from any financial settlement. The Court will normally divide the matrimonial assets and leave the nonmatrimonial assets to the party to whom they belong.

The position, however, is rarely clear cut. The Court will always consider the resources available to the parties, the needs of the parties and the standard of living enjoyed by the parties before the breakdown in the marriage. The Court will also give consideration to the age of each party, the duration of the marriage, the contributions which either of the parties have made to the welfare of the family (including contributions by looking after the home or caring for children of the family), as well as the conduct of each of the parties during the separation.

The matrimonial Court is a powerful Court and has wide discretion. A solicitor specialising in family law should be able to give you clear advice as to how the Courts would approach your case and assist you with regard to achieving an amicable settlement.

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Sudbury Green Fair comes to St Peter's Saturday August 1st will see the return of the Sudbury Green Fair – and it's bigger and better than before.

The Green Fair is taking place in St Peter's Church this year, which will be filled for the day with live music, crafts, charity and wildlife stalls, and CafĂŠ Green offering tasty homemade goods. You can try your hand at screen printing, or learn more about solar-generated electricity, as well as many other eco-friendly and fun activities. Entrance is free, but donations are welcome. The fair will take place from 10am until 4pm.

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Reg charity no 1124029 Important announcement! This is your official invitation to the SESAW Open Day, Fete and Fun Dog Show at midday on 26th July. We look forward to meeting old and new friends – particularly ex-SESAW dogs! There will be displays by ACE Agility, doggy games and 13 classes including a special one for our re-homed canines. Our volunteers love to see how the dogs are progressing, what better time for a get-together and photos? Mum says I must also mention the stalls, games, competitions, wildlife corner, BBQ, homemade food, ice cream van, bouncy castle and music from “Jazz Galore”. Visitors will also see the animals awaiting homes and view entries to our Facebook Photo Competition. All this in just four hours, whatever the weather as most of it will be under marquees and gazebos.

Over £450 was raised at our Bank Holiday Garage Sale which was more like a social occasion, thanks to all the lovely people who attended. Next month I'll tell you about our Autumn fundraising events and animals for rehoming.

Currently Mum is busy feeding the annual influx of wildlife casualties and last week two litters of kittens were born.

After all the painting, repairing and hammering in the garden it is time for me to inspect the Open Day preparations. They have made a good job of the fencing but I know there is still a space that a few can get through, including me, Kenny (the Boss) Chihuahua!

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Thirty percent of us would replace our doors and windows if money were no object, according to a survey carried out across the South East of England by award-winning retailers1 SEHBAC and A&B. A further three quarters of home improvers (74%) would add an extension to their existing property rather than move house. And almost half of us would improve our driveway (49%).

The research, carried out amongst 1000 home improvers, aimed to identify key trends and attitudes towards home improvement expenditure and gauge whether home owners are satisfied with their existing property or have an urge to move. Normand Hornigold from SEHBAC explains the backdrop to the research: “we always seek to identify trends amongst our customer-base but with a significant uplift in recent months of door and window replacements – a rise of almost 25% compared to installations last year – we’re keen to understand why.”

One of the key outcomes of the research surrounds the issue of extending the home. Many of us would first seek to find an affordable way to extend our home versus the upheaval of moving house. Open plan living, kitchen extensions and creating additional ‘lounge’ space all feature at the top of the list of reasons why people want to add extra space to their home. Norman explains: “moving house is still an attractive option for many, but there is a strong desire to improve the home and add additional space. We’ve improved over 250,000 homes in our 40-year trading history and there is no question that people want to open-up their living space. Increasingly external walls are being removed and the desire to create the big family space is highly attractive.”

In terms of paying for home improvements, forty per cent of us would consider finance options to pay for a major home improvement project, fifty per cent of us would prefer to save for it or use other forms of credit such as credit cards or bank loans, only ten per cent would use cash. While windows and doors and home extensions feature at the top of the ‘wish list’ a new driveway was also a popular ‘first choice’ among 20 percent of home owners. Attitudes towards triple glazing were divided – with over half of respondents (54%) saying they would upgrade to triple glazing if there were “clear financial benefits” for doing so. Norman expands: “consumers are still mostly cautious about the benefits of triple glazing versus double glazing – when asked, consumers weren’t clear about the thermal efficiencies and acoustic improvements triple glazing can bring to a property.”

In the research, almost one quarter of respondents (229 respondents - 23%) were owners of properties with conservatories or similar glass extensions. Of those with a conservatory of at least fifteen years old, almost all of the respondents would consider changing the use of the space (197 respondents) and would also consider changing the glass or polycarbonate roof to a solid or tiled roof. “We’re not surprised by this response – conservatories fitted over fifteen years ago are coming to the end of their usable life. Building technology and specifically roof technology has moved on significantly in recent years and the roofs fitted today play a significant role in managing the thermal performance of the overall structure rather than detracting from it. We’re also seeing a significant trend towards roof replacement systems – this is popular amongst home owners seeking to the change the usage of their space and prefer the aesthetics of a vaulted ceiling rather than glass or polycarbonate.”

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Sudbury Open Gardens Sunday 12th July 2015, from 10 am to 5 pm. Programmes are £3.50 each or £5.00 for two and are available from St. Nicholas Hospice Shop Gainsborough Street or Tourist Information Sudbury Library. All monies collected are for St. Nicholas Hospice Bury St. Edmunds.

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We are handmade Fair and Craft Demonstrations at Long Melford we are handmade fairs will be returning to The Old School in Long Melford on Saturday 18th July from 10am – 4pm for a Summer Fair packed full of beautiful handmade crafts, art and photography. Featuring over 35 craft makers and artists the Fair includes glass maker Kestrel Creations; Peter Bolton Photoart, Honeybee Soaps & Scrubs, Peter Deans Ceramics, Hawkwood Creations Jewellery and Colin from Sudbury based CMR Creations, who makes unique woodland bark effect concrete planters. There will be some exciting textile demonstrations by Norah Stocker from Fantasia Textiles (www.fantasiatextiles.co.uk). Norah runs a range of workshops and classes from her Coggeshall studio, including City & Guilds courses.

This event is an ideal place to find a range of crafts and to chat to makers about their work. There will be a great range of products including various wooden gifts and homewares; glass; ceramics; textiles plus quality pieces of handmade jewellery and stylish bags and clothes.

Entrance to the Fair is free. Plum Fairy will be running the Tearoom so they’ll be the opportunity for delicious tea and cake, all served on lovely vintage crockery.

A full list of makers will be on www.wearehandmade.co.uk a few weeks before the Fair.

Further information call Dee on 07824 888 346 or visit www.wearehandmade.co.uk

St Elizabeth’s to benefit from cartoon sale An exhibition and sale of 40 cartoons by Suffolkbased Keith Waite, one of Britain’s greatest-ever political and social cartoonist, will benefit St Elizabeth’s Hospice financially. One cartoon will be raffled in aid of St Elizabeth’s. The others are for sale and a percentage of the proceeds will also go to St Elizabeth’s, where Keith Waite died aged 87 last year. All the cartoons in the exhibition appeared in the Daily and Sunday Mirror between 1969 and 1986. They include some of Keith Waite’s sharpest portrayals of Premier Margaret Thatcher, her Ministers and Arthur Scargill and are sought after by collectors.

The exhibition is aboard the restored sailing barge Melissa moored at Orwell Quay.

It is open from 10am to 7pm on Saturday, 4 July and Sunday, 5 July.

New Zealander Keith Waite, a prize-winning childhood cartoonist, came to Britain in 1951. He was the Cartoonist Club’s cartoonist of the year in 1963.

His work was known to readers across a wide range of newspapers and magazines. During his long career, he worked for newspapers in Glasgow, Punch, the Daily Sketch and the Sun before it was sold to Robert Murdoch.

After leaving the Mirror, Keith Waite spent a year sailing from his home at Pin Mill before joining The Times City Diary. He retired in 1997.

His widow Renee said: “A published newspaper cartoon is relatively small but the artwork shown is large and incredibly detailed. It might seem like a heavy workload but Keith produced three cartoons a day for many years. He also produced line drawing, water colours and woodcuts, many of his great love, the sea.”

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The end is nigh for high street shopping....

By Jess Poole It’s the largest game of hide ‘n’ seek Britain has ever faced. Where have the high street shops gone and are they coming back? I think I have the answer.

Internet shopping has become a craze and an addiction for many. In the UK, last year we spent £44.96 billion on online shopping alone. This has risen 16.2% within the last six months, reaching to £52.25 billion from January 2015 to June 2015. Now I count myself as a shopa-holic but that’s just a bit too excessive for me!

Now I admit it, I am a culprit of splashing the cash online. How could you not?

Any possible thinkable shop is bound to have a website, and if not, the creation of Esty, Ebay and Amazon have made it virtually impossible for you not to find the desirable item online. We’re all guilty of it – picturing ourselves as the next multi-millionaire as we believe we have invented a great new product, but after researching on the computer, China are ten steps ahead of you and have produced, manufactures and sold over two million of your “unique” idea. (My favourite online product has got to be the portable beach washing machine. I mean, what could possibly go wrong with that?!)

My question to you, now is, why do we still not visit the shops, even when we know what we want? Chloe, 17 explains “My town is pretty intimidating” and I could not agree with her more. Being a teenager we already have a bad name that sits over our head, just because of our age. Even when I’m browsing clothes shops, I know I’m constantly being stalked, watched or whispered about by a shop assistant. The shopping industry needs to learn that just because we’re teenagers doesn’t mean we’re going to steal, rob or create antisocial behaviour. No longer do we feel accepted or wanted in many kinds of shops, purely because of society’s small minded ageism. When I leave to go shopping, I need to take into account what I’m wearing, as I know if I was to wear a hoodie or large coat, retailers will be expecting me to break the law, or even break their shop. For me, this is unacceptable that I can’t wear comfortable clothing without the labelling or fear of the watching eyes.

However, teenagers have a bad label for a reason. Although it may be a small minority, I am aware of those who give us a bad name. Speaking the thoughts of many other young people just like me, Chloe goes on to say “I don't like going into a town, especially on my own, unless it is necessary”. It’s not only the older generation who feel violated by these troublesome teens, even the era of their own generation are somewhat alarmed or frighten by the same group. Policies, for example, making it compulsory for teens to stay on in education till they are 18, are reducing the amount of crime and groups on the streets and shops, however, was this action put into place too late? Because I’m not seeing flocks or herds of money-waving people running back through the glass doors of the street shops.

Instead I seem to be noticing a large increase in charity shops. Those classic shops where you walk into their retro smell of dated fur, old leather and moth balls. But what would Britain be without our faithful charity shops? Timeworn t-shirts, dated diamonds and old school shoes replace the dilapidated, empty shells of unwanted shops. In the past 5 years, there has been a 30% increase in pop-up charity shops among our towns and villages. How do they keep just appearing? It could it have something to do with the fact that full business rates are liable on empty commercial properties that remain unoccupied for three months or more, including lower value properties such as small shops.

But it’s not only land lords who are favouring charity shops, they have now become a trend within younger generations.

Charity shops used to have a stigma attached to the time forgotten clothing of being dirty, grubby and ‘cheap’. And yes, when someone offered to take me “charity shopping” I screwed up my face in a puzzling and confused way.

Charity shops? Cool? Fashionable? Surely not. But oh yes, over-sized army jackets, your Grandad’s jumpers and your passed away Nana Deirdre’s passé pearls have made it onto this year’s cat walk. After researching in a local college, young students like Sophie, 17 describe charity shops as “great, not only are you helping out a charity and inputting to a need, but also this all comes at a fair price!” however, when I asked the same students ‘why do you not use them regularly then?’ a similar, yet familiar pattern occurred. Leaving the house at 8am, arriving back home at 6pm leaves little time for retail therapy students agree. Shops are not equipped to be open the times when their target market are free, so the establishment of the World Wide Web, I believe, was the saviour and destroyer of high street shops. Yes, their business can still run efficiently, by the intake of stock and rent builds up on the tumbleweed rolling across the cold shop floor.

Along with the obvious benefits of convenience and avoiding unpleasant sales assistance, buying online can also end with a lot of wrong sizes and postage payments to refund these catastrophes. Emily, another student says “Shopping in town with your friends is fun, it’s atmospheric and a great way to bond” however, she adds on the end “although this is becoming less of an occurrence now, as Suffolk towns are simply becoming derelict, not even giving us the opportunity to high street shop anymore”.

Is the end nigh for high street shopping?

Opticians take on cycling challenge for heart charity A Sudbury optometrist is set to take on the daunting Ditchling Beacon as part of a team fundraising effort. Will Norman, of Wardale Williams the Opticians will be taking on the British Heart Foundation’s London to Brighton Bike Ride later this month.

The most challenging part of the 55mile challenge comes at the 50 mile mark in the form of the Ditchling Beacon which reaches a height of more than 800 feet. Mr Norman has spent the past five months training for the event and admits to feeling a little nervous about the Ditchling Beacon.

Senior Optometrist Mr Norman said: “I have put in a lot of training and I am feeling quite fit. However, the Ditchling Beacon comes right at the end of the Will Norman preparing for a route, which is a cruel twist. I have training ride spoken with someone who has done this before and they say the beacon is certainly a challenge. We are doing this for a good cause, so I will be giving it my best shot.” Colleagues from the company’s other practices in Southwold, Ipswich, Haverhill, Beccles, Halstead, Leigh-on-Sea and Muswell Hill are also taking part in the challenge. In total the team is hoping to raise more than £5,000.

The British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride is now in its 40th year and is one of the charity’s largest annual fundraising events. The charity is the UK’s largest funder of research into cardiovascular disease.

Jonathan Foreman, the company’s managing director, who is also taking part in the ride, said: “Like, Will, I have trained very hard and I am a little worried about the Ditchling Beacon, however, we are doing this for such a good cause I am sure we will complete the ride. As a company we always try to support good causes and most of us know someone who has been affected by heart disease, so we hope to raise as much money as possible.”

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New Arts & Crafts gallery to open at Bridge Farm Barns This July a new Arts & Crafts Gallery is to open at Bridge Farm Barns in Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, the home of the well-known Corn Craft Gift Shop & Tea Room.

The gallery, to be known as Brett Gallery, will showcase work from East Anglian based artists and crafts people.

“Craft has been a passion of mine since beginning Corn Craft back in 1970,” says Win Gage, founder of Corn Craft and owner of Brett Gallery. “It has been a dream of mine to run a gallery which promotes the work of locally based artists and crafts people. I believe in “affordable” art and am therefore looking for pieces and works that fit into this bracket.” Win believes that there has been an increase in interest for such artwork over the past few years as consumers seek affordable, unique pieces for their homes and for gifts. “There has been a general resurgence in arts and crafts with more people making things for themselves and therefore taking an interest in the more “unique”, says Win. “The gallery will very much compliment what we already have at Bridge Farm Barns. It will offer our visitors another dimension and hopefully also attract new visitors to our site. “ Win is currently looking for artists and crafts people to exhibit in the new gallery and any people interested should contact her through Bridge Farm Barns on 01449 740456.

The Fortnightly Tea Dances at The Delphi Club, Sudbury, 2.00 - 4.15 pm

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Sudbury Bowls Club Sudbury Bowls Club played host to Royal Mail Woods Club (Colchester) for a friendly Mixed Triples match last week. Sudbury were on top form on all rinks and racked up an impressive score of 94-51 to win. On rink 3 Ann Coltman, Dave Burnett and Dave Howard won comfortably 28-18. It was tighter on rink 5 with Len Smith, Heather Smith and Philip Frogg just holding on to a 16-15 win. Rink 6 with a shot difference of 19 saw Jean Shaw, Barry Hyland and Allen Monkman storm through with a 24-5 win and on rink 4 Sue Baker, Brian Abbott and Norman Smith won 30-13. Bowling particularly well on the day – and newcomers to the club - Ann Coltman, Sue Baker, Phillip Frogg and Jean Shaw all played a big part in their rinks’ win.

Two of the oldest clubs for retired professional people in Sudbury amalgamate this month There have been two Probus clubs in Sudbury for over 25 years and this month they are joining together to form the new Sudbury Gainsborough Probus Club. Part of a nation-wide organisation, it is a social club aimed at retired Professional and Business people and organises lunches, informal coffee mornings, visits and other social activities. Tony Brightwell, who will be the first president of the new club, said "I am very pleased that the two clubs are coming together to form the new Sudbury Gainsborough Probus Club, which will enable us to expand our range of activities and appeal to new members."

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Carnival committee is continually changing, we are currently looking for volunteers to help us on a regular basis or even on the day of the carnival, which to remind you is on the 30th of August we will have more groups in the procession than last year and more events at Delphi, there are various events leading up to the event to raise the necessary funding, on the 18th of July we will be holding a table sale in St Peters, come and have a look around or just for a cup of tea we will look forward to seeing you, everything we raise will go directly to the carnival fund so that each year we can hopefully improve. On the 29th of August we will be holding a Dance at the Delphi clubhouse tickets are on sale now at £5 each. We are especially looking for someone to run the Carnival web site, so if you are interested in getting involved in voluntary work please get in touch.

I have started my coffee morning again in the Mayors Parlour in the Town Hall, all donations will go towards my charities, the next one is on July 11th, I look forward to seeing you there, if you have something to raise or a problem that you need help with or just want to come in for a chat you will be most welcome.

That's all for this issue, I hope to meet many of you throughout my term.

Jack Owen

Now that the elections are behind us and the people of Sudbury have made their choices, the job of meeting the challenges that face us begins with a totally different looking Town Council. We have lost some good councillors with the General election having such a major impact on both the Town and District, one notable loss is our previous Mayor Rob Spivey, who led the council with considerable skill tact and energy through a difficult year. Rob will be missed, but we have to move on, with the Town Council consisting of 7 Conservative, 7 Labour, 1 LibDem and 1 Independent and many of the issues still outstanding, 2015 will be challenging year which I am looking forward to with some reservations.

I believe our Town is a wonderful place to live, many people who have come to live here in recent years have told me how pleased they are that they have moved here, it's heritage, lifestyle and the countryside surrounding the Town adds to it's beauty. Unfortunately a few people are making it look untidy by not using the rubbish bins provided, or by not taking their rubbish home with them, or by allowing their dogs to foul our footpaths and public places. This is not Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary, love from all the family acceptable and we would be irresponsible if we did not try to deal with it, we are adopting a zero tolerance to those responsible and will make every effort to do what is necessary to clean up our town.

I have chosen a number of local charities which I will be supporting this year, I am delighted to support The Kernos centre which provides counselling for people as young as 7 and as old as you like, who suffer from stress, anxiety & depression, abuse, suicide attempts, bereavement and many other issues.

I will also be supporting our local Autism group, the Mayors Benelovent Fund which provides a financial gift to elderly Sudbury Residents who are in need.

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BWT WS355 STANDARD or BWT WS355 We followed this with a meal at the opening of the Rare Cow where we were HI-FLOW WATER SOFTENER treated to a meal with some exceptional company from Essex including Complete with FREE DRINKING WATER KIT Snooker player Ali Carter who has had some serious health problems recently but seems to be recovering from them. and FREE COMMISSIONING by a BWT Engineer worth £90.00 A visit to the Fanboo hair Salon in the Borehamgate Precinct to judge a 'Bake off' was enjoyable but thank goodness I wasn't expected to taste all of cakes in the competition otherwise I would have to visit the Gym more frequently than the 3 times a week that I currently do, Fanboo apart from making the Buy 5x25kg Bags of Salt Tablets ladies within our community very pleasant to the eye also do a lot to raise money for various charities. A further visit to Gainsborough House to view the for £42.00 'Great Suffolk Art Show' which as the title suggests, many of Thomas Gainborough Painting that are held around Suffolk were lent back to Gainsborough house to put on show.

Squeezed in between these visits I visited Saints Gregory, St Joseph's and Woodhall Primary Schools as part of the 'Keep Sudbury Tidy' competition encouraging local Primary School children to make a slogan with a drawing to try and encourage the people who live and visit Sudbury to take a pride in our our Town, others visited Tudor Road and Pot Kiln Schools for the same purpose. The event is being sponsored by Tesco's with 2 designs being selected from every Primary School taking part and the winning design being chosen by those shopping in Tesco's between the 22nd and 26th of June.

A little plug for the Carnival, the Committee have been working hard to generate as much enthusiasm for this years carnival, by the time you have Our Bathroom Showroom is open read this the Carnival Queen and Princesses would have been chosen, this Weekdays 7.00 am - 5.30 pm took place at the Prospect Theatre at the Thomas Gainsborough School on Friday June 12th, there were some 16 or there abouts entrants for the Princess and Saturdays 8.00 am - 12 noon competition and 6 for the Queen, the standard of competitors was exceptional so judging was extremely difficult, there were no losers, but we had to pick Plumb Mate Ltd, Unit 2a Seager Court, Crockett Road, Hadleigh two Princesses and a Queen. We have had people volunteer to join us and Tel: 01473 810088 • Fax: 01473 810055 then because of changes in their lives cannot continue, so the structure of the Email: sales@plumbmateltd.co.uk

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Poetry Corner The Four Pleasures of Man From being born - to the twilight years There are four pleasures we all have to try Some are for when we are older or when young the fag on the sly!

In your teens you discover young ladies, Not long after the food and the booze, With so many pleasures to choose from not a minute Of time do you lose?

Whilst travelling life’s journey, all pleasures to excess do you take, And when in your twenties and thirties, You can’t see what difference time makes.

The first time you know you’re in trouble, Whilst climbing stairs you puff and you blow And from all the weight you’ve piled on You really are getting quite slow.

Your blood pressure’s high the Doc tells you, Some hard decisions you now have to make.

The fags, the booze and food just have to go, And here, these drugs you must take.

Oh well! You still have the ladies for pleasure...

But life throws at you one small quirk, The one thing you use for satisfaction Well it just seems now not to work!

So now in my twilight years I’m much fitter, To keep healthy I’ll do all I can My advice to you all is moderation!

Whilst tasting the four pleasures of Man G. V. Lindsay-Allen

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Peter Thorogood...

England’s Nanny State Now at the risk of being controversial, or some may say confrontational, I would like to point out the latest example of woolly minded dictatorial thinking from that bastion of respectability the Police Federation, although I am not sure if it’s the Black One, White One or Ginger One. Now that arrests for drink driving have plummeted over the years they are searching for more work and prosecutions. Their answer, lets follow Scotland by halving the limit. A good rule of thumb to use is that no matter what your weight is, if you have had three servings of alcohol in rapid succession you are most likely over the legal limit for blood alcohol level when driving. As an innkeeper of many years I have yet to meet anyone unfit to get behind a wheel having kept to those limits. However this is not good enough for our Police or their mealy mouthed miserable chums. “Lets copy the Scots”, they say. Why, for God’s sake, not only is it unnecessary but will probably drive the final nail into the coffin of rural pubs and restaurants. In Scotland up to 60% was wiped off of takings as village pubs, golf clubs and the like have been forced to shut their bars. The Scottish Parliament with its new breed of teetotal vegetarians sneaked the legislation through whist the referendum kept their more licentious kin’s attention to furthering other matters. I thought that by giving our neighbours greater powers we would, as true English men and women, not be bothered by their sanctimonious Presbyterian eccentricity. But no, these buffoons seek to emulate them.

Surely that wonderful haven of free discussion, the English Inn, has suffered enough from the attentions of Parliament and the Temperance League already.

Leave the limit as it is, it suffices and yes, does help to keep the drunk off the road. If our police are so underworked concentrate on those morons who text while driving (a far greater and more prolific danger) than destroying a profession already under siege. Conversely they could employ their skills by investing the corruption and abuse at the heart of our society. Oh there, I’m off again pontificating about the Westminster Reptile House after promising to give them a break, sorry!

And no, I am not flippantly condoning drunk driving before the texts flood in, I am just trying to introduce common sense to the debate before another public funded lovie appears on the box adding weight to the be-grudgers unsubstantiated case and our weak minded MPs, frightened of being labelled dinosaurs, vote in favour.

Now back to that most anti-social of current fads. No, I don’t mean taking the kids off to the holiday of a lifetime in Syria or vegetarianism or badger baiting.

What is of far greater concern is the craze (and not just amongst our yoof) of texting. Whilst partaking of medium rare carcass of half a steer (get that veggies!) in a local hostelry last Sabbath I observed the strange ritual at a neighbouring table. Enter two pleasing to the eye ladies of a certain age. Once comfortably ensconced, mobile phones were produced and never a word was spoken whilst thumbs moved faster than the speed of light as messages were exchanged. I could not swallow a pint of Dublin’s best in the time they could download the Magna Carta. Their bill was presented, both left together, and not a word was exchanged, maybe they were texting each other being embarrassed with a brummie accent. Who knows?

But what is of concern is that our beautiful language, the tongue of poets and statesmen the world over, will, in a few generations be declared redundant as text-speak replaces it. The mobile phone has great advantages. It enables one to conduct business or arrange illicit alliances while supping a pint away from the confines of one’s desk. Providing a chum is considerate enough to remove himself and said phone away from earshot into the smoking shelter or wherever then no harm is done. I have no desire when comfortably relaxed in alcoholic stupor to overhear that granny has had a new hip or that the cocaine will be available behind the bus shelter. Such things are private and a distraction from saloon bar debate (or in my case, rant). It was once the custom at many a gentleman’s lunch that the ringing or use of a mobile phone was punished by the purchase of a decanter of vintage port. Somewhat expensive I agree, but of far greater benefit to his chums than incarceration in the stocks!

Well, I have, as pledged, given our politicians a break this month to concentrate on matters of far greater import but don’t worry, normal service will return in August. Keep the Faith readers.

Peter Thorogood, send usual threats, observations etc. to mandpthorogood@gmail.com

Sudbury Sings Local community choir Sudbury Sings, are giving a charity concert in aid of DIPG brain cancer and Funding Neuro, in memory of Daisy Brooks. It is on 4th July, at 7pm at Long Melford Holy Trinity Church. An evening of popular songs, in 3 and 4 part harmony. Parking on the Green. Tickets, Adults £7, children under 12 £5, available from Evans Interiors, Landers Bookshop Long Melford, and Sudbury Tourist Information Office in the Library.

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Why bother to pray?

By ex-punk rocker Andrew Stewart-Darling, Senior Pastor, Stour Valley Vineyard Church Recently the Vineyard held a 24-7 Week of Prayer. We prayed day and night from Sunday to Saturday. It is the third time we have done it and there is always an incredible buzz about the place. Often, unprompted, a number of us sense the atmosphere change around us.

It’s hard to define and not easily put into words but, nevertheless, it is there. However, my first encounters with prayer were not that great. I remember being in the primary school playground when an earnest boy came up to me and said, “Shall we pray?” I was a bit taken back, but not wanting to disappoint him, I said, “Um, okay!” He began, “Hands together, eyes closed…”

And paused, then shouted, “And don’t forget to blow your nose!” He then ran away laughing his head off, while I was left feeling more than a little silly.

I suspect for some the whole concept of prayer may seem a little silly. After all, it’s not as if you can physically see what you are putting your trust in, unlike a plane (even though we are still baffled how it defies gravity). Yet, millions of people around the world pray. A survey carried out by the Church of England a little while ago found that six out of seven people pray for something at some time in their lives. That’s a high number! But does prayer work? A report published by American cardiologists showed that patients who received prayer tended to recover quicker than those who didn’t. We also have people in our church who would say they are miraculously healed from conditions. In the case of one person, a consultant was about to carry out an irreversible operation when the x-ray showed the 26-year-old condition had completely gone. The person had received prayer two days earlier. (Although, I hasten to add, there are also those who haven’t seen change.). William Temple, a past archbishop of Canterbury said, “When I pray coincidences happen. And when I don’t, they don’t”. This has been my experience too.

We live in an increasingly secularised culture that frowns on the place of divine intervention, not least when important decisions need to be made. I guess it doesn’t feel very ‘sophisticated’ in our Western culture. We feel pressurised into accepting a rational, soul-less life - free from all religious spirituality and philosophy. But I wonder why we don’t seem any more content or happier for this freedom from belief. For instance, mental illness problems among adults and teenagers have never been higher and, in turn, costs the economy £77 billion a year in England alone. We also seem increasingly fragmented as a nation and yet, somehow, we remain proud of our individualism. It is, perhaps, no wonder that the something in that human spirit still longs for a greater voice of reason to speak into its emotional and physical condition. Prayer is not primarily for the religious. It’s the language of a special relationship between us and another, between heaven and earth, creator and creation. The desire to pray is what makes us human. It reveals the state of our soul and helps us be aware that we are, actually, more Clark Kent than Superman.

The author CS Lewis once wrote: “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God, it changes me.”

I believe in the power of prayer as much as I believe in Jesus. It has changed me for sure. What’s more, we would love the opportunity to pray for you, whatever is going in your life - even if you do not have one single ounce of faith. God’s love is not conditional, regardless if we are church-goers or not.

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(l to r) Karen and David Whymark, Susanna Rendall (MD Boxford Group), Kevin King, Tamara Unwin (Director Boxford Group), Chris and Natasha Moore.

There was much to celebrate at the family-owned Boxford Suffolk Farms and Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa when three of their employees were presented with Long Service Awards by President of the Suffolk Show, Terry Hunt, at a public ceremony at the Show.

David Whymark started working at Boxford Suffolk Farms 41 years ago at the age of 16. He had no qualifications at all and was dyslexic – although this wasn’t a condition recognised in those days. His first job was cleaning out blackcurrant buckets and he then went on to work in the orchards and packhouse, depending on the season. He is now Workshop Manager which utilises his engineering skills, and he is justifiably proud to have also gained a 2:1 degree in Agriculture from Writtle College at the age of 43, having studied there one day a week for four years. His tutor said to him afterwards “You knew what to do on the farm, and now you know why you do it!” David said “I love the variation of work that I get on this farm over the seasons. I have always respected the family and they respect me and Mrs Peake was always interested in how I was getting on – she took all the youngsters under her wing. I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years. David is also “Tractor Correspondent” for BBC Radio Suffolk, and he sends in texts from his tractor whenever there is something interesting to report. He was interviewed by Leslie Dolphin live on Radio Suffolk after the presentation at the Suffolk Show.

As is often the case in this company where more than one member of the family is employed, David’s mother, Eileen, worked for the Peake family as a cook in the kitchen at the Golf Club for 17 years during the 70s and 80s.

Chris Moore is celebrating 36 years of service and also came to work at Hill Farm Boxford for the Peake family straight from school aged 15. He started in the Packhouse making up cardboard boxes and helping to load up the lorries that took the apples to the wholesale markets. He then went on to work in the orchards doing a variety of jobs during the apple and blackcurrant seasons. He later studied a week a month for six months at Otley College and Wisbech, and gained his City and Guilds qualifications in Top and Soft Fruit Management in 1980/83. His role is now Orchard Manager and he oversees from between 24 and 60 staff during the course of the season. Chris said “I love coming to work on the farm as there is always something different and interesting going on, depending on the time of year. It is great to work with such a nice family who are all very approachable - and I am part of a really great team. It is also good to be actively involved with an up and coming business which is constantly growing and improving.”

Kevin King began working on the golf course at Stoke by Nayland for Bill Peake in 1978 at the age of 17, just before the completion of the second championship Constable Course, and a year before Bill died. 37 years later Kevin is Course Manager and still loving the job. He is proud to have played a crucial role in perfecting and maintaining the two championship courses in tip top condition so that they have regularly attracted international televised PGA and European Tour events. Kevin said “I have seen some huge changes at Stoke by Nayland during my 37 years here. It was just a Golf Club when I joined - and since 1999 the Peake family has built the hotel, conference centre, fitness club, spa and country lodges. My work is very varied looking after both courses, the driving range and extensive grounds for the members and I am part of the Senior Management Team. However I like to feel that we still look after our golf members just as well as we did before the expansion. Kevin, whose mother-in-law Joy Howard also worked as Manageress of the original Golf Club for many years, has always lived with his family in a cottage on the golf course, and says “I think in this case I am lucky to have the business in my back yard – the views on my walk to work are hard to beat!”

The family-owned Boxford Group, which incorporates Boxford Suffolk Farms, Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa, and Peake Fruit, employs over 250 staff. The company is proud to acknowledge that there are many more of their employees who have worked in the business for well over 10 years - so there should be several more Long Service celebrations to follow in the coming years.

Installation of AFC Sudbury’s innovative all-weather artificial pitch begins AFC Sudbury has started installing an all-weather artificial surface on its main pitch, which will have the capacity to be used seven days a week. Ryman League club AFC Sudbury began laying its £350,000 Third Generation (3G) surface at its Wardale Williams Stadium home this week. Installation of the pitch, which is created Work taking place at the Wardale using synthetic fibres and Williams Stadium to make way for rubbers to look, feel and react installation of the new 3G pitch. like grass, will take nine weeks to complete. The club will be the first in Suffolk to use a 3G surface on its main pitch. AFC Sudbury director Richard Instance said: “We are delighted to be finally installing the 3G pitch, which will take the club on to a new level. We could only use the old pitch up to two-times a week, due to problems such as water-logging and this meant some games had to be cancelled.

The new surface will be able to accommodate seven days a week play no matter what the weather conditions.”

The new surface will be beneficial to the entire club, including its first, ladies and youth teams. It will also be used by its newly establish AFC Sudbury Academy. However, the 3G pitch will also provide a much needed sports facility for the entire community. Demand for the facility is already proving popular and plans are already in place to establish a six-a-side football league and a walking football league. The facility will also be used by local schools.

However, there will also be capacity for wider community use with the pitch being available for hire.

“We really want to encourage the wider public to come along and use the facility. During the week we will set up several pitches side by side across the surface, which means we will have the capacity to hire space to the general public. We would like to hear from local teams who need a training facility; those who just want a weekly kick about with their mates or maybe even groups who are considering setting up a mid-week league, all options are open at the moment. The local community will be fortunate to have such a fantastic facility available in the very near future,” added Mr Instance.

The club already boasts one of the finest non-league football stadiums and clubhouses in the East of England and will now have a pitch to match. The surface is tested to FIFA 2 star grade, which is suitable for Champions League football.

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Bowlers Required For Local Charity Tournament Whether you are a keen bowler or have never played before, a Suffolk bowls tournament organised in aid of charity is on the look-out for players to support the event. Local hearing care specialists, The Hearing Care Centre together with Marlborough Bowls Club in Ipswich, have organised a special lawn bowls tournament on Sunday 26th July 2015 to help raise money for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The event which starts at 2.00pm will see teams of 3 players all competing to win the top prize. Karen Finch MD of The Hearing Care Centre said “This event promises to be a fantastic afternoon. It really doesn’t matter if you haven’t played bowls before – it’s all about having fun and raising some money for a brilliant charity”.

Entry to the tournament is £10pp, which also includes a delicious cream tea.

On the day there will also be a target bowls competition, a big prize draw and a working Hearing Dog that you can meet for yourself.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is a charity that The Hearing Care Centre work very closely with and provides assistance dogs to alert deaf people to important sounds and reduce the isolation of deafness.

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Milden Singers The Milden Singers got the audience in the country mood during their May concerts with songs of Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond plus many more raising £1047 for Milden Pavilion Fund. Their next concerts are on 20th and 21st November and will have a classical twist. If you would like to join this successful and enjoyable choir please contact Pearl 01449 741876, they resume rehearsal on 7th September from 7.30 - 9.30 pm and they are currently looking for Sopranos to join the choir and MORE MEN! www.sudburycommunitynews.co.uk

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Stoke-by-Nayland Ladies Golf Section Invitation Day Thursday, 28th May saw Invitation Day for the Stoke ladies. Each Stoke lady had invited a lady guest from another club to play in the competition on the Gainsborough course.

Almost 50 ladies took part.

Everyone had a great day despite a cold wind when the sun didn’t shine but lovely temperatures when it did. The format was a Stoke members Diana Harris and Nora mix of greensomes and Hutchinson (centre) with their guests stableford scoring. The captures the mood of the day. winning pair were Gill Jones and guest Anita Lewis with 54 points. Second were Sue Spittlehouse and guest Nancy Seabrook with 51 points. Third were Lesley Garnett and guest Ali Mitchell with 50 points on countback. Best front nine were Pamela Randle and guest Carol Perks with 21 points. Best back nine were Sue Cooper and guest Ali Greenaway with 33 points. Nearest the pin for guest on hole 7 was Anita Lewis Nearest the pin for Stoke player on hole 11 was Sue Cooper.

Harris Bowl The Harris Bowl team took to the fairways for their first match of the 2015 season away to Orsett on Tuesday 26th may. The Harris Bowl is played off handicap with a range of handicaps between + to 28. Unfortunately it wasn't the happiest of results with the team going down to a 4/1 defeat. Fran Chandler, receiving 7 shots, went out first against Angie Paton and managed to get to the 17th hole before losing 3/1. Catriona Chaplin, getting a shot on Chris Gordon, came up against a very in form player who had just recently reduced her handicap, lost her match on the par 3 15th 5/3. Lesley Garnett's match also finished on the same hole against Chris Dobson 5/3. This hole also saw the finish of the game between Nora Hutchinson and Glynis Oak with Nora winning 4/3.

So what about Carol Mehrer? She has now finished the 18th hole all square 14/3/13 09:14 Page 1 after being 2 down after the 15th hole. It's now down the 1st again with another halve and on to the 2nd extra hole to lose this to a par from her opponent Sue Manson. The matches were played in a great spirit with some excellent golf by both teams.

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Hadleigh Ladies Hockey Club 30 Year Reunion - 3rd October 2015 30 years ago, Hadleigh Ladies Hockey Club was founded. Playing in its distinctive pink and blue shirts, on grass pitches at Hadleigh High School and Layham Road Playing Field, they first competed in the Suffolk Hales Waste League. With the progression of hockey onto all weather astro surfaces, the club had to train and play their home matches in Ipswich and at Wattisham Army Base. Finally, the Club reached the Eastern Area League, playing against teams in Cambridge, Welwyn Garden City and beyond. This was a great achievement for a small club, and in 2005 the club held a 20 year celebration ball. However, with no club base in Hadleigh, recruiting new members became more difficult and, as a result, the club folded in 2008. Ironically, not long after this, Hadleigh High School installed an astro surface, and the Club donated £2000 of the remaining club funds to this project but, sadly, this all came too late for the Club.

To mark what would have been the 30th anniversary of the Club, they are holding a fun match at Hadleigh High School and, in the evening, meeting in the function room of The George, Hadleigh.

If you are interested in joining the celebrations, please get in touch via Justine589@btinternet.com or Paula on 07913 511456. You can also join their Facebook page, Hadleigh Ladies Hockey Club, to see and share photos from the past.

New Format Championship a Hit A new format for the Newton Green Golf Club men’s championship, incorporating a presentation barbecue, proved a great success. The 36-hole championship for single handicappers, along with similar 18-hole titles for 10-18 and 19-28 players, were dovetailed to end at the same time.

Previously, the higher handicap events ended at lunch time, leaving the single figure golfers to continue on their own in the afternoon. The new format meant a large crowd was present to see Greg Hills pick up the president’s salver for completing the 36-hole event with a three over par 142. It was a hat-trick of wins for the three handicapper (now back to two), having previously won the title in 2010 and 2011. He missed the next season while working abroad, and watched rivals Ian Woodhead and Russell Oakey lift the trophy the following two years.

Hills recorded rounds of 72 and 70 to regain the title, just one shot ahead course record holder Jed Seeley, who carded 73 and 70, with former champion Oakey a further shot behind on 144, with rounds of 70 and 74.

In the 10-18 handicap event, Kieron Sorrell won the Harry Wordley Trophy with a score of 80, just one shot better than fellow junior James Cooper, while next on 83 were Nigel Gerrans, Sam Pritchard and Ben Wilkinson.

In the 19-28 division Craig Rollinson, whose handicap has been plunging since joining the club a year ago, won on 85 from Tom Wise 89 and Roger Leonard 92.

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Contact 01787 313691 or info@thebridgeproject.co.uk to book. Courtyard Café@The Bridge Project, 20 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury CO10 2EU Why not follow us on Twitter to get daily special updates?

Bridge Project - Tuesday Lunch Club Roast lunch served in our Pavilion Room for older residents of Sudbury and surrounding villages. Roast Dinner £5.00; Dessert £2.00 Contact 01787 313691 or info@thebridgeproject.co.uk to book. Courtyard Thursday 2nd July Quay Film - Boyhood, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £5 (friends £4.50) Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Thursday 2nd July St Peters – Kettle & Fish, St Peters Church 9.45-2pm Friday 3rd July Quay Music - Trespass, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Tickets £9 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Saturday 4th July Sudbury Sings – ‘Doing It For Daisy’ Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford 7pm. Tickets £7. Child under 12 £5 Tickets on sale at Sudbury Tourist Information Centre. Tel: 01787 881320 Saturday 4th July Robbie Gladwell & Friends Charity Concert at Boxted Hall, Boxted, Bury St Edmunds. 6.30 for 7.30 start – Bar available Tickets £20 to include light buffet Book, contact 01473 359911 www.ageuksuffolk.org Saturday 4th July at 8pm, MidSummer Magical Music with The King’s Men, Liston Church, (west of Long Melford), 8pm. Tickets £20 £10 (under 16's), inclusive of interval wine & canapés. Email: Ian McMillan theoldballroom@gmail.com Saturday 4th July Bel Canto Buskers present Simple Gifts – Songs from across the pond. Friends Meeting House, Sudbury 3pm Tickets £7 – Light Refreshments included Tickets available fromTourist Information Centre, Sudbury, Compact Music, North Street or Jilly Cooper on 01787 281836 or on the door.

Sat 4th / Sun 5th July St Peters – Sudbury Horticultural Show, St Peters Church 12 - 5pm Sat 4th / Sun 5th July Vintage Rally – Melford Hall www.nationaltrust.org.uk Sat 4th / Sun 5th July Sudbury Horticultural Show, St Peters, Sudbury Sat 125, Sun 11-5 Sunday 5th July Sudbury Boat Trips to Great Cornard Lock, Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Sunday 5th July Strawberry Fayre – A summer miscellany of songs – Stour Valley Singers. John the Baptist Church, Pebmarsh 3.00pm Tickets £10 including Strawberry Tea with Prosecco. Available from Compact Music or 01787 310588 Monday 6th July Quay Bar - Book Club: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Free Entry Tel: 01787 374745 Tues 7th to Sat 11th July Quay Drama - A Few Good Men, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.45pm Tickets: Tuesday £8, Wednesday Gala £11 (includes canapes), Thursday, Friday & Saturday £10 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 Tuesday 7th July St Peters – Music at lunchtime: Richard Webb- Organist, St Peters Church 12.30 - 1.30 pm Wednesday 8th July St Peters – Young Choirs: Sing, St Peters Church 10-5pm Thursday 9th July Stepping Out in Suffolk- Health Walks - Sudbury, Meet at 12pm at the Kingfisher Leisure centre CO10 2SU Tel: 01473 229292 Friday 10th July The Pantaloons Present ‘Pride & Prejudice’, Belle Vue Park, Sudbury 7.00pm. Bring a picnic and something to sit on! Tickets £10 Adult/£6 Children. On sale at Sudbury Tourist Information Centre Wednesday 8th/Sun 12th July Bures Music Festival, 5-day festival pass £40 www.buresmusicfestival.com Thursday 9th July Quay Film Club - Roman Polanski, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 10.30am Tickets £35 per 4 sessions/ £10 for a one-off trial Tel: 01787 374745 Friday 10th July The Pantaloons Present - Pride & Prejudice, Belle Vue Park, Sudbury 7.00pm Adult £10, Children £6 Tickets available from the Tourist Information Centre, Sudbury Saturday 11th July The Society for Music in Clare Church presents The KannehMasons, Clare Parish Church 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (£12.50 before 27th June) £5 for under 18’s available from Clare Pharmacy, Harris and Harris Books, Clare, Godfrey Bray 01787 277731 or Tony Taylor 01787 277421. E-mail: smicc.clare@gmail.com. www.societyformusicinclarechurch Saturday 11th July Craft and Gift Fair, St. Peter’s Church, Market Hill, Sudbury 9am – 4pm. Free Entry Sat 11th/Sun 12th July Clare Priory Craft Fair, 10 am to 5pm Free Park and Ride. Adults £5, Seniors £ 4, Accompanied Under 16’s Free. Assistance Dogs Only. www.clarepriory.org.uk Sunday 12th July Sudbury Boat Trips to Great Cornard Lock, Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Sunday 12th July Children’s Day – Alderford Mill, Sible Hedingham 2pm – 5pm, Admission Free, Refreshments available Sunday 12th July Sudbury Open Gardens 10am to 5pm, In aid of St Nicholas Hospice. Programmes £3.50 each or two for £5. Available from St Nicholas Hospice Shop, Gainsborough Street or Tourist Information at Sudbury Library

Sunday 12th July Classic Bingo, Lavenham Village Hall Further details: Sue Clark 01787 248599 Sunday 12th July Long Melford Street Fair 2pm – 7pm, Info & Bookings : 01787 377164 Tuesday 14th July, Ladies Who Lunch, from 12.30pm. A delicious 1-course lunch with troubleshooting makeup workshop hosted by Peake Spa beauticians.

Tickets cost £14pp! Call 01206 265837 or email sales@stokebynayland.com to book.

Tuesday 14th July, Ladies Too Busy To Lunch, from 7pm. A delicious 2-course dinner (for the ladies who aren’t able to ‘do lunch’ during the day) with troubleshooting makeup workshop hosted by Peake Spa beauticians. Tickets cost £19pp! Call 01206 265837 or email sales@stokebynayland.com to book.

Tuesday 14th July Stepping Out in Suffolk- Health Walks- Sudbury Shorter Walk.

Meet at 12pm at the Quay Theatre CO10 2AN. Tel: 01473 229292 Tuesday 14th July St Peters – Music at lunchtime: The Institukes, St Peters Church 12.30-1.30pm Wednesday 15 July, Wedding Open Evening, 4pm – 8pm. A free event where you can view our banqueting suites dressed as they would be for a wedding.

Canapés and welcome drinks will be provided so why not stop by? Call 01206 265818 or email sales@stokebynayland.com if you need to book a consultation with our Wedding Planner.

Weds 15th to Sat 18th July Lavenham Players Presents Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, To be performed in the grounds of Lavenham Hall 7.30pm (+ Matinee Sat 18th at 3pm) Tickets £10 (£13 on the gate) Available from The Newsagents in Lavenham and Sparling & Faiers Bakery in the Market Place Box Office 0333 6663366 or book online www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/867720 Thursday 16th July St Peters – Kettle & Fish, St Peters Church 9.45-2pm Thursday 16th & Fri 17th July Quay Music- The Only Way Is Elvis, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Tickets £15 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 Saturday 18th July Quay History - The Recreation Of Lost Buildings, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Tickets £14 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 Saturday 18th July Handmade Contemporary Spring Craft and Design Fair, The Old School, Long Melford, CO10 9AA 10am – 4pm. Free Entry.

Saturday 18th July Sudbury Carnival Fundraising Event, St Peters, Sudbury 9am – 4.30pm Sunday 19th July Sudbury Boat Trips to Great Cornard Lock, Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Sunday 19th July Quay History- David Starkey ‘Magna Carta’, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Tickets £17 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 Sunday 19th July Suffolk Wildlife Trust – Summer Birds, Lackford Lakes, near Bury St Edmunds 10am – 4pm Adults £20/£17 conc. Booking essential 01473 890089 or book online at www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org Sunday 19th July Party in the Park, Belle Vue Park, Sudbury 11am – 9pm Arena displays, other attractions. Local bands playing in evening – fun for all ages.

Tuesday 21st July St Peters – Music at lunchtime: Anne Chorley Duo- Harp/ Violin, St Peters Church 12.30-1.30pm Wednesday 22nd July Quay Quiz, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 7.30pm Tickets £1.50 Tel: 01787 374745 Thursday 23rd July Stepping Out in Suffolk- Health Walks- Edwardstone, Meet at 12pm at the Edwardstone White Horse. CO10 5PX Tel: 01473 229292 Thursday 23rd July, St Peters – Kettle & Fish, St Peters Church 9.45-2pm Saturday 25th July Twinstead Fun Dog Show, Twinstead Cricket Club. CO10 7NA Entries from 10am. Judging from 11am.

Friday 24th July Quay Children - Dean Friedman’s ‘Smelly Feet’, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 3pm Tickets £12/ Children £8/ Family (2x Adult and 2x Children) £34 Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Saturday 25th July The Red House Strawberry Tea, The Red House Residential Home, Meadow Lane, Sudbury 2 pm – 4 pm. For further information about The Red House phone : 01787 372948 e-mail: enquiries@redhousesudbury.co.uk Saturday 25th July St Peters – Chimp Band Concert, St Peters Church 7-11 Saturday 25th July Quay Film - Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 2pm Tickets £5 (no concessions) Tel: 01787 374745 Sunday 26th July Sudbury Boat Trips to Great Cornard Lock, Departs from The Granary Tea Room. CO10 2AN 11am – 5pm. Adult £5. Child £3 Mon 27th /Fri 31st July Quay Summer School Of Performing Arts, Quay Theatre, Sudbury 9am £95 (£20 discount for 2 children in the same family) Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Tuesday 28th July Stepping Out in Suffolk- Health Walks- Sudbury Shorter Walk Meet at 12pm at the Quay Theatre CO10 2AN Tel: 01473 229292 Tuesday 28th July St Peters – Music at lunchtime, St Peters Church 12.301.30pm Thursday 30th July St Peters – Kettle & Fish, St Peters Church 9.45-2pm Friday 31st and 1st August Quay Summer School Performance, Quay Theatre, Sudbury Tickets £6/ Children £4 Tel: 01787 374745 www.quaytheatre.org.uk Saturday 15th August Henny Fete at the Henny Swan, Great Henny, near Sudbury CO10 7LS on 12.00 – 4.00pm. A family fun day out with games, stalls, classic cars and much more. Beautiful riverside location. Free admission. In aid of The Friends of St Mary’s church, Great Henny, The PCC of Great and Little Henny and Henny Parish Room.

Saturday 15th August Open Garden at Street Farm, Great Henny, near Sudbury CO10 7LS 12.00 – 4.00pm. Delightful farmhouse garden just a short walk away from the Henny fete. Admission £1.00, children free. Afternoon teas. In aid of The Friends of St Mary’s church, Great Henny, The PCC of Great and Little Henny and Henny Parish Room.

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