‘Come into the Garden, Maud’ - Easter exhibition details
The art exhibition ‘Come into the Garden Maud’ opens this Easter at Hadleigh Old School. The show promises the largest ever display of work by Joan ‘Maudie’ Warburton (1920-1996). A selection of work is displayed in our centrefold in this publication.
visitors to the gallery. The show continues daily 10am to 4pm until Sunday 19th April, (open every Wed to Sun, closed each Mon/Tues). Tickets on the door £7 entry fee including booklet: visitors are welcome to return multiple times and there will be a mid-show refresh from 15th19th April. Many works stay on show for the entire duration.
Pictures have been loaned from many private collections, museums, and galleries. There will be a selection of works for sale in person, and via www.comeintothegardenmaud.com
The paintings will be displayed in themed areas to demonstrate how Maudie developed her style and had many successful strings to her bow. For example: early portraiture in pen & ink of her fellow student at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing Lucian Freud; our garden room becomes a jungle to showcase tigers and exotic succulents; ‘At Home’ invites you to rest a while on the chaise lounge
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and enjoy delicate work in pastel. Our mid-20th Century kitchen becomes a space to celebrate illustrative work commissioned by cooks Elizabeth David and, Robert Carrier of Hintlesham Hall. There is a large free car park located next to the Iron Bridge IP7 6BY. Hadleigh Old School entrance is on Bridge Street, just before the turn for the High Street.
and look forward to welcoming you to the show. Later this year, on 15th May 2026 Hadleigh Old School hosts a –tickets are now on sale at the Adnams shop on the High Street. Cheers!
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Hidden Support for Pensioner Carers
Many people are unaware that Carer’s Allowance may still be relevant to them even after they have reached state pension age.
who provide 35 hours or more of care each week to someone with a disability or health condition. Caring responsibilities can include a wide range of everyday support, such as helping with washing or cooking, taking the person you care for to medical appointments, or assisting with household tasks like shopping or managing bills.
To qualify, the person you care for must be receiving a disability-
component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) at either rate. There are also residency requirements. To claim Carer’s Allowance, you must normally have lived in the UK for two of the last three years and meet the relevant residency rules. From April 2026, Carer’s Allowance will be worth £86.40 per week. However, people who receive a State Pension cannot normally be paid Carer’s Allowance if their pension is higher than this amount. This is where confusion often arises. Even though pensioners may not receive the payment itself, they can still make a claim and may be awarded what is known as an “underlying entitlement.” This underlying entitlement can be
that would otherwise not be available.
For example, it could help someone qualify for Pension Credit, which in turn may lead to additional support such as:
• Council Tax Support
•A free TV licence
•The Warm Home Discount (currently £150)
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Finally, anyone living within the Babergh local authority area
to contact Sudbury Citizens Advice for information and support. Contact us on 01787 321400.
Are you power cut ready?
Something’s happening, isn’t it? Lots of things we take for granted seem under threat from events taking place in other parts of the world. So what could be more topical than a ‘Deep HEAT’ workshop on
Although we planned it months ago it turned out to be highly topical. About 40 people turned up to think about what would did across parts of Spain and Portugal last year. What would still work? And for how long? In Spain 35,000 people were trapped on trains that simply stopped dead in the middle of nowhere.
After an hour the internet and almost all mobile phones went dead. What else would fail? Credit card and mobile payments for sure. And what about sewage? And water?
Whether caused by system breakdown, cyber attack or a solar storm, everyone agreed that it was good to think through how we could be better prepared for this kind of event.
We came up with a list of things that every household should have in store like matches, solar or wind-up lamps, camping stoves; rice, pasta and tinned food are fairly cheap and long lasting.
Others were less obvious. How can you know what’s going on if the internet, TV and DAB radio have all failed? (Answer get a windup FM/AM radio).
about all the people in our care homes? What will our pets need? And of course to even think about all this you need a bit of money and some headspace. It’s easy to end up like Private Fraser in Dad’s Army (‘We’re all doomed!’) but I think everyone agreed that it would be even worse to be Ollie the Ostrich with your head in the sand screaming ‘But I never thought it would happen here!’ Hopefully it never will happen here – but it’s worth giving this some thought. So take a look on the HEAT website for the list of things it might be worth stocking up on.
We will follow up this article with some thoughts and ideas on how we could respond as a community, so watch this space. Oh, and don’t forget our next public meeting on the much more soothing topic of hedge laying by the author and professional hedge layer Richard Negus on April 9th 7.30pm at the Baptist Church.
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Green Growth: Nurturing sustainability
Baines is the founder of Green Growth Limited, a sustainability and energy consultancy supporting businesses and public sector organisations demands of climate change, rising energy costs and environmental accountability.
Becky’s career spans education, private enterprise, charity operations, local government and business ownership, experience that has given her a holistic understanding of how change happens across
manager with Carbon Literacy status, she is known for her ability to translate complex sustainability challenges into clear, practical action.
Before establishing Green Growth in late 2024, Becky served as Climate Lead for a local authority in Essex, where she led the development and delivery of climate strategies, action plans and greenhouse gas reporting. Working closely with senior organisations to navigate decarbonisation, energy use and longterm resilience in ways that were both credible and achievable. Today, through Green Growth, Becky works with a wide range of Crisps and Tom Bunting Vineyard Management. Her work spans energy procurement, boiler and heating system optimisation, carbon reporting and wider sustainability planning, helping organisations reduce costs, cut emissions and make informed decisions in an increasingly uncertain operating environment. At the heart of Green Growth’s approach is the principle that the environment should be treated as a key stakeholder in decision-
Becky supports organisations to build transparency and accountability into their environmental, social and governance practices, helping them understand what is being asked of them, what genuinely matters to stakeholders, and how to put proportionate and meaningful systems in place that stand up to scrutiny without unnecessary complexity.
Alongside her own expertise, Becky draws on a trusted network of specialist collaborators, allowing Green Growth to deliver tailored, high-impact solutions across sectors.
sustainability is not about ideals alone, but about foresight, resilience and making change work for organisations, people and place, now and for the long term.
Hadleigh Walkers
Our walk on Saturday April 11 will start at Boxford. We will leave from the White Hart Pub CO10 6DX (what3 words superbly. washable.shine) at 0930 and proceed on a 7.5 mile walk via Hagmore Green, Assington Church, Marshall’s Green, Assington Lane and back to Boxford. We should be back by around 12.30 pm even allowing for two stops along the way.
We aim to maintain a not-too-demanding 2.5 mph (4 km/hr). Walkers should be aware that any weather is possible so strong shoes or preferably walking boots should be worn as the ground will be muddy or rough in places. Everyone is welcome, including well-behaved dogs.
As usual, route maps can be requested from the website. For further information about these walks go to www. hadleighwalkers.com or email us at hadleighwalkers@gmail.com
Bildeston Primary School
Learning and Growing Together
World Book Day
World Book Day this year was themed around Polar Bears and the Arctic. The Arctic feels like a world straight out of a storybook icy landscapes, shimmering northern lights, and incredible animals. Children are naturally fascinated by places that feel magical and far away, which makes them eager to read, explore, and ask questions. Polar bears are also a symbol of how our planet is changing, helping children learn about climate change at the same time! We welcomed parents in to share in activities with the children.
Moki & the Bees
Moki and the Bees is a children’s picture book written by Helen Thorne. Helen is also an avid bee keeper and she visited Reception and Key Stage 1 children to share her passion for bees as well as her book.
Planetarium
Children in Year 5 recently enjoyed an unforgettable experience when a mobile planetarium transformed a local school into a 360-degree space dome. Once inside, the pupils were surrounded by stars, planets, and galaxies, creating the feeling of travelling through space without ever leaving the building.
Mother’s Day
Not since the pandemic, have we had Mums in to enjoy a super roast lunch cooked by our wonderful catering team. The event went really well, having served over 50 mums with their children. If you are considering Bildeston Primary for number below. We can arrange personal tours of our school. Bildeston Primary School 7ES Telephone: 01449 740269
Polstead Village Hall
Facts and Figures
I have recently been investigating some of the words and phrases that we use, where they originate from and why. I didn't know that the saying “To rest on your Laurels” meant to were imitating a complacent Roman general.
I started with the sports sayings in golf, football and cricket. A hat trick which now applies to a footballer scoring three goals in the same match, or a competitor winning three consecutive medals, or any other three-in-a-row successes. It was an original cricket term. In the nineteenth century according to the legend, if a bowler took a wicket with three successive balls, he either won a hat or passed the hat round the ground to collect donations and was allowed to keep them. But why a trick, rather than a wicket? It was suggested that because it seemed like a conjuring trick. A hat trick is a rare event- there have only been forty-four of them in one hundred and forty years of test cricket- so perhaps achieving this feat was likened to pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Being hit for six is used as an expression for losing control of a situation, however doing something meant you were successful using your own initiative. To be stumped came from 1250 when it meant to be confused. In the early nineteenth century American settlers used the term to describe the stump of a tree or bush when they were trying to cultivate the land.
The story behind a was according second shot on a par four at the Atlantic City Country Club in 1903; the ball landed close to the hole, Crump remarked that it had been a bird of a shot, and with his companions agreed that if he holed out on the next shot scoring one under par he would double his winnings. He did and since then it has been called a There is a plaque at that hole to commemorate that day. Within a few years of this incident, going one better than Crump had done - completing a hole in two under par-became known as an being more impressive than any old bird. The rare achievement of going three under par is known generally in the USA as a double Eagle, but elsewhere goes by the name of another spectacular bird an Bogie bizarrely comes from an old music hall song about a bogie man. This song was popular in 1890, a golfer in Great Yarmouth called Major Wellman. Realizing that he was falling short of the ideal and thinking of the song is said to have exclaimed ‘This player of yours (the imaginary one who set the standard for the course) is a regular bogie man’. This term caught on, it became a synonym
the widely accepted meaning today.
The description of a regular television programme such Eastenders or Coronation Street as a Soap Opera came originally from the early radio serials in America that were sponsored by washing powders and soaps that were advertised between these popular domestic, melodramatic situations. The saying that someone is Three sheets meaning they are drunk comes from sailing when sheet is wobbling around inebriated. was the term and that from as far back as King Alfred (871-899).
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Lavenham Sinfonia
Spring Concert
Sunday 26 April 2026, 7 pm
Lavenham Church
Conductor: Vicente Chavarria
invites you to an evening of radiant English music in the timeless surroundings of Lavenham Church. Under the assured and expressive direction of Vicente Chavarria, this programme brings together three composers whose work celebrates landscape, journeying, and the quiet emotional depths of the English musical tradition. It is a concert shaped by atmosphere and storytelling,
character and emotional truth.
Ivor Gurney –
The evening opens with a rare and deeply moving gem. Gurney’s Gloucestershire Rhapsody is a love-letter to the county of his birth:
the ache of memory. Long overshadowed by Gurney’s tragic life story, the piece has emerged in recent years as one of the most heartfelt orchestral evocations of place ever written. Its luminous harmonies and gentle surges of emotion make it an ideal prelude to a spring evening, inviting the audience into a world of warmth and nostalgia.
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Songs of Travel
Baritone Mark Saberton joins the orchestra for Vaughan Williams’ much-loved cycle, a musical journey that follows a solitary wanderer
Drawing on Robert Louis Stevenson’s poetry, the songs move from buoyant adventure to moments of profound stillness. Saberton’s rich, expressive voice brings a compelling narrative presence, while the orchestral arrangement adds new colour and breadth to this classic work. The result is a performance that feels both intimate and expansive, capturing the universal pull of the open road.
Hubert Parry – Symphony No. 2 “Cambridge”
The evening concludes with Parry’s expansive and uplifting “Cambridge” Symphony. Written as a tribute to the university where he studied and later taught, the symphony is full of youthful
tradition, and the joy of music shared. Heard within the resonant stone of Lavenham Church, Parry’s orchestral writing promises to glow with grandeur and vitality, bringing the concert to a stirring and triumphant close.
With its blend of pastoral beauty, poetic storytelling, and
English music at its most heartfelt and evocative. Whether you are a long-standing supporter of Lavenham Sinfonia or discovering the imagination and lift the spirit.
Join us on 26 April at 7 pm for a programme that celebrates the landscapes, voices, and creative legacy of England’s musical heritage—performed by an orchestra at the height of its expressive powers.
Orchard Barn News
Learning from the past how to build a greener future
now that the snowdrops are past their best, here at Orchard Barn
If spending time in nature is something you enjoy, we’d like to invite you to join our Volunteer Working Party 10 am – 1 pm on Saturday 11 April. We’ll be carrying out conservation work in the old orchard - no experience necessary!
Barn, then we are holding a Drop In Session 2 pm – 4 pm also on Saturday 11 April. Everyone is welcome.
Hopefully we’ll get some sunshine soon, so the native bluebells will be making a show, and the apple and greengage blossom should be quite spectacular.
orchardbarn.org.uk, call Sarah on 07766 054042 or email her sarah.orchardbarn@gmail.com
Physiotherapy • Clinical Pilates
• Acupuncture • Sports & Swedish Massage • Paediatric Physio
Hadleigh Physiotherapy have some exciting news to share...
We’re delighted to welcome two new practitioners to our team at Hadleigh Physiotherapy Ltd.
Phillipa joins us as a physiotherapist. She has a strong interest in musculoskeletal rehabilitation with a passion for helping people to recovery, performance and injury prevention.
We’re also pleased to welcome Lucy, a sports massage therapist. Lucy focuses on relieving muscular tension, improving mobility and supporting recovery from training or everyday physical demands. Her treatments are tailored to each individual, helping clients move more comfortably and feel at their best. Lucy will be working out of Hadleigh on a Friday.
We’re excited to have Phillipa and Lucy join the practice and look forward to the skills, knowledge and care they will bring to our patients.
Hadleigh Garden Club
Mark Mason from Sudbury, shown in our picture, was a very interesting speaker.
He has exhibited at Chelsea and run his own plant nursery, so has an extensive knowledge of a variety of plants and trees.
His talk on this occasion was about Foxgloves and he had plants and seeds to sell plus advice, which went down well.
His humour kept us entertained and everyone enjoyed the evening.
Our next meeting is on April 20 with a talk
Listed below are afew future talks to make a note in your diary. May 18 Shrubs from Perrywood, Aug 17 Fincham Farm Flowers, Sept 21 Botanical Gardens - A Grand Tour, Oct 19 Nature through Winter, Nov 16 History of garden centres.
We always welcome visitors and new members. The venue is the Guildhall, entrance opposite St.Mary ‘s Church . Meetings start at 7.30 pm with entrance cost £2 members £4 visitors.
evening. Why not come along for a relaxing evening and support a local club.
For more details contact Angie
or hadleighgardenclub@gmail.com
Local Solicitors, Expert Advice
At Gudgeons Prentice, our team of expert solicitors are here to support Stowmarket and the surrounding areas with a wide range of professional legal services, and have been since 1821.
Discover Bowling this April
Sunny warm days are here again (well, almost) and there are Open Days on 25 & 26 April.
The summer season is starting again and bowlers are dusting of “How come I was so good yesterday when no-one was watching?” If you’d like to see if you’d enjoy it, please come along to our Open Days over the weekend of 25 & 26 April where experienced players will gently show you the ropes and you can try it out. Just turn up of casual bowling and free tuition to help you get started. You’ll lot of members like to play in various teams and competitions both external and internal - as well as practising of course, they also have to spend time working on the excuses they’ll be rolling creative ones.) Some members just want to turn up and play for fun and there are roll-ups across the week which are very popular, and social events across the year. If you can’t make the Open Days, you can always arrange a convenient time by phoning Peter Miller on 07789 764941. www.hadleighbowlingclub.com email hadbowls@gmail.com
Hadleigh Bowling Club
Open Weekend - 25 & 26 April 2026 - from 10am to 4pm
Do you like meeting new people? Do you like spending time outdoors in the summer? Do you want to learn something different? Are you competitive? If the answer is YES to any of those questions the answer is YES to any those questions
Bowling Club could be for you! Club could be you!
Probably the best Bowls Green in Suffolk! Probably the best Bowls Club facilities in Suffolk! We might even be the most welcoming and friendly club in Suffolk - but you can decide!
MYTH: Only older people play bowls.
FACT: Bowls is for all age groups – Last year’s World Indoor Ladies Champion started playing in Suffolk. Our County has a number of young players (some under 18) representing England at International level. Come and join in the fun! Just turn up on the day wearing flat soled shoes and give it a go – we provide free coaching and equipment. What have you got to lose? For more information contact Bob Fletcher, Club Captain on 07866 769668 or Sue Saunders, Vice Club Captain on 01473 829034 or email hbcclubcaptain@gmail.com
Hadleigh Bowling Club, Stone Street, IP7 6DN
A Concert with
On Friday 17th April at 6pm
St Mary’s Church, Brent Eleigh CO10 9NP
Tickets £10 each from
Georgina Strutt 07989974354
Karen Marshall 07946209103
Café Como; Monks Eleigh Community Shop
BAR by donation; canapes on arrival Charity EW 25408
Do you like being outdoors?
Enjoy meeting people?
Fancy doing some volunteering?
Then the River Stour Trust would like to hear from you!
We welcome new members, volunteers and potential skippers, anyone with a love of the countryside and the great outdoors. If you like the idea of training to become an Inland Waterways accredited skipper, taking people out on trips, or being a banksider at Flatford, liaising with visitors and selling trip tickets, we’d like to hear from you.
Our skipper training programme begins in the spring each year and is open to both men and women. After training you are free to give as much or as little time as you would like between Easter and October and would join a friendly group of people dedicated to conservation and the health of the River Stour and its wildlife. But it’s also fun, and enjoyable to be doing good in such a beautiful and historic area.
For more information and contact details, visit the Trust’s website: riverstourtrust.org, or ring Kevin Taylor on 01206 322122. Registered Charity No. 257806
Hoppy Easter
Come and join us on 3 April from 11am-3pm at Hadleigh Nursing Home 1 Friars Road for our Easter Fete. This year we will be having the return of Elvis coming to sing for us and also Anglia Woofers pet dog training too. We will be holding a Best Dressed Dog competition and the chance for your dog to take part too in a mini show, so dress your dog to impress. We will have food and refreshments for sale, our popular tombola and local stalls too. The best bit is we will have Easter eggs from the one and only Easter Bunny. You will
event is free to attend and it’s in our lovely grounds at the home. So come and join us for a Easter treat.
Trev, Activities Coordinator
Hadleigh Nursing Home
POLSTEAD FILMS THE CHORAL
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
“Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in an impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable.” Also starring Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale et al
Friday 17th April, 2026
Polstead Village Hall – Doors open 7pm
As World War 1 rages on the Western Front, a choral society in Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army.
The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make music together.
Tickets - £5. Email: polsteadfilms@gmail.com to reserve or buy in Polstead Community Shop.
All proceeds in aid of Polstead Village Hall Charity No. 304933
Hadleigh Society
Popular speaker, Horry Parsons, returns to the Hadleigh Society with his talk, As team leader and project manager with overall responsibility for the completion of the Millennium Tower at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, he has many stories about the design and build of the monumental project. Anecdotes include ensuring that during a site visit by the patron, the then Prince of Wales (now King Charles III), had the correct size hard hat!
Most of the stone was Lincolnshire limestone and “It wasn’t easy manoeuvring a ¾ tonne piece of stone hanging on a pin while
8pm Wednesday 6th May, Hadleigh Guildroom, churchyard entrance. Visitors £3, Members free.
Lavenham Library
Tracy Borman talk on Saturday 13th June 2026
2.30pm – 4.30pm at Lavenham Village Hall
Our patron Tracy Borman will speak about her new historical novel The House of Boleyn.
Bookings are available from 16 APRIL 10am from the library where cash or card payments can be made or online via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk
Cost £14.
Doors open at 2pm.
All proceeds from booking sales will go to The Friends of Lavenham Library to Support their work for the community of Lavenham.
Book Bingo until 30 November Spring into reading with our fun book bingo challenges for children and adults! Part of the National Year of Reading campaign.
We are hosting a Book Bingo with some great prizes available! The bingo is a chance to explore the huge range of
“Spring into Reading” bingo sheets are available to Download online or you can pick up a copy from the library. There are challenges for both children and adults to inspire
Contact Details Lavenham Library, Lavenham Village Hall, Church St, Lavenham CO10 9QT
Tel No: 01787 737338
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Gardening News launches as independent voice for the UK’s gardening community
A new independent platform News, has launched with a breadth of gardening across the United Kingdom - from suburban back gardens and allotments to public parks, specialist nurseries and the wider horticultural trade.
Gardening News brings together the stories, trends and developments shaping modern gardening. The platform covers a broad cross-section of topics including new product launches, seasonal advice tailored to British weather patterns, industry major events, and the individuals who drive the sector forward. As interest in gardening continues to grow nationwide - fuelled by lifestyle changes, environmental awareness and a renewed appreciation for outdoor spaces - the need for reliable, balanced reporting has never been greater. Gardening News aims to meet that need.
seasoned allotment holders cultivating heritage vegetables, professional landscapers managing commercial schemes, and rural gardeners stewarding larger plots. It also recognises the vital role played by garden centres, independent nurseries, community
projects and public green spaces across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Sustainability sits at the heart of the editorial agenda. With growing public awareness around peat-free compost, water conservation during increasingly dry summers, wildlife-friendly planting schemes, and the environmental footprint of garden materials, Gardening News gives thoughtful and measured attention to practices that support biodiversity, soil health and long-term ecosystem resilience.
Rather than prescribing rules, the platform focuses on sharing credible information, practical case studies and emerging ideas. From examining the implications of DEFRA policy decisions to highlighting innovative approaches showcased at events such as the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Gardening News seeks to inform rather than instruct. The goal is simple: to empower gardeners to wider environment.
The publication also tracks developments within the UK horticultural nationwide. Coverage includes supply chain challenges, plant health regulations, retail trends, and the evolution of British-grown stock, ensuring readers understand how national and global shifts
Above all, Gardening News celebrates the joy of gardening. Whether it’s the return of pollinators to a rewilded corner, the success of a community orchard, or the simple pleasure of a welltended border, the platform recognises that gardening is both
By combining timely reporting with responsible journalism, Gardening News positions itself as a trusted resource for those who care about how and why we garden in the UK today - and how our choices will shape greener landscapes for generations to come.
For further information, visit GardeningNews.co.uk
News from RDA Shelley
(RDA) is being celebrated at The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding. Carol Jones who has been part of our volunteer team for to qualify to work solely with riders who use a mechanical horse. Carol, who is a retired physiotherapist, had RDA experience elsewhere before joining the team at Shelley but it was here that she developed her interest in working with riders who ride Ebony, the mechanical horse. Ebony is used for a variety of reasons but there are a number of regular riders – some of whom may have previously ridden our horses and ponies – who now only ride Ebony because their conditions mean their balance and mobility make this the safest way for us to deliver therapeutic riding. For riders who use a wheelchair a hoist is available to assist with those of a real horse and some riders are able to control it using their hands and heels.
One of the regular riders Carol coaches is Alexander (pictured). Although he’s been attending Shelley for some years and had previously ridden one of the ponies, he now only rides Ebony supported by volunteers and family members. Carol said:
To qualify, Carol had to undertake the same training as RDA coaches who work both with Ebony and the horses and ponies – but without some of the modules relating to horse care. She added: “I’d certainly encourage more people who perhaps are not
Our 2026 season of fundraising events has recently been launched. We have our annual quiz at Stratford St Mary on Saturday May 2 and we’re grateful to everyone who supported our Race Night and buy tickets for them as well as details of our work by visiting
Website: shelleyrda.com
Facebook: Shelley RDA Centre Telephone: 01473 824172 Charity number 1113636
COME INTO T JOAN WARBURTO N
Exhibition celebrating her lif e
e in art 30 years since passing
Drawings, Pen & Ink, Oils, Watercolour, Gouache, Pastel from her time at Cedric Morris & Letts’ East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing and beyond
Good Friday 3rd April to Sunday 19th April
£ ENTRY
Selected artworks for sale in the gallery or via www.comeintothegardenmaud.com
I’m a member of the Fine Art Trade Guild, who themselves created the standards and guidelines for art framing together with picture printing. I continually work to these requirements.
Home or office visits are available. Following discussions about your requirements, in situ you’ll see the various framing options. Please contact me: 07769 858076 www.alb-framing.co.uk info@alb-framing.co.uk
Bildeston Carpet Bowls Club
Hello everyone, Brenda here again.
Just to let you know that we only have one match this month which is on Tuesday 7 April. The rest of April will be practice evenings on Tuesday 14, Tuesday 21 and Tuesday 28 this is the end of the Winter League.
So far we haven't done very well in this new league but are hoping to do better in the Summer League.
Don't forget we play on Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm in Chamberlin Hall, Bildeston. So if you are interested in having a go, please call Mike or Brenda on 01284 827688.
You will be very welcome.
Churches together in Hadleigh
Praying for Hadleigh
We are are committed to praying for every street in Hadleigh over the course of each year. During April we will be praying for the following streets:
5 April, Boswell Lane, Redhill Close, Freeman Close.
12 April, Aldham Road, The Square, The Terrace, Monastery Close.
19 April, Angel Street, Bell Mews.
26 April, Long Bessels, joseph Close, Threadneedle Street, Weavers Close.
If you know people who live in these streets, we would be very pleased if you also would pray for them. If you live on one of the streets being covered during a particular week and would welcome prayer, please get in touch.
Hadleigh Baptist Church pastorchristodd@hadleighbaptist.org.uk
Hadleigh URC Barbara Robinson 828352 barobi1506@gmail.com
St Joseph’s RC Church Anna McCrae 823041 annamccrae@btinternet.com
St Mary’s CoE Jessica Janas 822671 jessicanevard@btinternet.com
Council support at Hadleigh Library
service at Hadleigh library every Wednesday from 1:30pm – 4:30pm.
and submitting documents, completing online applications, reporting issues, or requesting repairs, setting up direct debits, making online payments and more.
No appointment required – simply drop in.
Retired or semi-retired?
Have you checked out Hadleigh u3a?
Hadleigh u3a has been established for a number of years now. Like many u3as
meet new people, learn new skills, visit new places and enjoy yourselves. It has regular meetings with a range of speakers, a summer party, a Christmas meal and a wide variety of interest groups run by members. It is a lively and friendly
surrounding villages.
We have over 200 members and a wide range of interest groups. Forthcoming visits include the nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, a guided tour of historical Ipswich (you really don't know Ipswich even if you think you do), Wimpole Hall and Bressingham. Places we have graced with our presence in the past include Shakespeare in the Forest, Ingatestone Hall, Norwich Cathedral and town, Norwich Theatre (to see a wonderful presentation of War Horse), Helmingham Hall and Anglesey Abbey.
Recent talks have included Undersea Photography, Tales of Dunwich Heath, Wildlife photography, Nature through the Seasons. Future presentations include 'Knickers: a history of Women's Underwear';
Carte Family' and
Our talks are held in the United Reformed Church at 2.30 pm the second Monday of each month. Come along and try us out, talk to members and decide for yourself if you would like to join for just £16 per year.
where you can contact Louise, our membership secretary for further information and help.
Polstead Gardening Club
Francesca Green, Green Eye Garden Design
We look forward to seeing you at the above event with information on our Summer Garden Party following shortly.
All meetings are held at Polstead Village Hall on The Green in Polstead (CO6 5AL). Free to members.
Non-members are welcome £5 (cash or cheque please). Entrance includes a drink and nibbles.
Membership Subscriptions were due in February: Single Membership £20 Joint Membership £35 and we very much welcome new members.
Queries to gardeningclubpolstead@yahoo.com
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Scary Stories evening at
St Mary’s Kersey
We look forward to welcoming you on 18 April at St Mary’s Kersey to enjoy a glass of wine and listen to an evening of scary storytelling within this historic building.
St Mary’s has witnessed events throughout history for close to 700 years. The church has had 32 monarchs, seen civil wars, European wars and World wars. The walls have seen everything... so come and soak up the atmosphere and feel the goosebumps as you listen to some ghostly stories.
landscape and culture, creatures that emerge from the rivers and creeks that thread their way through our land. Tales of wild dogs and even wilder humans that leap from the mist, stories of Vicars who are no better than they ought to be and perform weird rituals with cheese….what? OK, that last one is a bit strange but to hear celebrated Storyteller CB Jackson.
From Southwold to Saxmundham, Ipswich to Ixworth, and Nayland to Nedging CB Jackson has performed to thousands of people. His One-Man shows are full of energy and intrigue as he performs the tales that shape our culture. Oh, and that Vicar and the cheese?
Hadleigh Evening Women's Institute
continuing to follow in the footsteps of John Constable. Along with Capel, Bentley, East Bergholt and Brantham WIs we are contributing to the WI table, part of the exhibition being held in East Bergholt's Constable Hall 7-14 June commemorating the 250th anniversary of
We continue to recycle blister packs, clean white plastic bottle tops and egg boxes.
tissues, plasters, lip balm, hand cream, cotton buds, face cloth/ hairbands/clips, gloves, scarf, notebook, pen, purse, sunglasses, or 01473 827554 (you will initially go through screening, just say your name and love grace then press hash) or deliver to 129 Benton Street (on the corner of Cranworth Road)
Our next meeting is on Tuesday the 16 April at 7.30pm in the Seminar Room of Hadleigh Library when we will hear about the
If you think you might like to join, why not come for 'taster' 312409 or the president Sheila Webb on 01473 827554.
New book about Marilyn Monroe includes a chapter by local writer.
Hadleigh-based writer James Clarke has contributed a chapter to a new book that
Encounters with It is being published by Aurora Metro books on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Monroe.
someone as meaningful to audiences as James
James’s chapter in the book focuses
James has had his writing about movies published since Bond: Photographed by Terry
The Cinema of James Cameron
Rough Guide to Film
Looking ahead, in addition to other writing projects, James is months for WEA online and at Cinema City in Norwich. James is on Instagram @ Jameswriter72
Lavenham Carpet Bowls Club
At the Carpet Bowls Club, we in-house competitions for those members who like to be competitive, Brenda, Rosemary and our new Club Captain George, were the Triples Champions, well done! George, our new Captain, is carrying on the excellent work done by John G, our last Captain, and even taking his role so seriously, he has introduced, regular broadcasts on our Club WhatsApp to keep everyone up to date with events. I think, those that took part, enjoyed the competitions, and the trophies have been awarded and engraved. Next year it 'could be you' winning a trophy, if you join the Club now, you could be a fabulous player by the end of the year.
We welcome new players, with or without experience of bowling, and had two new ladies come along recently, Donna and Sue, and hopefully they will now be regular players. All equipment is sessions are free. We meet at the Village Hall at 2pm Wednesday afternoons and 7pm on Thursdays.
Hadleigh and District Flower Club
Our demonstrator for March was Rachel Borenkova from Bungay. She gave us a very interesting evening, and from there she progressed to This then took her on to owning her own shop. She no longer has the shop as she has three young children but is now demonstrating and judging. She will be back in Hadleigh as a judge at the May Show.During her demonstration she gave many helpful tips and was how to manipulate palm leaves. A very interesting lady. Our next meeting is on April 14. when we look forward to seeing Angelikka Hill, her title for the evening is
As usual we meet at the URC at 7.30 pm and always look forward to seeing anyone that would like to come along.
The Hadleigh Historian
Issue 93 (April – May 2026)
Much building work went on in Hadleigh during the mid-19th century starting with Queen Street in 1838 and moving on to housing developments encouraged
Society on Gallows Hill in 1853 and four years later at New Cut.
in the main streets and also extended them. Non-conformist communities were meeting in former domestic dwellings unable to accommodate their growing congregations so new purpose-built places of worship were erected by Baptists in 1830, Independents (now United Reformed Church) in 1832 and Methodists in 1848 (closed 1979).
Encouraged by the coming of the railway in 1847, the number of red-brick malthouses greatly increased. The work of ‘Frank will be told as a series in this and the next two issues. He worked on six spotlight are Hadleigh Junction Railway with stations at Capel St Mary, Raydon and Hadleigh and the National School for Boys and Teacher’s House in Bridge Street. Having related the biography of Louisa Dickinson in Issue 85, Jane Richardson now tells of another Hadleigh character: Alice Hettie Spooner (1897-1998) of No. 36 Angel Street’.
On the back cover is a wonderful picture of Theophilus Spooner’s cycle shop at that address, which shows Alice as a girl at the front
town, where she attended the United Reformed Church. During the 18th and 19th centuries, parish registers throughout the country recorded the popularity of the names of three Hebrew would attempt to use the names in three consecutive generations, as father and two sons or as three children in the same generation. One such family with strong links to Hadleigh were the Seamans. In ‘Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and Robert of the George Inn’, the story is told of Abednego, as ‘mine host’ at the George in High Street and how he ended his days in the Benton Street Alms Houses, where he told a visitor that he had ‘children well-to-do in the world’, who were Meshach and Shadrach. It was a recent talk about ghosts at the Hadleigh Society that reminded me of a telephone call I received many years ago about whether there had been any reports of hauntings at the White Hart. ‘A ghost story in Bridge Street’ tells of a mystery man, who committed suicide there in 1828 and whose body was ordered to be interred without the rites of Christian burial. Any connection? Issue 93 is now available price £4 in Hadleigh High Street at The Idler Bookshop No 37 and Keith Avis Printers No68 (rear), and at Hollow Trees Farm Shop in Semer. A one year subscription (6 issues and postage) costs £32 from IP77BG (01449 740673)
BANK K HOLIDAY Y MONDAY Y 4TH MAY Y 12.30 3.30PM M
NEDGING G WITH H NAUGHTON N VILLAGE E HALL
Win a glider flight
Grand Draw and Raffle
Cake Stall & Refreshments
Plant Stall
Fairground Organ
Vintage Engines, Cars, Motorbikes and Tractors
Barbeque
Spinning Demonstration
Children's Corner
White Elephant & Book Stall
Face Painting
Coconut Shy & Tombola & Many More Side Shows
PLEASE COME ALONG AND JOIN IN THE FUN.
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HADLEIGH PATIENT
PARTICIPATION GROUP (PPG)
The column may look the same but the info varies each month so please take time to read on.
Anima Update: Over 80% of patients have registered with Anima and are successfully using it when they need to. This has made a
this has helped patients who are not able to use Anima. They no longer have to wait in a long queue before they are connected. If you are able to access Anima not only will you be surprised how
use of this online triage system. Have you registered yet? Why wait until you are poorly and need to make an appointment www. hadleighhealth.co.uk/anima or www.nhs.uk/nhs-app. Calls are still an option 01473 822 961.
IT Help: Once a month Communities Together
Hadleigh Library. The next session will take place on Tuesday 7th April from 10 a.m to noon. Booking is essential as places are limited. Call Tracey 01449 707031 or email info@communitiestogether-ea.org
Covid Jabs: At the time of going to print, invitations for Covid vaccinations are due to be sent out at the end of March, via Anima, to 75 plussers and the clinically vulnerable. Patients will be asked to book their own appointments using the online system. Those without Anima will be called. The plan is, from 15th April, Covid vac clinics will take place on a Wednesday afternoons within Practice hours.
and managed in one visit rather than being referred by an earlier, often unnecessary, visit to a GP. After careful assessment they can give exercise programmes, provide manual therapy advice, injections.
Out of Hours Doctor: Need a doctor when the Hadleigh Health Centre is closed, including weekends Call 111 for advice and details of your nearest ‘out of hours’ duty doctor or visit 111.nhs.uk
Zero Tolerance Policy: Sadly, it is necessary to draw attention to the Practice’s Zero Tolerance Policy towards abusive, aggressive, or threatening behaviour. As the Practice is committed to ensuring a
unpleasant behaviour may result in the perpetrator being asked to leave the premises. It could also lead to their removal from the patient list. Happily, most patients treat the Practice Team and other patients with the kindness and respect they deserve.
Out & About 1: The sentiments of the ‘Legs Matter’ campaign were demonstrated by Nurse Practitioner, Kate Brett, during her recent visit to the Black Cat Club. Here Kate showed members the value of wearing compression hose each day to reduce ankle swelling, minimise leg injuries and generally preventing common lower limb problems. The Legs Matter initiative continues.
RSV Jabs: Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common cause of coughs and colds. From 1st April RSV vaccine will be available for all patients aged 80 and the Covid vacs, eligible patients will be contacted in May. They will be invited to attend a weekly clinic every Wednesday morning until all appropriate patients have been called.
Pharmacy First: The Pharmacy First scheme is an NHS initiative seven common illnesses e.g. shingles, sore throats, ear infections, impetigo, sinusitis UTIs (under 70s only) and infected bites.
First Contact Physiotherapist: This month we consider the role of another member of the Practice; the First Contact Physiotherapist. A trained clinician, working within a GP surgery who would be
skills will enable appropriate patients to be assessed, diagnosed
NAYLAND CINEMA
Nayland cinema screening in the Village Hall Church Lane CO6 4JH FRIDAY 24th APRIL
THE CHORAL Film Starts 7.30 pm Mill Street Deli are delighted to be catering for the Nayland Cinema nights using the best ingredients from their very own deli for you to
booking is desirable. Bookings are not restricted to ‘cinema goers’ and if you wish to join us just for a bite to eat you are more than welcome! For a peek at the menu and to make a booking please go to millstreetstore.co.uk and follow the link.
Film tickets available at £5 each (16 and under £2) available to purchase on the door. purchase.
A bar supplying a range of beverages including wine, beer and soft drinks will be available from 6.00 pm and in the interval.
Next cinema date for your diary: Friday 15th May: Film TBC Hall website.
Out and About 2: Practice Manager, Tracey Squirrel, Patient Services Manager, Sarah Chapman, and PPG Chair, Jan Devey recently visited the Memories Café. With the aid of a large screen, Sarah gave a step by step guide to booking an appointment via Anima. All attendees were also reassured that the telephone option is still available if they are unable to access the online triage system.
Boxford Community Car Scheme: This service is available for patients needing transport to hospital or Health Centre appointments. Contact Jen Eastwood on 01787 211853 or jen. eastwood8@gmail.com
Art Display: For the next few weeks patients can enjoy the artistic endeavours of Hadleigh resident Shani Burgess. Our thanks to our previous exhibitor, Nanette Ward, for the loan of her colourful pictures. All pieces on display are for sale with 10% of the proceeds going towards the Practice’s Charitable Trust. Contact Jan Devey if something catches your eye and you are tempted to buy.
Website: www.hadleighhealth.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Hadleigh-Boxford-Group-Practice PPG Chair/ Art Work: Jan Devey deveys@btinternet.com 01473 827091 or 07881 798999
10.30AM – 12.30PM Weds 1 April 2026
Ongoing: 1st Wed each month
French’s Care Haven
Hello to all our readers, I hope as always you have been keeping well.
For our photo this month we have two of our lovely donkeys, Badger and Frankie, they are wishing everyone a Happy Easter. hay, as supplies are short and those who have hay are asking ridiculous money, one quote for a long hay bale was £200 each bale and he would not deliver less than 6 with a £200 delivery on top of that! Crazy money when you’re a charity depending on donations. The hay was only coming from Sudbury, let’s hope we get plenty of grass this summer, so we do not run short next year. If you know of someone who has any hay we could have, please call me.
As some may already know we have been working with Essex university students for over a decade now, they started with us when we were based in Hadleigh. They have been coming on a Saturday morning since we moved to Boxford area and the students do well helping with jobs, at the moment they are helping us pack and sort out things that we no longer need and before they leave they give the horses a groom and some TLC. Thank goodness we have a lot of spare wellies, because even though they are told they are coming to a farm in the winter, in mud, a lot of them turn up in white plimsolls, which makes me laugh. Recently and donkeys and interviewing me ready to put it on screen for a the work that is evolved, in hope they can get the odd bit of fund raising from the students to help us.
I am still in need of a company who does ground work, when we do move, so if you own or know of a business that would sponsor/help with our move that would be brilliant. I will be going back on BBC
and Face book page when we have our land in place, I would be happy to promote your business in return for your help. We have opened a Go Fund me page to try and raise some much needed
put in www.gofundme-urgent-appeal-relocation – support. Or go onto our website and click on the go fund me link or go through our PayPal.
We need an army of volunteers and professionals to help with the move and new set up, as of yet not one person from our community has come forward, which is really upsetting. Please call me. Jann on: 07747755556 or email: jann.turner@ hotmail.co.uk. website:frenchscarehaven.org.uk
sale in Hadleigh High Street at No.37 Idler Bookshop and No.68 Keith Avis Printers, and at Hollow Trees Farm Shop, Semer PRICE £10.
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A Warming Hadleigh Music Night
Review by Robert Carr
On yet another rainy evening, the welcoming ‘Hadleigh Folk and Acoustic Music Nights’ refuge. I’d been looking forward to this particular club gig for weeks, and it proved every bit as rewarding as I’d hoped.
Blending folk, pop and a touch of rock, London-based headliners
The Andy Smythe Trio drew on the Atlantic. With Andy switching between acoustic guitar and piano, proved polished, engaging and at ease with the appreciative crowd. Most of the set was made up of Andy’s own material, supplemented by a handful of well-judged covers. His assured delivery highlighted lyrics that were emotionally direct and shaped by a wide mix of musical traditions.
but echoes of The Beatles, The Waterboys and Rufus Wainwright
As with most gigs, picking out individual highlights isn’t easy, but the opener Hard To Be Human made a strong case for itself. Swinging and immediately engaging, it set the tone for the night and could easily pass as the trio’s calling card.
Another strong example of Andy’s songwriting came with the inspired by the rural landscape where he grew up.
His classically trained four-octave voice was put to striking use on where he delivered his concerns about global one of the more unusual pieces, also stood out as a distinctive and memorable moment.
Played with real depth and feeling, the modern spiritual anthems Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) and Imagine (John Lennon) carried a strong emotional charge, prompting gentle audience participation, adding to the evening’s communal atmosphere.
The trio closed with a rousing take on Woody Guthrie’s This Land
too aware of the uncertainties of the present moment.
Supporting act Jeremy Harmer delivered a thoughtful set of original songs, accompanying himself on guitar and weaving in stories from his own life with an easy, engaging manner.
There was more than a hint of the 1960s American protest tradition in his style. Nowhere was that clearer than in the poignant We Carry
companionship and the simple determination to keep going — a sentiment that felt especially resonant.
Jeremy, a gentle and sincere presence on stage, had braved the grim Friday-night weather along the A14 to share his songs. I was glad he had.
It was a busy evening for the club’s promoters, Simon and Val at the door than they were stepping onto the stage for a short opening set.
A talented couple, Val played English Border pipes and recorders while Simon took up his button accordions. Their repertoire was less familiar to me, but the mix of soulful pieces and livelier tunes was easy to enjoy. Simon also read a piece of his poetry, rounding
Next up at ‘Hadleigh Folk and Acoustic Music Nights’ on Friday 10 April are Homity, who will bring a mix of traditional and contemporary folk songs and tunes. They’ll be joined by KEGS, a group whose material draws on both the folk tradition and elements of pop culture.
A highlight of the club’s annual calendar, the Hadleigh French Weekend returns from 24–26 April. Full programme details and booking information are available at www.hadleighfrenchweekend. co.uk/2026-programme-and-booking .
Find out all about the club, including the programme of forthcoming events, by going to www.hadleighfolk.org.uk, phoning 07818 417780, or emailing simonhaines1@icloud.com.
reminder that, as in the classical repertoire, in the right hands, it is a wonderful instrument.
On his impressive Fender Precision bass, the understated Les Elvin supplied a melodic, steady backbone throughout. His experienced playing anchored the trio, and his harmony vocals blended seamlessly with Andy’s lead.
Andy Smythe's portrait contributed. Show picture by Kathleen Carr.
Andy Smythe
Andy Smythe Trio
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Hadleigh Hares News
20 Mile Race on 22 February – a perfect test for those deep into marathon training and chasing those all-important miles. A sudden blip in the weather saw temperatures rise sharply, quite a contrast to the snow that had been experienced the week before.
The course is certainly one to remember – unmistakably undulating, with plenty of groans echoing around miles 9 and 19 as runners tackled a steady uphill stretch that seemed to go on forever, before
Katrina Rigby, Fiona Holland, Sarah Watkins and Rebecca Martin. Huge congratulations to Stuart, who secured an impressive 3rd place overall in a superb time of 58:09 – a fantastic achievement! Taking on the 20 miles were Geraldine Suckling and Joanne
skills to conquer the distance. Well done to them both on a strong performance over a challenging course.
On Friday 27 February, running kit was swapped for smart attire as members gathered for the Hadleigh Hares Awards Night at the Jet Lounge. With a full venue and a delicious meal, it was a wonderful evening celebrating the achievements of the past year. It also provided a well-deserved opportunity to thank our fantastic coaches for the time, dedication and encouragement they give throughout the year.
The following weekend, Kevin Long was the only Hare to make his way up to Great Yarmouth for the Half Marathon on 1 March. This fastpaced course takes runners through the scenic sights of the town. Kev had strong winds to contend with, but stuck to his race plan and was place.
Sunday 8 March proved to be a busy racing day, with our runners headed to Colchester to run the Half Marathon. Using the race as part of his marathon training, Stuart put in a solid run in a strong raising money for Lymphoma Action, a charity close to his heart. Samantha Theobald, Tim Ryder, Ben Roper and Matthew Waylett took part in the very popular Cambridge Half Marathon. This sold-out event takes runners through Cambridge’s historic streets and university
Sam took full advantage, completing the race in an impressive 1:34.
Hooper was taking part in the Lisbon Half Marathon, her third race in the SuperHalfs series. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that the course
April Suspension Bridge, providing amazing views across the city. Fortunately, there were walk-through showers on the course, which were very welcome as the morning was sunny and hot compared to UK temperatures. What a fantastic day of running!
and the new 10k took place on 15 March. Both courses are known for being hilly and, to add insult to injury, runners had to battle a persistent headwind that didn’t let up throughout the race.
Braving the half marathon were Nathalie and Jo. Unfortunately, Jo had to pull out halfway
cheering Nathalie in.
Taking on the 10k were Nikki Vince, Fiona
and Andrew Cross. For
Don’t forget – if you’d like to join Hadleigh Hares, you can try the club for one month completely free, with access to as many sessions as you like. For more information, visit hadleigh-hares.co.uk or email secretary@hadleigh-hares.co.uk. And if running isn’t for you but you’re interested in coaching, we’d love to hear from you too!
Hadleigh Cricket Club
With the long, wet winter thankfully behind us, and the Ashes disaster a distant memory, we can look forward to the new cricket
The 1sts have a new captain, in Tom Piddington, after Dan Shanks decided to join Bury St Edmunds in the East Anglian Premier League.
Returning as overseas player is Ainsley Ndlovu from Zimbabwe, after nearly 500 runs and 42 wickets last season. While the team of the table.
After narrowly missing out on promotion last year, the team will be looking to go one step further this season. The two Sunday teams will once again be captained by Tom Jones and Dave Levitt. The bar will be open on Saturday afternoons, serving some of the best priced beer in town, plus a range of hot food. Let’s hope for some dry weather between now and the start of the season!
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ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE RENTERS’ RIGHTS ACT?
The UK Government are bringing about major changes to the private renting sector. As a Landlord, you will need to familiarise yourself with this new legislation to stay compliant.
At The Letting Department, we can manage all aspects of renting your property, to ensure you are ready for the Renters’ Rights Act coming into effect this Spring.
