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with Broke Hall, Ipswich East, Ravenswood & Warren Heath Volume 7 • Issue No. 11 • SEPTEMBER 2017

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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR I think we all need something to make us laugh. I’ve found the perfect thing. A wonderful little book titled F In Exams by Richard Benson (Published by Summersdale Publications Ltd) has provided much hilarity in my house of late. It’s “full to the brim with funny examples of creative answers from clueless but canny students” and I’ve chosen some of my favourites for you. Enjoy!

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Q: What does ‘terminal illness’ mean?

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Q: Explain the concept of homeostasis.

A: It is when you stay at home all day and don’t go out.

Q: How high is Mount Everest?

A: Depends how much snowfall it has had since it was last measured.

Q: Freud stated that the superego contains the moral aspect of one’s personality. Define the term ‘superego’.

A: A really fast sports car.

Q: What is a co-operative?

A: It is a shop which is not as expensive as M&S. Q: Jess has been asked to collect data about the amount of television his friends watch. Think of an appropriate question he could ask them.

A: How much TV do you watch?

Q: Name Britain’s highest award for bravery.

A: Probably Nelson’s Column.

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SSAFA FUNDRAISING EVENT SSAFA, the armed forces charity which offers lifelong support for our forces and their families, is holding a fundraising event as part of Operation Big Brew Up on Friday, October 13 from 10am-2pm.

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The event takes place at St Andrew’s Church Hall, The Street, Rushmere IP5 1DH. There will be coffee, tea, cakes and tombola.

HELPING THE ADULTS OF TOMORROW TO STOP SUFFERING IN SILENCE A new charity in Martlesham to support young people aged 11-25 who are struggling with mental health difficulties launches two exciting fundraising events.

Footsteps Walking with You will offer affordable counselling with professional counsellors for youngsters and their families when little support is available elsewhere. A study by the Mental Health Foundation found that three out of four mental health problems are established by age 24, yet 70% of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age.

Christine Pinder from the charity said: “We believe that early intervention is key and reaps all sorts of benefits, not only in the short term but also has life-long benefits for good mental health and wellbeing. Our ethos is based in Christianity and we accept clients of all faiths and none, of any race, sexual orientation and gender.”

Footsteps Walking with You have two fundraising events in September to raise awareness and invite everyone to support the charity by attending • Open Garden at Dairy Farm, Brightwell on Sunday, September 10 from 2-5pm. Go along and enjoy the gardens along with tea and cakes.

Admission is £4 and under 16s are free.

• Multicultural banquet at St Michael’s Church, Martlesham Heath on Saturday, September 16, 4-6pm. Why not come and enjoy good food from around the world and find out more about Footsteps? Tickets are £20 per adult and under 16s are free; advance purchase is advised.

For more information or to buy tickets, call Christine or Jo on 07955 898151 or email: footstepswalkingwithyou@gmail.com

SUFFOLK DEMENTIA HELPLINE CALL 01473 353350 We are here to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The helpline can provide a listening ear as well as information and signposting to services that can help. The Suffolk Dementia Helpline can support anyone who needs to talk. Perhaps you have memory worries yourself or even a recent diagnosis and want someone to talk to. Maybe you have concerns about a loved one, or need support in your caring role. The line can help anyone who is looking for practical support and is able to provide you with local information and get you in touch with organisations that can help.

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NEWS IPSWICH COUNTRY MARKET September 23 to October 8 marks British Food Fortnight and at Ipswich Country Market British food is what we are all about.

We sell local food from local producers and we’re on hand to tell you what’s in all our recipes. The garden flowers, plants and produce on offer are picked fresh from our producers’ gardens.

Country Market offers a truly local shopping experience and a warm welcome.

YOU’RE IN CONTROL A new Children in Need funded project working with seven-12 year olds in Ipswich We are recruiting volunteers to give time and support to children and young people for two-three hours a week – including evenings and weekends – providing one-to-one support, helping to build their self-esteem, giving them the opportunity to join local clubs and organisations, make friendships and have fun!

Training and ongoing support is offered, and DBS checks and references will be undertaken.

For more information contact Rosie: rosie@homestartinsuffolk.org 01473 621104 www.homestarteastsuffolk.org

SUFFOLK BOOK LEAGUE Spend an evening with award winning novelist Emma Healey.

Emma grew up in London, where she completed her first degree in book binding and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2011. Her debut novel, Elizabeth is Missing, won Best First Novel at the Costa Book Awards.

Emma will be appearing at Ipswich Institute Reading Room (15 Tavern Street, IP1 3AA) on Wednesday, September 13 as part of Suffolk Book League’s 2017 programme of events.

Doors open at 7pm, event starts at 7.30pm. General admission is £8 (members £4). Students free with ID. Tickets to be paid for on the door.

Reservations can be made by emailing: tickets@sbl.org.uk www.sbl.org.uk

Alexia Robinson, organiser of British Food Fortnight, says: “Today’s customer wants value when they are shopping or eating out and value is no longer just about price. Increasingly people want tasty, fresh, healthy, seasonal, local and regionally distinct foods with visible traceability back to the producer – all distinctive qualities of British food.”

This is what we offer so why not pop along and ‘love British food’? You can also love British craft too and find a large, varied range of locally handmade items, including sewing, knitting, beadwork and a selection of cards.

We are open on Thursday mornings from 10.15-11.30am at Rushmere Village Hall on Humber Doucy Lane. We have plenty of free parking and home baked refreshments with a free tea or coffee on your first visit.

Where else could you have a cheese scone or slice of cake and a hot drink for around a pound? We also have bacon rolls on offer on the first Thursday of the month for only £1!

Fnd out more about British Food Fortnight at www.lovebritishfood. co.uk and more about our market on our Facebook page: Ipswich Country Market

RAVENSWOOD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION 2017 – SCARECROW COMPETITION Ravenswood Residents Association is pleased to announce plans are underway for the fifth annual scarecrow event for all residents of Ravenswood.

The event will be extended over the weekend of Friday, September 1 to Sunday 3. Every entrant will receive a certificate of merit and there will be a prize for the most likeable scarecrow.

This year we hope to encourage more people to enter and to display their scarecrows in a prominent position at home over the course of the three days. You will need to complete an entry form so that we can include your location on the route map. An entry form will be available on the Ravenswood Residents Association website from August 1: www.ravenswood-residents.org.uk We hope even more people will take part this year as numbers are increasing each year. Visit our website over the coming weeks for more information and keep watch for our posters!

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OUT & ABOUT GIPPESWYK SINGERS

Gippeswyk Singers have been thrilled with the tremendous reception and superb reviews of The Dream of Gerontius at Snape Maltings in May 2017. Conductor Geoff Lavery took everyone who was there that night on an unforgettable journey through Elgar’s masterpiece, which included a wonderfully moving performance from the Lambeth Orchestra, outstanding solo voices and a dramatically beautiful choral sound from the impressive teamwork of Gippeswyk Singers and Beccles Choral Society.

The singers are now busy preparing a lovely programme entitled Anthems for Advent with special guests the Nightingale Wind Quintet at Great Bealings Church on Sunday, December 3 at 7.30pm. This concert is designed to open your heart and lift your spirits for the coming Christmas season.

Looking ahead to 2018, Gippeswyk will be celebrating Easter with a presentation of Bach’s St John Passion on Good Friday, March 30 at St John’s Church in Felixstowe at 7pm in conjunction with Felixstowe Music, featuring professional soloists and string orchestra.

To finish off the year, Gippeswyk Singers are looking forward to the fun and camaraderie of another concert tour, this time to Somerset in the West Country with performances at Christchurch, Frome on Saturday, June 30 and St Michael’s Without, Bath on Sunday, July 1. A pre-tour summer concert will be given locally (venue yet to be advised) on Sunday, June 24.

After the success of The Dream of Gerontius at Snape Maltings, a future collaboration with Beccles Choral Society and the Lambeth Orchestra is on the agenda for 2019.

If you’ve never heard them, you’re missing out on a highly accomplished and delightfully expressive chamber choir who perform regularly in East Anglia under the musical direction of Geoff Lavery. Profits from their concerts go to support local charities which are chosen by the choir members each year. For more information visit their Facebook page or: www.gippeswyksingers.co.uk

Our main band will be performing from noon at Maritime Woodbridge on Saturday, September 9; please come along and support them.

Everyone is welcome at our 21st birthday concert on Saturday, September 30 at St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath starting at 7pm.

Tickets (£3.50 / primary school children free) are available from our website, 2nd Stop Charity Shop (next to Kesgrave Tesco) or 07544 962205. All our bands will be performing and the concert will include the bandleaders’ awards to players who have improved the most over the year. Please come along and help us celebrate. There will be a raffle and refreshments available during the interval.

We would love to hear from new players, young and old, with or without experience. Our aim is to encourage anyone who feels they would like to play in a brass band to come and have a go! If you would like to join us, or if you already play or have previously played a brass instrument and would like to come along and meet us, please contact us via the website or use the contact details below.

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OUT & ABOUT PERFORMANCE BY FATHER AND SON DUO ANDREW AND CARL STERLING Don’t miss this chance to hear the father and son duo Andrew and Carl Sterling playing together in St Michaels Church, Woolverstone. They have an exciting programme of jazz, soul, classical music and original works. The concert is on Friday, September 29, starting at 7.30pm.

Donations in the region of £7.50 will be welcome on the day and this will include nibbles and drinks. All money made will go to the Babergh Green Party. For more information contact Laura Smith: lsmith68@yahoo.co.uk

EAST IPSWICH CAMERA CLUB EXHIBITION East Ipswich Camera Club, who were formed 34 years ago, will be holding an exhibition of prints and projected digital images at the Tower Hall, Broadlands Way, Rushmere St Andrew IP4 5SU (close to Bixley Farm Centre) on Saturday, September 2.

COMMUNITY MARKET CELEBRATES COMMUNITY GARDEN HARVEST A wonderful array of fresh produce as well as plants to brighten up your garden will be on offer at our community market on Friday, September 15, at the CRESS Pavilion, Halifax Road, Ipswich IP2 8RE, from 10am-12.30pm.

Please come along and share the bounty, meet your neighbours, have a chat and treat yourself to a cuppa and homemade cake at the CRESS café.

ActivSheds will be in full swing, the community garden will be open if you’d like to look around, and there will be a range of stalls run by our community partners. There will also be a chance to have a health check with Onelife Suffolk.

There is parking onsite and in surrounding roads. The CRESS Pavilion is fully accessible with a disabled toilet.

Future 2017 CRESS markets will be held on September 15 and October 13, with the Christmas special on Friday, December 8.

For more information, or if you would like to get involved please contact ActivGardens Development Manager Susannah Robirosa: 07530 407302 / susannah@activlives.org.uk

The exhibition of members’ work will be open from 10.30am to 4.30pm.

ActivLives office can be reached on: 01473 345350

Entry is free and refreshments will be available.

We do hope you will come along to share and enjoy our photographs. www.eastipswichcameraclub.co.uk

Image by Bev de Boos

PHILIP THICKNESSE – FRIEND OR FOE? Something fabulous is happening in Felixstowe. The story of Philip Thicknesse, Governor of Landguard Fort 1753-66, is being brought to life in the place where it all happened. This site-specific production developed

by Woven Theatre Company offers a whole new perspective on a man who should be better known as an important figure in Felixstowe’s and Suffolk’s history.

As you know, Landguard Fort is a spectacular location with a big central courtyard surrounded by rooms, fortifications, underground passages, an outer bailey and a moat and Philip Thicknesse is a character you will never forget. He was a man with very little respect for authority, but gained great loyalty from his men and was adored by his wives.

Written by two local playwrights, Peppy Barlow and Sally Wilden, and led by four professional actors with the involvement of members of the public, Felixstowe Community Choir and the historic re-enactor volunteers based at the fort. Specially commissioned puppets – the governor’s monkey Jacko and his wife Ann’s parakeet – will add to the fun.

Performances at 6pm on September 28, 29 and 30 and at 2pm and 6pm on October 1. Tickets (£12 / £6 for under 18s) are on sale through Eastern Angles: 01473 211498 / www.easternangles.co.uk For more information visit: www.philipthicknesse.com Do book up early and be part of the fun. Landguard Fort will never feel the same again.

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OUT & ABOUT BROKE HALL WI Friday, September 8: Household Waste and Recycling Centres by Paula Juster Friday, October 13: Craft Group Friday, November 10: AGM followed by Bring and Buy stall, food and an oportunity to socialise Friday, December 8: There’s Nothing Like a Dame, by Horry and Sue Parsons

U3A WELCOMES EVERYONE TO THE 2017/18 ACADEMIC YEAR The University of the Third Age in East Suffolk welcomes old and new members back from holidays and adventures to the new academic year. Hopefully many of you will have been at our open day at Kesgrave Community Centre on Friday, September 1 and have already planned your new year groups and activities.

We meet at 7.30pm at St Augustine’s Church Hall, Bucklesham Road, Ipswich IP3 8TH. New and former members are welcome. For more information contact Sue (414746) or Cynthia (726068).

There are 27 special dates for your diaries during the next 12 months regarding talks in our four campuses in Kesgrave, Woodbridge, Felixstowe and Saxmundham. All of these are in the current member’s handbook (blue version) and hopefully I will be able to update any changes which may arise in this magazine’s columns. The first few dates for talks are:

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WOODBRIDGE COMMUNITY HALL Friday, September 22, 10.30am: Bees and Flowers by Jeremy Quinlan The contest between bees and flowers to gain benefits from the relationship. Refreshments will be available from 10am with the talk commencing at 10.30am.

Thursday, September 28 at 7.30pm: The Ipswich War Memorial Project A major work researching the Great War dead on memorials in Ipswich, particularly those in Christchurch Park. We will learn how the project has grown and the stories behind many of the names. Bring along details of those you have an interest in or want to know more about.

We meet at the Co-op Education Centre where the pedestrian entrance is at 11 Fore Street, Ipswich IP4 1JW, and the car park entrance is in Waterworks Street IP4 1JG. Admission is £2 for society members and £2.50 for non-members, who are warmly welcomed. You can join the society at the meeting if you wish. Tickets are not required, just turn up and pay on the door.

For more information contact Howard on 01473 274300 or visit: www.suffolkfhs.org.uk

KESGRAVE COMMUNITY CENTRE Monday, September 25, 2pm: The Swing Era by Douglas Baker Big bands, small groups, singers, pianists – an hour in the company of Bennie Goodman and others. Refreshments follow the meeting.

SALVATION ARMY HALL, FELIXSTOWE Thursday, October 5, 10.30am: River Thames Waterman by Brian Cornell A first-hand account of the operating practises of the Port of London in the post-war era. Refreshments follow the meeting.

Visitors are invited to come to one talk before actually enrolling as a full member. www.u3aeastsuffolk.org.uk / 03001 233913

ORWELL PROBUS CLUB We meet for lunch at Rushmere Golf Club on the second Thursday of each month after which a speaker entertains us.

In August we held our annual summer garden party for 80 members and guests which was a great success despite some gusty wind which involved some holding onto marquee poles.

What is Probus? Probus clubs provide an opportunity for active retired or semi-retired gentlemen to attend regular meetings and enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded people who appreciate similar interests. Some Probus clubs are for men only, as we are, others are for ladies and some mixed. We have social events, outings and holidays which, of course, include spouses, partners and friends.

If you think Orwell Probus Club could be for you, please contact our secretary, Graham Balfe, for further details: 01473 729012 / grahambalfe@tiscali.co.uk

MARTLESHAM HISTORY SOCIETY Monday, October 16: The Rendlesham Project by Faye Minter Bede, an English monk writing in the eighth century, mentioned an East Anglian Royal settlement at Rendlesham. Is this royal settlement of the people buried at Sutton Hoo? Come along and find out.

Meetings are held at Martlesham Heath Pavillon at 7.30pm, and admission is £2.50.

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OUT & ABOUT SPEAK EASY AT MARTLESHAM How better to while the long autumn and winter evenings (well, every other Thursday anyway) than to join us at Speak Easy at Martlesham?

Our meetings are good fun and also worthwhile. Like the BBC – we aim to inform, educate and entertain.

Improving your public speaking and communication skills leads to better self confidence, which leads to better leadership skills. Speak Easy is a Toastmasters International club (www.toastmasters.org). TI has more than 90 years’ experience of the best ways for us all to develop our public speaking. There are leadership projects and opportunities, as well as the speaking projects, within its educational ‘tracks’. The tracks are supported by books and other materials that guide and challenge you.

Importantly you’ll have the support of your fellow members, helping you to develop your speaking in a safe and encouraging environment.

It’s always up to you how far and how fast you progress.

Our meetings are structured to include impromptu speaking, formal speaking and evaluation. Evaluation is a vital part of how Toastmasters’ clubs operate. When you evaluate someone else speaking you not only help them, you also – through empathy and understanding – help your own speaking. It’s very cost effective way to learn as well!

For further details or queries – please call our VP Membership on 07968 372563 or select Contact Us from the main menu on our website: www.speak-easy.org.uk.

If you just want turn up at any club meeting, that’s fine. We meet every Thursday fortnight at the Richards Room in Martlesham (alongside Felixstowe Road, behind Tesco). Select Club Calendar on the website for meeting dates and meeting information.

IPSWICH AND DISTRICT SOROPTIMIST CLUB BRING OUT YOUR BRAS! Obviously not the ones that you are currently wearing, but how about those that are hiding at the back of your underwear drawer?

Maybe they were an impulse buy or you got tired of them or they didn’t fit comfortably. If you could use the space we could use your bras!

We shall be in Sailmakers in Ipswich on Saturday, October 7 from 10am-4pm to collect new or ‘gently used’ unwanted bras.

EAST SUFFOLK NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION If you are a member of, or a volunteer for, the National Trust, we invite you to get more out of your membership by joining our association where a warm welcome awaits you.

We meet at Ropes Hall War Memorial Community Centre, Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave IP5 1JF at 7.15pm.

Our next meeting is on September 19 when Stuart Hines will be talking about the Garretts of Leiston and in particular the Long Shop Museum.

He will tell us the history of the museum, an integral part of the Garrett Engineering Works and a company which played a prominent role in bringing the industrial revolution to rural Suffolk. He will also outline the wider influence of the Garrett family in Suffolk, including two pioneering women – Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

On October 17 John Field will tell us about the history of the Ipswich Wet Dock, from its opening in 1842, its decline and subsequent regeneration.

Visitors (even if not National Trust members) are welcome; the entrance fee is £3. National Trust members/volunteers can join us for £8 per year (£12 per couple at same address). We publish three newsletters a year for members and enjoy interesting day outings and other events.

For more information, including details of future events and outings, contact our membership secretary: membershipesnta@gmail.com / 01473 723761 www.membershipesnta.btck.co.uk

LADIES WHO CRAFT We are a small friendly group of likeminded ladies who like to make things such as cards and gift/memory boxes, altering clothes, cushion covers, conversation, handbags, wall hangings, you name it we’ll have a go at it, and then there are those who knit and crochet.

Our next sessions in The Runway Coffee Shop are on September 12 and 26, from 9.30-11.30am where tea, coffee, cakes and scones are available.

We welcome new crafting ladies who would like to join us. Contact Maureen on 07787 808918 or just turn up.

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What are we going to do with them? They will go to a project which supports women and girls who have survived being trafficked and forced into the sex trade in Mozambique, El Salvador and Kenya.

To escape from this horrendous experience they need a sustainable way of earning their own living. Every 100 bras that we collect will enable a woman to set up her own business selling second hand bras, which are a status symbol in these countries and command a good price.

Friday, September 29: On the Railway Lines to Yarmouth and Lowestoft, illustrated talk by Stuart Mcnee

It seems such a simple idea to us, but it can have amazing results.

Economic independence can give a woman back her self-esteem and self-confidence. As the project says ‘Empowerment gives women the opportunity to be who they were designed to be’ (freethegirls.org). Somehow donating a bra feels a rather personal way of holding out a hand to another woman.

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We meet at 7pm at the Salvation Army Citadel, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich. Entrance via the rear car park. Visitors welcome – £3.50 at door including tea/coffee.

Details from: 01473 414746/422145 www.idhts.co.uk

A craft club for people who like to try different crafts in a light hearted atmosphere with refreshments, we meet on the fourth Thursday of each month in Rushmere Village Hall from 7.30-10pm.

Soroptimists in Southend have collected 1,500 bras. Far be it from us to suggest that we are in competition with a sister club but with your help…

Thursday, September 28: Felt Poppy Brooch (Emma) Thursday, October 26: Basket Weave Christmas Card (Emma) Thursday, November 23: Beaded Snowflake and Candy Cane (Jill) and Christmas Party No meeting in December

Please come and bring your contribution on October 7 – and tell your friends about it.

There are always other projects available with assistance from the committee and other club members.

For more information please call our secretary Joyce: 01394 615659

New members are always welcome. For more details contact: Jill 01473 713534 / Emma 01787 373850

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OUT & ABOUT IPSWICH AND DISTRICT PROBUS CLUB

SUFFOLK DISTRICT GIRLS’ BRIGADE

Probus clubs are for retired or semi-retired business gentlemen. The primary objective is to provide fellowship between members and to share similar interests in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Suffolk District Girls’ Brigade began the summer session with their annual sports night. The younger girls, Explorers and juniors had outdoor, traditional and fun races while the seniors and Brigaders did sports skills and potted sports in the sports hall. The trophies were well spread out throughout the companies, so all went home very happy. Pictured here are members of the 7th Ipswich, winners of the junior section sports.

We meet monthly at the Masonic Hall in Soane Street, Ipswich on the last Wednesday of each month for lunch, followed by talks and lectures on a variety of subjects. In addition we hold social events including outside visits when we invite our spouses, partners and friends to join us.

If membership appeals to you, please contact our secretary, Ken Stanley, for further details: 01473 274898 / probus174@gmail.com

IPSWICH PHILATELIC SOCIETY It’s September and the new season of talks and displays starts at the club after the summer break. The programme is varied again this year with two additional afternoon meetings to be held in December and January.

The season starts on September 6 with Bill Gibb displaying Nevis and British Virgin Islands, followed on September 20 by Richard Amery with The Life and Times of King George VI. Membership gives access to all the talks and displays and also to a circulating packet that allows you to buy material from other members and vendors from your own home.

Meetings are held at Cedarwood Primary School, Wilkinson Drive, Kesgrave, 7 for 7.30pm; visitors welcome.

For further information contact the secretary, Mike Smith: 01473 403904

For the second half of the summer term companies have taken part in many outdoor activities – rambles, treasure hunts, barbecues, swimming, visits to parks, the seaside and many other days out, camps and holidays.

Companies are now on a summer break, but all are preparing for the new, indoor session beginning in September.

Are you looking for a midweek activity for girls aged five to 16 years?

Girls’ Brigade offers a full, fun-filled programme of activities in a safe, caring environment, with fully qualified leaders. If you enjoy games and sports, stories, arts and crafts, music and singing and would like to earn badges in a wide variety of subjects, learn new skills, make new friends come and join the Girls Brigade, we would be very pleased to see you.

Find us on Facebook or email durnfordj@tiscali.co.uk to find out where your nearest company is. www.facebook.com/GBSuffolkDistrict

DEBEN FLOWER CLUB The first meeting of the new season will be held in Kirton Church Hall on Tuesday, September 12 at 7.30pm when Claire Sirkett will present a demonstration entitled The Artist. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available after the demonstration and Claire’s wonderful arrangements will be raffled.

Visitors are always welcome for £4. If you would like directions or further information please email: wa@sandlings.co.uk QUIZ NIGHT Deben Flower Club is holding another of their now very popular quiz nights on Saturday, October 14 in Kirton Church Hall, Church Lane, Kirton IP10 0PU, 7 for 7.30pm. Once again this will be a light-hearted fun evening and will include a ploughman’s supper.

Why not join in the fun and bring along a team of six? If you don’t have six people for your team you may be asked to share a table with other club members. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are £8 each including supper. Please bring your own drinks and glasses.

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OUT & ABOUT / SPORT RSPB FLATFORD WILDLIFE GARDEN Who did the barn owl have for supper?

Reluctant feet have put on new school shoes and it isn’t long before the summer holidays are a distant memory. Our summer visitors have watched, drawn and attempted to identify bumble bees, measured trees to estimate their ages, made pine cone hedgehogs, starling finger puppets and bird feeders.

As usual, the star family activity of the summer has been dissection of owl pellets. Little do the local barn owls know that the indigestible remains of their suppers, privately coughed up in neat pellets, have provided so much intrigue and speculation.

BRIGHT STARS Fun activity sessions for pre-school aged children from 10.30am-noon on the second and fourth Mondays of each month during term times at St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath IP5 3PL. Youngsters aged 0-5 are welcome to come along to Bright Stars for a fun start to the week with their parents, grandparents, friends, family and/ or carers. These mornings are free and usually involve singing, games, making crafts to take home and telling stories from the Bible for the first half hour. We then have refreshments when the adults can chat and the children can play until approximately noon.

Dates for the Autumn Term: September 11 and 25, October 9, November 13 and 27 and December 11.

You are welcome to come along to any of our mornings; just turn up, no need to let us know in advance. We look forward to seeing you!

If you would like further information please contact: Sonya & Maureen Burrows: 01473 625196

IPSWICH RAVENS VOLLEYBALL It’s always a little sad to see the summer coming to an end, but the good news is it will soon be the start of the new indoor volleyball season. At Ipswich Ravens we have much to look forward to and building on the club’s growth over the last year, there will be something for everyone.

For the first time our First team will be raising the standard of their competitive play by entering the Suffolk League and/or the Essex League. Our new ladies team will compete in a new series of triangular tournaments against other women’s teams from around Suffolk.

By David Braddock (rspb-images.com) Once soaked in water, the gentle teasing away of the softened fur of the prey starts to reveal clues about the identity of the victims.

Tiny bones from voles and shrews emerge and it’s amazing how complete a lot of them still are. With a good guide sheet, families have even been able to identify ear cavities.

Our junior boys will continue their development and we hope to see them in action in the Eastern Region junior teams which they qualified for last year, and our newest section of junior girls will progress through their specialist coaching which they began towards the end of last season. Alongside all of this, we will be entering mixed teams in the monthly Suffolk-wide indoor 6-a-side tournaments to be held this year at Northgate School.

And what joy when a complete skull is revealed! Some pellets contain two or three of them. Occasionally the remains of small birds are found, leg bones and beaks. But perhaps the most exciting, and for some strange reason ‘personal’ finds, are tails from small mammals, still slightly furry.

Maybe it’s because we can imagine these being the very last part of the wriggling, live prey to disappear through the beak and into the depths of the owl’s stomach. Apart from being something out of the ordinary for children to do during the holidays, this activity is a great way to engage them with the natural world and the idea that everything in nature is linked. It illustrates the food chain in action.

In a nutshell, that’s what Flatford Wildlife Garden is about. In the garden we aim to look after all the smallest creatures and thence the bigger creatures higher up the pecking order too. Without them, how much poorer we would all be, if we could survive at all. Why not come along to the garden, see what goes on here and take home some ideas. Autumn is a good time to start.

If you have some spare time available and would be interested in volunteering with the RSPB locally, do get in touch for information about the range of roles available. for more details contact: 01206 391153 / shirley.sampson@rspb.org.uk Visitor Experience Officer Sharon Barker 16

Of course our regular indoor training sessions will also continue; these take place twice a week on Saturdays from 2-4pm and Tuesdays from 7-9pm at St Alban’s School, Rushmere, IP4 3NJ (near Ipswich Hospital).

If you are interested in giving them a try, whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced player, now is the ideal time to join in with many of the people who started playing during the summer and have found out for themselves that volleyball is great fun, and really good exercise too.

Ipswich Ravens will welcome any new players, male or female, experienced or complete beginner, and any age from teenagers upwards.

We have qualified coaches who run our sessions with a mixture of training drills and friendly games, making them highly enjoyable while helping participants to improve their skills.

If you are interested in joining this growing sport, visit www.ipswichravens.org.uk or call/text 07508 351875.

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SPORT / CHURCH NEWS KESGRAVE, NORTHGATE & ASSOCIATED IPSWICH WANDERERS FC KARATE CLUB The opening league match at home to Walsham On June 25 a small team from Northgate attended the Karate Kid Championships in Walthamstow with our sole representative being Ruby Hunt. Ruby fought extremely well winning her first fight 5-3 although she was up against a tricky opponent. Ruby dominated in her second fight to win 4-0. The final was a close fought match, but Ruby’s persistence saw her come away with a 3-0 victory and well deserved gold. Well done Ruby and many thanks to both Gerry and Teliah Turner for their support and coaching.

Ruby was also selected to represent the 10-11 girls team Midlands Region in the Inter-regional Championship on July 23 in Leicester. She won all her fights against the Northern, South East and South West regions ensuring her team won maximum points for Midland Region which went on to win the competition overall. Team Northgate also had a squad at the Central England Open competition in Worcester on July 2. Lilly Melton and Emma Buckley took home a bronze in team kata while Lauren Berry achieved silver in individual kata.

We are one of the few clubs who pay the competition entry fees for our squad (most clubs expect their competitors to pay for their own entries) and we also organise training with world-class athletes at subsidised fees to enhance the skills of our students. None of this would be possible without the generous support of our club sponsors for which we are very grateful. This month we would like to say a massive thank you to Ipswich Audi for their sponsorship of the club.

Family friendly race night at Greshams We are also trying to raise funds to support Northgate, Kesgrave and Associated Club students to compete in Estonia in February, which will be a great opportunity for them to compete in an international competition.

So we are holding a family friendly race night at Greshams on Saturday, September 23 to help raise funds. These events are fun for all the family as everyone is able to take part. The hall holds 220 people so please spread the word as this is open to everyone. Tickets cost £2.50 each and there will be eight races with eight horses per race. There will be a prize for each race winner.

Greshams have kindly offered to lay on bar meals to purchase and you will be able to pre-order food. Please contact Nickie Witmore on 07825 641924 or reply to the Facebook post for any ticket or horse purchases.

Please may we ask that you do not contact the instructors or Greshams as they will not be able to provide any information on this event.

Eleanor Legg September brings a gradual change toward a cooler climate and as we enjoy the last of summer, we know that a harvest of fruitfulness is on its way. Throughout this month The Ark will run our 30 Days of Prayer on the theme of Fruitfulness which will be posted on our Facebook page as well as via email to those on our distribution lists with well over 100 people taking part. 30 Days of Prayer is a tool to help with focusing on a particular subject and is run four times a year plus January.

Join us on Sunday mornings at 11.30am (Café & Children’s Church at 10.30am) at The Ark Church, Wolsey House, The Drift, Nacton Road, Ipswich IP3 9QR. Contact us via email at arkipswichuk@gmail.com. We can also be found online at: www.arkipswich.co.uk / Facebook @arkofthelord / Twitter @arkipswich

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Le Willows saw a record-breaking attendance at The Doucy.

The crowd of 172 was the highest attendance for an opening home fixture at Ipswich Wanderers.

Together with the Kesgrave end in fine voice, this was a reward for all the time and effort put in by the band of Wanderers volunteers over the last months.

It was the visitors who responded first, going ahead just after half-time, but backed by the big support it was fitting that the home side equalised through midfielder Darius Laws just minutes from the final whistle.

We seem to be starting the season with a number of key players nursing injuries and therefore side-lined. This was clear to the 30 or so Wanderers fans who ventured to Hullbridge for our FA Cup opener. A very young and inexperienced Wanderers team took on a capable Essex side and struggled to make any impact, losing 5-1.

Our fantastic away support dwarfed the home contingent, but we returned disappointed after this lacklustre display, punctuated by individual errors. The only bright spot was early in the second half when substitute James Watling scored our only goal. Manager Shane Wardley will be looking for a far better return from his squad as the league season unfolds.

We hope to see you at The Doucy in September. Our home fixtures this month are: Tuesday, Aug 29: H v Brantham Athletic (KO 7.45pm) Premier Division Tuesday, Sep 5: H v FC Clacton (KO 7.45pm) Premier Division Tuesday, Sep 19: H v Gorleston (KO 7.45pm) Premier Division Saturday, Sep 30: H v Godmanchester Rovers (KO 3pm) Premier Division In addition, there will be another opportunity for a cup run as Ipswich Wanderers travel to new boys Norwich CBS in the opening round of the prestigious FA Vase. The club will be running a coach to this game. Details will be released later.

The club now has a brand new website where Reserve, Youth and Ladies news and matches can be found: www.iwfc.co.uk Our stadium is an easy walking distance from anywhere in Rushmere, Kesgrave and East Ipswich; we hope to see you soon.

Keith Lloyd

IT’S HOW WE FINISH THAT COUNTS I, like a lot of us I suppose, recently watched the World Athletics Championships in London. I was struck by two contrasting races: the final of the men’s 100 meters and the final of the men’s 10,000 meters. The first being a sprint where a bad start could lose runners the race and the second being a much longer race where despite being buffeted several times during the race, Mo still emerged the winner. This is a lot like life.

The Bible talks about Paul wanting to finish running the race to attain the prize, this race being more like a long distance one rather than a sprint.

Starting badly does not disqualify us from finishing and thus ‘winning’.

Also we must expect to be buffeted along the way, but this should not stop us finishing the race either. In fact, it doesn’t matter how we start, just how we finish that counts.

If you would like to hear more about running the race that is the Christian life, please feel free to drop in and see us on any Sunday morning and join as for worship as we meet and prepare each other to continue running the face of faith. We meet in Heath Primary School, Bell Lane, Kesgrave at 10.30am.

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ON THE GRAPEVINE QUESTIONS ON CASH Independent Financial Adviser Nick Plumb answers your questions Patrick and Sue from Stowmarket are confused about the various forms of life and ill health insurance that are available to protect their mortgage. They ask: “There seem to be so many different insurances available and our mortgage arranger has confused us by overloading us with technical explanations. Do we really need them all?”

Mortgage Protection and General Insurance Cover comes in many different forms and it might be useful to understand what type of cover is available: Life Insurance will pay out a cash lump sum if you die within the chosen term, usually the same length of time as your mortgage. It can be ‘level’ where the sum assured stays the same throughout the policy term to protect an interest-only mortgage where the outstanding capital stays the same, or it can have a ‘decreasing’ sum assured which is intended to keep in line with a repayment mortgage where the capital outstanding reduces over the term.

Critical Illness Insurance will pay out a lump sum if you are diagnosed as suffering from one of a list of specified illnesses, such as heart attack, most types of cancer and stroke, or disability due to an accident, which occur within the policy term. Critical illness cover can also be incorporated into a mortgage protection policy or as an add-on to ordinary term life insurance cover. These packaged deals with life cover are often cheaper than buying critical illness cover as a standalone policy, but be warned, no critical illness policy is cheap. If you can afford it, buy it when you are young and healthy for longer-term protection of not only your mortgage but for future family protection.

Income Protection Insurance or Permanent Health Insurance pays you a regular monthly income if you cannot work due to long-term sickness or disability. You can choose an amount of benefit to cover your main outgoings, such as your mortgage, and you can also include additional cover to pay other bills. The policy will pay a proportion of your net income which is typically capped at up to 70% (to allow for whatever state benefits would also be available).

There is usually a deferred period before you can make a claim, typically between 13 and 26 weeks. Once a claim has been accepted, then the benefits are paid until either you are well enough to return to work, or until the expiry date of the policy (usually when you reach retirement

age). The insurer can’t cancel the policy, hence the old name ‘Permanent Health Insurance’. Income Protection cover is particularly useful if you don’t have a company sick-pay scheme or if you are self employed, but shop around for the best deal as the premiums can be expensive.

Accident Sickness and Unemployment Insurance or Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is the one that has been hitting the headlines over the last few years, due to it often being mis-sold by banks and building societies.

PPI was often sold as an included add-on to the mortgage or as part of a packaged mortgage deal. The policy will cover your monthly mortgage payments if you are unable to work due to accident, sickness, or redundancy, but usually only for a maximum of 12 months, after which you are ‘on your own’ again. That could cause problems if you have a long-term illness or disability that keeps you off work for several years.

True income protection is generally going to be much better value in the longer term and my general advice would be to avoid PPI policies.

What level of cover you need will depend on whether you are single or have a partner and dependants, what you can afford, and what cover you already have in place. However, as a base line, I would usually suggest, that a young couple with children should have life and critical illness cover for at least the value of their outstanding mortgage.

Much of what else you decide to put in place will of course be driven by affordability. An independent financial adviser will be able to advise you on the best deal for your own circumstances and can shop around to get you the right policy at the best possible price.

Nick Plumb is an Independent Financial Adviser and Practice Principal at Plumb Financial Services. Post your questions to Nick at Plumb Financial Services, The Old Police House, Baylham Business Centre, Lower Street, Baylham, Suffolk IP6 8JP, email nick at nickplumb@aol.com, or telephone him on 01473 830301. Nick’s answers to reader’s questions in this column are provided only as a general guide and do not constitute personal financial advice. Any readers who require advice should contact Nick to arrange a complimentary and without obligation initial consultation to discuss their own position and requirements. Plumb Financial Services are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

HALLELUJAH! COME AND SING HANDEL’S MESSIAH Ever wanted to sing the Hallelujah Chorus with a professional Baroque ensemble and outstanding soloists? Of course you have!

Join Ipswich Choral Society and their music director Robin Walker on Sunday, September 17 to rehearse and perform Handel’s great oratorio Messiah – all in one day. Accompanied by professional period instrument ensemble Vivace! and wonderful young soloists from the Royal Academy of Music, it promises to be a truly amazing experience Everyone is welcome; it’s all about having a great time singing together.

The day begins with rehearsal time led by Robin Walker and ends with the choir performing highlights from Messiah accompanied by our world-class players and soloists, all in the comfortable and modern surroundings of Suffolk One. “Messiah has always had special place in the hearts of singers and audiences alike. It is my great pleasure to invite you to join us to perform this wonderful work, and to celebrate the joy of singing together. On behalf of us all at Ipswich Choral Society I look forward to welcoming you 18

to join us for what promises to be a fantastic concert,” said Robin Walker.

Closing date for workshop applications (£30 / students and Under 16s £7.50) is September 4. Please call 01473 738324 for further information or visit www.ipswichchoralsociety.org for a booking form.

Unable to join the choir singing? Never fear, you can experience the amazing concert finale by coming along to enjoy the performance!

“The orchestra and soloists were a delight, but nothing can take away from the enthusiastic and much enjoyed performance of the choir.

The spontaneous applause after the Hallelujah chorus was indeed well deserved. A most enjoyable and well executed concert, the whole evening a resounding success!” Ipswich Choral Society, Handel’s Messiah, Ipswich Corn Exchange, March 2016 Tickets for the 4pm concert are £15 (students and under 16s £7.50) and are available via ICS ticket line: 01473 625208 Cover image courtesy of Matthew Clarke, Ipswich and District Photographic Society.

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