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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR When I roll out of bed in the morning I immediately head to the kitchen, put the kettle on and switch on the TV news. I like to know what’s happening in the world before my day begins, but it’s often quite depressing and sometimes makes me quite grumpy. By the time I get into the car to drive to work I need an antidote, which I usually find in music. However, earlier this week I switched on just in time to catch a programme on Radio 4 called The Pleasures of Brecht, a celebration of the simple joys in life and the story of Brecht’s much-loved poem that described them. Brecht’s poem, Vergnügungen, is a list of pleasures, moving from “the first look out of the window in the morning” via showering, swimming, the dog and “comfortable shoes” to “being friendly”. As I listened I began to consider the simple pleasures in my own day to day existence and my mood soon lifted. Predictably that first cup of tea topped the list, closely followed by my son’s face when I catch him watching something funny on TV. I also include a perfectly boiled egg, a free checkout at the supermarket, the smell of dinner cooking when I get in from work (rarely happens), discovering someone has emptied the dishwasher (never happens but I’m hoping my husband reads this), a perfectly chilled glass of white wine at the end of a productive day, chatting with friends, finding £5 I didn’t know I had, dark chocolate, an unexpected smile from anyone, running into a friend I haven’t seen for a while, finding the perfect pair of jeans, meeting someone who inspires me, hitting a deadline, new socks, clean windows, feeling included, cake… I could go on and on, but every day since I’ve identified new pleasures (and been forced to accept that I am a chocoholic) which I would probably have ignored if this hadn’t been on my mind. And that’s the point. We rarely take the time to appreciate the simple things in life but when we do we are likely to find much to be thankful for. I’m still going to watch the news, I want to be socially and politically aware, but I’m determined to acknowledge and appreciate the simple pleasures because it makes me happier. I hope you can make a list and that it gives you lots to be thankful for, especially when the news gets you down.
NEWS TEDDY BEAR PARACHUTE CHALLENGE Thank you to everyone who supported the morning at St Michael’s, Brantham. More than 85 Teddies, monkeys, dogs and donkeys registered. Competition was fierce. Carol’s bear floated for just over 43 seconds, closely followed by Hannah and Eeyore. Some bears enjoyed the experience so much they haven’t landed yet and had to be disqualified! We raised about £1,400, a wonderful effort. Let your bear have a few days off before beginning to train for 2020. The Rev Steph
NEW ROLE FOR PAULINE DEAN Rotarian Pauline Dean, a resident of Lawford and a member of Colchester Rotary Breakfast Club, has now been inducted as District Governor of Rotary District 1240 which covers all of Essex and into Hertfordshire. The role means being the head of the over 50 clubs in the county and visiting all of them in her year of office. Preparation for this role is mainly carried out in the USA and is a prestige appointment for both her club and the area. We wish her well in the year ahead.
I wonder how many lists begin with a perfect cup of tea!
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In Touch Titles • Stowmarket & Stowupland • Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew • Melton & Woodbridge • Manningtree, Brantham, Lawford & Mistley • Hadleigh, Chattisham, Hintlesham, Holton St Mary, Layham & Raydon • Ipswich East, Ravenswood, Broke Hall & Warren Heath • Elmswell, Beyton, Drinkstone, Haughley, Hessett, Norton, Tostock, Wetherden & Woolpit • Needham Market & The Creetings • Shotley, Chelmondiston, Erwarton, Harkstead, Holbrook, Pin Mill, Stutton & Woolverstone • Martlesham • Claydon, Barham, Henley & Whitton • East Bergholt, Dedham, Flatford & Stratford St Mary • Bramford, Offton, Somersham & Willisham • Capel St Mary (Capel Capers) • Copdock, Belstead, Bentley, Tattingstone & Washbrook • Gt & Lt Blakenham, Baylham & Nettlestead • Westerfield, Ashbocking, Tuddenham St Martin & Witnesham • Sproughton & Burstall
MANNINGTREE TOWN COUNCIL The minutes of Manningtree Town Council meetings are available on their website, on the two town noticeboards (one at the Co-op Fiveways store and one beside the library) and at the clerk's office by appointment: 01206 390285 www.manningtreetowncouncil.org.uk This month’s beautiful cover image was submitted by Anthony T Rush from Brantham. He writes: “I have had this flower since the 1930s. It’s a Vallota Speciosa AKA, St George’s Lily, and was washed up on the beach near Scarborough when a ship went down. It flowers once every four to five years and needs minimal attention, but has given so much joy.” Thanks Anthony. It’s obviously in a very happy place.
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NEWS MISTLEY PARISH COUNCIL SAVING BRANTHAM DECOY POND This five-acre established lake at the end of Factory Lane in Brantham is home to a huge stock of carp, mainly in the 3-6lb range but with a few fish to 20lbs or more. Roach and rudd in excess of 3lbs are present and some perch over 4lbs have also been recorded. Licenced fishing rights are held by Paxmans Fishing Club. Brantham Decoy Pond/Lake is recorded in the web-based version of the Suffolk Historic Environment Record, the definitive record of the known archaeological sites and historic buildings in the county. The Decoy Pond is recorded as reference number BNT 018 and as a Monument. Post Medieval-1540 AD to 1900 AD shown on OS map, 1838.
Mistley Parish Council understands the owners of Mistley Place Park are in discussion with McCarthy and Stone developers in connection with the future of the Mistley Place Park site. The owners plan to retire and are in dialogue with the developers who are prominent national developers of retirement properties. It is understood that the discussions with the owners and developers relate to the area at the far end of the site, which would not impede any views on the landscape. There have also been preliminary discussions about the owners of Mistley Place Park possibly gifting some of the land to Mistley Parish Council as a community asset for the benefit of local residents.
The pond is also recorded in national archives with the records held at the Suffolk Record Office, ref: HC410/A1/1, dated as 1740-1913 with 22 documents held.
It should be noted that Tendring District Council is the Local Planning Authority. Mistley Parish Council make recommendations on any planning and development matter to Tendring, but the final decision on any planning application is with the district council. No applications or proposals have been received by Tendring.
Further details of Brantham Decoy Pond can be found in books available online: The Wildfowler – A Treatise on Fowling, Ancient and Modern The Book of Duck Decoys; their construction, management and history by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Should any firm offer be made to the parish council, the council would hold an Extraordinary Public Parish Council Meeting and invite local residents to attend and voice their views. The sole purpose of Mistley Parish Council is to represent its electorate, i.e. local residents of Mistley, and to provide and enhance the services and facilities for the community.
This pond has stood the test of hundreds of years and never dries out or stagnates. It must therefore be fed by natural springs with a natural outfall. The level rarely changes so there is a natural balance. A proposal to use the pond for run-off water from a proposed housing estate would change the natural balance and cause considerable harm. Run-off water would contain contaminates from roads, roofs, parking areas and salt spread on the roads. Salt will destroy all lifeform in the pond/lake.
Any further queries please contact Susan Clements, Parish Clerk/Proper Officer on 01473 827791.
Decoy Ponds are considered to be of historical significance for two main reasons: 1. They may be important historic features in their own right. 2. B oth their structure and their sediments may contain important historical information relevant to the history of the waterbody, its surrounds and the wider environment (pollen record, historical artefacts etc.). Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is to have its boundaries extended such that the Decoy Pond land would fall within the designated area. This gives some protection to the site, but it is limited as AONB have no powers of enforcement. An application has been submitted to have this historic pond listed as a protected monument in the National Heritage list for England (NHLE). I have applied using the free service, but would like to use the fast-track service to ensure the site is protected for the enjoyment of future generations and from the current drainage plan to use the pond as a drain for the proposed housing estate. The cost of fast-track starts at £1,000 with an average cost of £2,000/£3,000 which is beyond my resources. I am willing to donate £250 towards the cost but should any person or organisation wish to contribute, I have opened a JustGiving account (see link). I have also applied to the parish council for financial support. My application also has the support of AONB, the Paxman Fishing Club and James Rolfe Senior Archaeological Officer and Head of Suffolk CC Archaeological Service. However, they have no funds to offer financial assistance www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/david-fisk David Fisk: dave.ann@hotmail.com
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Statement Regarding Mistley Place Park, New Road
Parish Councillor Charlotte Howell – Chairman of the Council Parish Councillor Jenny Chaplin – Vice Chairman of the Council
SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM Hello from Pc 710 Mike Small, Hadleigh and Babergh area Community Engagement Officer Suffolk Police. As summer is now well and truly on us, may I please remind all residents to be extra vigilant with their home security. We are still getting incidents of rural break-ins. However a number of the offences that have taken place were to premises and outhouses that were insecure. Please remember to lock all of your garages and sheds before leaving your property. Garden equipment such as ride-on lawnmowers are the type of objects being stolen. If you are going away over the summer, please take all precautions to secure your homes and make local residents aware so that they can watch out for your property in your absence. We have stepped up our rural patrols in the rural areas as this is one of our current policing priorities. If you need to contact us or report a crime, ant-social behaviour or have some information connected to your area, you can report to us directly using our Suffolk Police website. Go to our website and click on the ‘REPORT SOMETHING’ tab. This can then be actioned and sent to the relevant officer for your area and avoids busy times when using 101. We are increasing our number of community engagement officers and in the next few weeks, Pc Sarah George and Pc Di Porter will become engagement officers for the Hadleigh Sector. We will provide more information of this when the change takes place. This will increase the service that you receive as I currently cover the west of Ipswich in addition to Babergh. They will become designated Hadleigh Community Engagement Officers. Police Constable 710 Michael Small If you have any quires or questions please contact Hadleigh SNT at Hadleigh Police Station, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh IP7 5AD Hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk Emergency: Call 999 / Non-Emergency: Call 101 Follow us on Twitter@ HadleighPolice Police Connect: Suffolk.police.uk/police connect
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Extended Hours I’m pleased to announce that from 1 July the practice will be extending its opening hours. Our Capel St Mary site will now be open every Tuesday from 7-8am and 6.30-7.30pm for patients with pre-booked appointments. We will be holding two phlebotomy clinics between 7am and 8am and a dressing clinic between 6.30am and 7.30pm. These appointments are pre-bookable via our reception team. We will also be holding GP surgeries between 7am and 8am and 6.30am and 7.30pm, bookable by the doctors. So if you need a GP appointment outside normal working hours, please let the doctor know when you speak to them. Please note that no other service will be available during these times, e.g. appointment booking or general queries.
The summer months are always busy for Ardleigh Surgery with people going away on holiday needing to have extra medication, or returning home from university. We have a request from the dispensary team and our local pharmacies to remind patients to allow two or three working days to allow time to dispense your medication.
Training days Please note that the practice will be closed for staff training from 1pm on Wednesday 11 September. The Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy, but reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training off-site. Our phone lines will be closed for the afternoon. If you need medical assistance please contact 111. If your need is urgent then please dial 999 or attend your local A&E.
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Practice Manager Pete Keeble
• carrying out research into the views of those who use the practice
There are a number of items the NHS no longer supply by prescription. The items can be purchased over the counter, for example, seasonal hay fever products. Speak to your pharmacist as they can give advice and suggest the best treatments, e.g. antihistamine drops, tablets or nasal sprays to help with itchy and watery eyes, sneezing or a blocked nose The role of the PPG includes: • being a critical friend to the practice • advising the practice on the patient perspective and providing insight into the responsiveness and quality of services • encouraging patients to take greater responsibility for their own and their family’s health • organising health promotion events and improving health literacy
STOUR VALLEY LADIES PROBUS CLUB Stour Valley Ladies Probus Club meets at The Haywain, Bentley Road, Little Bromley at 10am on the first and third Thursday in each month. The first meeting in the month includes lunch and the second is a coffee morning. At each meeting there is a general interest speaker. New members are welcome and anyone interested in attending a coffee morning should contact our president, Jill Nicholls: 01206 393680
• regular communication with the patient population If you would like to be part of the PPG please contact reception. Staff Changes We are pleased to have some additions to the reception team. Lucy, Paul and Sandra are undergoing their induction at the moment. Dr Radrie Cole will be the senior partner due to the retirement of Dr Vernon Bettle, and the partners welcome our Advanced Nurse Practitioner Joy Harrison as a new partner. Our waiting room is undergoing a revamp and we are also awaiting the launch of a new Ardleigh Surgery website. Watch this space. Online Access You will notice if you have online access that there is an increased amount of appointments. If you are not already registered pick up a form from reception and bring photo ID when completed to start booking appointments, viewing test results or ordering medication. Training Days You will notice that we are now closed one afternoon a month for staff training. If you telephone the surgery you will be asked to call 111 for medical assistance if your problem can not wait until the following day at 8.30am when we will reopen.
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NEWS REPORT TO PARISHES, BRANTHAM WARD Babergh District Councillor Alastair McCraw Brantham Regeneration Area For the last six years, various ‘prophets of doom’ have told me that ‘they’ll be building those houses next year’. I don’t blame them. There are times when the planning system, so heavily weighted against our communities, seems to trundle on regardless. In reality though, there are a lot of hoops to be jumped through and this area has been one of the most complex that Babergh has ever handled. Brantham has played a significant part in obtaining planning conditions to offset the impacts. That takes time and a lot of preparatory work has been required by law. Now the design and layout of the housing has been agreed, with its own conditions attached. This is the third layout I’ve seen, modified by your comments since the November 2018 exhibition. There will be one main road running down the bank from Brooklands to Factory Lane, behind Palfrey Bungalow. East-West roads will run off that with sightlines towards Decoy Pond and the Country Park open space. I don’t think it will be an estate of little boxes either, as many have feared. There are a number of design features that have been brought in, as well as a sympathetic colour palate based on suggestions by the AONB. If you want a really good idea of some of these points, I recommend the 40-minute presentation given at the Planning Meeting on June 19. Search for Babergh on YouTube. It was broadcast live and will be kept there. The presentation starts at 1.09.45 and I think you’ll find it interesting.
The cycle path work will continue toward Manningtree Station till Septemberish. There’ll be an overnight closure of the underpass only to work on that section. The Factory Lane surface work will continue this year, followed by some work on the access points to the housing area. I believe that the northern access to Brooklands is to be redesigned shortly so that will delay an expected traffic-light control there. The approach to ‘Amy’s Roundabout’ on the A137 is also being reconsidered. Breheney will probably start work on the Country Park/Open Space next year. Anglian Water have a pumping station to construct near what somebody recently called ‘Cattawade Lakes’, on the south side of Factory Lane. As to house building, it seems there’s a likely figure of between 40-60 houses per year, assuming no complications. To build out looks like a four or five year project. The impact will accumulate, but hopefully at a manageable pace. Landscaping and completion could take longer, but it is required and should be insisted upon. I am told that some phasing of work on the original Regeneration Area has been agreed now. Some houses, then some industrial development. We all argued for this throughout. That was the purpose of the whole thing. That point has been reinforced in my discussions with leadership at Babergh. With Independent positions within the Cabinet, including the Planning Portfolio, I expect the Brantham Regeneration Area to be a test of the Councils will to make this part of policy actually work.
None of us exactly welcomed this housing development, but we shouldn’t cut off our noses to spite our faces. The eventual residents will become part of Brantham, as did those living in Poppy Field, Temple Pattle, the Pippins, Brooklands, Palfrey Heights, Brantham Hill and even, at one time, New Village. So yes, they’ll be building some houses ‘next year’.
Next month I’ll write about the Joint Local Plan Consultation, what it is, why it matters and what we can say. The parish council is forming a group to go through it line by line, but it’s a 10-week consultation starting on July 22 (for the summer) and it really needs more space to cover.
Works Programme What can we expect in the meantime? Well I’ve never seen a pretty building site, so don’t expect it to be so, but the contractors have a responsibility to minimise impacts on us. The PC, myself and Babergh will be working to ensure that. It’s also in Taylor Wimpey’s interest to work with us, to keep things running as smoothly as possible. I’ve stressed that point with them repeatedly and will remain in contact throughout. Better to discuss than just argue!
You can always join, or lurk, on the Facebook group for updates, often daily. Alternatively wave me down on the Blue Claud Butler (apologies to the other Blue Claud Butler owner in Brantham) or just collar me some time. Many do! Have a nice summer, and try not to worry. Call me if you do. Alastair McCraw 07812 564188 / alastair.mccraw@babergh.gov.uk Facebook: Alastair McCraw, Brantham Independent Councillor (Open Group)
COUNCILS BRING DEMOCRACY ONLINE Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are to make their council meetings, which include major decisions such as budgets and major planning applications, accessible to everyone as online livestreaming begins. Following an upgrade of the King Edmund Chamber at the councils’ joint headquarters in Endeavour House, Ipswich, all meetings will be livestreamed for public viewing, allowing residents to watch their councillors debate and vote upon major issues, including upcoming debates on the councils’ Joint Local Plan, from their own devices. The new platform will allow members of the public to view presentations given to councillors at these meetings and will display the name of each member of the councils when they speak, helping residents follow each meeting in full. Meetings held in the King Edmund Chamber include Full Council meetings and most Cabinet and Planning Committee meetings, as well as several other committee and subcommittee meetings of both councils.
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The videos will be available online for public viewing via the councils’ YouTube page at: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSWf_0D13zmegAf5Qv_aZSg Once meetings have finished, the videos will be saved on the channel for public viewing at any time. Several previous meetings are already available online, following testing of the new set-up. Members of the public will continue to be welcome to attend these meetings in person via the public gallery if desired. Mid Suffolk District Council’s Cabinet Member for Customers, Digital Transformation & Improvement, Councillor Suzie Morley, said: “We’re committed to being more open, more transparent and more accountable than ever, and I’m delighted that we’re now able to put our meetings on the screens of every computer, phone or tablet that wants to see them. Open, public meetings have always been a key part of local democracy, and this new facility moves that into the 21st century.”
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OUT & ABOUT A CREATIVE WRITING REVOLUTION A quiet revolution is happening in North East Essex, one which involves the scratching of pens on paper. In living rooms across the county, in church halls and in the back of pubs, more and more people are meeting to write stories, memoirs and poems. We asked Petra McQueen, owner of The Writers’ Company, why she thought creative writing groups were becoming so popular. “Our students come to us for all sorts of different reasons,” she said. “Some want simply to express themselves, others want to be best-selling authors. Whatever the reason, all of our writers really enjoy being in a class with others. It’s not just about honing skills and learning new techniques, although that’s important – coming to our courses also allows writers to meet like-minded people. Writing can be a lonely business, but it needn’t be.” One of Petra’s students, Clare Kemsley, is pictured reading from the anthology Paths are Made by Walking which The Writers’ Company wrote, edited and published to raise funds for Inside Out Community, an arts and mental health charity. We asked her how people could join a writers’ group or course. “Just keep your eyes open! Almost every town and village in Essex has a writers’ group. There’s a monthly Writenight group in Colchester, which I know is very good. If anyone wanted more of a taught class, I’d be delighted if they’d look us up. We teach in Wivenhoe and Manningtree and both me and my colleague, Kate Worsley, are long time teachers and have been published.” So maybe it’s time you joined the quiet revolution? It might lead to a book contract, or it might simply be a way of expressing yourself with like-minded people. Whatever it is, it will surely be fun. Find out more at: www.thewriterscompany.co.uk
MANNINGTREE LIBRARY The Summer Reading Challenge 2019 Saturday 20 July – Monday 2 September This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is out of this world as it’s inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. Children aged three to 12 will be challenged to read six books to earn cool space themed stickers and if they complete the challenge a certificate and medal. With a specially designed activity for the 0-3 year olds there’s intergalactic fun for all the family over the summer holidays. Find out more about how to take part on our website. Community Coffee Morning Every Tuesday from 10am-noon. Come along and join us for a tea or coffee and a chat. We look forward to seeing you! Reading Group Midweek Readers meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 10.45am and would welcome new members. For more information please visit Manningtree Library. www.libraries.essex.gov.uk
THE SUFFOLK CHURCHES RIDE AND STRIDE Saturday 14 September, 9am-5pm The Suffolk Churches Ride and Stride, organised by Suffolk Historic Churches Trust, takes place on Saturday 14 September and St Michael’s Brantham will be open to welcome visitors, whether walkers or cyclists. This is a wonderful way to explore our beautiful county and some of its historic buildings while raising funds for your nominated church or chapel. If you would like to participate and nominate St Michael’s Brantham to receive half of the sponsorship raised, or for more information, please contact Julie Fermor: 01206 618243 You can also find out more at: www.shct.org.uk
HIGHFIELDS PRIMARY/ STOUR CHORAL CONCERT CAR BOOT SALE AT EAST BERGHOLT HIGH SCHOOL Sunday 15 September, 9.30am-noon Admission is 50p, refreshments available, free car park. Pitches In advance: cars £5, with trailers £7, domestic vans £10 On the day: £1 extra No traders. Gates open 8.30am for sellers. 07776 291445
BARN DANCE IN LAWFORD Lawford Church is holding a Barn Dance on Saturday 31 August from 7-10pm. Tickets are £10 to include a ploughman’s supper. Ages 12-16 are welcome and are free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. Bring your own drinks. Contact Karen on 01206 396535 / bubscrow@aol.com or Jenny on 01206 230658.
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On Saturday, July 6, to a packed hall in the chapel at Old Hall East Bergholt, the combined singers of Highfields Primary School and Stour Choral Society gave a performance of Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo. The picture shows the final Rainbow chorus, plus a representation of God, by the combined singers. The programme included songs by Highfields Primary School Choir, Summer by Jonathan Dove, Highfields Girls Vocal Group, The Circle of Life and Pie Jesu, Stour Choral Society, Hey Ho the Wind and the Rain and Down by the Riverside, and solos from the up and coming Cameron Collins concluding with If I Loved You from Carousel. This was preceded by a musical extravaganza of the Carousel Waltz on the concert organ by Stephen Smith who accompanied the whole performance. The combined choir, with Richard Willan as God, sang enthusiastically the Flanders and Horowitz Cantata of Captain Noah. This was conducted very efficiently by Susie Hyman, ably accompanied by Stephen Smith. Stour Choral Society starts its new season in Manningtree Methodist Church Hall on Monday, September 9 at 7.30pm. The choir is in desperate need of male voices. There will be a warm welcome to inexperienced singers or able musicians, please come and join us.
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MANNINGTREE & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY With the summer break now well under way the society has several social events planned. The first – a photography marathon – took place on 15 June, which fortunately was a dry and reasonably sunny day. This year we extended an invitation to Harwich and Dovercourt Camera Club and were joined by several of their members. A total of 22 people took part in a competition that involved taking unedited images to fit 10 categories such as Curves, Big, Read Me and A Bit on the Side to name a few. This proved to be very challenging and at the finish we had to submit a memory card with only one image for each category. This year participants were able to go to locations of their choice within the five-hour limit of the competition so we look forward to seeing some very interesting and inspirational images. Judging has still to be completed so results should be available next month. There is no formal programme between June and September, but various summer events are planned, including our summer barbecue
in July. The Facebook challenge continues with a new subject set by Rachel every two weeks, designed to stretch our photography skills and imagination. The new season commences on 10 September with an open competition of images taken within a 10-mile radius of Manningtree to be judged by club members. Meetings are held at 7.30pm at St John Ambulance Centre, Station Road, Manningtree CO11 1EB on the second and fourth Thursday evenings between September and May. New members are welcome to join or may attend initially as visitors. Please contact our secretary for details: 01206 393751 / madps@post.com www.manningtreeanddistrictphotographicsociety.co.uk These images, entitled Making a Splash, by Jill Sullivan were highly commended in a recent club competition to show three photos of the same subject.
TEA & SUPPORT IN 2019 STOUR VALLEY U3A Tea and Support, the friendly, practical support group for those recently bereaved or left living alone, meets on the third Wednesday of each month, usually at Mistley Church Hall, New Road, Mistley (just opposite The Towers), between 2 and 4pm. Transport is available on request. We offer a friendly and safe place to spend time with others, to make new friends or to get some practical support. Understanding that Sunday lunchtime is often difficult, some of our members meet at the Environmental Centre Cafe in New Road for a roast lunch on the first Sunday of each month. On Wednesday 21 August we’ll have a summer special afternoon tea with a quiz, and on 18 September we’ll have a fun afternoon with Dom Turner. For anyone left alone life can become difficult and often lonely. Please come along and join us at Tea & Support or ring Joy or John Baker (01206 391918) or Sue Orriss (01206 395355) for further information. Copies pf the 2019 programme can be found in St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church, New Road, Mistley, at St Lawrence Church, Bradfield or from Paskell’s of Manningtree. Tea & Support is run by members of St Mary’s & St Michael’s Church, New Road, Mistley and supported by Paskells of Manningtree.
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On Wednesday 10 July, Paul Stancliffe, Media Manager of The British Trust for Ornithology, talked to us on bird migration, explaining how the BTO is using the very latest technology to uncover the mysteries of bird migration. Our meeting on August 14 is a members’ only event and will be held at the Venture Centre, Lawford CO11 2JE at the normal time. The theme of our meeting on September 11 is Great Composers of Film Music. Steve Johnson, a film enthusiast, will recall the history of music in film from the beginnings of sound, with emphasis on specific composers who have made significant contributions to music in film. Jenny Gibbs will talk to us on An Englishwoman’s Life in Rural Turkey on Wednesday 9 October. Her stories capture a simple, serene, pastoral way of life in a Turkish mountain village unchanged for centuries, from the day she first arrived there 25 years ago to today. Each month The Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt CO7 6SD from 10am to noon. This meeting especially welcomes new members and gives all members the opportunity to meet the activity group leaders and the committee while enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday 30 August. We meet at Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm. Annual membership is £12 which entitles members to attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month.
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How can you plan for your future? When you think of the future, how do you feel? Organised, prepared and excited? Or anxious and a bit out of control? There may be little you can do to foresee the future, but there are steps you can take to retain some control over it. The Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) Wills and Estates PLANNING team have created a guide AHEAD? to help you understand how you can plan for the future. It explains the nature of the options available to you and the effect on your family and friends if you have Wills and LPAs in place, and if you do not. Our team will guide you through the planning ahead process, tailoring their advice and guidance to suit your particular circumstances.
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TSP is pleased to sponsor the Bratham Church Summer Garden Party, hosted by Rev Stephne van der Toorn, on Thursday 15th August (see below). Fiona Ashworth and Sarah White will speak briefly about Planning Ahead. They will be joined by colleagues from the Family and Residential Property teams. We look forward to seeing you there! Fiona Ashworth Director, Solicitor Head of Wills and Estates 01206 217057 fiona.ashworth@tsplegal.com Sarah White Associate Solicitor Wills and Estates 01255 254265 sarah.white@tsplegal.com
AN INVITATION TO A SUMMER GARDEN PARTY Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn, Rector of East Bergholt and Brantham, would like to invite you to a Summer Garden Party. Fiona and Sarah will give a short presentation (15 mins), in St Michael’s Church, Brantham (off the A137), on Planning Ahead, followed by drinks and nibbles outside, weather permitting. Solicitors from the Thompson Smith and Puxon Private Client teams will be available during the garden party to answer any questions you may have. Thursday 15th August 3.00pm - 5.00pm St Michael’s Church, Church Lane, Brantham, Manningtree CO11 1PZ RSVP to Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn - 01206 392646 revstephvdt@googlemail.com
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OUT & ABOUT STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB In July, Peter Jones presented The Martello Towers of Essex and Liz Barringer spoke about the work of The Leonard Cheshire Homes. We don’t hold meetings in August but our speaker on 4 September is Mervyn Linford introducing us to the river from Cattawade Bridge to Ha’Penny Pier. Ted Wheatley will return on 18 September with a talk entitled Speakers’ Corner. On 2 October David Prynn will talk of China, Past and Present and two weeks later on 16 October Cherry Mullins will present Confessions of a Tour Manger. Our club endeavours to be simple in structure, free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs and involve members at minimal cost. The club is directed primarily to providing fellowship between members who are compatible with each other and the opportunity for development of acquaintances. New members are welcomed. We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB at 10.30am. For further details please contact speaker secretary Dave Carman: 01255 880202
MANNINGTREE POETRY GROUP The next meeting of Poetry Plus will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday, August 13 at the Red Lion, South Street, Manningtree. All those interested in poetry are invited to attend either to listen to the spoken word or to read poetry themselves. Some people will be reading their own poetry and some will choose to read the work of other poets. There is no admission charge. To keep up-to-date please visit: www.poetryplus.org.uk
ORWELL DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Our talks, which cover a broad spectrum of art, resume on September 4 following a short summer break. The door will open at 1.30pm on September 4 when tea, coffee and a 20th anniversary cake will be served. The AGM will start at 2pm and Anne Haworth, a lecturer at the V&A, will present a talk entitled Porcelain for the Chinese Emperors at 2.30pm. On October 2 Louise Schofield will talk about her archaeological adventures in Albania.
ROTARY CLUB OF MANNINGTREE STOUR VALLEY The club welcomed its new president, Rotarian Sue Clark (pictured), at the annual handover night, this year held at Boxted Vineyard. The evening included the appointment or reappointment of officers, a tour of the vineyard and a meal. Originally from Watford, Sue has been an active Rotarian for many years and held the position of president in her previous club. Professionally she has held high positions in the retail trade. The club looks forward to a successful year serving the community.
MANNINGTREE CHESS CLUB The new chess season starts in September and with one team in each division, Manningtree will again be fielding three teams in the Suffolk League. The A team just failed to retain the title of Suffolk Champions, but went on to win the Suffolk Cup competition. Surprisingly the C team finished ahead of the B team to win the third division title. A special mention for Adam Taylor who regularly played for the Manningtree club up until last season. This summer he was awarded the title of International Chess Master and we all wish him well as he pursues a career as professional. Manningtree Chess Club meets at the Methodist Church Hall (South Street) at 7.30pm on Wednesday evenings from the beginning of September to the end of April. Events, contact details and meeting times are all available at: www.manningtreechess.info New players are always welcome to contact either John on 01206 391628 or Jim on 01473 310561.
MANNINGTREE FIT CLUB Open to anyone looking to lead a healthy active lifestyle. Every Wednesday evening from 7-8pm at Mistley Village Hall. Contact: Bridie 07403 316735 / Tanya 07920 76245 Follow us on Facebook at: Manningtree Fit Club
We meet at Tower Hall, Broadlands Way, Rushmere St Andrew on the first Wednesday of most months. With the exception of September 4, meetings begin at 2.05pm and last about an hour, with refreshments available from 1.30pm. Guests and non-members are welcome provided we have available space. Exceptionally popular lectures will have a visitor limit of 20 so please contact Wendy Robbins in advance to check if there is available space: 01394 823807 For the latest events and news please visit: www.orwelldfas.org.uk
VILLAGE LINK Our next meeting is on August 14 at 10am in Tattingstone Village Hall when the talk will be Suffolk Sandlings by Richard Moore. Our aim is to bring communities together and over the years we have attracted members from many villages, men and women of various ages. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 10am to noon. I would like to welcome back any former members and to see new members from all local villages at our meetings, either as visitors or members. Chairman Linda Evans: 01473 311262
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LAWFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The June meeting was the 45th anniversary of the beginning of Lawford and District Horticultural Society, and it was celebrated by many of the members with a delicious supper and entertainment in the form of a floral art demonstration by Gill Smith of Little Bromley. On August 15 Peter Gant will present a talk entitled 100 Years of Lawford. This might be an occasion that you feel you would like to attend and you are indeed very welcome. We are a friendly group of people who enjoy living in this area, we don’t charge visitors to attend to see what we’re like, but buying a couple of raffle tickets is always welcome. Please do come and join us at Ogilvie Hall, Wignall Street, Lawford for a 7.30pm start.
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SPORT MISTLEY CRICKET CLUB Men’s & Ladies Cricket At the halfway point in the Two Counties Season, mixed results for all our teams are reflected in mid-table positions across the board, with the exception of the ladies who are in the top two positions in both of their leagues. For upcoming fixtures visit: https://mistleycc.wixsite.com/2017 June 2019 100 Club Winners
2nd XI Paul Garwood, 5-17 v Brockley, 8-45 (incl hat trick) v IES Stuart Barwood, 90 v Stowmarket Jimmy Goff, 4-76 v Stowmarket 3rd XI Simon Everett, 51 v IES Sunday NECL Ali Day, 4-36 v Col & EE Harry Parkes, 56 v Col & EE, 64 v Galleywood Khalipha Cele, 65 v Wivenhoe (T20) Callum O’Connell 50 v Wivenhoe (T20)
1: Robert Macdonald (27) £120 2: Pat & George Bibby (70) £55 3: Gavin Rose (91) £50 PERFORMANCES OF NOTE 1st XI Danny Goff, 56 v Maldon Jack Fifield, 5-75 v Worlington Matt Bibby, 51 v Worlington James Scott, 58 v Wivenhoe Khalipha Cele, 110 not out v Hadleigh Myles Churchill, 59 v Hadleigh Mikey Johnston, 4-47 v Hadleigh
Sunday TC Harry Parkes, 66 v Frinton Ollie Martin, 4-45 v Harwich & Dovercourt Ladies Poppy Sidhu, 6-2 v Sudbury Sharu Sadarangani 63not out v Saffron Walden Coming Up Cricket Week: Monday 12 to Friday 16 August
For anyone new to the area, you will always be welcome at New Road, either as a player or spectator. For more information please email: mistleycc@btinternet.com
EAST BERGHOLT UNITED FC The players returned to pre-season training on July 1 with much optimism for the season ahead. Leighton Chenery has taken over as 1st Team manager and will be working with coach Dale Vince and assistant manager Martin Peck, looking to continue the progress that the team made in the second half of the last campaign. The A team also received a boost as an influx in new teams resulted in a slight re-structuring of the leagues and they will now start the new season back in the Intermediate B division.
GRASSROOTS CRICKET FESTIVAL BACK AGAIN FOR 2019
If you would like to sponsor the club in some capacity we would also be delighted to hear from you. Club strips, dugouts, banners or boards on match days are all potential exposure for your business while supporting a local organisation.
Last year saw the first KBB Grassroots Cricket Festival take place at Copdock & Old Ipswichian Cricket Club. It was a glorious couple of days with perfect weather for cricket. The event was put together with the organisation of Suffolk Cricket, generous sponsorship from The KBB Centre and use of the facilities at Copdock & Old Ipswichian Cricket Club.
The ladies had a very successful season. They won the league and the Knockout Cup in the Suffolk League for the second year running and should be moving up to the Eastern Region League next season. Well done to all the players and to coaches Darren and Dale.
This year they hope to build on this and have even more children join for what will hopefully now be an annual event. Due to its popularity, the event has been extended this year to three days, running from Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 August.
We are looking for new teams, boys or girls of any age group to join us as we look for the club to grow. Also ladies who would like to join are welcome. If you are interested please contact David George: davidgeorge5000@hotmail.com.
The idea behind running the event was to get as many children as possible in one place playing cricket for free. Last year the Thursday saw an Under-9 day with more than 100 children taking part in non-competitive cricket matches across six pitches. Each team played on average six matches against teams. Friday was an Under-12 day which turned out to be even hotter for them than the Thursday! Three hardball pitches and one softball pitch were run so that all abilities could take part.
The FIFA tournament will be repeated and is open to all-comers so keep an eye out for the next one. It is also anticipated that the darts tournament will become a regular event and will be open to all. Steve Butcher: stevebutcher55@btinternet.com
LAWFORD CARPET BOWLS CLUB New members welcome at Lawford Carpet Bowls who meet at Ogilvie Hall in Wignall Street on Wednesday afternoons from 2-4.30pm and on Friday evenings from 7.30-9.30pm.
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Roger Peck of KBB Centre said: “The KBB Centre is very proud to sponsor the KBB Grassroots Cricket Festival. As a local business we are passionate about supporting the community and local sport, particularly at grassroots level. We hope that the festival will increase participation and awareness of the sport for youngsters and help inspire a new generation of cricket players and enthusiasts in the area. We believe it’s very important to encourage children to partake in sports and to help them reach their potential, aiding both their personal and sporting growth. “We do hope the festival becomes an annual fixture in the Suffolk Cricket calendar and look forward to being able to assist with the continued development of the event in the foreseeable future.” If your child would like to take part in the festival please contact Andrew Blanchard: ablanchard@suffolkcricket.org
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SPORT / ON THE GRAPEVINE MISTLEY & MANNINGTREE BOWLS CLUB New Road, Mistley CO11 1ER (next to church) Interested in playing a game of lawn bowls at a very friendly club with excellent views of the River Stour? For further information please contact: 01206 397129 / 01206 230996 / 07779 259836
WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU? Suffolk Libraries are asking this question for their space-themed Summer Reading Challenge, which started on July 20. The campaign, using the hashtag #SLWhereOnEarth, encourages social media users to post selfies of themselves reading books over the summer, no matter where they are in the world. Leon Paternoster, Head of Digital & Marketing for Suffolk Libraries, said: “You can read anything, anywhere for the Summer Reading Challenge, including eBooks and eAudio, no matter where you are in Suffolk, or the world! For parents and carers, #SLWhereOnEarth gives children something fun to do over the long break, while keeping up their reading levels. They can also pick up or download a book themselves from the library or our website.”
BLUE CROSS HOME DIRECT Finding loving homes for loved pets Giving up a pet is a tough decision for any owner, but peoples’ circumstances can change so quickly and for a variety of reasons.
This social media campaign is inspired by Suffolk Libraries’ annual Summer Reading Challenge, in which the theme this year is Space Chase, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. For more information about the Summer Reading Challenge, visit: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/src
Blue Cross knows that leaving a family home and coming to a rehoming centre can be a difficult time for owners and their pets, but there’s another way that the charity can help people to find loving new homes for their pet, and that’s with their Home Direct service. Home Direct gives owners who need to find a new home for their pet the opportunity to keep them until Blue Cross can find a new owner, instead of bringing them into one of the charity’s rehoming centres. This saves the pet the stress of staying in kennels as they’ll go straight from one loving home to another. It also frees up more space at Blue Cross’s rehoming centres and with the charity’s pet fosterers, allowing them to take in more pets that have no other home to go to, for example stray, abandoned or neglected pets.
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The team at Blue Cross carries out a full assessment of the pet, as they do with all pets they rehome, before creating a rehoming profile for the pet. The pet and their profile is then promoted alongside all our other pets on the rehoming section of the Blue Cross website.
Nature lovers young and old can discover more about Suffolk’s only island this summer with the RSPB’s annual Havergate Adventure being held from 10-12 August.
When a potential new owner applies for the pet, and the team at Blue Cross thinks they will be a good match, they arrange for them to visit the pet at their home or for the pet to come to one of the charity’s rehoming centres for an introduction. The team will ensure everything goes smoothly and if the match goes well, the pet will be rehomed to their new home.
Run by the RSPB Woodbridge Local Group, the Havergate Adventure offers an amazing opportunity for people to come and explore Havergate Island, its lagoons and salt marshes and encounter some of the wildlife that calls it home.
Blue Cross, which has rehoming centres and animal hospitals across the country, rehomes dogs, cats, small animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs and horses through its Home Direct scheme. Clare Williamson, centre manager at Blue Cross Suffolk in Wherstead, said: “Blue Cross is about helping pets and their owners throughout their life in whatever ways we can. We know how much pets can change a person’s life – we get lovely updates every day from people who have taken on pets from us – and it’s great for us to think we have helped to change theirs and the pet’s life. “Sadly we know that life changes can mean a person can sadly no longer look after their pet. We’re here to help and support people who have had to make the difficult decision to rehome their pet and have done the best thing for them by coming to us for help to find a loving new home. We help people to rehome their pets for all sorts of different reasons. For example people’s financial situation may have changed and they can no longer afford to keep their pet or they are moving into accommodation where they can’t take their pet with them such as a care home.” For more details on the Blue Cross Home Direct scheme or to find out more about the charity or the pets currently looking for homes visit: www.bluecross.org.uk
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Now in its 31st year, the adventure starts with an exhilarating 20-minute boat journey from Orford Quay to the island. Once ashore, visitors explore the island alongside an RSPB volunteer guide who will be on hand to help spot them some of the birds, animals and insects living on Havergate, including the avocet – best known as the bird featured in the RSPB logo. To make sure visitors don’t miss any hidden treasures, binoculars are available to hire for free on the day. At the end of the adventure, visitors can buy homemade cakes, snacks and refreshments to enjoy along with a well-earned sit down, before heading back over the water to Orford. This fun and fascinating wildlife event will be taking place on Saturday 10, Sunday 11 and Monday 12 August, with guided tours leaving every half hour from 9.30am until 1.30pm from Orford Quay. Advance bookings only and tickets are £15 for adults and £5 for under-16s. To book your tickets visit: www.rspb.org.uk/havergateisland Picture credit: Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com)
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GRAB YOUR GOGGLES AND SIGN UP FOR ST HELENA’S NEW EVENT MANNINGTREE HIGH SCHOOL
Grab your goggles and take on the thrill of an open water swim for St Helena Hospice this September.
Students and staff alike had a wonderful evening celebrating the students’ time at Manningtree High School. This year we completely transformed the hall with the help of Leisure Hire Marquees. The whole evening was truly spectacular, from a beetle car and a tank on arrival to the last student standing (dancing) on the light-up dance floor. We hope the students thoroughly enjoyed their send off from Manningtree High School. We certainly did!
This brand new event will take place at Curve Wake Park, St Osyth on Saturday 14 September and swimmers can choose to swim either 1.5km or 3km in aid of their local hospice.
To all of Year 11, we wish you the best of luck with your bright futures.
The 1.5km is ideal if you’re used to swimming in the confines of your local pool, or have yet to face longer distances, while the 3km route will push those looking for a longer challenge and is perfect for people training towards longer distance triathlons. Lisa, St Helena’s Events and Challenges Fundraiser, said: “We’re really excited to launch this new event that will hopefully appeal to regular swimmers as well as those looking for a new or different challenge. “This is the longest distance open water swimming event in north Essex and taking part is a great chance for people to experience the buzz of being part of a fantastic sporting event. All the money raised through people taking part in this sponsored swim will go towards helping local people face incurable illness and bereavement, supporting them, their families and carers.” Anyone over the age of 14 can sign up and everyone will have to take a short swimming test on the morning of the event before they take on the 1.5km or 3km route. Entry is £25 per person and everyone who signs up will receive a swim hat to wear on the day and a well-earned medal at the end. To sign up, visit: www.sthelena.org.uk/openwaterswim
CHELMSFORD’S FAMILY FUN RUN AND MARATHON The 3K Family Fun Run is raising money for The J’s Hospice which is part of Havens Hospices. The J’s supports young adults with life-limiting conditions and their families across Essex, providing specialist care in the comfort of their own homes and in the community. It only costs £5 per person to take part and children under five can join in for free. It’s a great, fun way to get the whole family exercising together while raising money for a local hospice charity. To find out more and signup online, go to: www.havenshospices.org.uk/chelmsfordfunrun If you’re looking for a greater sporting challenge, The J’s Hospice Chelmsford Marathon is also on Sunday 20 October. The 26.2 mile course is on road and tarmac paths that take you through the city and out into the nearby countryside before returning to Central Park to finish. Online registration is open now at: www.havenshospices.org.uk/chelmsfordmarathon On Sunday 20 October, The J’s Hospice is holding its first Chelmsford 3K Fun Run. This family-friendly event is suitable for all ages and abilities – you can walk, jog or run the 3K course and prams and well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome. The route starts and finishes in Central Park, taking in some of the city’s beautiful parks, and everyone who takes part will be given a medal when they cross the finish line.
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The J’s Hospice is looking for volunteers to help make both events a big success. If you can help with the pre-event organisation or you can volunteer on 20 October (e.g. at a water station, as a marshal or helping with baggage, t-shirts and at the finish funnel) please contact Lucy: lucy.burgess@thejshospice.org.uk / 01245 475474 Thank you to the Chelmsford office of Aon, the professional services firm, which is kindly sponsoring both events.
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ON THE GRAPEVINE MANNINGTREE CORN EXCHANGE – LEARNING FROM HISTORY
The future of the old Manningtree Corn Exchange building is now uncertain. By the time you read this its fate and that of the library housed there may be clearer. Can I use the history of this building to tempt you back to the middle of the 19th century for some perspective on the difficult decisions currently facing the country and our local community? At this time, maltings, grain shipments, storage and sales dominated Manningtree Town and its quayside. The eastern end of the High Street where the market was held was even known as Corn Hill. The British market was protected initially by the ‘Corn Laws’ which imposed high tariffs on imported grains. While protecting farmers it had the consequence of pushing up food prices (particularly bread) and became very unpopular. After a divisive nationwide campaign and a number of ministerial resignations (sound familiar?), these laws were repealed by the government of Sir Robert Peel in 1846, while at the same moment he was forced to resign in part due to problems with Ireland. The Conservative party split as a result, one part later merging to form a new Liberal coalition led by Palmerston. The phasing out of such protectionism saw a rise in optimism and across the country a number of new Corn Exchanges were planned or extended to take advantage of these free trade policies. The ‘Manningtree Corn Exchange & Cattle Market Company’ was created and 400, five pound shares issued by the directors in May 1864. These were quickly snapped up with Mr Alston, who had the large brewery next door, and Mr Brooks, who had large maltings in the town, being amongst the largest shareholders. It may have been built on the site of the former Prince Eugene public house using the old brick arches discovered recently under the front steps. It opened to great fanfare on 31 August 1865 at a cost of £1,600. A dinner was held for 150 gentlemen and later a tea provided for the poor of the town. It may have been named Palmerston Hall early on after the great Victorian Prime-minister who died in October that year, having just won a further general election with an increased majority. It was faced in white brick with stone dressings, Corinthian portico and two circularheaded windows. It had room for 30 stands for the town’s corn merchants and traders, with cattle pens behind in Stour Street. It also had a large iron and glass roof. It must have been a proud day for the town. Harry Tucker even wrote a poem about it. Remarkably an early photographer was there to record the event, showing a tall banner stretching across the High Street declaring the drive for trade and commerce. It was claimed that the repeal of trade barriers would help manufacturing, reduce food prices, increase employment, make agriculture more efficient and promote international trade, fellowship and peace. But the initial success of the exchange did not last long and prices fell as a result of cheap imports from America and Russia, with only Belgium and Britain refusing to increase
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their tariffs. As a result the exchange closed after only ten years and the once proud symbol of the town started on its subsequent chequered career. In 1875 it was put to good use by the newly formed indoor tennis club and for an amateur dramatic entertainment evening which included a one act farce performed by some of the leading figures in the town. It was also rented and used for several years by the Salvation Army before they built their own premises in Mill Lane. In 1889 it passed to another private company, although it continued to be used as a public hall for meetings and entertainment and in 1894 was still available through the secretary, C.E Garrard. A ‘Public Hall Company’ was set up in 1897 and a ‘new’ one in 1902 which ran to 1916 before it was dissolved, the hall then passing into private hands. By 1933 it is owned by the up-andcoming draper Harry Mead and while continuing as a public hall, was used for the sale of furniture. It was sold again in 1948 and ended up with Mr George Palmer who hired it out for dances, weddings and as a classroom. One story is that the building was named ‘Palmerston Hall’ after Mr Palmer, rather than the former Prime Minister. It certainly had this inscription by then over the entrance. In the 1960s the local Catholic Church, who were using the Red Lion for services, took an interest in the building, then said to be a crumbling ruin used only by pigeons. After nine months and £20,000 of works designed by Raymond Erith, the new church opened in December 1966 and worship continued there until 1980 when it was again put up for sale. The establishment of a local library to provide for the growing population had just as difficult a time as the hall. In 1963 the service moved from St Michael’s School to Cullingfords stationery shop in the High Street, before moving in 1969 to what were the Parish Rooms in Stour Street (workshops now known as the ‘Old Library’) rented from the church. This temporary location was found to be too small and outline plans were drawn up for a new library on what is now the Market Place costing £200,000. However, Manningtree Society suggested the purchase of the old Corn Exchange, then up for sale. Local builder William Rose thought the building sound and put forward the idea of adding in a free standing mezzanine floor. The Llbrary service agreed and paid just £28,000 for the building, half coming from a grant. This provided excellent facilities while protecting by then an important listed building. The new library was opened on 5 March 1981 by the Chairman of Essex County Council, reference at the occasion being made back to Harry Tucker’s poem of 1865. In 1987 Clarice Jacques from Manningtree Society further suggested that one of the storage rooms at the rear be given over to create a small museum, where it has been now for over 30 years promoting the town and its history, which reassuringly at times repeats itself. Philip Cunningham, Manningtree Museum & Local History Group
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CHURCH NEWS BENEFICE OF EAST BERGHOLT & BRANTHAM Rector: The Rev Canon Stephne van der Toorn 01206 392646 / revstephvdt@googlemail.com www.constablecountrychurches.co.uk RAMBLING RECTOR News that our ambassador in the USA has resigned has just broken. This move followed the leaking of confidential documents in which he expressed his candid opinion of the American president and his administration. Diplomats are by virtue of their work expected to keep their governments up to date and it is no fault of his that a) the president doesn’t like what he heard, or b) that the documents were leaked. What concerns me is that another country can stipulate who is or who is not our ambassador, but even more worrying is the apparent inability we have to keep confidentiality. When celebrities hit the headlines, there are no end of ‘close friends’ willing to be anonymously quoted in the press. Bletchley Park secrets, I feel, would not have been safe in the current climate. In Morning Prayer this morning the reading was from Romans: “Hate what is evil, cling to what is good.” Rev Steph Parking at St Michael’s Brantham When the church was built all those years ago most people used to walk or cycle and no provision was made for cars. Please be aware that we do not have a carpark yet, which means that Church Lane becomes very congested during services. Do allow extra time to find a safe parking spot and walk calmly into church! Our neighbours would much prefer you not to park on their verges, or block access to their homes, please. The lane between the church and the lower churchyard is the only form of access to the house down the lane, so please be respectful of this. Thank you very much. SERVICES IN AUGUST Friday 2 3pm Wedding of Andrew Dodd and Katie Kirk, East Bergholt Sunday 4: Trinity 7 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Benefice Communion, East Bergholt Thursday 8 12.45pm Wedding of Joel Carr & Rachael Darnell, East Bergholt
Sunday 11: Trinity 8 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 11am Benefice Communion and Baptism of Noah Balls, Brantham Sunday 18: Trinity 9 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 10am Benefice Communion and Baptism of Florence Fisher, East Bergholt 3pm Wedding of Henry Bacon & Kim Smith, Brantham Sunday 25: Trinity 10 8am BCP Communion, East Bergholt 11am Benefice Communion, Brantham Check the website for details. There is a BCP Communion every Sunday in East Bergholt at 8am and Choral Matins on the fourth Sunday, but not in August or December. St Mary’s Bank Holiday Market Monday 26 August, 10am-12.30pm / Lunches until about 2pm Your support is very much appreciated. We set up from 8am and start dismantling outdoor stalls after noon. Donations of bric-a-brac, children’s toys, nearly new gifts, jewellery, etc. may be left in the church porch, or contact Ruben for collection (299303). Broken items, magazines, Readers Digest condensed books, old road maps and much loved textbooks are not required as inexplicably they do not sell. The charity Home for Good will receive 10 per cent of the profits. Home for Good: Suffolk is led by volunteer Melissa Naish, an adopter with experience of fostering. Along with a team of trustees, volunteers and champions, Melissa is passionate about facilitating peer support for families who are caring for vulnerable children through fostering, adoption, special guardianship and kinship care. The local movement is governed by Transforming Futures – Suffolk. They work to raise awareness in churches of the local need for foster carers and adoptive parents, and to encourage Christians to consider fostering or adoption. Champions work to ensure churches are welcoming and supportive for these families. Home for Good: Suffolk connects families in the community who foster or adopt through peer groups that meet regularly and other events across the county.
Meeting at Old St Michael’s School on Trinity Road, Manningtree Praying for a good summer! What arrangements do you need to do to get a holiday and time away from all the busy-ness of life? Do you have a boss you need to clear time off with? A family you have to coordinate dates with? A travel company who have messed you around? Then there’s all the hassle of packing. We have a dog this year and all of a sudden I need a dog guard to divide the boot and a roof box to carry the stuff that used to go in the boot! What we really need is access to the highest power, the one who is the boss’s boss, the top dog, the organiser of everyone’s diaries, the provider of all the need, the one who knows what sort of holiday we need in the first place. “If only we could”, I hear you say, but we can. We have always been able to. That is one of the truly amazing truths that the Bible reveals. God wants to talk to us; He has since the very beginning been in conversation with the human beings He made. We read that He walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the Garden and met with many who descended from them after that. Then in the day of Jesus Christ, God the Son Himself came and walked and talked with many; some privately and sometimes in groups. God speaks to us in His Word and tells us He is listening to us when we pray.
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So do you pray? Given God is listening it is rather silly not to! Perhaps you don’t know what prayer is like or should be like. Well our summer preaching series and Prayer Services are just the thing. As the summer holidays begin (July 28) and until schools go back in September, we will be studying some of the great prayers of the Bible together in our morning (10.30am) and evening (5pm) services will include a briefer study followed by prayer. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been to church for a while, or ever before; we will do everything we can to make you welcome and in the evenings there will be a wide variety of prayer to try or just to listen too. On August 25 we will gather at church at 5pm, but then leave to walk and enjoy our prayer and worship along with food in God’s good creation. We’d love for you to join us for a whole evening together. Services last between 60 and 90 minutes and refreshments follow. Information on these and all our other activities can be found at: www.trinity-manningtree.org.uk Because it’s the summer and some of us are getting a holiday, please check the details online.
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CHURCH NEWS MANNINGTREE METHODIST CHURCH South Street, Manningtree CO11 2JB Minister: The Rev Tom Osborne, 01206 396654 Sunday Worship August 4, 10.15am: The Rev John Alllison with Holy Communion August 11, 10.15am: George and Jenn Warren of the Salvation Army August 18: Mr Simon Lucas August 25, 10.45am: At Ardleigh Methodist Church with Mrs Anne Scott Welcome Wednesday takes a break until September 3, along with hall bookings. The church congratulates its member Rotarian Pauline Dean on being appointed Rotary District Governor for 1240 District which covers all Essex and a part of Hertfordshire (see page 3). Also our congratulations and prayers to The Rev Chris Preece, the Methodist minister serving Mistley, Bradfield and Wix, who was ordained into the Methodist Church at the end of June at the Birmingham Methodist Conference. ALSO MEETING ON OUR PREMISES Monday WEA, nine lectures in autumn and spring, 2.30pm Stour Choral Society (Sept-June), 7.30pm
ST MARY’S CHURCH, LAWFORD Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Simon Heron, 01206 392659
Services for August Sunday 4 8am 10.30am
Holy Communion BCP Holy Communion
Sunday 11 8am Holy Communion BCP 10.30am Family Service Sunday 18 8am Holy Communion BCP 10.30am Holy Communion 6.30pm Café Church Sunday 25 8am 10.30am
Holy Communion BCP Morning Worship
SOME OF OUR REGULAR GROUPS Art Club: Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons Choir: Friday Practise Coffee & Cake: Fourth Tuesday of the month
Tuesday: Women’s Guild, 7.15pm
Edward Bear: Parents, grandparents, carers with babies and toddlers, Monday mornings from 9.30am in term time
Wednesday
Handbells: Every Monday
Gentle Fitness Class, 9.15am Art Painting Group, 10am-noon Manningtree & District Chess Club, 7.30pm Museum & History Group (bi-monthly), 7.30pm Church Bookings: David Shearmur, 01206 395263 Folk Night at Manningtree Methodist Church Friday, September 27 from 7pm. Great line up. Free admission, but donations to East Anglian Children’s Hospice welcomed. Please bring your own (non-alcoholic) refreshments.
Welcome to Manningtree Benefice, an all-age Anglican Church, meeting in St Lawrence Church, Bradfield, and St Mary & St Michael’s Church, Mistley. We live in a time of extraordinary turmoil. It’s everywhere: Brexit, Trump, the race to be the new PM, global warming, technology putting people out of work, smartphone zombies, underfunded public services, refugee crises, war, starvation and sudden storms of hail. The list is seemingly endless. The good news is that God doesn’t change, he is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His love for you is beyond your understanding. Why not come along to church to find out more? Revd Dom Turner SERVICES FOR AUGUST 2019 Sunday 4 August 10.30am Traditional Holy Communion (Common Worship) at Mistley 10.30am Contemporary Communion with Treasure Seekers at Bradfield Sunday 11 August 10.30am Contemporary Worship with Treasure Seekers at Mistley 10.30am Traditional Holy Communion (Common Worship) at Bradfield Sunday 18 August 10.30am Traditional Holy Communion (Common Worship) at Mistley 10.30am Contemporary All-Age service at Bradfield
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House Groups: Daytime and evening Ladies in Friendship Together: Fourth Monday of the month Messy Church: Every half term, parents and children together Pastoral Care: Upon request Solo Club: Third Wednesday of the month Support in Loss: Second Tuesday of the month Sunday School and Extreme: Sunday mornings during service Details from the rectory (01206 392659) or at: www.lawfordchurch.co.uk LOVING GOD – LIVING LIFE
Sunday 25 August 10.30am Contemporary Café Service with Treasure Seekers at Mistley 10.30am Traditional Morning Prayer at Bradfield *Treasure Seekers is our children’s programme for ages 3+ We also hold additional services of Evening Prayer and Early Communion: please contact the office if you would like to find out more. All services are at St Mary & St Michael’s Church, Mistley (CO11 1ER) or St Lawrence’s Church, Bradfield (CO11 2US) unless otherwise stated. Contact Information Rector: The Rev Dom Turner 01206 391218 / 07934 717535 dom@manningtreebenefice.co.uk Associate Minister: The Rev John Brien 01206 397549 / brienfamily@btinternet.com Associate Minister: The Rev Claire Scargill 01206 395417 / revclairescargill@gmail.com Church Office: Normally available at least 10am-1pm, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays / 07436 398801 / info@manningtreebenefice.co.uk www.manningtreebenefice.co.uk www.facebook.com/ManningtreeBenefice
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HOLY FAMILY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Ipswich Road, Brantham CO11 1TB
SERVICES FOR AUGUST Sunday 4 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 6 9.30am 10am
The Transfiguration Of The Lord Morning Prayer Mass
Sunday 11 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 13 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass Sunday 18 9am
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass
Tuesday 20 9.30am Morning Prayer 10am Mass Sunday 25 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 9am Mass Tuesday 27 9.20am Eucharistic Adoration 10am Mass The weekly newsletter with all mass times is displayed in the cabinet alongside the front door of the church.
Events & Diary Dates The 100 Club Draw took place on Sunday 28 July at Holy Family when three lucky winners shared a record £165 prize pot. The next draw takes place on Sunday 25 August. The club, set up to support the life and mission of our parish, has grown from strength to strength since its launch. New members are always very welcome and the newsletter, which includes an application form, can be found at the rear of the church or at: www.stmarksparish.org.uk Every last Thursday of the month a bring & buy coffee morning takes place at Viv & Wyn’s home, Paddock Gate, Whitehorse Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TR from 10.30am to noon. We are raising funds for the new carpet in the Parish Room and all are very welcome to join us. The next coffee morning is on Thursday 29 August. Supporting our Local Hospice All parishioners are asked to collect used postage stamps, all year, not just at Christmas, and place them in the box at the rear of the church to help support the outstanding work of our local hospice. The Sick & Homebound Fr Jeremiah Matthias is the Ipswich Hospital Chaplain and can be contacted on 07951 066607. Please let him know as soon as possible if a friend or relative has been admitted, and let Fr Peter know of anyone who is ill at home or homebound so that they can receive appropriate pastoral care.
BRANTHAM METHODIST CHURCH The church has given me a sabbatical, a gift of time to do what I choose. Last year I received an invitation to stay in a friend’s apartment in Nazareth. I began and ended my three-week stay in Nazareth and spent the middle week in a small community in Jerusalem, a minute’s walk away from both the Damascus Gate and the Garden Tomb. I went on my own, but met plenty of people from all over the world and received generous Palestinian hospitality from the parents and extended family of my friend who between them owned the four apartments in the block where I was staying. I went to spend time with my Bible in some of the places that Jesus, his disciples and some Old Testament characters had lived and travelled. Obviously, much has changed over the 2,000 to 3,000 years since it all happened. Churches have been built around and above some of these sites. The site of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, destroyed in AD 70 and 700 years later replaced by the Dome on the Rock for the Muslim faith. There has been a huge amount of archaeological exploration, so much of it confirming the stories described in the Bible. Since the fourth century the traditional site for the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus has been the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an ornate church where eight different Christian denominations have worship areas. However, since the 18th century some have questioned whether it is the actual site of the gospel events. One of the alternative places suggested in 1842 is a craggy cliff, known as Skull Hill, outside the city walls, near the Damascus gate and the adjacent garden which might have been the garden of Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus. I visited this site, known as the Garden Tomb, most days when in Jerusalem. As well as the craggy cliff, archaeological digs have revealed a
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tomb, a wine press (and hence a vineyard) and a water cistern. This garden is well maintained, it provides a space for worship and quite reflection on the life, death, burial and glorious resurrection of Jesus. Whether it is the actual site of these events or not, the garden fits the details described in the gospel, “at the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no-one had ever been laid” (John 14:41). One evening during my stay, a choir and ensemble from Tel Aviv performed Handel’s Messiah in Hebrew in the open air. In the very garden where Jesus was raised to life they sang “I Know that my Redeemer lives” and the audience stood as they sang The Hallelujah Chorus. Much of the oratorio is quotations from the Old Testament, originally written in Hebrew, so in the place where it happened, the language in which it was originally written, the scripture was proclaimed in song. I eagerly await the recording of this event on DVD. The gift of time has enriched me and, I hope, my preaching and ministry! Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Capel Methodist Church apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 AT BRANTHAM METHODIST Rev Ian Gardner, Minister at Brantham Methodist 34 Medway Road, Ipswich IP3 0QH ian.gardner@methodist.org.uk / 01473 411507 Sunday 4
11am Communion with Rev Ian Gardner
Sunday 11 11am Worship with Mr Luke Rokobuli Sunday 18 11am Worship with Mrs Ruth Loggie Sunday 25 11am Worship with Mrs Alicia Holmes
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CHURCH NEWS LINK LINE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES Un-denominational / meeting at The Venture Centre, Bromley Road, also the Ogilvie Hall, Wignall Street, Lawford as per the following. Saturday, August 10 at The Ogilvie Hall 9.30am: Our popular Monthly Cafe/Oasis outreach event with refreshments, sales and information stands 10.45am: All-Age Praise & Worship Service Friday, August 16 at The Irwell Suite 10am-noon: Monthly Meeting Point; prayer hub, mission news, refreshments and friendship. Free travel connections from Colchester and Mannngtree area. Sunday, August 18 at Fingringhoe Methodist Chapel 3pm: Fellowship Support – Songs of Praise. Transport available.
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KEY TO LOVE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Where Jesus is Love and Love is Jesus COME AND WORSHIP THE LORD JESUS WITH US ALL ARE WELCOME Hear the teaching of our saviour and King, lively praise and worship every Sunday at 11am at the Ivell Suite at The Venture Centre 2000, Bromley Road, Lawford CO11 1AH. Do you need someone to listen or in need of prayer? Please contact David and Rosie: 01206 615228 / 07787 572977 info@thekeytoloveministries.co.uk www.keytoloveministries.com
CATHOLIC MASSES Saturday at 6.30pm, St Mary & St Michael’s (Anglican) Church, Mistley Sunday at 8.50am in St Mary’s (Anglican) Church, Ardleigh Wednesday at 9.45am in St Mary and St Michael’s, preceded by Morning Prayer Manningtree, Mistley, Lawford & Ardleigh is served by the Parish of St John Payne, Greenstead, Colchester The Parish Priest is Father Jon Ravensdale: 01206 870460 / sjpchurch@btinternet.com Also resident in the parish are Father Michael Rear (01206 392695) and Father Mathias Odigbo.
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