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Hockley Living Issue 62, September 2017 FREE Monthly

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Book your Wedding Hair with Amy

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M.E Unique Coatings LTD are a friendly family run business specialising in providing a professional paint spraying service on and off site to commercial and residential customers.

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White Hart Lane Dental Practice HOCKLEY & HAWKWELL NHS DENTIST

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who needs safeguarding?

Our team deal sensitively with elderly and vulnerable adults on a day to day basis.

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Church Services, Events & Local Info Harvest Days It had been a long hot summer and already farmers were reaping their crops.

Working long hours from dawn till night.

Fields of gold, dotted with scarlet Poppies what a beautiful sight.

Small rabbits playing hide and seek between bales of sweet smelling hay.

After an early mist, the sun was warm and mellow, a perfect Autumn Day. Walking lazily down a country lane intent with my thoughts I passed small orchards, trees laden with fruit.

I heard the gentle plop of an overripe apple as it fell to the ground. Wasps were flying everywhere making a loud buzzing sound.

Soon young fruit pickers will be busy filling baskets to overflowing with apples and plums, others will be gently stripping grape vines, storing wine in vintage drums.

Yes Harvest is a time of great activity where farmers reap what they sow, seeing the fruits of their labour from the rich brown earth.

Perhaps we too can become workers of the Harvest as we remember Jesus words.

“The Harvest is great but the workers are few”.

By Iris Jean Thomson

ST PETER & ST PAUL PARISH CHURCH

Christmas Tree Festival 1st & 2nd December.

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e are looking for local clubs, organisations, businesses etc to dress a tree at our church for this event. Free to enter, free publicity and £100 prize for best dressed tree!

Also looking for local musicians, singers etc to entertain during the day.

Further details contact Yvonne Moore: 07969 750043 or Yvonne.moore11@btinternet.com

Church Services & Events

St Teresa of the Child Jesus RC Church 109 Ashingdon Road Rochford SS4 1RF

St Pius X RC Church

56 Main Road Hockley SS5 4QH

01702 544334

ST PETER & ST PAUL PARISH CHURCH

sparks!

Sunday club for children

WEEKEND SERVICES

SATURDAY 5.30PM AT ST TERESAS SUNDAY 10.30AM AT ST TERESAS SUNDAY 9.00 AT ST PIUS X

Please refer to website for all services www.rcrochford.org

Stepping Stones Support for the bereaved

Meeting at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Rectory Road, Hawkwell Monday 4th September & Monday 2nd October 1:30pm – 3:30pm And the first Monday of each month.

Everyone is welcome.

01702 543514 email: pcchawkwell@btconnect.com

Top Cats Cattery

A brand new club launched at our 10 am Service on Sunday 3rd September

| Fun and thoughtful | Interactive | Planting and growing | | Drama, dancing and singing | Arts and crafts | | Drinks and biscuits | Learning and fun | | Mindfulness and storytelling in our tepee |

Be a sparkle!

ST PETER & ST PAUL:

“On the edge of the village.

At the heart of the community.”

St Peter & St Paul church, Church Road, Hockley SS5 6AE Parish Priest: Father Ken Havey (01702) 203668 Associate Priest: Revd. Stephanie Stroebel (01702) 200901 www.stpeterandstpaulhockley.org or find us on Facebook

Bramerton Road Community Church Hockley

H A R V E S T

F E S T I V A L Thanking God for all His Good Gifts

September Morning Services 9.15am St Mary’s 11.00am Emmanuel Crèche and children’s activities available

Celebration: 3rd Holy Communion: 10th & 24th HARVEST All Age Service: 17th

September Evening Services Emmanuel: Café Worship: 5.30pm 10th Celebration Service: 6.00pm 24th Support for the Bereaved Stepping Stones.

St. Mary’s 4th 1.30 – 3.30 pm Rector: Rev Peter Smith Church Office: 01702 543514

Cuppa, Cake & Chat at Emmanuel 2-3.15pm 5th Sept ---------------------------------------------------

St Mary’s Coffee Morning 10-12am 19th Sept

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Both including a short thought for the day

The Southend Area Ordinariate Mission

St Peter’s Catholic Church SS9 4BX

Comedy and Curry Night

If you would like to see the planets etc through a telescope, we hold free observing evenings Royston Dean call for details.

01702-206244

Come and sing with us We would like to invite you to come and sing with us at the Hockley Methodist Church, 35 Main Road Hockley, SS5 4QY on a Monday evening from 7.45pm till 9.15pm commencing on the 11th September 2017. We are a very friendly local adult choir with most members from the Hockley, Hawkwell and Hullbridge community and we welcome anyone to come and sing with us. No audition! Even if you think you can’t sing, please come along for a free 1st session to discover your voice. Our Music Director is the very talented Ashley Thompson who has selected an exciting Christmas programme to be performed at our Christmas Concert on 2nd December 2017.

For further details please contact Mike Tribe on mobile: 07720 953664 or Alwine Jarvis on mobile: 07712 135515 6

with Tom Elliott

Saturday 16th Sept

Established over 20 years ago, Top Cats Cattery, situated off Greensward Lane in Hockley, has gone from strength to strength to become one of the area’s most popular boarding catteries.

Born out of a love for cats and a vision to create the highest quality accommodation and care, Top Cats has gained a reputation that is hard to beat, but never taken for granted.

Top Cats is also pleased to support the work of Cats Protection providing a safe, loving environment for cats in their care whilst awaiting rehoming.

Set in beautiful surroundings and run with efficiency and commitment to provide the best care and attention, Top Cats offers its customers, new and old, a very warm welcome and a place to leave their cats with confidence.

Come and see for yourself!

EVERY CAT DESERVES TO BE A TOP CAT! See advert on page 12 Hockley Living

A good evening out!

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Sunday Mass times: 8:30am, 10:15am and 6pm http://stpetereastwood.org eastwood@dioceseofbrentwood.org fatherjeffw@gmail.com http://jeffwoolnougholw.blogspot.co.uk Father Jeff Woolnough Parish Priest: Parish Office 9am-4pm Mon-Friday 01702 522879 7

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Why notCattery, treat catEssex, to a luxury stay Shangri-La Loweryour Road, Hockley, SS55LT at Shangri-La Cattery.

Enjoy your holiday knowing your cats are enjoying theirs!

Viewings are welcome, so come and have a look at what we offer.

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All entries must be unsigned or the signature should be covered.

Entries should have the entrant’s name, title of the picture, your address written on the back of the picture. For child entries the age should also be included.

The Committee of Stepney and South Essex reserve the right to reject any picture that they find inappropriate for exhibition.

All suitable entries will be shown at an exhibition in the Old Fire Station, Hockley, Essex on the week end of Saturday 21 October.

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category acrylic, oil, watercolour, craft, categories

£50: Pencil drawing

Contact Nicola O’Riordan Finley on: 01702 208746

Closing dates for entries: Tuesday 14 October

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£25: Photograph

£100: Awarded in each

Please collect your painting / artwork at the end of the exhibition. We can deliver them back if need be.

Entries for pencil drawing and photography can only use A4 or smaller, no mountings or frames.

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Adults – age 18 and over

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Please provide your own stand.

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Entries exhibited at the Old Fire Station, Hockley Essex on Saturday 21 October (Prizes will be presented by cheque or gift card - Runners up prizes will be art or craft items)

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All entries in the acrylic, oil and water colour categories should be on a canvas or board and if larger than A3 then an easel should be supplied by you. If the picture is framed then we will not accept responsibility for the frame and its condition.

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ADULT ENTRIES ARE £2 AN ENTRY. CHILDRENS ENTRIES ARE FREE

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Categories are oil, acrylic, pencil, watercolour, photography and craft.

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Each person is allowed to make one entry per category.

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Money will go to our chosen charity for the day, which is the Thursday Art Group at the Old Fire Station.

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The prizes will presented in cheque form or gift card no cash is given.

Runners up prizes will be items of art or craft equipment.

All entries must be handed in for judging by Saturday 14 October 2017 to 43 Oak Walk, Hockley, Essex SS5 5AR.

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Children can draw or paint their own picture. No bigger than A4, or provided with a colouring in picture.

This can be sent to them if requested or collect at the free children’s art classes in the Old Fire Station on Saturday 1 July.

If a painting/photo or craft is entered, that has nothing to do with the County then it will be displayed but not entered into the competition. The Committee of Management will make the decision on who is entered into the competition and who is only displayed. So please do not just enter a stock picture you have done in the past.

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A list of the winners will be pinned on the notice board at the Hall.

A list will also be published in the Hockley Living free magazine and will be available upon request from the Branch on 01702 208746.

Prizes will be issued within one week of announcement.

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Rules for entering the Stepney and South Essex Branch art competition

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Music Tuition

This year’s art competition theme:

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Venue: Clements Hall Leisure Centre Class day: Class times: Saturday 5-7 year olds 09:00-09:45 8-16 year olds 10:00-11:00 NEW CLASS Starting Thursday 7th Sept 1st Hawkwell Scout Hut, White Hart Lane, Hawkwell, SS5 4DW 5-7 year olds 4:30-5:15 8-16 year olds 5:30-6:30

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eet your local Councillor drop in sessions from 10 am – 11 am alternate months, Sept & Nov. First Saturday of the month the drop in session will be held at the Hockley Library, Southend Road, Hockley.

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wo years ago Harrow Estates prepared a planning application for residential development of 55 homes on the former Bullwood Hall Prison site. As part of the process of preparing an application, Harrow Estates held a public exhibition on the proposals, which provided local people with the opportunity to view the initial master plan and speak to members of the development team. At short notice, the Sanctuary Group have held a similar public exhibition, as they have purchased Bullwood Hall Estate from the original developers. There was not much detail supplied but the main issue is that they plan to build an addition 20 properties on this site. As you are probably aware, the access has been improved from the B1013 but there are no plans to improve the rest of the existing narrow road to the new estate. I am sure the local residents would be pleased to get this area sorted out, as at the moment it’s a mess and attracts squatters. Alan James

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e lost our last bank, Barclays in Hockley, two years ago and now, as predicted last year when Natwest closed, the Rochford Barclays is set to close in October. Just to remind you that most of our banking can now be done at any Post Office. * You can pay cash and cheques in for 96% of UK banks with a ‘paying in’ slip free of charge. * You can withdraw cash using a debit card up to a daily limit pre agreed with your bank - most are set at £300 a day but this may be increased. * You can pay most bills in a post office, including utilities, telephone bills for free except £3.02 charge for water bills.

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here is an Epetition against the closure of Hockley Public Toilets next to Hockley library on the Rochford District Council’s website. To get this debated in Council we need 1,500 signatures.

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