Winter 2016 FREE The Grundisburgh and District ISSUE NUMBER 242
Serving ASHBOCKING . THE BEALINGS . BOULGE . BREDFIELD . BURGH . CHARSFIELD . CLOPTON . CULPHO DALLINGHOO N. DEBACH . GRUNDISBURGH . HASKETONews. OTLEY . PLAYFORD . SWILLAND . TUDDENHAM . WITNESHAM VIP VISITOR TO ST. MARY’S
t Mary’s church in Grundisburgh was Spacked on 21 November to hear Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, talk on the role and significance of the Virgin Mary. This was the culmination of the Cribfest which attracted 1,400 visitors this year. Just two of the nearly 300 exhibits are shown here: the carving of the crib on a single matchstick from Chile and this colourful creation (below) of the nativity scene from Spain. Paul Bruce was the artist in residence shown here sculpting a Madonna. To hear Rowan Williams’ talk in full, scan this QR code or visit www.grundisburghnews.org.uk/rowanwilliams.org.html The church windows Top: work commences on the crumbling old were illuminated in bridge; centre: Claire cuts the ribbon and colours during Cribfest celebrates the opening of the new one. and will remain like this until Twelfth Night. (fatal ones are shown in black). Readers can look for their home area by putting their postcode into www.crashmap.co.uk Fact: young drivers in Suffolk Coastal areas are 72% more likely to be more involved in injury crashes than young people from Ipswich - just look at the map on page 15. Suffolk County Council is funding a Speed Indicator Device (SID) for the SAVID parishes. SIDs can be moved to different locations to warn drivers of their speeds and are
photos: Peter Kendall and Eilir Rogers a positive piece of equipment in the road safety toolkit. We aim to carry more news about our SID in the next issue. We’ve got our bridge back! words: Tanya Fosdick and Richard Watkinson; photos: Peter Kendall fter nearly five weeks’ closure, the bridge in Grundisburgh Ais back in service. Deterioration of the old structure meant a totally new bridge was needed: the new one will be able to carry the loads imposed by those HGVs (up to 44 tonnes) that come through the village. Claire Williams, whose mother’s shop is next to the bridge, cut a symbolic ribbon and danced a jig for joy! She said “initially, the work did affect our business but things got better towards the end. We are most grateful for the support from our lovely, loyal customers - they made all the difference”. Donald, a spokesman for residents of The Green, quacked that he and all his friends were delighted to be able to swim under the bridge again and to reclaim their resting places on the grass! Claire urged drivers to drive carefully: speed is a determining factor in a quarter of all fatal collisions. The map (right) shows reported injury crashes in part of our area over the last five years NEWS DIARY NOVEMBER Monday 5 JANUARY 2017 Monday 13 Horticultural Christmas Grundisburgh & Culpho Sunday 27 Decorations Otley & District Tuesday 3 Parish Council Council Hasketon Charity Fair Gardening Club Otley VH Baby Café St Mary’s Meeting GrPR 7.30pm Hasketon VH 2pm Entry 7.30pm Contact 890563 Grundisburgh GrPR 9 - Contact 735541 10.30am Contact 735183 £1.00 Contact 01394 386297 Monday 5 Indoor Bowls Tuddenham VH Thursday 5 APRIL DECEMBER Contact 610067 Social Evening and Quiz Monday 3 Thursday 1 Grundisburgh WI BCR Growing from Seed and in Tuesday 6 7.30pm Contact 735838 Christmas Songs and Poetry Pilates Tuddenham VH 9am, Containers Otley & District Led by Erik Punaks GrWI 10.30am and 11.45am Saturday 7 Gardening Club Otley VH BCR 7.30pm Contact 735838 Booking 07977 049332 St Mary’s Grundisburgh 7.30pm Contact 890563 Friday 2 Coffee Morning GrPR Tuesday 6 10.30am Contact 735775 MAY Ashbocking Coffee Morning Baby Café GrPR 9am Contact Hawthorns, The Green Monday 8 735183 Monday 9 Winter Vegetables - Ashbocking 10.30am Contact Gr. & Culpho Parish Planning and Growing Otley 890836 Friday 9 Council Council Meeting Pilates Tuddenham VH 9am & District Gardening Club Friday 2 GrPR 7.30pm Contact 735541 Otley VH 7.30pm Contact and 10.30am Booking 07977 890563 Upbeat! Christmas Concert 049332 Tuesday 17 St Mary’s Church Quaker Burial Grounds in JUNE Grundisburgh 7.30pm Contact Saturday 10 Suffolk Talk by Val 735853 or 07834 984591 Elliott’s Remedy ‘Live’ Norrington Grundisburgh Monday 5 GrVH 7.30pm Contact 738944 Plant Sale Evening Otley & Saturday 3 Local History Society GrPR District Gardening Club Otley Upbeat! Christmas Concert Tuesday 13 7.45pm Contact 738195 VH 7.30pm Contact 890563 TuddenhamVH 7.30pm Christmas Medley Contact 785682 or Tuddenham WI Tuddenham FEBRUARY Saturday 10/Sunday 11 VH 7.30pm Contact 785368 07834984591 Thursday 2 Hidden Gardens of Gr, Burgh & Culpho 2-6pm Sunday 4 Tuesday 13 Hats and Flower Making Contact 738267 Toy Service iao Refuge St The Suffolk Yeomanry and Demonstration by Magdalen Mary’s Grundisburgh 11am World War II Talk by Nick Snowden BCR 7.30pm ------Contact 735775 Sign, Grundisburgh Local Contact 735838 History Society GrPR 7.45pm Key to abbreviations: Contact 738195 Saturday 4 PBE - pre-booking essential St Mary’s Grundisburgh P/VH - Parish/Village Hall Monday 19 Coffee Morning GrPR PR - Parish Room Christmas Walk GrVG 6.15 10.30am Contact 735775 PF - Playing Field for 6.30pm Contact 738219 Tuesday 7 VG - Village Green Wednesday 21 Baby Café St Mary’s Pav - Pavilion Christmas Meeting with Grundisburgh GrPR 9 - BCR - Baptist Chapel Room Wendy Gourlay Carlford 10.30am Contact 735183 BSR - Burgh School Room Gr - Grundisburgh Network Group GrPR 2.30pm Tuesday 21 Contact 735098 St Audry’s Melton 1767 - All codes are 01473 unless Saturday 31 1993 Talk by David Phelan given otherwise. New Year’s Eve Barn Dance Gr Local History Society Brief details of events with With Skylarking Clopton VH GrPR 7.45pm Contact 738195 date, name of event, venue, 8pm - late Contact 737417 time and contact phone MARCH (More New Year’s Eve events on number should be sent by 1 page 14). Saturday 4 February for the next issue to St Mary’s Grundisburgh Ingrid McIvor, 21 Thomas Coffee Morning GrPR Wall’s Close, Grundisburgh */' 2*/'%&!.*(!!.'%&!(%) ! -%(%',#! +!*+'!%).$! 10.30am Contact 735775 IP13 6XB, ingrid.mcivor '* ',! $!2-*),*/-'/+,*0% !-"*,/("*, @btinternet.com ,!.%,! *,-!(%,!.%,! /-%)!--*,+,*"!--%*)'(!)%)",%!) '2 Saturday 4 TADPOLES present “For Please indicate if tickets must -!..%)#(!(!!.(*).$'2.$*.!'"*, ,%)&) $. be bought in advance. "*''*1! 2'/) $) -+!&!,(*,(*,!%)"*,(.%*)+'!-! 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The concerts include a variety 738997 for more details . of songs, including a tribute to the late David Bowie as well as some festive offerings – including the ever popular Twelve Days of Christmas with audience participation! PLAY AT PLAYFORD furniture, silver, metalwork Upbeat! is a community choir. he Deben Bridge Club and sculpture of the 18th Its members, aged from 17 to T(above) meets at Playford century. 70, come from Grundisburgh, village hall on Monday Burgh, Clopton, Otley, He played a significant role in Tuddenham, Woodbridge and evenings from 7 to 9.50pm the design of many notable and extends a warm welcome Ipswich. It is open to all ladies buildings in London, Euston irrespective of age or singing to new members. Started in Hall in Suffolk and Houghton 1990s, we play Duplicate ability – there is no audition to and Holkham Halls in join. It meets during term time Bridge and are affiliated to the Norfolk. Chester and friend hard at play EBU and offer a friendly at the ‘Baby Café’. on Thursday evenings at membership of intermediate Paul’s talk will be followed by Grundisburgh Primary School. and upwards ability who enjoy an auction of paintings by Café society If you are interested in joining an evening of competitive celebrated artists - all in aid of us in the New Year please play; a host system available Playford Church roof fund. n the first Tuesday of contact me on 07956 106437 for members and guests who Wine and nibbles also laid on! Oeach month from 9 to or visit our Facebook page. come on their own; a serviced For further details, contact 10.30am the Parish Room in Carol Jopling website with next day results Paul on 01473 738265 or Grundisburgh hosts the Baby and club information. Annual [email protected] Café where I welcome mums, New classes subscription £70, includes dads, carers, babies and ulia Endacott moved to EBU membership and LOOKING AHEAD toddlers for play, chat and free Tuddenham in August 2015. benefits. No table money coffee, tea and biscuits. It’s J n evening of clairvoyance A Chartered Physiotherapist charge – guests welcome £3 all very relaxed. Next café is and Pilates teacher, she has set per evening. Ample parking.· Awith Stephanie Carr will on 6 December. Do come! be held in Hasketon Victory up Pilates classes at For further information: please Tuddenham ring Ann Kent 01473 785262 Hall at 7 for 7.30 pm on Friday 2 December. £10 per village hall on or me on 01473 738510. Tuesday and Lynette Chapman ticket which includes nibbles, tea or coffee. Raffle. In aid Friday of Victory Hall fund. Ring mornings William Kent - 01394 389330 or 07857 601753 during school designing or email term time. [email protected] for Julia says that the benefits of Tiddlywinks is a church-based Georgian Britain. tickets. Pilates include the release of group for pre school children unnecessary tension; enhanced hat’s the and babies with parents/ carers whole body awareness and Ttitle of the which meets on Thursdays in emotional and physical health. illustrated talk the Upper (Parish) Room from Everyone works at his or her the well- 2.30-3.15pm – it’s now too known own level and in their comfort cold in church! We offer a zone. Give it a try - the first Culpho artist story, activities and songs – Paul Bruce session is free and all along with tea/coffee – equipment is supplied - just will be giving children’s drinks and food! at Playford wear clothing that stretches Clare Sanders village hall at and moves easily. To book a 7.30 pm on place or for more information, 17 March Getting ready! contact Julia on 07977 049332 2017. Paul is Holkham Hall pbeat! ladies’ choir has a painter and Ubeen practising for weeks sculptor and Vice President of for their annual the Friends of Ipswich Hidden gardens Christmas concerts Museum and has made a taking place at St particular study of William revealed Mary’s Church in Kent. One may not be familiar Grundisburgh on idden gardens of with Kent but he was a man of Friday 2 December Grundisburgh, Burgh and extraordinary talent: an artist, H and at Tuddenham Culpho will be revealed on landscape gardener, illustrator Village Hall on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 and the foremost designer of Saturday 3
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Doug Gandy his local friends for support: took village life to his heart. twenty-five, they were married he coped extremely well and He enjoyed the job of village at St Mary’s in Grundisburgh. 1927 - October 2016 continued meeting them handyman and loved to chat to She had an aunt in Witnesham; oug was the youngest of regularly, particularly at the the people who stopped. two cousins, (one in six children. He started Luncheon Club. His health did D Recently a man asked a Grundisburgh), a brother and work as an apprentice baker deteriorate a couple of years villager who had renovated a sister-in-law in Ipswich and a going out on deliveries: that’s ago and he moved into seat: he was told that it was niece in Norfolk. She will be how he learnt to drive and was Woodbridge Lodge: he loved probably Paul Finch, our local much missed by all of them - very proud that he had never the staff there and was always good Samaritan. Paul would particularly, of course, by her taken a driving test! He well looked after. dearly beloved husband Fred. joined the family building firm have been chuffed with that. Iain Langdon Madge Nicholas and carried So would I. on as a Paul Finch Penny Finch Peter Bishop jobbing 1944 - October 2016 1930 - November 2016 builder for Muriel Alice Copping aul loved life, even in his eter Bishop moved to the rest of 1930 - October 2016 his career. P60s he tried sky diving and PFinndale House in He met his climbed the Sydney harbour uriel was born in Grundisburgh wife bridge. He was a true Suffolk MGrundisburgh, the family when he Peggy at man, born in Hollesley, where living in Stoney Road, her retired from dance he lived with his parents and mother’s maiden name being the financial classes in brothers Tony and David. Harris. She attended world in Brentwood and married in After leaving school, he went Grundisburgh school and for London in 1952. Retiring to to college to study painting, more than twenty years she 1987. He was Grundisburgh, they both loved decorating and sign writing. worked at Grundisburgh Hall, soon hard at gardening: Doug was proud of He supervised many of the cooking and helping nanny work researching the history his connection to Gandy’s major projects in the area such look after the children. She of the village and published roses. He grew sweet peas and as the hospital and ASDA. loved dancing and first met ‘Grundisburgh: The history of won R.H.S. medals for them. her future husband Fred, at a a Suffolk Village’ in 1992. They quickly became involved dance at Grundisburgh village This was highly praised for its in many aspects of village life, hall when she was just sixteen. style, the research and setting up the ‘Gardeners Get Fred, 19, was from Charsfield readability. Histories of Together’ group and and would cycle over to Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds thoroughly enjoyed visiting Grundisburgh three or four followed. nurseries and meeting times a During the 1990s, Peter served potential guest speakers. Doug week to as chairman of Grundisburgh was also a regular grass cutter see her & District News for several and player for the bowls club but it years and helped put us on a and helped found the indoor was sound financial footing. He bowls club. For many years, Paul had three sons: Daniel, three also chaired Grundisburgh Grundisburgh had miniature Craig and Robin of whom he years Local History Society. traction engines taking people before was immensely proud. His When the lovely garden at around The Green on trips just he was main interest was Badminton. Finndale House became too before Christmas with Doug invited He played throughout his life much, Peter and his wife often at the front, bowler to the and become Suffolk coaching Helen moved to a house in the hatted and waving a red flag house! And so it continued, co-ordinator. He helped to middle of Woodbridge in to warn of the oncoming with Fred cycling to train coaches and taught many 2009. hazard! Doug regularly generations of Suffolk players. Grundisburgh and Muriel Nicola Hobbs delivered about 1000 copies of cycling to Charsfield - the News to local distributors. We moved to Grundisburgh sometimes staying over. In later years, Doug relied on about 20 years ago and Paul Finally, when Muriel was
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I’d be happy to hear from they fully intend to continue alleviate any problems. GRUNDISBURGH anyone with ideas or wanting to promote this aspect of the The question of security has ILLAGE HALL further information. store. They gained useful been raised. A new alarm has Peter Kendall relevant experience at Old been installed and plans to he architect is now Chair, New Village Hall Steering Group Newton, serving a village with develop living quarters above [email protected] preparing the technical similar requirements to the shop should help increase T 01473 738267 design for the new village Grundisburgh. They will build security. The plans for a one hall. This includes all on the foundation already bedroom flat were submitted architectural, structural and What’s in store? established at The Olde Forge by Justin and permission was Stores regarding suppliers and building services information, concerted, granted but allowed to lapse. and any specialist Aalmost audible These plans subcontractor design and sigh of relief went may now be specifications. He has up in Grundisburgh re-submitted requested guidance from the when we learned to SCDC. A management committee on a that negotiations for base here number of issues including the sale of The would be kitchen design, stage area, Olde Forge Stores particularly landscaping and flooring. had been useful for Advice is now being sought completed. There Sanket who from professionals on these was no longer any commutes issues, using local individuals danger that we Minesh, Sophie and Sanket ready to serve. from and contractors wherever might lose our Cambridge - possible. village shop (perhaps there not an easy journey at any opening hours and the Post time, especially in winter. It This technical design will be never was!) - and, furthermore, Office (PO) will also be open used to seek estimates on the the Post Office too was safe - occurs to me that having a on Sundays. This will be five-month old son may also cost of construction so that the albeit with a change of site. alongside the tills and will village hall management The new joint owners, Minesh mean some sleep deprivation offer the services offered at occasionally! committee can then match and Sanket share the same last the present site. Early in the these with the business plan name, Patel, but are not New Year is the proposed time Continuity which is currently being related. In fact they met when for the change over but, Although with Minesh and prepared. Applications for both were studying for a though no firm date has been Sanket there are two 'new' grant funding can then be Bachelor of Commerce set, I am assured there will be faces at the shop we are all made and the tender degree. After graduation, they no gaps! Information leaflets very familiar with the 'old' documents organised. arranged to meet up again in about the move from The faces - Michaela, Charlotte, Cambridge where both had Your say Street to The Olde Forge Sophie, Andrew, Michael, family and friends in the retail Stores are available at both Richard, Luke and Gemma - When this point is reached, business. Experience gained sites. all still serving us with a smile we plan to hold a further from working with and for (most of the time!) and public open meeting so that these friends and families gave Environment adjusting to the new situation. everyone can have full, up to them the confidence to open Some concern has been date information and another their first store in Old Newton. voiced to me regarding Sanket and Minesh say their opportunity to discuss the plans for the future are, Hub parking problems when the whole project. The Post Office moves but broadly, to serve people in the application for developing the Minesh and Sanket are very facilities will remain the same village and wherever possible current village hall site has aware that the shop is valued as ever - 'on street' mainly. make things even better. It now been revised to take not just as the place to buy Minesh and Sanket are seems to me to be a happy account of planning your newspaper and groceries looking at this to see if combination of established requirements. but also as a social hub and anything can be done to custom and innovation. Madge Nicholas Rat or mouse problem? SP Boiler Services Give us a ring for a no-nonsense service Domestic Oil Fired Boilers s YEARS EXPERIENCE Boiler Servicing & Repairs s -EMBERS OF #225 n HELPING WILDLIFE AND STOPPING SECONDARY POISONING Breakdowns s .O CALL OUT FEE Local Business s .O 6!4 Prompt & Reliable s &ULL