October 2020 in Faulkbourne

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All Change!

I know there are lots of views BUT We have all been told, that we MUST wear masks in every shop, including our local ones, and also, even outside anywhere, when we cannot maintain a safe distance of at least two metres from others. This instruction is about protecting others from each of us, as so many carriers of COVID, of all ages, are genuinely unaware that they are carrying the virus but are still able to spread it to others. This is so different from old fashioned flu or a heavy cold because we know we have either of those very quickly, so we spread it much less before taking to our bed. Some people are against wearing a mask for a variety of reasons. None of us like wearing them, but for some, such as those with severe asthma or other breathing issues, they are a real problem. Please be kind to those not wearing them, as we don’t know what problems they may have. However, if it is just by choice that someone will not wear a mask, which is their right outside (as I write this) in the fresh air and where they maintain at least two metres from others not from their household, it is also the right of the rest of us to stay safe from them. Although recent good news is that wearing a mask apparently also does offer some limited protection from those about us who cannot, or will not, wear theirs, it is not as safe as if all of us that can wear them, do so. Every time. We might be life-savers. Please, continue to stay safe, but also help keep others safe by wearing your mask.

Good News Corner  Young people of all ages returned to school, college and university.  Rev’d Will held the first service (I believe but I may be wrong!) from Terling Ford. What a lovely service on a warm summer day!  The Owl’s Hill Tea Room, The Square & Compasses, The Rayleigh Arms all increased their opening. Check their websites for their latest details of opening and reservations details.  Ruby’s greengrocery (and more) now hopes to become a permanent feature in Faulkbourne.  The restaurant re-opened at the Cross Keys White Notley.

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Always open for individual Open daily for individual Open for private prayer. by visits and private prayer visits and private prayer arrangement with Churchwarden 07956 639877 Saturday 3.00pm 3rd October Saturday Prayers Rev’d Will Abbott

Sunday 10.30 10.00am 4th October All Age Service Faulkbourne hosting Group Rev’d Will Abbott Holy Communion (CW) Rev'd Rob Cadman

Saturday 3.00pm 10th October Saturday Prayers Rev’d Will Abbott Sunday 4.00pm 9.30am 11.00am 11th October Harvest Festival with Holy Communion Harvest Festival Holy Communion Rev’d Rob Cadman Family Service Rev’d Will Abbott Lay led

Saturday 3.00pm 17th October Saturday Prayers Rev’d Will Abbott

Sunday 10.30am No Service 11.00am 18th October All Age Worship Harvest Festival with Rev’d Will Abbott Holy Communion Rev’d Paul Watkin Saturday 3.00pm 24th October Saturday Prayers Rev’d Will Abbott

Sunday 9.30am 4.00pm 6.00pm 25th October Morning Prayer Holy Communion Taizé service Jennifer Bailey Rev Stephen Northfield Lay led - S May

Saturday 3.00pm 30th October Saturday Prayers Rev’d Will Abbott

Sunday 10.30am 10.00am 1st November All Age Service Faulkbourne hosting Group Rev’d Will Abbott Holy Communion (CW) Rev'd Rob Cadman

Services may well not follow pre-covid format in respect of hymn singing or communion and participants must respect social distancing and safety requirements.

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Regular Services at St Nicolas Church Witham Due to current Church of England guidelines regarding Covid-19, some of our services are online as detailed below. Mon - Fri 9.00am Virtual morning prayer contact Revd Christine or Parish Office for details Sundays 10.00am Live as well as streamed from https://www.facebook.com/ stnicswitham

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6.00pm Evensong streamed live on Facebook.com/stnicswitham

Wednesdays 5.30pm Crib on Facebook at facebook.com/ hopecommunitychurchwitham

We will be starting some 10am services at St Nicolas' Church from Sunday 13 September. Numbers are limited, so please book your place by contacting the Parish Administrator (01376 517117)

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*Please note: We often ask for smaller packs - Larger packs do not fit in our boxes and make it difficult for our clients to carry home. Also, we are unable (for hygiene reasons) to split larger size or catering packs.

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The Vicar’s letter from Rev’d Paul

Most, or perhaps all, readers will be familiar still today. In October, we're with the notion that the British are sometimes presented with a delightful called a nation of 'animal lovers', and for a great occasion to celebrate animal number of people this is no doubt true. life from around the world in all of it's varied forms with the 4th Just a little research into some of the most recent of the month being St Francis' figures suggests that as a nation we own feast day. This year also see us somewhere around 10 million of each cats and being blest with this date dogs! Quite a number by any standards, and this is happening to actually fall on a aside from rabbits, rodents, fish, and other more Sunday, and so we have an exotic pets which people might have. I dare say that extra special opportunity to many people have also found the company of celebrate this saint's life, and animals invaluable to them in perhaps new ways think about the example which he still leaves us with during the past recent months of lock-down too. today. Plus, lots of churches offer thanksgiving for Additionally the British Isles boasts an extraordinary the Harvest during October too, providing us with array of wildlife, being made up of indigenous even more reason to think about and celebrate the species as well as some which were introduced to natural world. our country by people in years gone by. October can also be a time of year when we really Animals, including our own British wildlife provide feel a change in the weather. For many people the interest and diversity to our natural world as well as central heating has now gone back on after being nurturing the eco-system; and pets provide people switched off during the summer months, and when of all ages with companionship and love. But how the clocks have gone back the nights really start to often do we take all of this for granted? Like so draw in. But before we start to feel too despondent many other aspects of our lives we can get used to about all this, let's remember that it's also a great having wonderful things around us when we share time of year to curl up indoors on the sofa watching time with them every day. But I believe this is an a film, or to enjoy a favourite warming meal with our important issue for us to think about, along with our family. This can really give us a 'feel good' feeling treatment of the whole natural world. And it's not deep inside, (something which I'd imagine lots of only relevant for those of us living in Britain – but for people could do with at the moment) and this is the all people to consider. With this in mind it's also feeling which our faith and relationship with God interesting that Gandhi famously said that “The through Jesus can bring us too. So whatever you greatness of a nation and its moral progress can get up to over the next month, let's give thanks for be judged by the way its animals are treated.” all the simple joys in life which we sometimes As many people will know, St Francis is the patron overlook, and also look forward to some special saint of animals, and this came about due to stories seasonal times ahead, as we draw closer towards of him relating to all sorts of animals over the course the end of another year, and pray for some good of his own life. St Francis believed that something of news to come. the reflection or imprint of God (as creator) could be Paul Watkin. seen in the natural world around us. This ideal is something still very much valued by those living in Franciscan Orders, or following his life's example Parish Registers

All Saints Terling Funeral Services followed by Burial 24th August 2020 Albert Edward Scales Aged 91

4th September 2020 Jean Elizabeth Strutt Aged 96

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Lest We Forget This year's Poppy Appeal will be unlike the British public has ever known it, as the Royal British Legion (RBL) revealed it will scale back street collectors and focus on contactless donations due to coronavirus. A spokesman for the RBL said it was "exploring ways to minimise the impact of Covid-19 and ensure that all activity aligns with current restrictions and social distancing guidelines. Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the ways in which we can deliver the Appeal this year, the Poppy Appeal 2020 is very much still going ahead and plans are well underway.” "The safety and well-being of our volunteers, staff and members is paramount. To protect those most at risk, we have taken the decision to advise collectors who fall into the vulnerable category not to take part in activity on behalf of the Poppy Appeal that would expose them to any additional risks whilst coronavirus is still present," he said. The spokesman added: “Members of the Armed Forces Community are suffering significant hardship as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak and we at The Royal British Legion will do everything we possibly can to support them during these difficult times.” The Royal British Legion charity, which raises more than £50million each year for both veterans and serving military personnel, hopes to introduce "point of sale donations" where shoppers pay at supermarket tills or online and will be asked if they would like to round up their total to the nearest pound. In the Terling & Fairstead area we will be asking the local businesses and the school, that usually support us, to have a collection box at their location. This will enable those that would like to continue to support such a worthy charity, a place to make their donations during this most unusual of times. In 2020 we will be particularly remembering those that fell in 1920 as a result of WWI and those who were killed in 1940, the second year of WWII. They are: Corporal Edward Warner, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), who died on 20th April 1920 and who is buried in Fairstead Cemetery Private Dennis Walter Mackrow, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) who died between 10th May 1940 and 23rd June 1940, aged 19 and who is buried in the Merris Communal Cemetery. Flying Officer Gerald Ivo Cuthbert Royal Air Force 607 Sqdn., who died on 14th May 1940 aged 28 and who is buried at Hotton War Cemetery Sapper Trevor Hugh Easter Royal Engineers who died on 16th May 1940 aged 18 and who is buried in Terling Cemetery. Named crosses will be laid in their honour at the Remembrance Service on Church Green in November. If you are related to these men and would like to lay their cross please let me know before the day of the service on 01245 233 337 Heather Cutler

Sadly, we have been told that “it is advisable not to hold any Mothers' Union meetings this year”. We will keep members advised by this magazine and by phone of any revision to this guidance. Jackie

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The Hon Jean Elizabeth Strutt 1924-2020

The Hon Jean Elizabeth Strutt died on 15th August, 2020. She was 96. She was born Jean Elizabeth Davidson on 19th June, 1924, daughter of the 1st Viscount Davidson, GCVO, CH, CB, PC [1889-1970], by his wife the former Hon Frances Joan Dickinson [1894-1985] On 17th December, 1952, she married the Hon Charles Richard Strutt [1910-1981], son of the 4th Baron Rayleigh. ‘Mrs Charles’ worshipped regularly at All Saints’ Church and supported many village organisations. Although for the past three years or so she had been unable to come in person she was still very interested in all that was going on at the church and in the village. Just two weeks before she died she attended the wedding of her granddaughter at All Saints’, a very happy occasion. Her funeral service, conducted by her nephew, Rev Colin Fox, assisted by former Bishop of Chelmsford the Right Reverend Dr John Waine, a family friend, was also held at All Saints’ and she is buried with her husband in the churchyard. We send our condolences to her family and friends.

Snippets of history in the 4Ps Now here’s couple of strange items from Fairstead history.

Can you say why on Saturday 05 September 1936 the Aberdeen Press and Journal newspaper reported this?

Did you know that a direct descendant of King Robert III of Scotland also had a grandfather who was Rector at Fairstead Church?

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Local websites - full of information

Not sure who to call about a pothole? Need help finding a local business? Want to see the latest agendas and minutes for the two Parish Councils? Check out these websites. www.terlingandfairstead.org.uk www.whitenotleyfaulkbournepc.org.uk

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Past Times This month we feature the Rayleigh Arms. Debbie, the landlady at the pub which is also known locally as the Monkey, is hoping to have a number of village and pub related history items of interest on display. Mervyn Bright has kindly supplied the village archive with a number of Rayleigh Arms items, among many other news clips, photos and census transcriptions. Next month we hope to have photos of other well known locations within the 4 Parishes. Do you have a favourite place of which you have some historic photos and or memories to display here?

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Mobile Library

The next visits by the Mobile Library to Hazelton Cottages Ranks Green will be on Monday 28th September and Monday19th October 2020 from 3.10pm to 3.45pm

Essex Libraries advise that “face coverings must be worn at all times when visiting any of our libraries, unless you are exempt from doing so”.

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Earlier this month we had a few very food but things to do. Think about people who are pleasant days visiting East Sussex. We less able or on their own and ways we can help them through it as well. stayed in a small cottage near where I’ve just spent a couple of hours preparing carrots our son and his family live in the from the garden for the freezer, not something I beautiful Ashdown Forest. enjoy but at least I’ve got a good supply for the The weather was good for our entire stay, the two winter. Yesterday I was making red tomato goats in the field next to the garden kept us chutney and the day before that green tomato amused when we were sitting out in the sunshine. chutney, fortunately they both have a really nice We were able to spend time with the family and did flavour. Still on the list is the Sloe Gin but that can some really lovely walks in the area. The Ashdown wait for a few weeks. Forest is full of hidden, unexpected treasures - I don’t know whether the signposts in our parishes waterfalls, vineyards, orchards with hundreds of are suffering from Covid 19 or not but many of turkeys running round them, organic farms, we them are looking really sick. The one at the cross even saw Peter Andre. roads coming into Terling from Hatfield Peverel There are also World War II long forgotten air was having a lie down when I drove past it the strips, and various memorials to Battle of Britain other day. The sign post at the Ranks Green – Pilots because much of the fighting took place in Fuller Street road junction is also looking very sad the skies above. Particularly poignant at the time with one broken arm and another going rotten. A of our visit because it took place eighty years great shame and blot on the attractive appearance before ending on the 15th of September 1940. of our area. Joyce Great and Little Leighs WI, of which I am a member, managed to have one very socially distanced, masked meeting before the latest set of precautions came in. Just a very informal meeting, with a lot of chatting, as you can imagine with twenty two women who have not met for over six months. It was nice to at least have the opportunity to get together before the winter. Autumn is approaching fast, the evidence is all around. Harvest is done and dusted, the fields are now looking brown and bare, everywhere looks very dry. This is not the case all over the country, up North in Lancashire apparently they’ve had loads of rain and the ground is saturated. The trees are turning colour and will soon begin to look really colourful before the leaves drop. It looks like we are all about to experience one of the most difficult Winters ever, certainly the most unusual. We need to prepare as much as possible for long nights and short days. Plan what you will do during the time, start a hobby, get stocked up not with Choose your route - carefully!

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Libraries Printing in libraries This week saw another step towards more of our services becoming available. Following a successful trial, printing from the public computers in many of our libraries restarted on Wednesday 9 September. The process is a little different to before, with payment being taken through the self-service machines, please ensure you have the correct change available. So if you need your CV printing out, a job application or online tickets, book a session on the public library computers. Please check individual library pages for details before booking. Book of the Month Set in North Africa in the summer of 1942, The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett is our Book of the Month for September. This gripping wartime spy thriller builds tension and suspense to a nerve- tearing pitch in a deathly struggle of adversaries… The stakes are high, for the survival of the British campaign in North Africa is in the balance. Discover it today by downloading it in e-book or e-audio with no queues on BorrowBox. Or reserve your copy from the library now!

Trading Standards

Scams A scam is a type of fraud where someone steals your money or information.

If you’ve been scammed, you need to:

• protect yourself from further risks • check if you can get your money back report the scam For more information on scams, visit the Citizens Advice website. You can also watch our video on scams:

Friends Against Scams Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards Scams Team initiative. Anybody can join and make a difference in their own way. Complete the online training and raise awareness in your community.

Keep up to date For the latest Trading Standards news, including current scams, product recalls and food allergy alerts, follow the Essex Trading Standards Facebook page.

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When new neighbours moved in next door, they held a House Warming party and invited the entire road. My husband and I were glad to go along, as our daughters were both five years old. But next morning I was taken aback when my daughter told me that the mother had taken her into the kitchen and given her ‘a spirit guest’, which my daughter had really enjoyed. Now she wanted me to get her ‘a spirit guest.’

I was wondering how to contact the local vicar for exorcism when I realised that my daughter meant ‘asparagus’.

Telling the time

The cable repairman was on my street and asked me what time it was.

I told him it was between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

Where?

The police officer asked me where I had been between 5 and 6. He seemed irritated when I answered “kindergarten.”

Home

I just saw a local burglar kicking his own front door in. I asked him what he was doing.

He replied, “Working from home.”

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Heating Oil As it comes to the time when you are thinking about topping up your heating oil tank for winter, with the value of fuel it is worth considering its security. In the more isolated parts of the countryside it is primarily domestic properties that have been targeted by the heating oil thieves, but we have also seen such thefts at farms and other businesses. There are several security devices available that will protect your fuel supplies - details of which can be found via your fuel supplier or local plumber’s merchant. One such system is Tank Commander www.commandersecurities.co.uk which has “Secured by Design” accreditation https:// www.securedbydesign.com/ . Products like this will detect a dramatic drop in fuel and notify you by phone and/or audible alarm. There are also other similar security products that can add onto an existing intruder alarm system, whilst others may protect the filler cap and there are of course the conventional locks. Another consideration would be concealing it with landscaping and spiky planting around the tank, restricting access to it with gates or fencing, and where possible locating the tank under lighting in view of lived in rooms within the house. The Illusion of occupancy

As the nights draw in earlier don’t forget to use table lamps on timers, and there are TV simulators such as “Fake TV” that produces lighting that resembles a television switched on within a room. Consider installing external “Dusk till dawn” lighting and remember to ensure gates are in good condition, closed and locked. Other products available to make it appear that you are home are a movement sensor that activates an appliance plugged into a plug socket and doorbells that you can answer remotely after viewing the caller; an internet search will find these and other security products.

If you would like further advice regarding security please look at the Essex Police website www.essex.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/ and https://www.securedbydesign.com/ .

Naturally we also ask locals to report any unusual activity to police in an emergency on 999 or after the event on 101 or “Do it online” www.essex.police.uk/ do- it-online/report-a-crime/ or to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Are you experiencing domestic abuse? You are not alone.

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

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St Etheldreda White Notley

SIDESMEN FLOWERS CLEANING 11 a.m. 18th October I. Bentley ALL R. Crick HARVEST FESTIVAL L. Bentley M. Scrutton

Holy Communion Readings: Deut: 8:7-18 & Luke 12:16-30

Mobile Library The next visits to Vicarage Avenue White Notley will be from 11.05am to 11.35am on Monday 28th September and Monday 19th October

Essex Libraries advise that “face coverings must be worn at all times when visiting any of our libraries, unless you are exempt from doing so”.

White Notley Football Club

Competitive football returned to Oak Farm at the beginning of September, both the 1st and reserve teams have started their campaigns with two wins apiece. The 1st team will again compete in the Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division whilst the reserves have been rewarded for their strong league position (prior to Covid19 curtailing the season) with promotion to Division 1 of the Mid- Essex League. The club is open to spectators on matchdays and snacks and refreshments are available from the bar. Fixtures and results are available on our website/social media channels for those with the internet, we hope to be able to bring you more positive results as the season continues. Yours in sport, Justin Daniels Twitter: @whitenotleyfc Facebook: WhiteNotley Footballclub Website: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/whitenotleyfc/

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WHITE NOTLEY AND FAULKBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL Clerk to the Council – Angela Balcombe 6 Shires Close, Great Notley, Braintree CM77 7FT Tel: 01376 550927 E-mail: [email protected]

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF WHITE NOTLEY AND FAULKBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY 28 JULY 2020 AT WHITE NOTLEY VILLAGE HALL AT 7.45 PM.

Present: Cllrs: Bentley, Bright, Daniels, Fisher, Harrison, Smith & Sowdon. In the Chair: Cllr Bright. Clerk: Angela Balcombe. Also present: Three members of the public. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Apologies were received from Cllr Guy and Cllr Phillips.

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. The minutes of 25 February 2020 and 24 March 2020 were approved as a correct record of events. Proposed: Cllr Bright. All agreed.

PROGRESS CHECK. No matters were raised.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. To receive any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Pecuniary Interests, or Non-Pecuniary Interests relating to items on the agenda. Cllr Bright declared a pecuniary interest in item 20/56 as she works at the school.

PUBLIC FORUM. Three representatives from the Raj Garden presented their idea for opening a shisha lounge for young people. It does not need planning permission and the idea was supported by the Parish Council.

REPORTS. County Council – apologies were received from Cllr Abbott. An emailed report was received. District Council – apologies were received from Cllr Bebb.

TO ADOPT THE GENERAL POWER OF COMPETENCE. The General Power of Competence is a statutory power that allows the Council to do anything that an individual can do (Localism Act 2011).

The Council meets the two criteria to adopt the General Power of Competence (The Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012); it has 7 elected members (the requirement is to have two thirds of the number of seats on the council filled by elected councillors) and it has a qualified clerk. Cllr Fisher proposed that the Council adopt the General Power of Competence, this was seconded by Cllr Harrison, and unanimously agreed.

WHITE NOTLEY SCHOOL COUNCIL. It was agreed to grant £2,500 to the school to go towards a new play trail. Proposed: Cllr Fisher £2,500 Seconded: Cllr Harrison. A vote was taken with 5 for and 1 abstention therefore the proposal was agreed.

FINANCE. Various cheques were approved for payment and signed for March, April, May, June and July

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR-ENDING 2019/20. As the gross income/expenditure for 2019/20 does not exceed £25,000, a Certificate of Exemption to be (Continued on page23 )

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(Continued from page22 ) signed by the Responsible Financial Officer and Chairman.

The accounts for the year ending 31 March 2020 were approved by the Council. Proposed: Cllr Bright. Seconded: Cllr Smith. All agreed. The Chairman and Responsible Financial Officer/Clerk signed: i. Annual Governance Statement. ii. Accounting Statements.

STREETLIGHTS. Agreed to upgrade all of the streetlights to LED lights one by one as they go out. Proposed: Cllr Bentley. Seconded: Cllr Fisher. All agreed.

SID BATTERIES. Two new batteries to be ordered for the Speed Indicator Device.

20/61. PLANNING. Notice of Appeal: Application No: 19/01795/OUT. Demolition of garage and construction of 3 residential units. Location: Station House, Station Road, White Notley.

Application No: 20/01065/HHPA. Erection of single storey rear extension. Extension will extend beyond rear wall of the original house by 5m, with a maximum height of 3.5m and 3.5m to the eaves of the extension. Location: 34 The Street, White Notley. For information only, due to the type of application comments are not required.

Application No: 20/00913/COUPA. Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling house (Class C3), and for associated operational development - Change of use to 3 residential dwellings Location: Green Farm, The Green, White Notley. For information only. There is no statutory consultation requirement associated with this type of application.

CORRESPONDENCE TO NOTE. ECC – Cllr Abbott has a fund of £10,000 for projects in Witham Northern Division. Parish councils, registered charities or constituted community/voluntary organisations can apply. BDC – Covid-19 Updates. BDC – Recycling sack collection points.

INFORMATION EXCHANGE / NEXT AGENDA ITEMS ONLY. • Community Transport (Friday Bus) – still awaiting authority. • Dustcart – two vehicles were required. • Retiring Postman – arrange a collection? Facebook Page. • Church - anticipating restarting services in September. • Relationship with Strutt Farms and Faulkbourne Hall coming to an end, any issues to be reported to Cllr Fisher. • River Brain – Wild Trout Trust/Natural England have a plan to improve quality, £10,000 is needed to match fund the £10,000 available. • Station Road (Anglian Water) Station side of bridge, crack in the ground with green smelly liquid - report to Cllr Abbott.

MEETING DATES 2020. 27 October (Faulkbourne), 24 November, 15 December. All meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7.45pm except December’s meeting which is a week earlier. THE MEETING CLOSED AT 20.58 PM

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – FAULKBOURNE

OCTOBER 2020 Sunday 11th October 11.00 am Harvest Festival Service in the Church – see note on other page Saturday 17th October Approx. 11.00am Dust Cart in Village Hall Car Park – See note on other page Saturday 17th October 10.00 am to 12.00 noon – Coffee Morning in the Village Hall – see note on other page Monday 19th October 11.40 am to 12.10 pm Mobile Library in Faulkbourne Village Hall Car Park Monday 19th October 7.30 pm. Family Service Planning Meeting in the Village Hall, to plan the November Remembrance Service. Sunday 25th October 6.00 pm Taizé Service in the Church – see note on other page Tuesday 27th October 7.45 pm Parish Council Meeting in Faulkbourne Village Hall

Ruby’s Farm Shop to become permanent in Faulkbourne? They opened during lockdown at Hill Farm Barn Faulkbourne CM8 1SH, stocking fresh fruit, veg, bread milk and eggs for sale. Locals hope they become a permanent feature of the village.

You know The Parish News for the 4 Parishes is online at the moment, but did you also know that we send out messages (blogs) between editions? These have previously included items about the Libraries, Bin collections, Candles for Carers, videos of fabulous virtual choirs, and other items. To receive these messages in future, please enter your email address in the “Follow Blog via Email” section on the right of the opening screen of the secure webpage www.newsfromthefourparishes.wordpress.com/.

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False Faulkbourne ‘Facts’!

A wonderful example of the need to check ‘facts’ was recently found on news media. Spotted on Essex Live News feed was an article about the “The abandoned and lost villages of Essex stuck in time ” which included an article about Faulkbourne! The Essex Live News author had decided that now all that remained was the church and small cluster of houses and almost no residents. I am pleased to say Essex News Live have now decided that Faulkbourne is neither abandoned nor lost, and have removed their incorrect article. However, they only did so because Melanie wrote to Essex Live News with the following defence of this historic, but very much alive and much loved, village.

Good afternoon May I suggest that before you write about a Village in the way that you have written about Faulkbourne you check your facts first. This Village has a population of approximately 100 people, including children, all very proud of the rural setting in which they live. It is completely wrong to say that all that is left is the Church. Firstly, we do, of course, have the manor house known as Faulkbourne Hall which is in private ownership. There are several houses which are set back from the road down the country lanes and would not have been visible from a quick drive by which would reveal the "cluster" of houses to the north of the Church which you refer to. We also have a Village Hall in the centre of the Village which was built by the landowners in 1927 and is much used by both the residents and non residents for meetings, parties and day and evening classes. The Village Hall is well maintained and much loved with a fully equipped kitchen, large main hall with a raised stage as well as a large garden at the back. We have a Coffee Morning once a month in the Village Hall, well attended by the residents as well as the occasional "pop up" restaurant style evening meal which is always oversubscribed. A new addition to the Village is a Farm Shop which started trading at the beginning of lockdown and now looks set to become a fixture of the Village. We also had a takeaway service cooked and served from the Village Hall during lockdown, Thursdays to Sundays each week - enjoyed by us all. We are also shortly to benefit from ultrafast fibre broadband as cables have been laid during the summer along our road which also serve the residents of the farm houses/cottages down the country lanes. There is a very thriving community spirit here which was evident during lockdown and the Thursday night clapping for the NHS in which most of the residents participated and also by everyone's concern for each other, i.e, offers to help with shopping, collecting medicines, etc. There are 2 to 3 services in the Church each month and during lockdown, as soon as we were permitted to do so from June onwards, the Church was open every day from sunrise to sunset for private prayer. We hold a traditional Harvest Service, Remembrance Sunday Service, Christingle and Christmas service as well as Easter services. The Church is much loved, well maintained with the churchyard well trimmed and to a far better standard than most. Perhaps you would take the opportunity shortly to correct what has previously been written, i.e., that Faulkbourne is not one of the "abandoned" villages lost in time in Essex - far from it. Yours sincerely Melanie Hicks Churchwarden The Parish Church of St Germanus, Faulkbourne

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The Mobile Library visits our Village every 3 weeks on a Monday at 11.40 am. These are the dates for the rest of the year: 19th October 9th November 30th November 21st December

Essex Libraries advise that “face coverings must be worn at all times when visiting any of our libraries, unless you are exempt from doing so”.

FAULKBOURNE COFFEE MORNING SATURDAY 17th OCTOBER 2020 10.30 am to 12.00 noon IN THE VILLAGE HALL Come and meet your neighbours and enjoy an informal chat over tea and coffee with home made cakes Everyone welcome

Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it. Ravi Zacharias

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St Germanus Church Faulkbourne

OCTOBER 2020 IN FAULKBOURNE

Flowers & Date Time Service Leader Reader Cleaning

Seventeenth Group Holy Rev’d Heather 4th Sunday after 10.00am Communion Rob C Ponder Brewster Trinity (CW) Cadman

Readings: Ezekiel 33: 7-11 and Romans 18: 15-20

Eighteenth Family Family Family 11th Sunday after 11.00am service Service M Hicks Service Trinity Team Team

HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE – see note on other page

Luke the 18th No Service Evangelist

Lay Led – Last Sunday 25th 6.00pm Taizé Simon - C Hindle after Trinity May

NOVEMBER 2020

Group Rev’d All Saints’ Holy Heather 1st 10.00am Rob C Brewster Day Communion Brewster Cadman (CW)

Readings: Revelations 7.9-end and 1 Joh 3 3.1-3

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THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST GERMANUS FAULKBOURNE Please join us on Sunday 25th October at 6pm for a Taizé service

A time and space to relax, be prayerful and draw closer to God.

Prayer and silence are at the heart of the Taizé experience. Taizé has spawned a unique style of worship that has become popular in churches, retreat centres and seminaries throughout the world. The singing of distinctive and much-repeated prayer chants during candlelit prayer services is one of its trademarks. Taizé music highlights simple phrases, usually lines from the Psalms or other pieces of scripture, repeated or sung in canon. The repetition is designed to help meditation and prayer.

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THE COUNCIL DUST CART WILL BE IN THE FAULKBOURNE VILLAGE HALL CAR PARK

ON SATURDAY 11th October 2020

FROM ABOUT 11.00 am. FOR APPROXIMATELY ¾ OF AN HOUR

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE SERVICE TO DE-CLUTTER YOUR HOME AND GARDEN!

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Email us at [email protected] 31 The Parish News The Magazine for the Parishes of Fairstead, Faulkbourne, Terling & White Notley Terling Harvest Service Flowers Thanks again to the wonderfully talented flower ladies of All Saints’ the church looked super for the Harvest Service on 20th September.

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Terling All Age Service We enjoyed an All Age Service with Rev Will Abbott at Terling Ford! Rev Will read the story of Jesus calming the storm and we remembered that Jesus is with us too in the ’storms’ of our lives. We finished the service by floating our boats, which had contained some delicious biscuits, on the water!

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COVID 19 – CORONAVIRUS RECYCLING BINS/FLY TIPPING If anyone still needs help with shopping, The recycling bins at the Village Hall continue to prescriptions, etc please do not be afraid to ask. be very well used. Please don’t leave cardboard As before, we would also like to take this boxes and plastic bags etc lying around, take opportunity to send our condolences to all them home and reuse them. parishioners who have lost family and friends at Please report any incidents of fly tipping on the this time. Braintree District Council website: https:// www.braintree.gov.uk/info/200203/ The Essex Welfare Service is also available to keeping_the_district_clean/181/report_fly_tipping help those in need: https:// www.essexwelfareservice.org.uk/. For POT HOLES/ROAD REPAIRS information and updates a good source of Please report all road issues on Essex County information that is regularly updated can be found Council’s website on the following link: https:// on the Essex County Council website: https:// www.essexhighways.org/tell-us/report-all- www.essex.gov.uk/news/coronavirus . You can issues.aspx also find information from Public Health England on all GP websites, eg Fern House in Witham: DONATIONS TO CLUBS https://www.fernhousesurgery.co.uk/ again this The Parish Council has a small amount of funds information is regularly updated. set aside to donate to village clubs, please either FRIDAY BUS SERVICE TO CHELMSFORD contact the Parish Clerk or your local councillor. We have had some interest in resuming this RECREATION GROUND/PLAYGROUND service however we have been informed that the The Recreation Ground is now open for playing bus is only allowed to carry three passengers due football individually, family groups and football to Covid 19 social distancing restrictions. teams. Sharing of equipment should be kept to a LOCAL PLAN – NORTH ESSEX – INVITATION minimum and strong hand hygiene practices TO COMMENT should be in place before and after. Please note the changing rooms are not open. If you wish to comment on the proposed Local Plan please go to the following link: https:// The Playground is open, please respect social www.braintree.gov.uk/info/200643/ distancing, and practise hand hygiene before and section_1/1065/ after using the Playground. section_1_examination_publication_local_plan. th The closing date is 9 October 2020. COMMUNITY WEBSITE BURGLARIES IN THE PARISH Parish Council meeting agendas, minutes, and all supporting documents are published on the All is quiet at the moment, but please remain Parish Council pages of the Community website vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the http://terlingandfairstead.org.uk Police on 111.

COMMUNITY PHONEBOX LIBRARIES If you wish to donate books please contact the Parish Clerk.

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Why and How Do They Do That?

At the start of harvest this year there was some colourful banter on the Terling Facebook page about why, when the weather was so hot and people had trouble sleeping, the local farmers were making so much dust and noise well into the night, even at weekends. Longer term residents politely pointed out that without the long working summer hours the harvest would not be brought in until spoilt by rain, sun or rotted in the ground. Furthermore, without the harvest, those complaining would not get bread or beer on their tables. The National Farmers Union (NFU) is currently running some home schooling videos and I found them interesting too! Hope you do as well. Here is the first, which might explain some of those strange pongs which also gather complaints on Facebook from people perhaps more used to city smells. How farmers use compost to fertilise the soil – with farmer Emily The compost acts as a soil conditioner and helps to put nitrogen, potassium, and phosphate in the soil, which helps crops to grow. Emily farms with her family in Essex at Foxes Farm. She produces ‘Kids Learn on the Farm’ videos to educate families about farming. Watch this one on https://youtu.be/hdD3mPBEhmY You can watch more of Emily’s videos here, and subscribe to her YouTube channel here.

Past Horticultural Shows

Sadly, because of the virus the 2020 Horticultural Show has been cancelled, but we thought it might be nice to look back on some entries from the past.

Email us at [email protected] 35 The Parish News The Magazine for the Parishes of Fairstead, Faulkbourne, Terling & White Notley Terling School News Terling C of E Primary school had a lovely return to school after the summer holidays. All children are now back in school and enjoying their class bubbles. Unfortunately after school clubs are not taking place at present and the children have adapted well to the new virtual assembly in their classrooms.

Historic Terling Group We had just a short virtual meeting in September, courtesy of free Zoom, but were pleased to welcome Debbie from the Rayleigh Arms who has all sorts of interesting plans for historic Terling displays in the pub. Perhaps you have some pictures or tales to tell? Anne Dyster told us that, sadly, much of the work on Terling Tales has been suspended as it is not easy in these COVID days, to arrange to speak to some of our older residents. However she is currently searching for ‘stories of teams’ within the village, such as ‘Tales of a darts team’. Can you help? She would love to hear from you. Please email us your notes, ideas and thoughts, however short or long, on [email protected]. We are looking for a volunteer database developer who will help us with our archive. We currently have several hundred items with pictures, on our MS Access database, but this is now at maximum file size. Can you help? We would be most appreciative. Please email us on [email protected]. See the database and lots more on our website https://historicterling.wordpress.com/ . Did you know that Lady Godiva, who died between 1066 and 1086, once owned Terling? Clare has been researching again! Godiva, who was one of the few Anglo-Saxons and the only woman to remain a major landholder shortly after the Norman conquest, thinking she was on her deathbed, gave away her lands, which included Barking and Terling to the See of Ely! Our next meeting will be at 2.30pm on Thursday October 15th. As this may be on zoom again please email me at [email protected] if you would like to join us. Heather Cutler

Email us at [email protected] 36 The Parish News The Magazine for the Parishes of Fairstead, Faulkbourne, Terling & White Notley Terling Cricket Club As the outdoor season has come to a close, we can reflect on a rather different season! Coronavirus delayed the start of the season until mid July, by that point, the Essex Leagues had cancelled their fixtures for the whole season and many clubs struggled under financial pressures. Sadly, I fear a number of clubs with fall to the pandemic. Notwithstanding this, Terling have had their most positive few months in recent history! We have had a great number of children attending the Sunday training sessions – topped off with an adults & child ‘Terrier’ fixture and then in the middle of September, our first fixture against another club. Both were lovely mornings, the children (and parents!) had a lot of fun – and a great learning experience. As equally exciting, some of the juniors are now making the step in to playing adult cricket – which is great to see! In the adult sides, we had numerous fixtures against faces old and new – with many players scoring their first 50 or getting the first 5fer – again, pleasingly, we fielded two sides a weekend with almost two unique sets of players. A final note, of CONGRATULATIONS! On 10th September, Terling Pandas were crowned Champions in their LMS League, which meant we faced a daunting trip to play the runners up of the Basildon League. On 13th September, we travelled to Brentwood CC and beat our opponents (Boom Boom XI) to reach the Final – where we faced a side of predominantly Brentwood 1st XI players (Brentwood CC have 6 Saturday sides – which gives you an idea of their strength versus a village side like Terling). Bowling first, Terling restricted our opponents to 141-6 off their 20 overs (with 2 outstanding run outs courtesy of Alex Taylor and Charlie Gibson and some excellent bowling from Louis Gibson, Adam Twin, Liam Humphries and Keith Dawson). In reply, Terling got the required runs off 19 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Charlie Gibson hitting 51* and Marti Cullum a measured 37 before being given out LBW. My thanks go to all of the team who were part of the journey that got us to finals day – and to those whom The Essex LMS Champions! 2020 played in the finals (including our reserves, Ben Spooner and Russell Thorpe). Furthermore, thanks to Russell for organising the squad, Captaining us all the way to the Finals and then selflessly standing down to allow others to play in his place. That’s it for another season – a somewhat truncated one – but one full of promise and memories! Tim Harrison Chairman. As a final point, Terling Pandas were crowned Champions of Essex in the LastManStands 2020 competition on Sunday - a huge achievement and one I am immensely proud of! Here’s the winning side - captained by Russell Thorpe, with many players from the village.

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