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A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR INSIDE YOUR What a great achievement by George Barham, MAGAZINE... from Bramfield, Josh Antcliff and many other UEA BEN NEVIS, SCARFELL PIKE AND 4 students (the largest team ever from a university) SNOWDON who completed the Three Peaks challenge to raise George Barham, from Bramfield, funds for Hope for Children – especially during Josh Antcliff and other UEA students complete Three Peaks Challenge for what must have been one of the toughest years in Hope for Children living memory for university students. Please see page 4 for more details and if you would like to SAVE THE HORSE! 5 Louise Westhall’s community-run Pub launch Gissing contribute to this great charity. Well done all! We Share Offer felt they earned a place on our cover! THE PEAR TREE CENTRE 9 As, at last, normality appears to be returning please keep me posted of Support for Carers and celebrating any events or activities you are planning. I would love to hear from you. dedicated Volunteers Email: [email protected] A REMARKABLE TRUE STORY 11 RETOLD ‘Rumour’ - The true story of William QUOTE OF THE MONTH: and Alma Smith of

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THE UEA THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE Up Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and June and after a long train journey from have succeeded in bringing a marvellous Snowdon for Hope for Children Norwich to Glasgow, they had an early group of young adults together to bus ride to Ben Nevis in Scotland on achieve great things in difficult times. UEA students George Barham, from Tuesday and started their ascent on the It shows that you can do anything if Bramfield, Josh Antcliff and their group tallest peak in the UK. you set your heart on it. George & Josh were due to complete the Three Peaks were awarded Ambassadors of the Year challenge last year, however it was “The team have just summited Ben by Hope for Children for their endless postponed due to Covid. Putting the Nevis. It was a tough ascension with support of other participants, their extra time to good use they decided snow at the top and light winds and rain. ability to keep their team spirits high, to recruit an even bigger group for this Nevertheless the team powered through a continuous positive attitude and for year and wanted to become Challenge it with full vigour and everyone made recruiting the biggest group ever. Leaders to help advise their team and it to the top.” said George Barham on their determination paid off - after a Tuesday. They have raised very nearly £25,000! If great campaign they created the biggest you would like to add some funds to help team UEA and Hope For Children have There followed a long minibus ride to this very worthy charity and acknowledge ever had from one university – a group Scarfell Pike in Yorkshire, where the team the great achievement of these young of 50 students, all doing the 3 Peaks will ascended the mountain in the dark, people please visit the Just Giving page Challenge! watching the sunrise from the summit, below. They will be most grateful. then another minibus ride to get to their Each and every one of the group had last, most notable peak – Snowdon in https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/ to raise £650 to be able to go on the beautiful Wales. The team spent the UEA3Peaks2021 trip. The money goes to the Hope for night in Manchester before returning Children charity which helps children home by train. in different parts of the world living in extreme poverty, providing them with Massive Ben Nevis support through health and well-being, congratulations sustainable living and education. All the to the whole hardworking students from UEA had UEA Three Peaks to think of inventive ways to raise the Challenge team funds, made much more difficult due to for their immense lockdowns and restrictions relating to effort - following Covid. For George and Josh this meant through with a sponsored tea bath; a sponsored all the endless marathon movie watching of all the preparation, James Bond Films (26 in all, a total of dealing with the 52 hours of continuous TV watching!). difficulties of Local singer Christina Johnston sang raising funds while James Bond theme songs on You Tube studying through in support on the last evening as the last lockdowns, and movie ran, and to keep them awake that for raising such bit longer! They also had two months a phenomenal of daily walking, etc to build up the amount of money. miles. Others in the group did unusual Special thanks things too such as a sponsored baked go to George bean bath, sponsored swim in freezing Barham and Josh temperatures, sponsored graphic design Antcliff who with work, etc. their painstaking The challenge began on Monday 15th determination

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Westhall’s community-run pub, The has turned that around with everyone we’ll lose the pub, which would be heart- Racehorse, is making good progress with getting involved, whether to grow fruit breaking after all the effort and energy its campaign to ‘Save the horse!’, having and veg for the kitchen, selling plants everyone has put into it, so please launched its share offer last month to and bric-a-brac to raise funds, washing spread the word and help us to ‘save the raise funds to buy the pub and secure its the dishes, making the ever-popular horse’ by filling out a share application future. sausage rolls, serving behind the bar, form online at www.westhallpub.com/ cleaning the beer pipes, organizing share-offer, buy shares at the pub, or As a pub that’s been running since at events or just being on hand to chat email me at secreataryracehorse@gmail. least 1860, The Racehorse has made to anyone who needs a friendly ear. com.” some good friends over the years and It’s been great to see everyone pulling many have already put their hands into together and I feel passionately that their pockets with over £55,000 worth of we must succeed in buying the pub, shares bought by residents of Westhall, which has so much potential to grow still Halesworth, and surrounding further. We’ve shown that we can make it villages and even as far afield as Texas! work, now we just need to raise the rest This new phase of the pub’s life – run by of the money to purchase the building!” the community for the community for the past 18 months – has brought a renewed Open Thursday - Sunday with a range of energy to both the pub and the village. events planned over the coming weeks, the organizing committee is pulling Liz Miller, a long-time resident says out all the stops to secure the target of “Westhall has always had a strong £160,000 by the close of the share offer sense of community, being named on 10th July. Chair of the committee Suffolk Village of the Year on a couple Brenda Smith says “Shares cost £25 with of occasions in 1993 and 1995. We very a maximum purchase of £20,000 and sadly lost our well-known village shop we want to encourage everyone to get and Post Office, Tony’s Stores, two years involved by buying as many shares as Artist Sally Bassett puts the finishing ago and I noticed the community spirit touches to the ‘Racetrack-O-meter’ for they can, to show their support for what tracking the share sales overseen by ebbing away, but running our own pub we’re doing. If we can’t raise the funds, Committee Chair Brenda Smith;

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SAXMUNDHAM NEWS SOUTHWOLD ORGAN WOODBRIDGE TALK 5 DURRANTS AD 66X95.indd 1 20/09/2012 10:33 HALESWORTH HOOT THEATRE ON THE COAST There is a real buzz in the arts sector The latest addition to the schedule is a September 4th including Cleo, Camping, at the moment as the return of live new show from Monkey Business Circus Emmanuelle and Dick by Terry Johnson, theatre looks imminent. Here, projects to be held in an open marquee on Hello Norma Jeane by Dylan Costello director Matthew Townshend of Matthew Southwold Common. starring Vicki Michelle MBE (‘Allo ‘Allo) Townshend Productions (MTP), explains and an MTP revival of Tomfoolery – a how this year’s Theatre on the Coast will This follows the exploits of arch villain musical revue with the songs and words bring a festival feel to Southwold with ‘The Joker’ who has committed the of Tom Lehrer. a host of events alongside a fabulous heinous crime of spreading bad jokes programme of performance. throughout the town. In a fight to bring Plus, Robert Powell will be returning in him to justice, various superheroes are his brand new one-man-show celebrating What have you missed most in the last called in to save the day, demonstrating the genius of Jane Austen and there are 15 months? Health, hugs and happiness? their superhuman powers with their plans on the horizon for a Treasure Island Friends, family and freedom? Pubs, circus skills. open air workshop and production with picnics and performance? All of the young performers. above and more? It’s little wonder We are also delighted to announce many of us are desperate for this that Perhaps Contraption, a band If that wasn’t enough, for those wanting summer to bring with it some serious The Guardian note as “high-energy to escape the Southwold sun, film fun – an excuse to get together and progressive brass”, will bring live screenings of the 2020 virtual shows All 4 enjoy a taste of what life was like music to the Common and permissions One and Attagirls! will be on offer at The before the pandemic. And that is why allowing, will also host a parade along Southwold Arts Centre. we have worked hard to put together Southwold High Street. a programme of entertainment for Book your tickets for any of these events Southwold that has something for Meanwhile, we have three fantastic visit www.totc.co.uk everyone. productions taking place from July 21st –

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HALESWORTH TO SOUTHWOLD NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY SOCIETY Dedicated to re-creating the Blyth The 1940s underframe for our first The Society will be participating in Valley’s lost railway coach – dismantled and partially rebuilt Halesworth’s Heritage Open Days (18th – has gone to Peggs of Aldeburgh to and 19th September), and also in an The last four weeks have seen much be welded into its new formation, with event at Station (10th July) activity at two of our sites, with volunteer the same firm altering two Royal Naval promoting the East Suffolk Line which numbers holding up well, despite very wheelsets to three-foot-gauge. serves Halesworth. There will also be a hot weather. presence at various events at the Mid- Construction of our second point – Suffolk Light Railway Museum, and at the At , excavation and metal for the Quarry Junction at The Folly, Long Shop in Leiston. It is hoped that detecting inside the station building Halesworth Millennium Green – is the Covid situation will allow a Members’ foundations has moved into the second ongoing, alongside the new railway. meeting in the autumn. half of the Clerk’s office, with a good The Society is in need of a pneumatic number of artefacts recovered. Co- specialist to help with the operation Ken Penrose and James Hewett, Co- Chairman James Hewett has been of the braking systems on the RFS Chairmen consulting with Halesworth museum locomotive – this is not too much about how best to treat this material - different from those on an HGV. once it’s recorded and, where possible, restored.

The ‘gardening team’ continues to restore the car park (which is on the top of the station) and to weed the hedging and grass. Adnams Brewery have very kindly donated a large traditional barrel which will form a part of the display of typical loads carried by the trains until 1929.

At the workshop, three chains and one rod of continuous track is now laid down, entirely by hand, and both locomotives (the Channel Tunnel diesel-hydraulic and the battery electric) are being tested on the track, with and without rolling stock.

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THE PEAR TREE CENTRE CARERS’ WEEK before Christmas. As with Lin, the Pear The celebration comes as three dedicated Tree Fund arranged for someone to stay volunteers who give up their time to Fri 2nd - Thurs 8th July at 7.15 Two families who have received vital overnight so that Tania’s mum Pauline could support the Pear Tree Fund have spoken support from the Pear Tree Fund while get some rest, and have also offered her passionately about the satisfaction they get Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek and Samuel L. Jackson in caring for loved ones have spoken of their emotional support following her husband’s from helping others.

gratitude and urged others in a similar death. THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S situation not to be afraid to ask for help. Jane Parry, Mike Hume and Jane Reeve have together clocked up more than A 15 Lin Davies and Tania Burnett have shared five years volunteering with the charity, their stories during Carers’ Week which which provides emotional, physical and ————————————————————— aims to raise awareness of the huge practical support to people with life-limiting Fri 9th & Sat 10th July at 7.15 contribution which unpaid carers make. illnesses, as well as an information and Sun 11th July at 3.00 & 6.00 Both have received support from the Pear advice service at the Pear Tree Centre in Mon 12th & Tues 13th July at 7.15 Tree Fund to help them manage while they Halesworth. were looking after family members. Wed 14th & Thurs 15th July at 2.00 Jane (Parry) and Mike both volunteer at Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci in The charity arranged for a carer to sit with the centre, meeting and greeting visitors,

Lin’s husband Paul overnight to give her offering a listening ear, making cups of tea SENA 15 some respite so that she could benefit from and helping in the garden. a good night’s sleep. She also regularly ————————————————————— speaks to a counsellor and has received “I’ve always been interested in Sat 17th - Thurs 22nd July at 7.15 complementary therapies at the Pear Tree volunteering,” said Jane. “I enjoy being

Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster in Centre, the charity’s base in Halesworth, as given the chance to give something back to well as attending socially-distanced support the community and helping people to feel FAST FIS 12A groups. welcome and cared about while they are facing difficult situations. You can almost ————————————————————— “I have found attending groups at the Pear see them sigh with relief as they come Fri 23rd - Thurs 5th Aug at 3.00 Tree Centre really useful as just talking to through the door.” other people in a similar situation is a big Pip & Pauline Knights help. It is also nice to feel that perhaps, just To find out more about volunteering with THE S A NEW AE PG CELEBRATING OUR DEDICATED by listening, it is a help to others.” the Pear Tree Fund, call 01986 899655, ————————————————————— VOLUNTEERS email [email protected] or Fri 23rd July at 7.00 Tania’s family received support as they ON SCREEN FRI 23rd THURS 29th JULY Halesworth Volunteer Centre held an event visit www.peartreefund.org Sat 24th & Sun 25th July at 6.00 cared for her dad Pip Knights, who had at the Pear Tree Centre on 10th June to Mon 26th - Thurs 29th July at 7.00 Parkinson’s and sadly passed away just thank its volunteers.

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Angela Lawrence’s extensive research towards the restoration of William and and copies of the book available for into the true story of William and Alma Alma Smith’s grave in the churchyard. purchase. Further details contact: Rev Smith of Wangford resulted in the After the talk there will be refreshments Alan Perry: [email protected]. publication of her compelling book ‘Rumour’, which she will discuss on a return visit to the village in August. Angela Lawrence Her book not only chronicles the tragic story of two lives lost to rumour, but it also exposes the behaviour of those in power who did nothing to mitigate the reputational damage that those rumours caused.

William Smith, the much loved Headmaster at Henham and Wangford School was wrongly accused of spying at the beginning of the First World War and is now interred with his wife Alma in the churchyard at St Peter and St Paul in Wangford. It is fitting therefore that Angela Lawrence’s talk will take place in the church that William and Alma Smith once attended. The talk will take place on Saturday 21 August at 3pm and attendance will be free, but there will be a retiring collection to contribute

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Gill Hewlett Case is one of ABC Radio’s from history or current times. We have ABC Radio is providing a voice for people familiar voices every weekend. Here, she a weekly ‘Hot Topic’, which is currently from across our community - and is a tells us all about her programme and why looking at the implications of changing community radio by local people for local she wanted to get involved with the new career - particularly relevant right now, people. community radio station. due to the fallout from Covid19 - as many people are forced to look for different Gill Hewlett Case presents Ladies’ I applied to join ABC Radio because I types of employment. We have had a Night, every Sunday between 6.00pm believe community radio is such a fantastic best-selling author on the show discussing and 8.00pm and can be heard at: www. resource and I was interested in exploring her new book and have some interesting abcradio.co.uk and via Amazon Alexa. the world of radio production. The team guests lined up for the future. at ABC Radio are an amazing bunch of people and although we have not yet had an opportunity to get together as a whole team, there is a very strong sense of community and support for each other.

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12 ALDEBURGH TIMES HALESWORTH HOOT LEISTON OBSERVER VIEW OUR FULL COLLECTION AT TIDECOLLECTION.COM THE CUT EVENTS IN JULY! life and latest book ‘I Couldn’t Love you profound shock and excitement as I unpack More’. She is also the author of Hideous new work.” Kinky, The Wild, Gaglow, and The Sea House. ‘I Couldn’t Love you More’ is Thursday 1st July - Saturday 14th August We’re delighted to be back and welcoming an unforgettable novel of mothers and our audiences into the theatre once again. daughters, wives and muses, secrets Preview Saturday 3 July, 12 - 2pm We are holding live events which we’re and outright lies. Copies are available To book a for a ticket for these events, livestreaming and zooms as well so there’s from The Halesworth Bookshop, 42 livestreams and zooms go to www.newcut. something for everyone. Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 org 8AR, halesworthbookshop@ The Cut Digital Archive is a series of gmail.com. interviews and talks with artists that have Esther Freud exhibited at The Cut. Kasia Posen, herself The latest exhibition is a local artist, talks to 10 artists to discuss The sorting table by Clare their practice and studio life. Fourth in the Jarrett, A series of casts series is Gina Medcalf, who exhibited in the which emerged through Malt Room Gallery in 2009. You can find working with new materials the videos of the previous talks with Coco and processes during Crampton, Bill Jackson, and Fabian Peake 2020 - 21. Clare tells us, on The Cut YouTube channel. On Zoom on “Casting, like a recollection Friday 16 July at 6pm. or a memory, can reveal something unexpected, Saturday 17 July 2021 at 7:30pm sees local inviting unforeseen musician Jack Pescod on the stage with connections and resonances. Blue Light, a solo piano and Tibetan sound I often have a sense of bowl concert of Neo Classical improvisation - a celebration of love and connection in this time of re-emergence. The £15 ticket price includes a free download of the concert.

Cut Conversations are delighted to welcome Esther Freud to a live event at The Cut in the theatre on Sunday 25 July 2021 at 3:00pm. Esther will be on stage, in person at The Cut, talking to journalist and writer Catherine Larner about her work and HALESWORTH DEMENTIA CARERS’ FUND support for those in need of help. We shall try to keep you informed of our activities so please follow us on our Unfortunately we have not been able Facebook page or watch out for our to raise funds so are very grateful to posters around town. all those who have made donations or supported us in other ways. Every penny Our thanks and best wishes to you all for you give us is greatly appreciated. a wonderful summer.

One of our sources of revenue is the John Wood bi-monthly film show. We had hoped to resume these with a showing in June, but with the continuation of the restrictions this Despite the lockdowns and various other has now been put restrictions the HDCF has continued back to September. to offer great support to families with All being well we shall uPVC Windows and Doors | Composite Doors cases of dementia. Working closely with be showing The Intern Prestige, First Choice and other agencies at the New Cut at the Double Glazing Repairs | Misty Glass Sealed Units Replaced we have kept up our programme of earlier time of 2.00pm 01728 833517 | www.coastalglazinguk.com | [email protected]

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VINYL, GRANTS, A ROOF, A TOWER AND SOME CAKE

A rather odd list you may say. What on July 24th and July 25th 2021 between earth would want that?” and then been could link them? 10am and 3pm. surprised to see how much a similar one has sold for. They are now all priced Well, the Parochial Church Council of People’s generosity is very humbling. (very reasonably – we want people to Homersfield have been trying their best One couple arrived and gave us 700 get a good deal) and categorised so that to find a way to raise enough money to vinyl. I asked them over what value people can actually find them. fix the leaking roof and wobbly tower of they would like us to return or sell on a St Mary’s Church which is going to cost commission – the reply was “whatever We are very much hoping that there will £112,000. First port of call was applying you can make is yours”. be a good turnout over the weekend. for some grants – two successful and two Many items are 3 for a £1 and there will pending. It is the most wonderful feeling The world of vinyl pricing was new to us be lots of cake (plus some cups of tea). when you get a positive response – and we have been on a steep learning nearly as good as winning the lottery. curve. Firstly, it took us a while to get So, now you know the link. used to calling them vinyl rather than Then we got to thinking about a special LPs and singles and then when we were Lucy Hammond(Mrs) fundraiser. We wondered whether people given some 78s. We found these are Tel: 01986 788600 might have lurking some unwanted now often referred to as shellacs, after Email: [email protected] music and film items at the backs of their their material. We have been cupboards and so the appeal went out using a variety of websites for CDs, DVDs and vinyl. These soon to research pricing. Our began to appear on the doorstep or crash course also taught us collections requested. that the value varies greatly depending on the pressing. Originally our sale was going to be in our Naturally condition comes small village church but that was before into consideration and of the hoards of goodies kept arriving. As course whether that vinyl is I write we have over 1700 vinyl, 1700 something that is still popular. DVDs and 1000 CDs and a selection of Several times we have said, cassettes and audio books. We have “Oh wow, that’s going to be been lucky that Wortwell Community worth something,” but it isn’t Centre have agreed to host us at a very and other times, “Who on reasonable cost and so we will be there

WENHASTON VILLAGE HALL PRODUCT & CRAFT MARKET WE ARE BACK!! This will be our first hall car park. Coffee, Homemade Savouries and Wenhaston Village Hall Product & Cakes. Everyone one is welcome. For Craft Market since February 2020. We have various handmade crafts further details contact: Carol Hudson- Taking place on Saturday 31st July and food products on sale. The cafe Jary on: 07864083296. from 10am to 12.30pm in our village will be open in the village hall for Tea,

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