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It’s highly symbolic that Easter Day will be the day when many churches reopen for services of public worship. After more than twelve months of a pandemic with the lockdowns, re- openings and more lockdowns; pressure on the NHS, carers, schools, shops and many other vital services, this spring will be good news for many.

Many people have said to me that they have found this last lockdown very hard to bear. After the partial lifting of restrictions, the sense of hope that families might meet at Christmas, was followed by hopes being dashed. A bit like the final months of Jesus life and ministry. As he set his face towards Jerusalem and certain death, there were ups and downs, he set out what was the plan, many failed to believe him, indeed tried to dissuade him.

Then came the great emotion of Palm Sunday and the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Spirits soared. People dared to hope that change was on the way. Then on Good Friday, as Jesus hung dying, hope ebbed away. Spirits sank through the floor. The day afterwards, what we call Holy Saturday or Easter Eve, must have been a long day of pain, sorrow and great questioning.

Easter Day dawned like any other. Mourners journeyed to the tomb to finally prepare the body properly for burial. They had no idea that this was to be the day that changed the world. So, imagine the sense of shock, awe, disbelief and finally a questioning belief when first the women and then the disciples encountered an empty tomb and eventually the risen Jesus.

By willingly surrendering to death, he was able to show us the immense love of God which draws us to himself. His whole life became an example of what life can be like when it is lived for others. Thus, he brought hope into the world without hope. His resurrection points us to life in a new dimension, lived in the fullness of God’s love. And that is the hope that we celebrate afresh this Eastertide.

Have a very happy and blessed Easter.

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From the Editors

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1 CHURCH NEWS

Services for Holy Week and Easter and the rest of April

The good news is that from Monday March 28th we will recommence services in Church. We will do this in a limited way and as the country opens up so we will look at introducing more services into our Sunday schedule. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Holy Week we will have a simple, quiet, reflective service of Compline at 5pm. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday will be online, then on Easter Day there will be our usual Zoom service at 9.30am followed by four services at 11am around the benefice. All services are subject to ongoing government restrictions and therefore people attending are asked to wear a face mask, maintain social distance, and complete a track and trace form. From April 11th we will have a minimum of a Zoom service at 9.30am and a service of Holy Communion at 11am. In addition, we will have a few services using the Book of Common Prayer to give some variety.

Date Time Day Service Church 28th March 9.30am Palm Sunday Zoom

29th March 5pm Monday Compline

30th March 5pm Tuesday Compline Easton

31st March 5pm Wednesday Compline Marlesford

1st April 7pm Maundy Thursday Agape Zoom

2nd April 2pm Good Friday Zoom

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Date Time Day Service Church 4th April 9.30am Easter Day Zoom

11am Easter Day Holy Communion

11am Easter Day Holy Communion

11am Easter Day All Age service

11am Easter Day All Age service Parham

11th April 9.30am 2nd Sunday of Easter Zoom

11am Holy Communion Easton

11am Matins (BCP) Parham

18th April 8am 3rd Sunday of Easter Holy Communion Brandeston (BCP)

9.30am Zoom

11am Holy Communion Marlesford

25th April 9.30am 4th Sunday of Easter Zoom

11am Holy Communion Campsea Ashe

6.30pm Evening Prayer (BCP) Kettleburgh

BCP: Book of Common Prayer using traditional language

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April Services Sunday worship continues online, if you would like to join in please email Bill Clarke [email protected] .

Churches open for private prayer Please follow the notices inside the church

Brandeston Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm

Campsea Ashe Sunday 1.30 pm – 5 pm

Thursday 10.30 am – 1pm

Easton Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm

Saturday 10 am – 4 pm

Hacheston Wednesday 10 am – 5 pm

Kettleburgh Daily 8 am – 6 pm

Marlesford Sunday 11 am – 4pm

Wednesday 8.30 am – 4 pm

Parham Wednesday 10 am – 4 pm

Pastoral support Although we are unable to visit, members of the Ministry Team and others are available at the end of the ‘phone to listen or to pray with you. Canon Graham Hedger 01473 737280 Canon Deirdre Parmenter 01728 748145 Jackie Clark 01728 723623 Carol Cooke 01728 747625

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4 COMMUNITY NEWS

Zoom better

Since Mr. Marconi’s days, the watchword for communications engineers has been “bandwidth costs money”. The research carried out by BT at Heath last century enabled much cheaper faster data rates to be made available, via optical fibre and lasers, across the UK. Most of us get our digital communications via fibre to a green road-side cabinet and then copper wire to our house. The distance from the green cabinet to your house has a dramatic effect on the data rate. At 100m one might get a downstream connection speed of 100Mbits/ sec but at 500m this has dropped to 38Mb/s and at 1km, 24Mb/s. Still, this is adequate for most users unless you’ve got teenagers wanting to play data intensive games and stream high- definition video at the same time. Make sure any apps, such as e-mail, are closed down as well. If possible, plug your device directly into your router with an Ethernet cable. If you must use Wi-Fi, make sure you are close to the access point and are using the 5GHz band. Another Wi-Fi access point may be required.

We say “a picture paints a thousand words” but in practice a colour picture takes several million times more bits of data to generate than a word of text – and moving pictures are re- painted 25 times a second. Thus, there is pressure to reduce the required flow of data to enable reasonable real-time moving pictures to be received at reasonable cost. The first step is only to transmit the changes from the last picture i.e. if the background does not change, leave it alone. Very often, we are interested in focusing on a human face, so the software will pick out a face and concentrate on that, perhaps focusing particularly on the mouth.

What can we do to improve our Zoom links? Firstly, make sure the background does not move, so mount your camera (in your phone or lap-top) on a firm base. Ideally, have the camera at eye-level rather than lower down where it’s looking up your nose! On the ironing board rather than the coffee table. Don’t sit in front of a bright window as you will appear as a dull outline. When using artificial light, side lighting is preferable to overhead. Use landscape format unless there is a very good reason for portrait mode. Avoid waving your arms about and then the software will be able to send a good real-time image of your face and mouth. The sound and the vision are separately split up into little packets which arrive at the destination via many different routes and are put in the correct order to produce the picture and sound. Unfortunately, the flow of data is not always smooth and temporary hitches lead to jumps in the picture and breakup of the sound.

For more advice look at:

https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk /guide-ways-improve-video-conferencing-zoom-skype

Thanks to Dr. Alastair Brydon for input to this note.

Roger Waterfall

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The Reproduction Value and Herd Immunity

Covid 19 is not a very infectious virus, although with the reproductive ratio (R0) value of about 2.5, it is more infectious than the Spanish Flu of 1918. Measles has a R0 value of about 10. Neither is Covid 19 very deadly, with a death rate of about 1 in a hundred. Ebola kills about 80 in a hundred. Nevertheless, in the UK we have seen Covid 19 killing the equivalent of a fully loaded jumbo-jet crashing every day for the past year.

Let’s consider some numbers. If a few plane loads of passengers returning from winter holidays include 40 individuals carrying the virus, who then go about their normal daily life, that 40 are likely to infect 2.5x40, a further 100 persons. A week later, those 100 persons could infect 250 more people. In less than six months, the whole of the UK population would be infected. At this stage, there would be no-one else to infect. There is a tipping point where enough people have immunity to stop the virus multiplying i.e. the R value is one. Above 1, infection will multiply and spread. Below 1 and week by week fewer and fewer people will catch the virus and eventually it will fade away.

The tipping point will be achieved when we have herd immunity. With no immunity and with R0 = 2.5 , 40 infected persons, on average, will infect a further 100. However, if 60 of that 100 already have immunity, then only 40 will develop the infection. The effective R value is 1. To achieve herd immunity, 60% of the UK population need to have immunity. This can be from surviving an infection of Covid 19 or from immunisation. To be sure, we need to fully vaccinate 60% of the UK population, about 40 million people.

Roger Waterfall

6 As we look ahead to Easter and to the longer days and warmer weather, I’d like to start by paying credit to our health leaders and all those involved in the rollout of the vaccination programme here in Suffolk, including the fantastic army of volunteers giving up their time to help with the effort. It’s thanks to their combined efforts that Suffolk is at the top of the league tables nationally for people receiving their first Covid vaccination.

We have come such a long way in the fight against coronavirus and there is very definitely light at the end of the tunnel, but for now we must continue to follow the rules as we tentatively start to emerge from lockdown. We are all keen to get back to some semblance of normality – to visit our families and our friends, but if we relax the restrictions too soon, we could very quickly find ourselves back at square one with infection rates rising again, alongside increased hospital admissions and deaths. It only takes three or four weeks, particularly with some of the more virulent strains that have emerged, for things to get out of hand.

Understandably there are concerns about the spread of the new variants, but current evidence seems to suggest that both the Pfizer and Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccines remain effective. The best way for all of us out of this pandemic is through vaccination and I would urge everyone to get vaccinated as soon as is practicably possible.

The first steps out of lockdown saw our children and young people returning to their schools and education settings. Whilst our hardworking teachers and teaching assistants have really stepped up to the challenges of remote learning, nothing can match the importance of face to face learning in the classroom.

Assuming infection rates and hospital admissions continue to fall, and the vaccination programme continues at pace, non-essential retail and hospitality venues can also soon begin to reopen and whilst I know the delay is frustrating, it doesn’t benefit businesses to open for two or three weeks and then have to close again as restrictions were lifted too early.

As the weather continues to improve, we know that transmission outdoors is reduced, and I know that we are all looking forward to being able to gradually mix outdoors as a first step in getting back to some sort of normality. I am hopeful that if we continue to stick with it and follow the guidance, we can all look forward to much happier times ahead.

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8 HACHESTON HAPPENINGS www.hachestonchurch.onesuffolk.net www.hacheston.suffolk.gov.uk

Church Flowers in April; Kaye Dawe and helpers Mobile library; 8th April 11.55 to 12.10 at Village Hall

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News from All Saints Easter is near and this year we have been blessed with a wonderful display of spring flowers in our gardens and along the hedgerows throughout Lent, bringing hope and joy. Do join us at 11 am for Holy Communion with Rev Deirdre Parmenter on Easter Sunday. Rest assured that all can be socially distanced safely but please remember to wear masks and sadly also be aware that we cannot yet sing together.

Building work Work on stabilising the south west buttress is now complete and we await the final inspection of the work by our architect. I am also awaiting his advice as to whether the lantern over the porch can be repaired and replaced in some way.

Services Easter Sunday. 11.00am Holy Communion We are still unable to leave the church unlocked daily but it is open for private prayer from 10-5 now every Wednesday.

Fund Raising I have now made some more jam and marmalade and replenished the stall outside Flocky Cottage. So do come and get some. Oh, and if you have any paperbacks that you have finished with, please drop them off at Flocky Cottage, Marlesford Road, Hacheston. Thanks. Kaye Dawe

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The positive side of lockdown….. …. and it all came together! Question - What connects corks, poster paints, pistachio shells, Christmas trees and cellophane? Answer - During Lockdown, Pat and Bill Chandler from Hacheston wanted to do something positive, achieve something real during the long, empty hours of self- isolation.

Floating the need for wine corks around the community, a mountain began to grow (thanks must go to family friend Mike Mears who sent a large quantity by post), others were supplied by Pat and Bill and Kaye and Michael. The mountain grew by the day, and the concept of creating a model of their local parish church All Saints’ became a reality. They started by sketching out the plan, finding a good-sized board, and began consuming quantities of pistachio nuts in order to use the shells as roofing material. And gradually the model church began to emerge. First the walls, the shells for the roof, and painted panels of cellophane for the stained-glass windows. The porch was added, the tower, and even the flagpole atop the tower. Around the church, the graveyard was completed with headstones, mini-trees and sweet-peas adding colour…. It’s been a labour of love, and once Covid-restrictions are lifted, you are warmly invited to go and have a look as it proudly sits in front of the pulpit in All Saints’ Church, in the main street in Hacheston. The time spent in self-isolation has not been wasted, with creativity and imagination this beautiful model of All Saints’ Church is a joy to behold. And its purpose? A lasting and fitting memorial to those much-loved residents of Hacheston who are no longer with us. Thank you, Pat and Bill, for sharing your own personal Covid-inspired tribute with us all. Linda Ginn

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HACHESTON PCC review of 2020

1. The Life of the Church People As a result of the restrictions imposed due to Covid, this year has been particularly uneventful – thankfully no thefts or vandalism but sadly not a lot of progress with the expected church repairs either. When allowed, we have kept open for services but with six other parishes to look after and a prolonged spell of sick leave, Graham Hedger has not always been available. So, our thanks go to Rev’d Canon Richard Ginn, Rev’d Canon Deirdre Parmenter, Jackie Clark, Mary Baker, and Kaye Dawe for standing in as required. At the Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Meetings in September Kaye Dawe and Linda Ginn were elected as Church Wardens, Graeme Hall was re-elected as Vice Chairman and Deanery Synod Representative, Michael Dawe was re-elected as Secretary/Treasurer, Hazel Woodard as Electoral Roll Officer. Pat Chandler, David Clough and Joyce Doy were re-elected. Church cleaning and flowers were done by Niki Acott, Pat Chandler, Kaye Dawe, Angela Hurlock, Sarah Mackenzie, and Hazel Woodard. We thank them all. David Clough has continued to manage the web site and also regularly checked the CCTV. Fundraising continued. Kaye Dawe made and sold kits for table decorations and Christmas wreaths. Assisted by Pat Chandler she also ran a very successful stall selling home-made marmalade and jam, second hand books, fruit and vegetables. Sadly, we have to record the death in St Elizabeth Hospice on 1st July of Revd Canon Richard Ginn. On his retirement Richard moved into Hacheston and promptly set about making a very valuable contribution, not only to the life of the church with the introduction of regular Holy Communion services on Wednesday mornings and also helping out with other services when necessary, but also to that of the village as a whole. He will be much missed.

From the registers: Funeral 24th July Anthony Peter Clack Funeral 12th November Elizabeth Wilson Committal 13th October Joan Catherine Hall

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Services Until the first lockdown at the end of March we were able to maintain the regular Sunday services averaging two a month and also the regular midweek Holy Communions. Thereafter the church remained locked until 1st July when we were able to open for private prayer on Wednesdays from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Services resumed on 19th August with, mainly, Wednesday morning Holy Communion. A second lockdown was imposed in November but we were able to have three further socially distanced services in December.

Other related worship activities and events Sadly, due to Covid restrictions these were very severely curtailed. On September 12th, however, Kaye Dawe and Linda Ginn were able to take part in the Suffolk Historic Churches Trust Bike and Stride by walking from Brandeston Chapel to the Station House at Campsea Ashe. Meanwhile 18 visitors signed in at the church.

2. Finance Matters Main items of income Collections. Collections and other giving amounted to £5,275 Donations and Fundraising. Donations have been received totalling £5,207 which includes donations from Hacheston Parish Council, Hacheston United Charity, Patronal Day gifts and from several individuals. Fund raising events were the SHCT Bike and Stride and the Jam and marmalade stall. Fees £577 Building Grants. Grants towards the building work totalling £6750 have been received from The Moncrieff Trust, The Ganzoni Trust, The Headley Trust. A further £3000 has been pledged by Suffolk Historic Churches Trust.

Main items of expenditure Parish Share. Hacheston’s portion of the Benefice Parish Share for 2019 was £6,714 which was paid in full. Church Insurance. The premium for the period October 2020 to September 2021 was £1,683. Church Expenses. £284 was spent on electricity, £40 CCLI fee and £42 maintenance of the web site. Clergy Expenses. £231.21 Repairs and Maintenance. £376 was spent on routine maintenance which includes fire inspection, electrical inspection and maintenance of the churchyard.

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3. Fabric Internally. Within Covid restrictions the fabric of the church has been maintained and cleaned. Usual maintenance for fire extinguishers completed and small areas of woodworm treated in pews. The organ has not been tuned, but has had minimal use this year. Externally. Once again, our thanks go to Malcolm Robinson who has successfully submitted three grant applications to help with the work for the repair to the south west buttress and window, as required in the last Quinquennial Inspection. Hoggs held their quote for the work throughout the year while we waited for the result of the requests for grants. Commencement of the work was delayed therefore, until November, when the grants were offered. The work has not yet been finished but the corroded lantern has already been removed. The Churchyard. The churchyard has been maintained, with longer grass left in places, as we were without regular visits from the Community Payback Unit also due to the Covid year. Thanks must go to the Parish Council for their continued financial support to keep the churchyard open for all. Sheep continue to graze one quarter; the roadside hedge was cut by a contractor and volunteers trimmed the inside. The mowers will be serviced again this year.

4. Policies Health and Safety; Child Protection; Fire; Data Protection; Risk Management; Disability; Social Media. All the above policies have been reviewed and updated by the Fabric Committee as necessary and adopted by the PCC.

5 Tower Captain’s Report Bells. Sadly, as a result of the pandemic, the bells were silent for most of 2020. The only exception was that the tenor bell was tolled for funerals using the old country tradition of 3x3 blows to show it is a man (3x2 for a woman) followed by the years of their age. There were also no bell practice sessions from March onwards because social distancing is not possible in the ringing chamber. Before tolling the bells for the funerals, the bells, frame and fitting were inspected and found to be in good order. Broadband and Church Website. The church website was an important way of keeping in touch during the pandemic, with the ‘Services’ page containing the links to the weekly online Zoom services. The hard disc unit for the CCTV protecting the church failed, probably as a result of the intense thunder and lightning experienced during the autumn. It has been replaced and the protection from the CCTV is back in place. The new unit has the useful feature of being able to monitor the cameras from an iPad or Android smartphone.

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HACHESTON PARISH COUNCIL NEWS At the parish council meeting on March 8th, our District Councillor explained that there was funding for a community project for Hacheston. if anyone has any suggestions please contact the clerk.

SIZEWELL C development. Update March 2021 Cllr Leach had attended a number of meetings with EDF and local parishes (Marlesford, , Campsea Ashe, ) to discuss the effect of the Southern Park and Ride facility which is proposed to be sited near the A12 in Hacheston. Measures had been discussed to lessen the impact of traffic which will access the Park and Ride site using the B1078 through Wickham Market, considerably increasing congestion. We also are concerned about congestion on the Five Ways roundabout and EDF have been asked to produce details of likely traffic movements there. Cllrs Clough and Leach took part in a Liaison Meeting with EDF on February 11th where Hacheston’s concerns were discussed. The DCO process (EDF’S application for planning permission) has now reached the first stage of examination. As an Interested Party, HPC were given the opportunity to speak at the Preliminary Meeting of the Examination. This will cover procedural matters and we declined to take part since our concerns will be covered by neighbouring parishes. Jane Page. Parish Clerk. http://www.hacheston.suffolk.gov.uk

HACHESTON UNITED CHARITY Just a quick reminder that the village has its own charity which exists to help people in need, hardship or distress. It derives the greater part of its income from the rents from Whitbread Meadow and from the allotments behind the former council houses and, following the lease to the Village Hall of the greater part of Fairfield Green, the Trustees are now better placed to consider applications for help. We can consider appropriate requests for help with travel to attend or to visit people in hospital; assistance with electricity/gas bills; provision of bedding, clothing or heating; travel for school examinations or costs associated with convalescence, disability, handicap or sickness. We may also be able to help with costs associated with further education – courses, books, equipment – or arising from out of school activities for your children. If you are aware of a person who may be in need or you yourself consider that you may qualify for help, please contact the Secretary to the Trustees. All information and requests will be treated with the utmost confidence. Michael Dawe. Secretary to the Trustees. 746441 [email protected]

14 CAMPSEA ASHE NEWS www.campseaashechurch.org.uk www.campseaashe.onesuffolk.net

Mobile library: 8th April at the railway station from 11.10 to 11.45 *****

This headline appeared in the Daily Herald on the 1st September 1939. The correspondent wrote about where every winding street had its own well and most of the villagers read their evening newspapers by oil lamplight. The paper went on by saying Every night the men gather in the tap-room of the Bucks Head and talk sugar beet! The occasion was when Campsea Ashe welcomed around 100 young Londoners - young holiday makers - who were evacuated for safety from their city homes. William Bloomfield, the local harness maker and saddler who lived in The Pit apparently borrowed a bike and visited every cottage and every cottager volunteered to receive an evacuated child. The Daily Herald went on to say that: • members of the Women’s Institute will pilot the kiddies to their temporary home; • the village schoolmistress gave each child a postcard to send home to their Mother; • Mr Clarke, senior air raid warden, said Of course we are all doing our bit. Well done the people of Campsea Ashe!

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Campsea Ashe Parish Council is exploring opportunities to designate certain rural lanes around the village as “Quiet Lanes” as part of a county-wide project. Quiet Lanes are a nationally recognised designation for narrow, rural roads favoured by walkers, horse-riders, cyclists, mobility-scooter, and other non- motorised road users. They encourage drivers to ‘Expect and Respect’ more vulnerable road users and so allow them to enjoy rural lanes in greater safety. Quiet Lane designation will not impose traffic restrictions or be specially policed. Advisory signs (like the one shown) will be placed at either end of the designated stretch of road to show motorists clearly that they share the road with others. We feel that this scheme will be of real benefit to the village and those who visit. The lanes being considered around Campsea Ashe are regularly used by walkers, cyclists and horse-riders and link with existing footpaths and bridleways around the village. They also connect with the neighbouring villages and provide safe low-traffic routes for active travel and accessing local services in and around Campsea Ashe. In conjunction with Suffolk County Council (Highways), we have identified Marlesford Rd, Hacheston Rd, Mill Lane U3603 (from B1078 junction Pub Corner to Quill Farm), and lane connecting end of Mill Lane U3603/3604 @ Quill Farm to Railway Bridge/Track U3603 as being suitable for designation – see the lanes marked in green on the map overleaf, with proposed sign locations marked with a green cross. Currently, public meetings of village residents are impossible, so this letter seeks to inform you as the first stage of the public consultation process. If you wish to make any comments about the proposals, please send them in writing either by email to the project lead, Klaus Fortmann, at [email protected] or by post to Campsea Ashe Quiet Lanes Project c/o The Old Smithy, Rd, Campsea Ashe, IP13 0PY, in either case so as to be received by the closing date of Tuesday 15th April 2021. This scheme will be discussed in a public meeting by 30th April. Meetings are currently held virtually via ‘Zoom’ and if you wish to attend please contact the clerk via email clerk@ campsea-ashe-pc.org for the online access arrangements. Formal public consultation by Suffolk Highways will follow, around mid-May 2021, with the signs erected later in the year. This project is jointly funded by Suffolk County Council, Council and Campsea Ashe Parish Council.

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Map showing proposed ‘Quiet Lanes’ as marked in green

Proposed sign locations marked with ‘X’ For more information about this project, see the Quiet Lanes Suffolk website www.quietlanessuffolk.co.uk and for drivers Highway Code Rule 218 Klaus Fortmann – Project lead on behalf of Campsea Ashe Parish Council Richard Fernley – Chair of Campsea

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John Wardley

John lived for most of his life in Ivy Lodge Rd, Campsea Ashe with his parents Elsie and John. His father fought and was injured in the First World War. John worked firstly for a lawn business, then did National Service in Lancashire. He worked on the railway for some years, before employment with the council, making sure the roads were flood-free and repaired. His parents passed away in 1988 and 1989, so John moved away, firstly to , then to Woodbridge, where he lived for some years. Every Monday he could be seen in Campsea Ashe with a bag of gardening tools, keeping his parents’ and other people’s graves neat and tidy. He was also a frequent visitor to the Monday market. He kept to this routine for some years; I used to meet him at the station every month or so, for him to give me a donation for the Church. During the last couple of years, he moved to sheltered housing in . He passed away one day after his 90th birthday, on 15th February. John was a kind and generous man, very knowledgeable on a variety of subjects including most forms of transport, the weather, and he never needed to use an address book. He carried his friends’ phone numbers in his head. He could tell you the times of buses and trains to and enjoyed trips to airports to watch planes coming and going. He cycled everywhere, often singing as he pedalled, never drove a car and often wore shorts, even when the weather was cold! Sam Greenwood nursed John’s parents and became a close friend, and lately, a carer to John. She tells me that his ashes will be buried in his parents’ grave on Friday 23rd April at 11am. Glenys Fear

18 MARLESFORD MATTERS www.marlesford.com http://marlesford.suffolk.cloud

Mobile library: 8th April at the post box from 14.25 to 14.40

Church News Private Worship. St Andrew’s is open twice a week, on Sundays from 9.00am to 4.00pm and on Wednesdays from 8.30am to 4.00pm

Parish Council News The Marlesford village website can be found at www.marlesford.suffolk.cloud If residents would like to submit anything onto the website, then please contact Di Howard email [email protected] She would be delighted to upload articles onto the website for you. Please ensure that articles are in a PDF format. Further information about the Parish Council can be found on the parish website: marlesford.suffolk.cloud

2020 – A Review For a number of years I have been the village recorder, which involves writing a brief overview of the village, this goes to the Public Record Office, where it is stored along with all the reports from other villages, to provide a resource for researchers in the years to come. So this is Marlesford in 2020. What a Year! We started out with great expectations for the year, with a series of concerts planned, the prospect of popular village activities continuing and the first steps towards the annual fête having been planned. Then came the virus and everything ground to a halt. The village email system for disseminating information got into gear, and we were able to notify most households of help that was to hand. Currently, in a village with just about a hundred homes, 80 are included on the email list, which is excellent. We were able to mail out information about those who were willing to shop, fetch medicines and offer other help for those who were shielding. Just under 30 volunteers put their names forward to do so, which was a generous response. Luckily, the March lockdown coincided with a spell of glorious weather, and that meant that many of the gardens had never looked better. The local footpaths meant that we could exercise and enjoy all the spring wildflowers as we took our permitted exercise. Over the course of the year, several households have experienced Covid -19, but there has been no wider spread in the village. We were lucky enough to have excellent podcasts provided by people who live in Marlesford. Marc Sidwell’s, posted every Monday from March until September was titled “Marc’s Almanac”, and was just that, reminding us of the occurrences on Mondays over the centuries and giving us a prose reading and a poem. Andrew Quartermain, CEO at ProCorda, based at Abbey set up Piano Sanctuary together with violinist Noel Vine and provided an ongoing source of music each Wednesday and Friday. Novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison, who until recently lived in the village before moving to , put out a weekly nature podcast, based on a walk, several of which were back in Marlesford. Entitled “The Stubborn Light of Things” the series took us through spring, summer and autumn.

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Initially, the church was locked, but soon we were able to unlock it on Wednesdays and Sundays to enable anyone to go in for a few moments of calm, and that was appreciated by many in the village. On October 31st we did manage to go ahead with the third of our planned concerts, when Andrew, on piano, and Noel on violin gave us a wonderful concert in a church that was full to the capacity we could allow with all the social distancing measures in place. We received the piano as a gift from the late Archdeacon Ian Morgan’s family. Ian used to play the organ for us when he could and so to receive the piano is a lovely memento of him. It got moved from the Rectory to church just as the first lockdown started, but a crew of half a dozen strong men donned masks and the job was done quickly! We managed to fit in one churchyard working party when a dozen turned out to work on the implementation of the churchyard management plan developed by Richard Cooper and Susan Wilson. The aim is to promote wildlife in the area surrounding the church and to increase the number of species of wildflowers. Sadly, during the course of the year, we lost four members of our community: Daisy Joy, who had reached her century in September 2019, Valerie Vale, who had lived for many years with her husband Dick in the White Cottages, Anna Knights from the old Police House and Barbara Wilson, who, having lived in the village for many years, was the final death of the year. The Lang family moved into The Rectory which had been empty for about a year since the death of Archdeacon Ian Morgan. Amanda Hillier and Simon Mickleburgh moved from 1 East View and Roz Mays moved in. Meadow Cottage was on the market and sold towards the end of the year, and the Boot House was sold just before Christmas. Lime Tree Farm is also on the Market. The farm café on the A12 closed during both lockdowns as did the Marlesford Mill. The village Community Café has been unable to open, and the monthly cake sale in the church was also unable to go ahead. However, the bakers instead took orders and ran a home delivery service during the months outside lockdown. Village concerns about the inevitable growth in traffic on the A12 with the building of C continued and the Parish Council appointed Richard Cooper to be the spokesman for Marlesford. In addition, Scottish Power made noises about purchasing land in order to build a temporary bridge, more or less parallel to the present road bridge, to enable them to move large plant up to their works at , also subject to local concerns. Included in these plans was the intention to demolish listed cottages belonging to the Marlesford Estate. Scottish Power do not seem to have liaised with EDF! Nan Waterfall

Welcome Mike and Hazel Atherton with four month old son Henry and two spaniels have moved from Dry Drayton in Cambridgeshire into Keepers Cottage.

Miss Danae Viner and her mother Lisa have moved from London into Hall Farm North End, Marlesford.

Jake and Rachel McConville, with new born son Mostyn, have moved from London into Hall Farm House, Marlesford.

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Church Flowers in April: 3rd All; 10th Shirley Page; 17th Sue Paul; 24th Julie Inett.

Mobile Library: 28th April 14.45 to 15.00 at the notice board and from 15.05 to 15.30 at North Green

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Church News There will be a service of morning prayer in church on Sunday 11th April at 11am.

Every Sunday – zoom at 9.30am. To join email Bill Clarke – [email protected]

The church is open for private prayer every Wednesday 10am to 4pm.

Parish Council News The Parish Council next meet on Tuesday 4th May at 7.15pm for the Annual Meeting of the Parish and the Parish Council’s Annual General Meeting. This year, the meetings will be held online in accordance with government guidelines which require Annual Parish Meetings to be held in May and allow online meetings to be held until 7th May. All parishioners are warmly invited to attend and the meeting links can be found on the Agenda online and on our noticeboards. The meetings will be held on Zoom and you do not need to be signed up to Zoom to access the meeting. The Clerk would welcome reports from village groups, which can be presented in person on the night or can be emailed in advance of the meeting. [email protected] www.parham.suffolk.cloud

21 WHO’S WHO Priest in Charge: The Rev’d Canon Graham Hedger 14 St Peters Close, Woodbridge, IP13 7RG Tel: 01473 737280 or 07388 117656 [email protected] Churchwardens: Campsea Ashe: (St John the Baptist) Marlesford: (St Andrew) Lord Marlesford Nan Waterfall 747038 Hacheston: (All Saints) Kaye Dawe 746441 Parham: (St Mary) Adam Paul 723670 John Bradfield 724481

Mothers’ Union Leader: Magazine: Editorial Team Michael Dawe - [email protected] 746441 Kaye Dawe - [email protected] 746441 Rosamund Webb 746847 [email protected]

Advertising: Nan Waterfall - [email protected] 747038 Distribution: Fiona and Patrick Dawe 746082 [email protected]

Organist: Graeme Hall 746371 Bell Tower Captains: Campsea Ashe: Glenys Fear 747177 Practice: 4th Tuesday in month. 7.30 - 9pm and every Saturday from 9 - 10.30am. Hacheston: David Clough 747463 Practice: 1st Tuesday in month. 7.30 - 9pm. Marlesford: Practice: 2nd Tuesday in month, 7.30 - 9pm but ring 747177 first to confirm. Parham: Jos Slade 723707 Practice: 3rd (and 5th, if any) Tuesday in month, 7.30 - 9pm. Ringers of all standards and newcomers welcome at Practice Sessions. Visitors may find more information about our parishes at www.achurchnearyou.com/ Demand Responsive Bus Service, Connecting Communities. 01728 635938 The STD telephone code for numbers in this magazine is 01728 unless otherwise stated.

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