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VillageThe local magazine for Boyton, Capel, Voices Hollesley and Shingle Street June 2021 Village voices 1-5 2021_vv 27/05/2021 16:49 Page 2
Not so tough after all Never take anything for granted. We know that as we enter Hollesley in April and May we will be welcomed by banks of brilliant flowering gorse on our heath. It’s always the same - but not this year. At first, I put the swathes of dead, brown Laurie Forsyth Gorse last April Gorse this April
gorse down to the severe, sub-zero wind-chill that accompanied the snowdrifts at the end of winter. As gorse is one of many trees and shrubs in our gardens and countryside that originated in the warm Mediterranean region, it seemed to make sense. But if so, why didn’t The Beast from the East kill the gorse three years ago? Suffolk Biological Information Service points an accusing finger at our strange weather in April, when we had many sunny, dry days followed by frost at night. The daily see-sawing from cold to warm and back again is known to test plants to their limit, and it is likely to be the cause of the mass die-off. Tough and well suited to the Sandlings, gorse will soon bounce back - the sandy heathland soil is full of gorse seeds waiting for an opportunity like this to spring into life.
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From the editor Cheryl Gray Kira and Charlie on the old, much-loved play equipment
It has been a joy to visit Hollesley Recreation Ground recently and see the smiles on the faces of the children whom I haven’t seen for so long, excitedly playing on the new play equipment - including the two in the photo above! Also to see adults joining in, sitting relaxing on blankets laid out on the grass. Such a welcome relief for everyone as lockdown eases.
This month we have an article from Hollesley Bay regarding the opening of a new cafe near RSPB Hollesley Marshes. Helen Lewis sets off on her 6 day bike ride to raise funds for Hollesley Village Hall Roof Fund - please do support her if you can. There is also the latest report from the Shingle Street Settlement.
Enjoy your magazine!
Cheryl Gray
Cover photo: Some of the Play Commissioners at Hollesley Recreation Ground - Sam, Marley, Sophie, Hetta, Chloe and Tallulah (Max R. is on p.21)
Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the editorial team. Editorial copy: Cheryl, Advertising Nick, Diane Gerry Bathe [email protected] [email protected] Copy on paper to: 1 Rectory Road, Laurie Forsyth, 11A, Parsons Hill, Hollesley, IP12 3JS Hollesley, IP12 3RB Tel: 01394 411376 Tel: 01394 411727
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Dreams do come true Now the new play equipment has been installed in Hollesley, here is the story of how it came about, inspired by Gerry Bathe and assisted by Cheryl Gray. The old play equipment is over 20 years old and although much-loved, was in need of replacement. Since children and young people have a legal right to be involved in decisions that affect them - it was essential that they took the lead. Gerry had extensive experience and knowledge in the field having chaired Government East’s committee on children and young people’s involvement in decision- making for many years. Cheryl had 30 years’ teaching experience in Surrey, Australia, Japan and as Deputy Head in a large London Primary before coming to teach in Hollesley School.
Cheryl Gray We therefore recommended to Checking out equipment in Felixstowe, 2019 the Parish Council, then chaired by Helen Lewis, that they commission children to design a new playground. It was critical to identify children who would benefit in being involved in the development of a provision which would have long-lasting beneficial effects on their learning, sense of community and self-awareness.
The Council welcomed this project. Hence a playground designed for and by children became the by-line of the group. It was hoped that by developing a top-class playground, it would be used by children from
across the peninsula and people Cheryl Gray could spend time there together. The group focusing on design issues, 2019
Examples of where councils have involved children have been poor. The most common method is a selection of equipment being offered by adults and children being invited to choose - a mere cursory nod at decision-making since it is based on instinct and is not informed by knowledge of play. Research also showss that community-built playgrounds are important because the result will be one well-loved by the entire community. Work with children on such a development had never been done in East Suffolk and required several phases: • Understanding what play is about - becoming experts informed by Play ` England (Government body) • What makes a good playground? Implementing an inspection process Page 4 June 2021 ww.villagevoices.org.uk Village voices 1-5 2021_vv 27/05/2021 16:49 Page 5
• What do local children want? – creating and producing a survey • Developing a brief for companies to tender for the work • Developing a shortlisting process for the tender submissions • Developing and undertaking an assessment and interview process for short- listed companies to award the contract ensuring that equality was enforced. • Fund-raising/film production. Organising and running fund- raising initiatives.
The children aged between 7-11 were recruited through word of mouth and articles in the local magazine. Funding was obtained from Suffolk Coastal to
Cheryl Gray underwrite expenses. We met at The children worked extremely hard weekends for full and half days of workshops and worked extremely hard between 2018 and December 2019.
The underlying principle endorsed came from the government: that wherever they live, young people of all ages and abilities should be able to play outdoors, in high quality spaces, within sight of their homes, or within easy walking distance, where they feel safe whether or not they are accompanied by adults.
The children created a logo and recognised that they were directors of a company – namely The Play Commissioners. They considered the value of play for themselves. They brainstormed ideas and compared their thoughts with the government document on Cheryl Gray Clipboards in hand! play which provided guidance. They had learned that play equipment should be accessible for all ages and not just able children. The facilities should be a mix with places to be quiet and creative and opportunities to experience risk and challenge. They learnt about the benefits of play: to let off steam, gain self-confidence, enhance cognitive development. They then developed an inspection process using the following standards: bespoke - play equipment should enhance the environment, be well-located, close to nature, used by young people of different ages and interest, disabled and non-disabled children play together, opportunities to experience challenge and excitement, use of recycled or sustainable sourced materials - good spaces are not necessarily tidy - bits of scrub, fallen leaves may all provide additional play opportunities, slack space is important to enable children to invent their own play activities, successful play spaces enable children to play creatively. www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 5 June 2021 Village voices 6-10 _vv 27/05/2021 16:52 Page 1
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The children planned a survey, learning what needed to be considered and a questionnaire was produced. This was disseminated to children at the three local primary schools. The results were analysed and the children courageously prepared and rehearsed to present their findings at a Parish Council meeting.
The commissioners then visited two high quality playgrounds, Felixstowe and Holywells. With clipboards in hand, assessments took place. These were then discussed at length and a report emerged. With this greater awareness, the equipment began to be selected. Company brochures were obtained, images cut out and ideas began to emerge. A 17-page brief was prepared and sent out to the companies. The children worked on an interview process for the shortlisted candidates. They learnt about fairness in interviews and considered their own prejudices and how they can
influence outcomes. They Cheryl Gray meticulously planned the questions Attending the University each of them would ask.
The interviews took place, with companies presenting their design. The children asked their specific questions to clarify issues. The companies provided free gifts but we were not influenced by the bribes! The contract was awarded to NGF because of their use of wood and their location in Norfolk - less carbon use. A list was produced and it was agreed that the purchase would have to be phased by the PC who would seek grants and utilise section 106 funding. Additionally companies and local people might donate/sponsor one smaller item once the core equipment was in place.
The Play Commissioners continued to meet to consider how they might raise funds for one piece of equipment - the Matrix Net. They brainstormed lots of ideas. Students at the University of Suffolk studying film production were asked if they might work with the commissioners to make a film to be used as part of the fund-raising initiative. There were several sessions, one of which involved attending the University – an important learning experience for them
The children then planned and ran two fund-raising events: the pre-Christmas toy sale and a car wash. Whilst the car wash was very successful, £175 raised, the children were deeply disappointed at the lack of interest in the toy sale. Most items were donated to EACH. COVID lockdown now forced a cessation.
It is important that children are recognised and valued by the community for the work they have achieved to enhance the quality of life. Let us not forget that the playground’s success is due solely to the effort of the commissioners in their considered selection. They have put in a tremendous amount of work and commitment and can be justly proud of their achievement.
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Gazing up to heaven?
I stood, gazing upwards, into the sky. It was the sound that drew my attention first, then the flickering lights, and then the movement. Nothing extraordinary was happening. The sky was clear with the clarity that comes with a hint of frost. The aeroplanes appeared to be queuing up, three or four of them, one after the other, coming slowly from the north east and having the same destination. Their flight path was Cheryl Gray precise and the same. They all began to bank and turn left just an inch above the chimney of the last house in the row in front of me. This is no coincidence, I thought. There is a plan here. Something is guiding these aeroplanes; some remarkable system is operating: little robots in the sky. I mused on the physics and the wonder of modern technology.
Of course, each aeroplane was undoubtedly owned and operated by a different company. Had it been daylight, I might have identified them by colour. Of course, they were full of different people very probably coming from different places. Some passengers would be comfortable and confident with their flight, some would take to the thrill of it all and some, like me when I’m flying, would be nervous, apprehensive and glad to be near the end of the journey.
For Christian people, the journey of life has a specific destination, and in general, the same guidance systems are used. Different people travel at different speeds. Some enjoy the thrill of the journey. Some are comfortable and confident. Some, like me are nervous and apprehensive. The value of experience differs according to personal make up, memories of the past, judgments about the present and expectations for the future. Different faith groups and even denominations, like companies, offer different packages for the journey. All are deemed attractive.
Whatever our understanding of the nature of the world in which we live we are clearly all going somewhere. I would hate to be in an aeroplane that didn’t know where it was going. I would hate it even more if I felt that the pilot wasn’t in control. But then, what are guidance systems for? Is there a twist here? Who is it that is really in control?
So, who built the guidance system? What was the objective, the vision? Could it be that I’m safe after all? Am I nervous without just cause? Will the destination be as anticipated and hoped for? Will there be a thrill at the end, if not on the way? I shall gaze up to heaven another night: I shall muse and I shall wonder.
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Fred Stentiford
On 25 April 2021 Frederick Stentiford passed away peacefully at his home in Boyton, Suffolk. He was 74 years old and was married to Pauline for over 48 years. Fred leaves two sons, Gerald and Andrew and four grandchildren Tom, Jess, Arthur and Astrid. Fred was an intelligent man dedicating his life to research and academia. Over the course of his career he published over 75 research papers and was an inventor on over 30 patents. He worked at Plessy, BT and UCL continuing his research of different ways for computers to recognise words and images. People are still citing his earlier research to this day. Many years ago Fred googled his own name and unbeknownst to him realised that some of his early research was now in textbooks. To his great delight this was being referred to as the Stentiford thinning algorithm. It is clear that his research and patents will be part of his legacy.
Perhaps outside academia others might remember Fred as being a generous man giving his time up for many different local groups and interests. He worked hard over the years being greatly involved in the community in both Hollesley and Boyton villages. Whether it was being churchwarden, bellringer, church treasurer (for over 40 years at Boyton!), school governor, parish councillor, chairman, fete organiser, broadband activist, he was tireless at providing his advice and lending his experience.
He spent years sharing his love of technology with the children at Bawdsey primary school introducing them to robotics and computers with Lego. Some of those children are now grown up and have become engineers themselves. Local churches, schools, village projects and many more benefited from his generosity. He was always happy to help and give advice. He will undoubtedly be missed in the villages he so loved.
On 30 October 2018 Fred was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. As you may know MND is a difficult disease severely affecting different people in differ- ent ways. For Fred this was no different. MND affected many parts of Fred's life including mobility, speech and breathing. Since his diagnosis, Fred was cared for at home by Pauline as his health declined. The Motor Neurone Disease Association have been an incredible help to Fred and his family over the last few years. They have made Fred's life so much easier giving him the care and guidance in dealing with this difficult disease.
We would be very grateful if you are able to make a donation in the memory of Fred and help the MNDA continue their valuable work. He was still thinking about research even a few days before he sadly passed away.
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HMP & YOI Hollesley Bay - Marsh Barn Café
Back in July 2020 HMP & YOI Hollesley Bay Governor, Garry Newnes, submitted an article to Village Voices to advise about the partnership formed with veteran charity, Combat2Coffee and the projects both Hollesley Bay and Combat2Coffee hoped to progress collaboratively going forward. The first project being the development of the Marsh Barn Cafe at HMP & YOI Hollesley Bay and the second the opening of the Community café Chloe Ballantyne The Coffee Cell in Ipswich. I am Marsh Barn Café delighted to advise you that despite the challenging last year with the COVID pandemic, both projects have seen completion earlier this year. This couldn’t have been achieved without the dedication of staff involved, hard work and determination of our prisoners and much appreciated efforts of local volunteers. Excitingly, both cafes are now open for the general public to enjoy a takeaway refreshment and eat-in options when government restrictions allow.
The partnership vision for both projects is to reduce prisoner reoffending. It is proven that prisoners are less likely to reoffend if they can establish a secure job to go to immediately on release from prison. They discover the fulfilment in earning for themselves and being able to provide for their families. It is our vision to ensure each prisoner receives the support and guidance needed in developing the skills required to provide them with the best possible outcome on release.
So how does it all come together? At Hollesley Bay we have our own internal café, Lansburys, providing refreshments inclusive to all staff and prisoners. This was formed as part of our vision to make prison less prison like. Many people are misinformed about the workings of an open prison establishment and you hear all too often negative comments about prisoner absconds and lack of fences and locked rooms. HMP Hollesley Bay, along with its other comparator prisons, are dedicated to bridging the gap between prison and the community. It is about making the transition as smooth as it can be for prisoners, and this can be difficult for some who have struggled with making the initial transition between closed to open after being in closed prisons for many, many years prior. Lansbury Café is operated by our prisoners and as mentioned in the previous issue, was created using the skills and expertise of them too! We provide training and qualifications within barista, food hygiene, hospitality and roastery. The prisoners work hard to achieve high standards which enable them to better themselves with gaining more experience for release. When working within Lansbury they serve fellow prisoners and staff. After working successfully within Lansbury they have the opportunity to progress to Marsh Barn Café where they www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 13 June 2021 Village voices 11-15 2021_vv 27/05/2021 17:01 Page 4
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can then serve the public, however, remaining within the prison grounds. After working within Marsh Barn Café they will then have the opportunity to work within the community coffee shop The Coffee Cell via an extended licence. At the Coffee Cell they can earn a minimum wage and there they can recognise the rewards and benefits of earning for themselves and realise the potential to provide for their families. This process allows them to steadily regain more confidence, responsibilities and increase their community awareness. We currently have a prisoner working within each café, both are enjoying their roles and establishing good positive experience so far.
So what about Marsh Barn Café? Marsh Barn was once nothing more than an old farm store, being left unused for many years. It was recognised for its potential to become a café back in early 2020, with its prime location for bird watchers and walkers. Staff and prisoners have taken great pride in developing this project and renovating it inside, so much so that inside is now completely unrecognisable! We Chloe Ballantyne Country barn feel with a cosy log burner wanted to ensure that we maintained a country barn feel and we have certainly achieved this with its carefully chosen décor and furnishings, instalment of a cosy log burner and newly installed insulated beamed ceiling.
Marsh Barn Café is situated along the recently resurfaced RSPB track adjacent to the RSPB Marshes. (Courtesy of the RSPB and Countrywide grounds) At present it open 10-2 Monday to Friday and 9-3 over weekends and bank holidays. Opening times will be reviewed in line with the (hopefully improving) weather! You can check for updates regarding our opening times and further information can be found on the Marsh Barn Café Facebook page. Next time you are out for a wander in Hollesley why not drop by and refresh and relax with a coffee (freshly roasted by our prisoners within our prison roastery!) We offer a selection of homemade cakes, sausage rolls and made to order freshly filled sandwiches. Don’t forget to purchase a bag of Combat2Coffees direct trade Brazilian coffee, freshly roasted at HMP Hollesley Bay to take home with you! Look out for our new outside table area being developed by the entrance, to enjoy a spot of sunshine whilst absorbing the beautiful marsh views.
Don’t forget to visit the Coffee Cell for your post shopping refreshments on Northgate Street, the first Mental Health and Wellbeing coffee shop in Ipswich. Every penny spent in either café is supporting the Combatt2Coffee charity for veterans. With every coffee bean roasted, toasted and poured by veterans, Combat2coffee are changing the world one sip at a time! We look forward to receiving your support!
Chloe Ballantyne Head of Reducing Reoffending HMP & YOI Hollesley Bay
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Your letters
Dear Editor,
Since Boxing Day, Joan Graham of Bawdsey has been knitting: blankets and tiny hats for the Special Care Baby Unit at Ipswich Hospital and beanie hats for the Mission to Seafarers and the homeless. Joan is still knitting and in honour of Captain Tom, she is determined to complete 100 blankets for the hospital. Contributed Susan Foster Hope you reach your target, Joan - amazing! Ed
Dear Editor,
Call me an old cynic if you like and you would probably be right but I needed to respond to Joanna van der Hoeven’s and James Mallinder’s letters re: litter. I speak only from experience but people who drop litter or fly-tip are weak of mind and spirit and most damning, have no moral backbone. No point trying to reach out to these individuals because they are already aware that it is socially and environmentally unacceptable. The truth is they just don’t care.
Terry King
Dear Editor,
I would just like to personally say thank you to everyone involved in the new play equipment.The new kit is amazing and my three boys are absolutely loving it. It’s great to see the world waking up again and so many happy faces and a real feel of community at the park. Thank you. Jane Baker Job Vacancy Glebe House Residential Care Home Table Top Sale Hollesley at Sutton Memorial Hall Cook Recreation Ground on 25 to 30 hours a week To provide a high-quality catering service Saturday 12 June for the Care Home residents and manage to book phone 01394 411793 all activities in relation to the service, or 01394 384659 including food preparation, planning, food delivery to Service Users. Fundraiser for the Sutton Church Flower Festival fund For any information about the job please contact Trish or Rachael on 01394410298 or email [email protected]
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Raising money for Solar Panels
Just three weeks to go until I set off on Monday 21 June on my 200 mile Raise the Roof Cycle ride around Suffolk and Norfolk!
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me, by cash, by cheque or by visiting the website. Some have done so anonymously, so this is my special thank you to you!
I shall be talking to the children at Hollesley Primary School and showing my bike. I hope some of them will become confident cyclists in the future, using this eco-friendly mode of transport and enjoyable way of getting around and seeing the countryside!
Thank you so much to Village Voices for sponsoring my expenses which was totally unexpected!
Do come and join the school to wave me off from my home Colyton in The Street, Hollesley 9am on Monday 21 June!
Please will you sponsor me at: Cheryl Gray Helen ready for the off!
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/helen-lewis-33 or pick up an envelope at McColls or Coltec.
Helen Lewis
We wish you a safe return. Helen! Ed
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Helen’s route
Day 1: Hollesley to Lowestoft (via Snape and Southwold) 40 miles
Day 2: Lowestoft to Mundesley (via Somerleyton, Burgh Castle and Happisburgh) 36 miles
Day 3: Mundesley to Hunstanton (via Cromer, Cley and Wells next-the- sea) 42 miles
Day 4: Hunstanton to Brandon (via Docking and Swaffham)42 miles Day 5: Brandon to Long Melford (via West Stowe and Lavenham) 33 miles
Day 6Long Melford to Hollesley (via Needham Market and Woodbridge)
40 miles
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A dream come true ...
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... at last! Photos: Cheryl Gray
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HollesleyWI
We have now heard from the Cragg Sisters Tea Room and they have a winner of their tea cosy competition and guess who the winner is - our very own Meryl Montague! The entries were judged by lifeboat crew members, who liked Meryl’s Miss Cragg cosy which we pictured in April. If you go to the tea room Facebook page they have posted photos of the cosies which are a feast for the eyes, as well as one of the judges with the winning cosy, so well done Meryl and the other Hollesley members who entered the competition in support of the Aldeburgh lifeboat. You can just look at the photos without signing up.
We are cautiously looking forward to possibly resuming meetings a little later on and will keep our fingers crossed that restrictions will allow. Below are two more members’ thoughts on their favourite thing which we couldn’t fit into our article last month, so we hope you enjoy them.
Jane Burn
My Favourite Thing by Val Pettitt
Early May last year I was very lucky to be able to purchase a mountain bike because a few days later all suppliers had sold out due to the high demand. I was out almost every day cycling anything up to 25 miles each time on roads and forest tracks, sometimes alone and sometimes with a friend. By late September I had clocked up 1000 miles. I have continued to cycle through the winter months, although not quite so often and I am now looking forward to the warmer weather, which always makes everything so much better. Val Pettitt Val’s mountain bike My favourite Thing by Jane Burn
Can’t do it - pin it down, I love to ride my motorbike Just too hard to pick It gives me such a buzz. Could be the garden and the birds I love my music, what a treat Give that a tick. Or yummy stuff to eat. Our daily walks are lovely too, But best of all, the ultimate, The trees, the sky, the peace. The thing that comes out top, And nature as we walk along My family, friends, and sharing love The forest, or the beach. That’s it, I think I’ll stop.
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Peninsula Dog Grooming in Hollesley Stress Free One 2 One Service Robin Smith Bathing, trimming, clipping, nails. Electrician Evening and weekend appointments Part P Local pickup & Collection Lori Sage 01394 411057 07887693278 also light plumbing www. peninsuladogs.co.uk No job too small Home 01394 411879 Mobile 07748 378958
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Nature note: go wild
I’ve been keeping a log-book. Literally. I’ve been very restricted in my walking recently by a hip-problem (now fixed, I hope), but I found a mossy old log by the river I could just get to and rest on, completely out of sight. I’ve been sitting quietly on that, making notes on what comes by. It’s a quite different kind of nature-watching from the one I’m used to – striding out freely and actively exploring the world. But it turns out to have its own compensations when you adjust to it, which you have to do mentally as well as physically. Your world has shrunk to a radius of a few yards, but it’s still teeming with life. And instead of pursuing nature you just have to be still and let it come to you. Which it does, surprisingly quickly.
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Now a moorhen paddles slowly by in the river and a male blackcap sings from a branch – so close that its pure fluting song is almost too piercing. After an hour of immobility, I’m almost a woodland feature. A seven-spot ladybird lands on my hand, some wood ants investigate my boots, and the wren makes another pass, more boldly this time. And now a butterfly settles right next to me in a patch of sunlight – a male orange-tip. What a beauty! This is the first I’ve seen this year and it really does capture the spirit of spring with those sunshine orange flashes on its wings. Soon there will be lots of them on the wing searching out their favourite plants, garlic mustard and lady’s smock, both them just coming into flower with perfect timing. The orange-tip’s Latin name is Anthocharis, flower grace, and the French call it L’aurore, the dawn, a nice suggestion of a new beginning.
Some people walk by just the other side of the river, another interesting species that doesn’t notice me, or much else. There’s a move to re-wild our landscapes, but I emerge from my immersion in nature feeling that we could all do with some rewilding ourselves. We’re part of nature too.
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Crossword and S udoku Across
1 Style of art associated with Picasso (6) 4 Former name of Iran (6) 8 Hangman’s loop (5) 9 Lone player (7) 10 In name only (7) 11 Card game for gamblers (5) 12 Receiver (9) 17 Inheritors (5) 19 Piffle (7) 21 Credit (7) 22 Snapshot (5) 23 Edible nut (6) 24 Flaw (6)
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Photos of the month
Bluebells in Boyton Wood by James Mallinder
Kestrel, East Lane by Roger White
Nesting Swan by Stewart Austerfield Contributed New outdoor gym, Bawdsey School
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Alderton Parish Council
Post Lockdown Celebration Saturday 3 July - Alderton Recreation ground. The Parish Council are planning to hold a Car Boot Sale alongside an exhibition about what you have done during lockdown ie: photos, new skills learnt etc. Teas and coffees will be served in the afternoon with barman and music in evening. Car Boot pitches £5, please contact clerk to book. Damage At the end of April the post on the dog waste bin at the entrance to Mill Hoo was broken and left lying on the grass. This has been repaired by a councillor and re-erected. The support for the Mill Hoo sign was also broken and the actual street name sign removed. This has been reported to East Suffolk Council who will at some point replace the sign. If anyone has any information regarding this please let a councillor or the clerk know.
Joy Andrews Alderton Parish Clerk email: [email protected] 411596
Alderton Churchyard
Our churchyard has been added to the list of wildlife conservation areas drawn up by Suffolk County Council. I'm hoping for one of the notices saying: Miggie Wyllie Buttercups across the churchyard Don't mind the weeds, we’re feeding the bees. The grass is currently resplendent with buttercups and there is ramping fumitory against the south wall of the church, where there is a nice seat in the sun. The paths and edges of gravel will be kept mown through the summer and we hope we will be able to rely on the prison for help with the autumn cutting.
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News It has been a very difficult month. We were told that the Parish Council was not going to lead on the photovoltaic panel fund-raising which would have reduced the cost of the project as the council can claim back the VAT. So the drive to reduce the carbon footprint will continue but it will take several years before we are able to secure the £20,000 required. However at least Helen Lewis is doing her bit. My goodness what an extraordinary challenge for her. Please donate to her efforts. Then we discovered that someone had driven into the wall outside the ladies toilets causing a great deal of damage. They did not leave any details either. The repair work required is extensive. More contacting companies and form-filling!
Our priority remains the removal of the asbestos/fibre roof and installation of new insulation. We are in negotiation with a company who have a training section within their business, enabling men at the prison to access qualification opportunities. It would be great if it can be achieved. The work would take three weeks - all internal roof panels would be removed to access the roof.
Clubs are beginning to restart - some are merging but others may never reopen which is so sad. The youth club has been meeting since the beginning of May. We have also had a trickle of bookings for private functions. We are having to charge £5 per hour extra for the hall use to offset the cost of heating since doors have to remain open under COVID restrictions.
I mentioned our dispute last month with the water company (Wave). Thankfully we are working together with the Bowls Club to seek a satisfactory resolution. Hoping to have a meeting with them has involved two letters to the Chief Executive. Unbelievable! The latest - we have been assured that a visit will be arranged and that was six weeks ago! I would like to wave goodbye to them!
The Village Hall Management Committee is always keen to see local people having a voice and contributing to the development of the hall. Would you like to join? You do not need to be a member of any club just someone who wants to ensure that the hall is sustained for another 50 years. This is, after all, our only community asset, our village hub.
Gerry Bathe 411376
Hollesley Village Fete - Saturday 31 July We are looking for books and bric a brac - contact Stewart for collection. Cakes and plants also required, please bring these along on the day. Car Boot Sale planned, contact Stewart if you would like a pitch. Volunteers needed to be at the recreation ground by 9.00am to help put out chairs and put up the two marquees then take them down at the end of the day (3.45pm). Please contact Stewart if you can help for 2 hrs in the morning or 1 in the afternoon.Thanks! Village Fete Team email: [email protected] tel: 07771 780857
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From our country kitchen
Chicken and Asparagus Green Thai Curry (for 2) Thai curries are quite different to Indian. They are made quickly and are more of a soup. I've used enough of the curry paste to add flavour but not heat. If you like spicy food then add more. I usually serve it with long grain and wild rice on the side.
150g chicken breast, bite size pieces 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 chicken stock cube 2 tsp Thai green curry paste 3 kaffir lime leaves 400 ml light coconut milk 1 tsp Thai fish sauce 1 tbsp vegetable oil 6 spears of thin asparagus - 3 inch pieces A handful of frozen peas. 1 tsp sugar 100 g rice
Fresh basil leaves Austerfield Pauline
Put the rice on to cook. Heat the oil in a pan and add the garlic. Cook gently for 3 minutes, then add the curry paste and continue to cook for another 3 mins. Dissolve the stock cube in half a cup of boiling water, then add it to the pan with the coconut milk. Bring to a simmer, add the fish sauce, sugar and crumbled lime leaves. Add the chicken and asparagus. Cook for 8 minutes, then add the peas. Bring back to a simmer, then divide between two bowls. Drain the rice. Garnish the soup with the basil and serve with a bowl of rice.
Pauline Austerfield
Happy 90th Hazel!
Hazel Garnham has celebrated her 90th birthday. Hazel has lived in Hollesley all her life and was married to Don for 59 years. She has two daughters, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Rachel Cheale (Hazel's granddaughter)
We do hope you enjoyed your special day, Hazel, with all your family and friends around you. Many congratulations on reaching your milestone!
Ed Rachel Cheale
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Shingle Street Settlement
As regular and long-time visitors to Shingle Street, many of you will be very aware of the significant changes we all saw last year in both the number and nature of visitors to the hamlet. Lockdown, increases in local housing and hot weather all contributed to this, and we noticed a marked shift away from the respectful leisure use of the beach towards much less considerate behaviour, with associated problems of littering, use of the natural area as toilets, damage to protected plants and landscape, and Contributed dangerous and thoughtless parking. Problems of littering
The residents of Shingle Street are therefore having to consider how best we can manage growing visitor pressures into the future, so that that we can continue to welcome respectful visitors, while at the same time protecting this vulnerable landscape and its special flora and fauna. This is a unique environment, which has multiple official designations as a conservation area and which you’ll remember we described in detail in a published Biodiversity Survey a few years back (www.shinglestreetsurvey.orguk). The entire beach, for example, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), which means it is an offence to intentionally or recklessly damage, disturb or destroy any land, flora or fauna within the site and it is the owners’ responsibility to ensure adherence to these legal protections.
All the land at Shingle Street, from the fields through the beach to the foreshore, and including the land on which visitor parking is permitted, is in fact privately owned, either by the individual householders or by the Shingle Street Settlement Company, a community-owned company set up in 1997 by the residents specifically to conserve and protect the land. So, as custodians of this small patch of wildness, we believe we now have a responsibility to create a longer-term vision for Shingle Street, which tries to strike a balance between our legal obligations to protect the environment and the rights and interests both of the residents living within the hamlet and of visitors from the wider community. Our first attempt at framing a collective vision for Shingle Street is: A wild and natural place where biodiversity is protected and enhanced, where people can respectfully experience this unique environment.
You may have noticed two recent initiatives that we have already felt obliged to take to begin responding to some of the problems mentioned above. First, we’re experimenting with mounds and ditches to protect the fragile vegetation from off-road driving and parking. We are aware that these look a little raw now, but they will soon merge gently into the landscape as the grass grows over them, and we hope in this way to avoid the need for any kind of fencing or www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 31 June 2021 village voices 31-40 June 2021_vv 29/05/2021 17:11 Page 2
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barrier that would look alien in this landscape.
Secondly, as previously shared in Village Voices, to prevent the bins being filled up from day trips with all kinds of rubbish, which then overflows and gets blown around, we are trialling the removal of the bins at the southern end, following the example of other environmentally-sensitive locations such as Dunwich Heath. People have been dumping stuff like umbrellas, tents, furniture, and even hot BBQs (illegal on the beach, and which several times in 2020 caused bins to melt).
We previously tried increasing the bin sizes and quantity, but they filled up just as quickly, so we decided to trust our visitors to take away all they brought with them. To date, we are pleased not to have seen any increase in litter and
wind-blown rubbish. Thank Contributed Severe parking problems you to everyone for that.
We also gratefully acknowledge the help of those of you who regularly help to clean the beach of litter and sea-borne detritus. We appreciate that you may have become used to placing this rubbish in the bins, so do get in touch if you need our help in finding other suitable receptacles for this. Please note, however, that the dog-waste bin at the start of the southern sea wall footpath has not been removed.
Like the residents, many of you have been appalled by the increase in human (as well as dog) toilet waste. It has been suggested that temporary toilets could be positioned here at peak times, but we strongly resist this proposal. We believe that would only encourage further inappropriate uses of the beach (including illegal overnight camping) and move us further away from our goal of balancing the protection and enhancement of the natural environment against the rights of residents and visitors.
We know that many of you care as passionately about Shingle Street as we do, and are equally worried about the threats to this very special place. We would welcome the ideas and help of anyone with a genuine interest in the long-term sustainability of Shingle Street, to enable us to move forward towards the vision outlined above. We will be asking our local Parish Councils and the relevant statutory and interested bodies for their input. Please either connect us through them or directly by email to: [email protected].
Tim Green, on behalf of residents (Chair, Shingle Street Settlement)
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Hollesley Parish Council
Farewell beautiful tree It was with great sadness that Hollesley said goodbye to one of its significant trees. The large beech tree on the corner of Moorlands has been monitored for a number of years but after a recent inspection, unfortunately, it was declared unsafe due to internal rotting. Although it took many years to reach a magnificent size, it was reduced to a stump within a day. The parish council, like you dear readers, understands the importance of trees in our community, trees clearly performing a connection to our past Jane Baker and our footprint into the future. So we are pleased to announce in autumn new tree(s) will be planted to continue that connection. We also give thanks to our newest councillor, Jane Baker who has planted the stump with flowers, proving this tree will not be forgotten. Welcome visitors As we come out of lockdown, we are all noticing an increase in visitors to the Peninsula. We therefore remind all our visitors to remember the countryside code and to remember to treat our community with respect. Please use provided bins or if no bin take your rubbish home - it is not ok to just throw it out of your car window and litter our verges. When walking across fields please keep to the marked footpaths and if your dog leaves a deposit, please pick it up and use one of the dog bins located around the village. Litter in any form is unnecessary and unsightly and is a threat to our wildlife. In particular, being close to the coast any litter dropped migrates to our beaches and once it enters our oceans creates an even bigger threat as it damages marine life and eventually breaks down and enters the food chain. Again the parish council thanks all our residents who arrange pop up litter picks or those individuals who just pick up litter on their daily walks. Water supply interrupted End of April saw the water supply interrupted for nearly a day by Melton Road, Woodbridge Walk, Hollesley and Shingle street. This was due to a burst main just by the water tower. Within the day the water supply was back on but unfortunately Anglian Water damaged one of our new grit bins. Anglian Water forgot to notify the parish council, but we quickly noticed this damage and made a report. We are now looking for compensation from Anglian Water. Welcome back Swifts Hollesley Parish Council gives a special welcome to our returning swifts. We are lucky they treat Hollesley as their home and long may this continue. Hollesley Parish Council [email protected] 01394 411405/07739 411927
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Good News!
Meet Up Mondays resumes! We are back at the Shepherd and Dog. Every Monday 2 to 4pm excluding Bank Holidays.
Inside or outside if the weather is good. Free tea, coffee and biscuits. You will be welcomed by our Good Neighbours Team. Thanks to Grant and Steve for having us at the pub and to McColl’s for sponsoring refreshments.
Drop in to meet your friends or someone new for a chat over a cuppa! We look forward to seeing the children coming in after school too! Everyone welcome!
Do you need a lift? Phone: 07707 850126 or 411232
The Good Neighbours’ Team
Woodbridge Probus is a social club for retired and semi- retired professional men. We meet on the first Monday of each month, 12.15 pm at Woodbridge Golf Club for a drink Professional, and social get together before lunch reliable, quality followed by a speaker. service guaranteed Ladies join us in the summer and at Christmas. We also have outings to Internal and external popular local locations. window cleaning UPVC cleaning, fascias, If you are interested, take a gutters, soffits and look at our website, www. woodbridgeprobus.org.uk conservatory roofs or contact our membership Since 2014 secretary, Erik Crichton, by clicking on the enquiries @woodbridge probus section on the website. Contact Sam 07886 234994 [email protected]
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Boyton Parish Council
Boyton Parish Council held their Annual Parish meeting on 14 April via Zoom, which was very well attended. All residents were given the opportunity to respond to a small questionnaire about what they love about living in Boyton, what is not so good, what would be of benefit to them and any ideas on the use of a community hub. Thank you for all the comments received which were noted, discussed and actioned. SCC Wilford Division Cllr. Andrew Reid presented his Annual Report and ES Deben Ward Cllr James Mallinder updated us on his activities and future initiatives - thank you to both and also to our guest speaker Helen Lewis who gave a presentation on the Good Neighbour scheme and Meet up Mondays.
The Annual Council meeting was held on 5 May via Zoom. The first item on the Agenda at an ACM as always is the election of Chair, and after several years of dedication and service, tirelessly giving his time and advice, Richard Jesty has decided to step down from the role. Being Chair is a key volunteer role and Richard has set a high standard – we would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to him for his commitment and contribution. We are happy to report that the council will continue to benefit from his support and extensive knowledge of the village as a councillor.
We were very sorry to hear that Fred Stentiford has recently passed away, and we offer our condolences to Pauline and his family. Both as a parish councillor and organiser of village activities, Fred was an invaluable part of Boyton life – he will be much missed.
John Pilgrim has now taken up the challenge of Chair with Iain Johnston as the new Vice-Chair, following their election at the meeting. BPC wishes them both every success for the future in their new roles.
Green Actions - last spring BPC decided to trial reduced cutting of verges in Boyton to benefit our flowers and insects. Unfortunately, we missed the opportunity owing to changed cutting timetables as a result of covid. This year, we are pleased to be part of a pilot project run by Suffolk Highways. Areas near junctions will still be cut on the normal schedule for safety reasons, as will verges on Mill Lane and from the Tang up past Dock Farm. Elsewhere, the plan is to not cut verges until September - see Boyton Verges Brief News. If you are concerned about any verges, please do not cut them yourselves, but please raise your concerns to either Boyton Parish Council [email protected] or Suffolk Highways - we actively encourage feedback. This is a pilot project, so plans may change through the year. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 July in the Church Hall. If you would like to be included on the electronic distribution list to receive local information and updates please contact [email protected].
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Bank Holiday and Staff Training The surgery will be closed for staff training on Thursday 17 June from 13.00. When the surgery is closed please call NHS 111.
NHS research is essential to help shape and improve future NHS healthcare. The Peninsula Practice has been involved in cutting edge national research including a new device to replace endoscopy in some cases. Dr Crockett is the principal investigator for all research at the practice, whereby she checks eligibility for patients to take part in relevant studies. You may therefore receive an invitation, which will be directly from The Peninsula Practice to participate in a study - we never share your personal details. You are free to choose whether to take part or not with no obligation. Taking part in clinical research may benefit you, or others like you, in the future.
For more information about the research projects we are involved in please visit our website: www.thepeninsulapractice.co.uk/research
Solution to crossword: New Walks’ Book on Sale A revised issue of the local walks’ book: 20 Walks on the Deben Peninsula is back by popular demand! Copies will be on sale at: Browser’s Bookshop and McColl’s, Hollesley £4.99 each
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