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MAYFLOWER Wow! Who saw that coming? was away on holiday in March and then returned on 23rd to chaos. Six months on, life and its priorities have changed beyond anything we could imagine. For September 2020 Imany it has been a time of reflection, decluttering and reorganisation. This edition is an opportunity to know that we can still make a seen a number of appeals for In This Issue: celebrate what we want to keep difference. volunteers to keep the Resident, and value the position of the committees and distribution of BDRA as a voice to challenge As you will see this is my last the Resident going. This is now the structures we do not want edition since after a year we are crunch time. Andy Maddocks 1 Wow! Who saw that to keep. See Mike Andrew’s at last on the move. Prior to my has written a state of the BDRA coming? update on page 11 and decision to move you will have letter to you all. 1 The Future of the BDRA Commemorative tree planting in 1 Commemorative tree THE FUTURE OF THE BDRA planting in Lake Meadows e have known for some time that Chris Wade, our Editor would 1 Can you help? be moving away from the area. This time is upon us and this Wedition will be her last. She has done a tremendous job and I 2 Editor's Farewell believe that there has been a considerable improvement in all aspects of the Magazine during her tenure. I would like to thank her for all that 3 Poems for a Pandemic she has done for the BDRA, not just as Editor but in the previous roles 3 Recycling Update that she so readily undertook. She will be very much missed, and the organisation will be the poorer for her departure. I am delighted to 3 Stamp Appeal welcome Joyce Reynolds as the new editor who will take over from Chris with the October edition. 4 Events

Dave Hawke, for personal reasons will not be able to continue as 4 Plaque unveiling Secretary, but will stay until the end of the year, pending a replacement being found. Dave during his involvement over the last two years has 5 MONEY MATTERS... brought a very professional and efficient commitment to the role and – Observations about involved himself in all aspects of the Association. I have enjoyed very Post-Lockdown Finances much working with him and appreciate all that he has contributed. – Dealing with wills and This leads me to take this opportunity to re-emphasise and highlight our LPAs whilst social attempts to put in place a plan to find volunteers to shadow and ultimately distancing replace the key roles and expand our current Area Committees. The current role holders will choose in due course to move on, but in the 6 Friends of Lake Meadows mean time they are able to offer help and support to successors. No-one Billericay Insights from has come forward despite numerous pleas. It makes sense for new blood 7 to keep the Association dynamic and meeting the key objective of being the Cater Museum a voice, the only voice it would seem, for the people of Billericay and District. This takes on even greater importance, when the quality of 11 Committee Focus services and infrastructure in our Town is at risk. 12 The May-Flower Diaries The BDRA is well positioned with funds and with members, but it lacks 12 Join the BDRA enough people to run it. 12 Privacy Notice To pull no punches, it has to be said, that unless we receive a replacement for the Secretary, together with new Volunteers for all of these other important roles then the whole future of the BDRA is at stake. 1. Froden Brook, Froden Close, Froden Can you help? Court, Passingham Close & Coopers It is a good time to join us to take the Organisation into our 95th year Road reps needed for the following Drive. as an Association. The BDRA is run by the people for the people. We rounds 2. Tyrone Close, Tyrone Road, Trinity believe that it is the only organisation which truly represents the Round 7 Foxhunter Walk Road & Trinity Close interests of the ordinary people of the town, the small businesses and Round 18 Brookside/Glanmire/Killbarry 3. The Willows, The Oaks & other voluntary organisations. Without it, who will fight for Billericay? Walk/Penwood Close Copperfield. Round 37A Balmoral Close Please contact Trevor Leach on Please do give this appeal, your serious consideration and if you think Please contact Mark Hayes on 01277 01277 630451 or there is any way you can help to support and undertake the key roles, 630170 or markhayes001@ sky.com if [email protected] if you can or know somebody who could, please get in touch with me, Andy you can help. help. Maddocks your Chairman on [email protected] or 01277 654173.

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t has been just next year so like the 2020 Olympics become the more than 5 2021 ones we can do Iyears since I the same with some of took over from Editor’s the 400th Anniversary Trevor. He was a events. hard act to follow as he had been the Another legacy of the 90th Anniversary is the editor for over 35 time capsule kept in the years. The Resident Farewell______Cater Museum. It will be very is unique as I am sure revealing to open it in 2026 that there are very and see what has happened few, if any, Residents’ in 10 years. Associations with a 12 Thank you to everyone who page colour magazine has sent me contributions for which goes out 10 the magazine as these make times a year. an editor’s job easier. Thank being the eyes and ears of of Billericay and Alan you to all the area secretaries I have tried to highlight the the town and district. Going Waddoups’ photos around and road reps who get annual cycle of community to press 10 times a year the town and district for you to the magazine to you, the events, celebrate the means that the Resident is identify. residents. wonderful green spaces able to be current and we have and give clubs, dynamic unlike other less This year was also going to I am sorry to be leaving at a societies, and other groups regular publications. be a great year with the 400th time when the BDRA’s future an opportunity to advertise Anniversary of the May-flower. is a concern but have faith their events. I have very fond memories Julian has really brought it that it is an organisation which of the 90th anniversary alive with his talks and book is valued and has 95 years of I have received letters which celebrations in 2016. The and must be disappointed a tradition and firm foundation thank the BDRA for updating volunteers’ tea was a highlight that all the planned events behind it. residents on the process of with a great tea, a wonderful have not happened. Some Local Plans and generally quiz based on the roads have been carried over to Chris Wade

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Poems for A Pandemic Dear Editor, I am delighted and humbled to let you know that I have had a poem published in the book ‘Poems for a Pandemic’

This is currently available as an ebook on Amazon, and we are expecting it to be soon published as a hard copy. An idea of the editor, Angela Marston, all the proceeds are donated to NHS charities. The poems are written by people from front line professions and provide an historical record of their experiences during lockdown.

I would encourage everyone to buy a copy for posterity and to support our amazing NHS.

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aving contacted many of our usual “Events” contributors we were Hdelighted to hear that most Societies and Clubs were planning to start again Events (restrictions permitting) in 2021 so we will bring you up to date news of events and meetings as soon as we have them. Photofold Camera Mayflower 2020 • Tinderbox will play at Emmanuel Billericay Striders – Club Church, Billericay, on Friday 19th 10k Society September at 19.30 hrs (Doors at Premium Event via Please be advised 18:45hrs). This replaces the Unfortunately, Zoom. Four separate the following scheduled House Gig (for obvious although not presentations events have been reasons) but it does mean more formally covering a range of rescheduled as people will be able to attend. confirmed yet, photographic genres. Total cost £30. follows:- 15th August Billericay tree Numbers are limited and tickets are it's looking very 15th September – Guy Edwards Wardens Exhibition is postponed £15.00 plus fees. unlikely that there Author and published Landscape and to August 2021. 5th September will be a 10K Nature photographer. 22nd Billericay Horticultural Society North Road Race this year due to the September – Glynn Dewis Uk American Plant Display is postponed Mayflower Morris ongoing restrictions covering mass photographer, educator and author. to 5th June 2021. 13th September Men participation events. 29th September – Mark Pain World Mill Meadows Country Fayre is We’ve been class sports photographer and 27th postponed to 12th September 2021 around since at Billericay October Steve Gosling Professional and 15th September - 3rd least 1575 and contemporary landscape photographer. October Billericay Art Trail is Horticultural you can see Club recommences on 8th September postponed to September 2021. Society so anyone interested in joining or for how fit and young we This Society has tickets to the Premium Event contact Emmanuel Church decided to CLOSE until [email protected] look! So, forget • Emmanuel about going to January 2021 when or telephone 07341 835879. Visit Church will this will be reviewed dependant on http://photofold.org.uk the gym, golf reopen for or jogging – if you really want to find prevailing guidance. Public Worship the elixir of youth, take up Morris. Grenfell PreSchool on Sunday 6th Every Thursday from 8th October at September. Choir Grenfell Preschool 8.00pm in St. Mary Magdalen in the for all at South Green • RING PULLS High Street, tuition free and we’ll be Memorial Hall is Many of you collect ring pulls for operating in a responsible socially- Seasons due to re-open to the Purple Community Fund. Can distanced manner. Musicians are The 11th July children aged from 2yrs old from please collect them at your place of welcome. You will need two (clean) Choir of All Monday 7th September. Visit work and either send them direct or hankies. Contact 01277 654228, email Seasons concert grenfellpreschool.ik.org or axial bring them along next time you’re in [email protected], is postponed to [email protected] Billericay. www.mayflowermorris.com 27th March 2021.

Coach Trips: There is no news yet when these Are you running events/ will re-continue however it will not be this year. club meetings via Zoom or in an outside location with Social Distancing? Please let us know and we can advertise your event here.

To advertise your event here please email [email protected] ••••• Deadline is 10th September for events between 10th October and 9th November Unveiling of the Pilgrim Fathers' Plaque by the Twinning Association.

An event listing must have the following details: Date, Time, Location, Contact person’s telephone number, email and can have website. Priority is given to Billericay and District events. Groups programme details are encouraged. It is the responsibility of the group to send in changes and renew annually.

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MONEY MATTERS

Planet. Concern for the environment, the Observations about Post-Lockdown Finances effect of global warming, renewable clean energy, sustainable use of resources and ’m sure we have all experienced It was a time to “spring clean”, take stock redundancies in almost every area of many other factors are now gaining “lockdown” in different ways. For and reflect on what one’s priorities are. I business. Some Shops, Pubs and prominence. some it must have been a truly understand since lockdown eased there Restaurants will never re-open, and the I Would you rather buy what you need from a awful time, particularly for those have been record enquiries about purchase economy will shrink, reducing the of property abroad. Retirement it seems has Governments income just at a time when the company that does not care how they treat who lost relatives or, like us, the environment or one that ensures they friends to the Virus. For others I’m been brought forward for many. benefits bill will start to increase and the Covid debt need repaying. protect it? Companies that actively embrace sure it was a truly amazing time, good practice could be the ones that prosper discovering new pastimes or even Financially we will all be paying for this One thing is certain, we will all be paying a from the aftermath of Covid and thus could just getting to do all the jobs they Virus for many many years, we have not lot more tax in future: VAT and Income Tax at be the best place to invest. had been putting off for possibly even had the “final” bill yet. 25% perhaps? years. We are not out of the woods yet, and life may The effect on the UK economy will be far It’s not all “doom and gloom” I think there never be the same again but there are For some it never happened at all, key reaching. Will the High Street recover now may have been some benefits from Covid. I lessons to be learnt from the experience, workers NHS staff etc. and for some there we have had four months of non-stop believe it has made us vulnerable and more which I hope makes the future a better place may have been no change in their lives at all. shopping on-line? We already have aware of the damage we are doing to our than it would have been without Covid19.

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ow very lucky we have all been in Billericay to have had our beautiful park to visit during the recent lockdown. Many people Hhave said what a lifeline it has been, enabling them to keep sane, get out in the fresh air and to see other people, even talking to them from a distance. In the week that lockdown began, the Our resident photographer Sarah Friends were able to plant an oak tree to Clapton caught an amazing photo of commemorate the sailing of the Fred bringing a fish for one of his Mayflower to America in 1620. Through, youngsters. almost daily, watering by three steadfast Meanwhile, the Friends’ gardeners were volunteers, the tree has thrived and we not allowed to garden for ten long hope will give pleasure and help us weeks. When they returned in mid-June, remember those brave Pilgrim Fathers the weeds had been growing, many of long ago. plants had been lost and the beds In the early summer, the greenness of needed a huge amount of attention. the new growth everywhere was just Luckily more new gardeners joined the amazing, with the trees coming out and group and over 200 hours work was the forget-me-nots in full bloom, closely done in the first few weeks, restoring followed by a marvellous display of order once again. The first week over 40 rhododendrons. Down by the lake, the barrow loads of weeds were collected grasses area was filled with a mass of from the red roses and rhododendron orange escholzias, which contrasted beds alone! with the blue skies and lake at the time. If you benefitted from the park during More recently the flower meadow has the pandemic, we hope you will been a haze of blue and has given consider becoming a member of the pleasure as summer moves towards its Friends of Lake Meadows. By becoming closing weeks. a member you will support the work that For some weeks, we had been we do each week to keep it looking concerned that only one of the Great good. However, you do not need to be Crested Grebes had appeared this year, become involved as a volunteer unless but by early June, Fred and Ginger were you wish. Details of membership (only together again, to build a nest and £5 a year) are on our website produce their first offspring of the year. www.lakemeadows.org.uk

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Billericay Insights from the Cater Museum by Adam Adshead

or those unfamiliar with The BRDC was formed in 1895 and The Cater Museum, it is a originally covered 24 parishes from small charity located in Basildon to Brentwood, Ramsden F Bellhouse to East Horndon a house in the middle of Billericay High Street. Its The 1905 report reveals a simple aim is to preserve the population of 17,503 which history of Billericay and its included 613 soldiers at Warley people. Inside a large number Barracks (on the site of what was of items are on display from until 2018 was Ford’s Brentwood pieces of the Zeppelin which HQ) and 1,698 “inmates” of the Asylum in buildings which opened was brought down in 1916 in 1853 as the Essex County to pottery from renowned Lunatic Asylum (also in driven by the fear of infectious Billericay Rural Sanitary Authority sculptor Stella Crofts and our Brentwood). These buildings still diseases spreading within and notified 117 cases of infectious famous Two Headed Lamb. exist as luxury flats! between overcrowded towns and diseases: a case of typhoid, 28 of cities. In 1889 the Infectious diphtheria and 70 of Scarlet Fever In common with many museums The medical picture was quite Diseases (Notification) Act was and of these over half were children there are an even larger number of different to that of today. 403 people passed requiring local medical aged between 5 and 15. items packed away in storage died in 1905, over half of whom health officers to be informed of boxes, patiently awaiting their turn were in the Asylum. The report specific infectious diseases - and Sadly we remain closed at to feature in a display and I thought noted a death rate of 25.7 per 1,000 those who suffered from them were present for obvious reasons but you I’d start by looking at one of these: inhabitants - significantly higher compelled to be sent to isolation can find out more about the Billericay Rural District Council’s than 2019’s national figure of 9.4. hospitals. museum and details of the “Report of the Medical Officer of The 19th century had seen many Friends of the Cater Museum at Health” from 1905. public health reforms which were Our report shows that in 1905 the catermuseum.co.uk

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10 Publication of an advertisement in this newsletter does not indicate editorial endorsement 8822 The Resident Sept 2020 proof 2:Layout 2 16/8/20 17:47 Page 11 Committee Focus Local Plan Update, March to Anisha Grange August 2020 “A Moment in Time” No date has yet been set for the homes in the vicinity of the site next formal stage of the Local including a basic questionnaire. BTC Cllr Carl Roberts (second “Help us to help you” Plan, the Examination in Public. They are now calling the site in from left) sends us details of We continue to be in contact Kennel Lane, not to be confused with our professional planning with site of the same name consultants as part of our included in an earlier draft of the

preparations. Plan but not included in the MAYFLOWER current draft. We understand that Basildon Council are proposing to make The Government has amendments to the document announced a consultation on a submitted to the Planning raft of major changes to Inspectorate to take account of planning laws and the way they factors such as the proposed are implemented intended to Basildon Town Centre speed up building. Land would redevelopment but have not be designated as either for become aware of any changes Growth, Renewal or Protection The Value of to those elements associated with implied approval being Coppicing:- directly with Billericay. We have granted for some concerns that such changes will developments. Other than This has been not be subject to public scrutiny. developers and the Government a very difficult It should be noted that the last the vast majority of initial message to get opportunity residents of Billericay comments from authoritative across locally. had to comment on the content experts have been negative. Some see that of Basildon Council’s draft Local Whilst the devil will be in the the coppicing of Plan was in 2016 when around detail there are serious our woodlands 1700 extra houses were concerns that the ability of a tree planting project carried as destructive. It allocated to Billericay. The more local residents to influence out at the 19 Hallmark Care could not be further from the truth and put recent Public Consultation in developments which will affect Homes to mark this poignant into an historical context will explain the 2018 was on the Plan’s their daily lives will be minimised moment in history. The Pear tree reasoning. Many ancient woodlands, such soundness, not its content. The and that Green Belt protections was chosen as it signifies as Norsey Wood, would not exist today draft Local Plan submitted to the will be weakened. Mechanisms “persistence and perseverance” had they not been a valuable source of Planning Inspectorate assigns to produce the funding for and represents a befitting timber for local craftsmen and their 2700 new houses to Billericay. infrastructure are also unclear. choice for the Home’s families over the centuries; and thus were There has still been no feedback “Moment in Time” protected for providing livelihoods by the on the South West Billericay Projections from the Office of observance. It represents a action of coppicing. In the early days, Masterplan. BDRA and BAG National Statistics on housing symbol of hope for the future wildlife biodiversity was a by-product of representatives first attended an need have been reducing and commemorates a special coppicing for livelihoods, whereas today event with the consultants for some time. Some Local time of unity between staff and coppicing is directly carried out to promote conducting the work over a year Authorities have been advised residents whilst faced with a wildlife biodiversity and keep alive the ago. by the Planning Inspectorate to very difficult journey through the ancient skills of woodcraft. Thus the old reduce the housing numbers in challenge of a pandemic. The adage “A wood that pays is a wood that We note that Gleesons, their Local Plans. However, tree planting at the 19 Hallmark stays” rings true. Without the traditional developers of the site identified the Government continues to Care Homes further signifies the regime of coppicing, we would have even in the draft Local Plan as promote its 300,000 per year unity and solidarity between the less woodlands than we have today. Windmill Heights, have leafleted target. Homes. [email protected]

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400 years ago this year. The Voyage of the May-Flower

by Julian Whybra from Rotherhithe with the reaching Dartmouth on the June 1620 bulk of the Separatist 12th for repairs. Some of A group of London families aboard. That the Speedwell’s passengers desperate maner” and so businessmen and financial morning, Martin, his wife wanted to abandon the was himself the first to be backers, the Merchant Mary, stepson Solomon voyage but Martin refused to thrown overboard. Adventurers, obtained Prower, and servant John let them ashore. They set permission from King James Langemore left Billericay sail again on the 23rd but to found a colony in Virginia. bound for either Leigh or three days later the October 1620 They recruited as settlers Grays where in the evening Speedwell again sprang a English religious Separatists they were rowed out to the leak. They were forced to The May-Flower met with a including Christopher May-Flower in the Thames. dock at Plymouth on the succession of westerly Martin, a Billericay On the 19th the ship docked 27th for yet more repairs. gales. At times it was blown merchant. On 8th June he in Southampton and awaited backwards, meaning the sold the last of his High the arrival of the Speedwell ship’s average speed Street properties. Soon carrying a party of English September 1620 across the Atlantic was just afterwards the backers hired religious exiles from Leyden, 2 m.p.h. Dramatic events the May-Flower, chose Holland. The Speedwell left After ten days of failed were enacted aboard. Martin as purchasing agent Delfshaven on the 22nd and repairs to the Speedwell During a severe gale a and ship’s Governor, and arrived at Southampton on in Plymouth, it was massive wave hit the ship persuaded a party of the 26th where it underwent decided that the May-Flower and cracked a structural English religious exiles in ten days of repairs to would proceed alone. The timber. The ship’s master Holland to join their venture. prevent leaking to which it Speedwell’s passengers considered turning back but In Leyden the English exiles was prone. transferred to the May- the colonists helped the hired the Speedwell to Flower, though some ship’s carpenter repair it by transport them to England. refused and abandoned the lending him a screw-jack – a However, the Dutch August 1620 voyage. The May-Flower left mechanical device used to government had its own Plymouth on the 6th with 99 lift heavy objects – intended colonization projects and In Southampton Governor potential colonists crammed to help with house-building sought to subvert rival Christopher Martin was into the ’tween-deck – a in the New World. The English plans. Unbeknown obliged to sell some dank, airless, 4’ high, “great iron scrue ye to the exiles, it bribed the provisions to pay off his claustrophobic space passengers brought out of Speedwell’s captain to creditors. He was criticized separating the hold from Holland” was used to lift the sabotage his ship during a by the Pilgrims from Leyden the deck. Two of the fractured beam while a re-fit so that it would leak. for his financial Speedwell’s crew, hired to supporting beam was Meanwhile, Martin bought management of the voyage, work for them for a year, hammered into place. provisions and equipment missing accounts and joined them. For the three During another storm one for the May-Flower’s voyage. receipts, irresponsible pregnant women aboard Pilgrim, John Howland, was behaviour and profligate there was no privacy. The swept overboard but, spending. In return, Martin colonists became seasick underwater, caught a trailing July 1620 accused them of being and began to suffer the rope and miraculously was unthankful, suspicious and crew’s jibes. One profane hauled aboard. Christopher Martin was mutinous. The May-Flower seaman threatened he ______living as a tenant in The and the Speedwell left would soon throw them Chantry House (now Southampton on 5th August overboard. As it was, this What happened next in Slipped Discs / Kosthuree) but after five days the man was smitten with a November 1620 the next in the High Street. On 15th Speedwell began to leak “greeveous disease, of episode will be in July the May-Flower sailed and they had to turn about, which he dyed in a November’s Resident.

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