INTERFACE where Church and Community meet September 2011

INTERFACE SPECIAL WEB EDITION

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The Parish Magazine for , Flitch Green and Little Dunmow 50p IN THIS EDITION The Editor Church Directory www.felstedchurch.org.uk Church Services This Month ...... 4 Introduces Sunday for Younger People ...... 4 www.wizz4kids.com Weekday Worship ...... 4 This edition of Interface From the desk of the Vicar ...... 5 is certainly a celebration Licensed Ministers: Our Charity for this Month ...... 6 of a busy Summer. Vicar Reverend Colin Taylor 01371 820242 [email protected] Felsted Community Speedwatch . 7 From the end of term fun Curate Reverend Mark Windsor 01371 821996 [email protected] Felsted Women‘s Institute ...... 7 enjoyed by the young people from our church Readers Sonia Merritt 01371 823046 Liz Paxton 01371 821501 Little Dunmow Soup Kitchen ..... 7 reported on page 12, to the Friendship Club‘s Jo Pratt 01371 821620 Colin Priestman 01371 820197 The Match Report ...... 8 Summer outings, page 25, and Kitty Drury‘s Robert Stone 01371 821477 Felsted Choral Society ...... 8 Summer Flummery on page 11, it‘s been a Friends of Holy Cross ...... 9 Lay Evangelist Edward Conder 01371 820927 super time, if not the sunniest. Felsted‘s Greens & Commons .... 10 Summer Flummery ...... 11 But we are also looking forward to a full Parochial Church Council Officers: Village Plants ...... 11 autumn and even over the new year horizon FELSTED LITTLE DUNMOW Felsted Book Sales ...... 11 to the celebration of the Queen‘s diamond Churchwardens End of Term Fun ...... 12 jubilee on page 13. Basil Jefferies 01371 821124 Joyce Stone 01371 820564 A Date For Your Diary ...... 13 Eddie Kelly 01371 820018 Vacancy Mrs Peggy Swallow ...... 13 There‘s also a sprinkling of local history Secretary It‘s only a Rainbow ...... 13 articles, with John Drury looking back to Jill Smylie 01371 821247 Sonia Merritt 01371 823046 Felsted Garden Club ...... 14 1576 on page 10, whilst I look back just a Treasurer Events Pages ………………… 15-20 hundred years on page 22. Ian Butler 01371 821175 Ian Shaw 01371 820372 Don‘t Miss The Bus …………. 20-21 Robert Stone The Natural World ...... 21 Editor Other Useful Contact Details: Bert‘s War ………..…………. 22-23 Organist Crèche Felsted Youth Club ...... 23 Andrew Beaton 01371 821243 Paula Hatcher 01371 821450 District Councillors‘ Report ...... 24 Choir Junior Church Felsted Friendship Club ...... 25 Bryony Rees 01371 821990 Paula Hatcher 01371 821450 Bus Timetables …..…………. 26-27 Fabric Officer Rock Solid Cleaning & Flower Rotas ...... 28 12 Felsted—Jamie Mackay 01371 820483 Sylvia Taylor 01371 820242 Harvest Festival Flowers ...... 28 Lt Dunmow—Ted Bryant 01371 820995 Mettle Caption Competition Result ...... 28 Bell Ringing Tower Captain Rev Mark Windsor 01371 821996 Parish Registers ...... 28 David Learmonth 01371 820398 And Finally ...... 29 25 Verger Gift Aid Secretary Local Services Directory ...... 30 Eddie Kelly 01371 820018 Ian Shaw 01371 820372 Trade Directory …………….... 31-32 Magazine Team: WEB EDITION Editor Robert Stone 01371 821477 [email protected] See last month‘s edition of Interface in Sub Editor David Learmonth 01371 820398 full colour at www.felstedchurch.org.uk Trade Directory Editor 01371 821477 Distribution David Woods 01371 821665 DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION A copy of the Interface editorial th policy can be obtained on request Noon on Sunday 4 September 2011 from the editor. email: [email protected] Cover Photograph: The Pavilion, Felsted School, by Ed Itor

3 SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER From the desk of the Vicar Felsted Little Dunmow Dear Friends Building projects will stretch a church Holy Cross Church The Priory Church We are moving! community, even a growing and vibrant one. The journey from vision to Sun 4th 9:00 am Holy Communion BCP We are moving. completion will call for courage, 11:00 am Holy Communion 11th Sunday Temporarily that is. perseverance and resilience. This is a 6:00 pm Evening Prayer after Trinity As I write it is very likely challenging enterprise. Hudson Taylor, (subject to final paperwork) pioneer missionary to China, once said: 9:00 am Morning Prayer BCP Sun 11th 10:30 am Holy Communion CW 11:00 am Morning Prayer 12th Sunday that we will be moving out of Holy Cross “There are three stages in any great after Trinity in September to allow much anticipated work of God. Impossible. Difficult.

building works to begin. The internal Done!” 9:00 am Holy Communion BCP Sun 18th 10:30 am Morning Prayer BCP works include some urgent maintenance - 11:00 am Morning Prayer 13th Sunday We have come a long way to get to this after Trinity our heating boiler is on its last legs and the church floor is noticeably deteriorating in point and what looked impossible four 9:00 am Holy Communion CW Sun 25th parts. In addition the chancel is to be years ago now looks merely difficult. 11:00 am All Age Harvest Service 11th Sunday How we respond to the challenges we will after Trinity reordered making it accessible to those 4:00 pm Priory Prayers with disabilities. The works on the floor continue to face will determine whether mean we will be out of the building for six we are engaged in a building project or an SUNDAY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE: months with a return by Easter 2012. act of worship and service. It is also, I

pray, a time when our faith is strengthened “Little Doves” Crèche for children 0-5 years available from 10:45 am. In the interim we will not be moving far as because we cannot rely on our own

Junior Church welcomes all children aged 5-11, and meets each week, except on Felsted School has generously allowed us strength and abilities alone. the fourth Sunday of each month. Junior Church takes place during the 11:00 am Service to use the school chapel (just behind Holy at Felsted. For details contact Paula Hatcher 01371 821450. Cross) for all our regular services. So What once looked Impossible has now church activity continues as usual, become just plain Difficult. We must Rock Solid is a group for young people aged 11-14, meets weekly from 10:30 am at including our children‘s and youth keep praying and encouraging each other the Vicarage. Contact Sylvia Taylor for further details 01371 820242. activities, just in a different environment. as we move to Done. In all we do, let it For the latest information please look at be an act of worship. our website www.felstedchurch.org.uk WEEKDAY WORSHIP With Preparation for stage two of the project, Best Wishes Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, the parish rooms, continues positively as working for the Lord, not for human masters with a very encouraging response to the Colossians 3 v 23 latest designs.

Mondays at 9:00 am in the Priory Church, Little Dunmow. Prayers for the community.

Wednesdays at 10:00 am in the Riche Chapel, Felsted. A service of Holy Communion (BCP normally).

Saturdays at 9:00 am in the Holy Cross Church, Felsted, Prayers for the Parishes.

Home Groups. There are home groups meeting throughout the week. Details are available from Rev. Mark Windsor.

Holy Communion at Home. Please contact Rev Colin Taylor if you know anyone who would like to receive Holy Communion. 4 5 Our Charity for this month Another part of Felsted Community like examples of Gaby Roslin and Terry Samaritan's Purse Wogan portraying pre-Celtic rugged Ten percent of the church income is given International is: Speedwatch features; oval-shaped with high cheek to a range of charities. One is featured Operation bones like Audrey Hepburn, a cleft on the Are you concerned about excessive speed each month in Interface and on a board in Christmas chin or nose like Dirk Bogart, both to the church. This month it is the turn of :- on the 30mph and 40mph roads within the denote Anglo-Saxon ancestry. Words Child. Parish of Felsted? from the Yorkshire region dialect showed

Last year over a million shoe-boxes were If so, could you spare one hour per month evidence of Viking and Danish invaders. sent from this country containing gifts for (at a time to suit you) to become part of a children who would never otherwise team of local volunteers who are working Samaritan‘s Purse International provides receive a present. They went to: to reduce the speed of vehicles travelling Little Dunmow Soup practical help during times of war, through the village and its hamlets? Kitchen - A Second Helping disaster, famine, disease and extreme Belarus 293,735 The local Community Speedwatch Group poverty. Gifts are distributed to people Ukraine 164,725 In Part 1 (Interface July/August) it was a regardless of their nationality, political or Romania 149,314 has the backing of the Parish Council, and has been operational since the beginning little premature to say that the Lenten religious background. Serbia 116,336 Soup Kitchen had been born, as it was Africa 188,532 of July. Volunteers have been trained and Samaritan‘s Purse was already on the equipped by the local police, who only in 1990 that we began to use the Haiti 22,728 seven Thursdays in Lent as a means of ground in Kenya, working with local Eastern Europe 117,950 continue to supervise and support us. church partners, before the crisis in that More information of this county- (and raising money for charity. It was a very Kyrgyzstan 58,942 humble beginning with thirteen people area struck. It is now involved in country-) wide scheme is available from: providing essential food and healthcare to Many people from Felsted and Little http://www.drivingcasualtiesdown.org/ attending at a cost of £1. By the following those worst affected by the crisis in the Dunmow were part of the chain of love pages/enforcement/community- week there were twenty-one of us and the Horn of Africa. which reached out to all those children. speedwatch/ ) total for the seven weeks was 134 people This year we again have a morning of and a total of £145. Together with a “Turn on the Tap”, packing shoe-boxes with gifts, starting at For more details of the local scheme, donation from a small sale, we were able for which we raised 10am on 22nd October in the United contact Andy or Karen Bennett on 01376- to give Barnston Church £154 towards money earlier in the year 341660 (8am - 8pm only please). their roof repair. Reformed Church. is also part of Samaritan's Purse. It raises money to Please join us (contact Trish Conder on The £232 raised in Lent 1991, and £244 in provide safe drinking 01371-820927 for further information). Felsted 1992, from a charge of £1.50, was donated water, which is directly Boxes that we assemble in Felsted will be to our own need, as the War Memorial in relevant to the areas of packed into cartons in a warehouse in Women‟s the Priory Church had suffered serious drought . , loaded into lorries, and taken Institute water damage over the years from broken guttering. Only after re-painting the to where there is so much need. by Ilene Thawley intricate design and several of the names Check out the Samaritan's Purse website Richard Till gave an interesting talk on on approximately half the wall, could the to see videos of their work around the ―Who do you think you are?‖ at the June Memorial be regarded as honouring those world meeting. We should now know if we are who served in WW1. www.samaritans-purse.org.uk descended from Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Kathleen Carhart Edward Conder Viking, Danish or Habsburg ancestors by using facial clues, dialect or DNA evidence. We saw photos of facial features of well known people which could have demonstrated the backgrounds of our ancestors. There were Cro-Magnon

6 7 My thanks go to those who braved the groups trying to raise money for weather to spectate, to Andrew & James good causes. The Friends of Holy Kelly who were our scorers, and special Cross have been in touch with the thanks to Ashley Butler and Eddie Kelly programme‘s producers and they who umpired with distinction. are interested in hearing further from us about including us and It was a proud moment for the team and our efforts to raise money for our me to be presented with the trophy at the As most of you will be aware, the Reordering and Extension project in the end of the match. After finishing second Reordering and Extension project for the church. for the last three years it was hugely Church of the Holy Cross is moving on satisfying to go one better this time! and we believe we are now extremely The Friends believe this would be a fun close to securing planning permission for and interesting way to raise money for our The Match Report the extension. This extension will give us project as we are asking for people to By Mark Windsor three new parish rooms for use by the contribute items of interest (and hopefully church and village community and a value!) to raise money, rather than just for The annual Vicar‘s XI v Village XI money itself. The producers need to th parish office. We feel this is an important cricket match took place on Saturday 9 Surely this is the moment for any new know, before they make a decision to July at the Felsted Prep School. It is said aspiring singers to join the Felsted Choral new facility to help promote community activities in Felsted and look forward to include us in their filming schedule, what that you shouldn‘t judge a book by its Society. The new season is upon us, so items we would be offering for auction in cover; apt words for this contest since the you and the regular singers should all talking to community groups to maximise its use. the programme and have therefore asked Vicar‘s XI featured no Vicar (he was meet up at the Barbara Karan Auditorium that we outline in a little detail what we away on holiday) and had only 10 players! (part of the Lord Riche Hall complex) In the meantime, we have the thorny might wish to put forward. Stebbing Road, Felsted, at 7.45pm on problem of raising the funds to pay for the After winning the toss I elected to bat first Thursday 8th September. The Friends will coordinate this process because there was no grass on the pitch; extension, on top of the funds we have already raised for our extensive and supply the final list to the presenters hardly surprising since it‘s artificial. Alex We shall rehearse Mendelssohn‘s Hymn and would like to invite you to take part in Pinto on debut opened the batting and of Praise and Stanford‘s Magnificat & Reordering project. We have been looking at different ways to raise money this by offering whatever you might have excelled in surpassing the retirement score Nunc Dimittis to be performed on the 6th of interest to contribute towards the of 25. Graham Kelly and I followed his November to an audience in excess of 250 which are also fun and interesting and have come up with ‗Cash in the Attic‘! project. If you would be willing to lead but the champagne moment was people. There is no feeling like it, no participate, please contact Stephen Card Robin Smylie‘s with a six over midwicket. experience equal, come and taste the glory The BBC programme ‗Cash in the Attic‘ on: We accumulated 128 runs from our 20 and join us. is looking for new participants for a overs, a competitive total! forthcoming series. As you may know, Telephone: 01371 821254 or We are a 70 plus strong choir, very 07795 415456 At the end of our innings there was a friendly and have great fun under the the programme asks the participants how much money they would like to raise and Email: [email protected] quick shower, of rain, before the Village direction of a wonderful leader in Roger XI set about chasing the target. It should Lawrence. No auditions, for a beautiful what they want to raise it for. They then We should warn you that it is always be noted that the Village XI sportingly sound will be beaten out of you by Roger, send in an antiques expert to ‗look around‘ possible that the producers will decide that loaned us a fielder throughout their eventually. So see you at 7.45 on the 8th the participants‘ homes to see what they we are not sufficiently interesting to innings to make up the numbers. The to start a hobby you will never regret. have lying around that may be of value participate but we believe it is worth a try! turning point was a ball from spinner and which would be auctionable. The items selected are then carted off to the Thank you in anticipation Graham Kelly that didn‘t turn but Further information nevertheless bowled arguably the Village Tony Baker sale room and the subsequent auction is Stephen Card for XI‘s premier batsmen, Steve Hills. 01371 821621. filmed and it all ends in happiness all The Friends of Holy Cross round! Thereafter consistent bowling, backed up by solid fielding and catching, ensured While the programme normally deals with that the Vicar‘s XI won by 17 runs. couples, they do, on occasion, deal with

8 9 the twentieth century. The location of its Felsted‟s Greens & 80 acres was roughly all the land on your “Summer Flummery” Felsted Book Sales Commons by John Drury right as you go over the A120 after for Breast Cancer Care for Charity and Community Bartholomew Green. Our second Book Sale will be held on Richard Rich acquired Leighs Priory, then spelt Leez, in the late 1530‘s together with Molehill Green 26 acres Saturday 1st October in the Memorial Hall and our doors will be open from 09.00 about 100 other manors in including Willows Green 20 the Manor of Felsted with Grauntcourts. Thistley Green 12 until 14.30, admission will be 50p and, again, refreshments will be on sale. We This all came about following the 10 Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536 by Cock Green 8 look forward to meeting our customers and helping you get your hands on real Henry VIII and the position that Richard Bartholomew Green 8 Rich held in the government and his Pyes Green 4 Kitty Drury hosted an evening of books to curl up with when the nights start Whelpstone Green 3 ―Summery Flummery‖ in aid of Breast drawing in! closeness to the crown. We all know of his association with the founding of Frenches Green 2 Cancer Care at her home on June 22nd. Additional stocks of books have been Felsted School in 1564, the foundation of Crix Green 2 We had a magnificent supper made by a arriving and we are grateful to all our the almshouses and his other charitable Watchhouse Green 2 committee and ended with Celia Leeder‘s many donors. Often bags of books are left works, which some historians say, were Priors Green 1 delicious meringues and strawberries. on our door step and we have no idea who acts of contrition following his less than Beers Green ½ Lots of work had gone into providing the donor is! Occasionally we find in the savoury life in earlier years at Court. interesting games, a quiz, and stalls of The Greens totaled 176 ½ acres and box or bag a book that is more valuable beautiful craft and embroidery books for than possibly the donor realises. Just such Lord Richard Rich, as he eventually together with the Common another 80 sale. Celia‘s popular raffle and the acres. The notable exception is Bannister an instance occurred in July when a became, died in 1567 and his son Robert generosity of everyone made for a highly gentleman brought two very large boxes inherited his estates. In 1576 Robert Green which is the only one remaining successful event which made £180 for the today. There is no hint in the survey why to my door. Sir, if you are reading this decided to have a survey conducted of the charity. Kitty and John have to be please ring me on 820452. Manor of Felsted probably to ascertain this one was omitted. Bannister Green in thanked for erecting all the marquees and what he now owned and to check whether early documents is spelt Burlongsty for hosting such a good evening. We will need lots of help with the he was getting the correct income from his Green. A good example of where a Green movement of the books on Friday 30th tenanted properties. In total there were was located is at Thistley Green as the September from our storage to the area was to your right after you pass over Village Plants just over 200 tenants none of which held Memorial Hall, and then putting the boxes more than a cottage and up to ten acres. the little bridge on the Felsted side. Beers I had a very encouraging comment from a onto the tables. This time we will be This means that very few were self- Green is possibly the area of existing Felsted resident recently. She said that leaving the books in the boxes, but we will sufficient and therefore the majority Green at Jollyboys Lane North. Over the some visitors to Felsted had commented need help to mingle the new stock in with would be labourers working on the lord‘s years there have been many Enclosure favourably on the flowers in our tubs and the rest! Drivers who can help, please estate. Acts which gave landowners the right to troughs. saying it made the village very meet at Riverside Books at 15.30 to fetch fence in their ―Green‖ or Common and welcoming. Well done all you waterers the books to the Memorial Hall. We will The survey records all the ―Greens‖ and thereafter use the land solely for and others who help me clear and plant have access to the Hall from the common land held by the estate which themselves whereas previously tenants the tubs each year. In addition the Parish approximately 16.15 to put the tables in show that many were of a considerable could graze their livestock on common Council has received a donation from the place. size but some only the size of a football land. Having fenced in their land, the Youth Club for the new troughs outside pitch. Although most of the names are owner could then sell off plots which is David Gregory the Memorial Hall. Thanks to all the 820452 recognisable today the actual Greens have probably what happened in Felsted‘s case youngsters! gone, probably due to subsequent leaving nothing more than a name for its Enclosure Acts. The largest area was location. Finally, hasn‘t the Swan in the centre of Fairy Common which was later called the village excelled itself? It is a pleasure Felsted Common and is now in the parish to live here. of Rayne following boundary changes in David Dempsey 10 11 End of Term Fun - Fun Fun Fun!!! A Date For Your Diary “It‟s Only a Rainbow” JUNIOR CHURCH met up at the recreation ground on by Marilyn Smith Wednesday after school to enjoy a play at the park, a FELSTED CELEBRATES THE stomp rocket (thank you William for sharing this!), picnic QUEEN‟S DIAMOND JUBILEE On a recent BBC1 series, The Great Monday 4th June 2012 British Weather, there was an item about tea and a balloon race! The rain clouds gathered & we watched and waited... but we were blessed and the rain rainbows. The presenter explained that Plans are again afoot for a Royal sunlight is refracted and reflected by drops held off. It was a lovely gathering of friends, with the Celebration in Felsted, to mark the children playing whilst the Mums caught up and chatted. of rain or mist in the cloud, into a Queen‘s 60 years on the throne. continuous band of colours - all the Did anyone see any of our red balloons floating by (last seen heading towards Chelmsford)? We are waiting If you would like your area or interest to colours present in white sunlight that the hopefully that someone will find one and return the tag to be represented in a fun or fund-raising human eye does not normally see. So far, us! How far will they go? way do get involved. We hope this will so good, and I am sure that many of you be an all-inclusive event. already knew that, but what made me really sit up was the information that ROCK SOLID & YPS (+ a couple Many of you will have been contacted of smaller gate-crashers – Eleanor & Ted!) had a great day out at because of the scattering of the raindrops, already, but in case you have been missed, the rainbow that you see is not the same the beach! Three car loads of excited young people headed to there will be a MEETING for Walton-on-the-Naze for some relaxing end of term fun! Armed rainbow that I see, or that my neighbours‘ representatives of all organisations on cat or dog sees, and if you cover each eye with our 10+ bags containing everything but the kitchen sink we Wednesday, 28th September at 8.00 p.m. headed down the steps and took over a whole section of beach for in turn, each eye will see a different in the British Legion Hall. rainbow! the day. Although we didn‘t really get the sunshine, everyone swam in the Sea, even though it was quite chilly! And yes the We are looking for volunteers to look after This immediately sent me to Genesis 9 rumours are true – Mark does appear to be half merman, only to be the following items: and in verses 15/16, after reading that God enticed out of the sea with the offer of cake! A game of cricket  Risk Assessment, would set His bow in the cloud, ―And I commenced, the mountain of picnic food disappeared quickly &  Health & Safety, will remember My covenant which is then cricket resumed, with the fielders in the sea as the tide came  Children‘s Activities, between Me and you and every living in! Further up the beach we waved farewell to Edmund & Ted‘s  Advertising & Publicity creature of all flesh that is on the Earth‖ excellent sandcastles & then most headed back into the water as the waves challenged  and there will be others! And God said to Noah ―This is the sign of them to bodyboard! The day ended as we ran out of beach, and decided to sit beneath the covenant which I have established the Naze Tower to eat cake! All had a lovely time. When can we go again, please? Please contact Richard Silcox at Linsells between Me and all flesh that is on the for further information Tel: 820255. Earth.‖

______God has not bundled us all together in a one-size-fits-all sign - He has arranged it so that every living creature on Earth is Mrs Peggy Swallow, of reminded of His promise - individually Bannister Green, would like to thank and personally. everyone, family and many friends who attended her 80th birthday party on Now that‘s what I call awesome! Saturday June 11th in the British Legion Hall, and gave donations instead of presents. I am pleased to say cheques and cash to the value of £168.00 have been sent to the British Heart Foundation. A thank you also for all those beautiful flowers and the vouchers, etc.

12 13 Felsted Garden Club And what about you, what would your three ‗must-have‘ tools be? Our monthly meeting is on Thursday 15th September at the United Reformed EVENTS PAGES Church Hall starting at 8pm. Peter Lawrence has kindly agreed to speak to us about………. “Epping Forest – A Living Museum” Coffee Mornings Club Cup 3 Dahlias (Mixed Or Same Variety) 3 Apples (Mixed Or Same Variety) in Holy Cross at Bings Hall at Abbeyfield

The Garden in Late summer….. Church On the 2nd Thursday House In the garden, hopefully our tomatoes will ―Me, I‘m just the lawn-mower, you can of each month tell me by the way I walk‖. ripen, they‘ve been painfully slow this Held on the first year and there‘ll be the remaining potatoes at 10.30am-11.30am. On the last We‘ve been discussing the subject of tools Saturday to harvest, onions and garlic should be in Wednesday of for the garden, and Eve and I have posed of every month The next date is the question; ‗which 3 garden implements either the greenhouse drying or adding to th each month the chutney if praps when…. between 8 September would we consider essential for our plot?‘ 10 a.m. and 12 noon For my dear wife, a pair of secateurs, a George Mackay Brown, the Orkney poet All welcome for a The next date is ‗swoe‘ and a decent garden fork. For is a favourite of mine, and in this piece he chat, beverages and 28th September Adam, well, his essentials would be a likens himself to the crop of barley that is The next date is rd homemade cake. at spade, a rake and a lawn-mower. We‘ve ―John Barleycorn‖ 3 September gardened together since around the time Any queries, then call 10:30 am - 11:30 am we were married and were given some of I stirred in a cell deep underground Maggie on: Blind, no taste or smell, no touch, Everyone very these ‗essentials‘ as wedding gifts in the 01371 820544 Everyone Welcome very early eighties. no sound welcome One day I slid the bar from the door, What prompted the discussion was an I poked a pale nose into the air. article advertising some hi-tech modern Holy Cross gadgets available at some of the posh What was to be seen? Felsted Toddler Group London shows this year. …the latest in My hair and hands in the sun were First Saturday lithium-ion battery technology, you can green Opening Times: Thursday and Friday,from I saluted a canty old creature – Coffee Mornings get ―cordless chainsaws, grass trimmers, 9:30am until 11:00am blowers and lawnmowers – each tool can Mr Scarecrow, a stick and a tatter. We are planning to carry Location: URC Hall, Stebbing Road, Felsted run off the same battery which can be I was very poor, but then on throughout the period Cost: £1.70 per family charged hundreds of times without losing I could dance to the pipe of the wind, when the Church is closed. capacity……..‖ or the ―elegant Raindrop the thrummings of rain, Come along for a chat with other grown ups while your water butt – easy to use and stores 75 The lark with its fluttering sky-weary From the beginning of little ones have a play. litres plus it comes with an integral always breast October please look out for Tea, coffee, squash and biscuits provided. -full five-litre jug‖ some truly amazing Was often my guest. our board and pop in to the innovations…….but says Eve, ―are they We also organise events from time to time throughout Hey ho, enjoy your garden in late summer Royal British Legion Hall. essential or just the latest in fashion- the year. and early autumn! More details can be found on our website accessories the advertisers think we really Everyone is www.felstedtoddlergroup.co.uk. must own!‖ Judy & Jamie Mackay 820483 very welcome. Coral Sach – Secretary 820574 14 15

Quiz Night! FAMILY Friday 9th September HARVEST Holy Cross Church, Felsted SUPPER

A repeat of the & hugely successful quiz

night held last year! Book early as ENTERTAINMENT

‘Kevin the Quiz’ and a fish and chips Saturday 24th September 2011 supper is an unbeatable combination! 6pm to 8pm

Tickets £10 – Come along & enjoy Tables of between 6 and 8 a Bring & Share supper whilst being entertained For tickets contact either by church family & friends! John King on 01371 821411 or Lesley Card on 01371 821254 The young people are already planning their contributions

Contact Paula for more information T: 01371 821450 / 07944 166738 E: [email protected]

The Friends of Essex Churches Trust Christmas Gift Fair

at Hylands House London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8WQ on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 10am - 3pm

Entrance £5 (includes coffee and biscuits), £2.50 after 1.30pm Wine and sandwich lunches

Over 30 fabulous stalls selling jewellery, clothes, soaps, handbags, accessories, shoes, Christmas cards, books, kitchenware, gifts for every occasion and much much more…

Please come and support us and bring your friends!

Registered charity 236033

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FELSTED DECORATIVE FELSTED WOMEN‟S INSTITUTE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Proudly Announce The Grand Unveiling Of Wednesday 28th September 2011 „FELSTED IN STITCHES‟ „How To Look At Art‟ Embroideries Lynn Gibson on

2.00 pm for 2:30pm, SATURDAY, followed by the lecture. 17th SEPTEMBER 2011 The annual Ride & Stride takes place 3.00pm until 5pm on 10th September this year. Venue: Great Saling Millennium Village Hall AT It is possible to cycle to ten churches THE MEMORIAL HALL, within five miles of Felsted. If you Please Contact Sheila Hasler, Publicity BRAINTREE ROAD, would be willing to take part, perhaps Officer, 01245 440124, for details. FELSTED with a group of friends, please phone John King (01371-821411) for a Further information: ALL ARE WELCOME Mrs Jeannette Avery, sponsorship form. Membership Secretary, 01787 377587

18 19 Braintree is at 20.58. I have written to However, there is another migrant Hawk- Felsted Book Sales TGM to see if they might consider adding moth which can be attracted to gardens in for Charity and Community in a later service. The 5 dedicated late summer and early autumn; the vehicles are Scania OmniCity CN94UBs Convolvulus Hawk-moth. This is one of Our Second Book Sale previously with Menzies Aviation and our largest moths, only the rare Death‘s will be held on working at either Heathrow or Gatwick. Head Hawk-moth is larger, having Saturday 1st October I am still continuing as the Parish marbled and streaked grey wings and a in the Memorial Hall Councils‘ representative on transport pink and black banded abdomen. It is matters so direct grumbles to me! I did resident in North Africa and each year

suggest someone else but they wouldn‘t large numbers move north into Southern Doors open from 09.00 until 14.30 let me get away. I have recently joined Europe to breed; given favourable Felsted admission will be 50p the Essex Bus Enthusiasts Group (EBEG). conditions the progeny of this generation Refreshments will be on sale. Autumn Term Courses Provided I can get to their meetings In continue northwards. These strong-flying I will be able to meet up with moths are capable of reaching all parts of for 2011 more of the ‗movers and shakers‘ in the Britain, although most are recorded on world of Essex Buses! southern coasts. As its name suggests, the Mondays for 10 weeks beginning on Don‟t larvae feed on wild and cultivated Sept 26th, 7:45-9:15pm Now I am looking for a favour. I am not Bindweeds, but none of the stages can in the URC Hall, Felsted, fee £45 Miss allowed to drive at the moment but I survive our winter. would very much like to go to the th the Bus! ‘THE 20 CENTURY Showbus International at Duxford on the Unlike the Hummingbird Hawk-moth, the SOCIAL CARTOON’ 18th September. This is the biggest Convolvulus Hawk-moth is nocturnal, Roger Simpson gathering of both ‗retired‘ and modern when it is on the wing seeking out nectar- As you will see on pages 26 & 27 the 133 buses in . Usually about 500 th rich flowers. It has an extremely long In the 20 century, the creative focus of route has been radically altered so if you vehicles are on display together with up to popular art shifted to America, where it are not a regular user check the timetable! proboscis and is capable of reaching the a 100 stalls selling bus related items nectaries of trumpet-shaped flowers that underwent an unprecedented flowering – in Unfortunately details were not available including spare parts, models and books. the comic strip and the animated cartoon other insects cannot reach; in particular it in time for the July Interface though If anyone from the village is thinking of is very partial to the blooms of Nicotiana rumours abounded and fears were raised! going can I cadge a lift?

Thursdays for 10 weeks beginning on (Sweet Tobacco). A good way of seeing Sept 29th, 10:00am-12:00 Earlier this year First Bus announced that David Gregory 820452 these moths is to grow some Nicotianas in at the British Legion, Felsted, fee £57 they were to stop operating the X22 route pots on the patio and look out at dusk or from Essex University to Stansted later through the patio windows using the ‘REVIVAL, REBELLION Airport. TGM stepped in to run the The Natural World house or patio lights to illuminate the REVOLUTION’ service on a temporary basis. TGM were by Graham Geen plants. The moths are so large that they Roger Cooke already operating the old 133 on a will be seen readily if present. I have five commercial basis which means of course It is always a delight when one spots a pots planted up and ready, I can only wait The first 30 years of George III’s reign; a that opinions of users are not necessarily spectacular bird or insect in the garden, and watch in hope. revolution in manufacture, the first colonial sought! So now we have a joined up 133 especially if it is unexpected or independence war and a revival in religion from Essex University to Braintree uncommon. The aptly named that changed the country more than either ‗limited stop‘ and then following the old Hummingbird Hawk-moth which I wrote of the above route through Felsted etc. The benefits about some five years ago fits these seem to be newer more comfortable criteria well and is definitely worth For all enquiries, please contact vehicles with a dedicated ‗airportbybus‘ looking out for until October. There are Alison Moore (Sec): 01371 820734 livery, cleaner insides and the usual plenty of these migrants in the country this Dick Frost (Chair): 01371 820824 friendly and helpful drivers. The only year. [email protected] downside is that the last bus from Convolvulus Hawk-moth

20 21 to Fermoy, then Dublin in Ireland where unsuited for post. Everything goes well he became private 1271 in the 6th during his absence.‖ Felsted Youth

Battalion of the Leinster Regiment. th Club Then on 19 July 1915 the diary records: (For 10 – 17 year olds) Bert also received training as a signaller, ―5.55 am warned for duty on bridge at 7 learning Morse code and semaphore. The am. Go to breakfast and then go to bridge There was another huge battalion moved to Basingstoke in May 6.25, Jennings goes mad at my being 25 turnout for the Youth Club on 1st July. th 1915 for further training and then, on 9 mins late.‖ The weather was good and so the July 1915, the battalion of nearly one The battalion spent time training on members were able to make use of the thousand men boarded the RMS playing field as well as the Memorial Hall. Mauretania, which had been converted Lemnos then embarked SS Abbasich for Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 5th August 1915, Parents are reminded that although Club from cruise liner to troop ship, at leaders patrol the field, they cannot be Liverpool. The ship sailed in convoy for where the battalion came under immediate shellfire. held responsible for the children who the Mediterranean, and with stops in venture beyond the Hall and Car Park, Gibraltar and Malta on the way to the On the tape Bert states without emotion unless they are taking part in an activity Greek Island of Lemnos. The diary ―We had a bit of a rough time‖. The diary organised by the Club. The Playing Field records the routine of the soldier‘s daily records that the battalion went into the is open to the general public and is not round, but there is also a glimpse of the front line on 9th August 1915 at Russell‘s solely for the use of the Youth Club. division that could exist between officers Top, and came out of the line on 12th and men. th It was decided to cancel the Club planned August 1915. Bert records on 10 August th for 12 August. Messages and notices Bert‟s War – part 1 ―Battalion nearly wiped out.‖ On the tape by Robert Stone Bert explains that, of those who went into were circulated about the cancellation, but apologies to anyone who turned up to find action, only one lance corporal and ten From Civvy Street to Gallipoli men returned fit for duty. The remainder it wasn‘t on.

Albert David Osborne was born in East were either sick, injured or dead. Another The Club meets generally on the first London on 16th August 1893 but lived at account by Ray Westlake records that the Friday of the month in the Memorial Hall, Abbeyfield for about eleven years until his Battalion had spent the three days and from 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm and entrance is death in 1983. He was also a well known nights in constant engagements with the £1. Adults are encouraged to stay and member of Holy Cross Church choir. As a Turks, including much hand to hand help. young man he worked at Sharp Perrin & combat. Dates for the rest of the year are:- th Company, a drapers and ladies outfitters, It was on his return to the beach on 13 nd but when war was declared in August August 1915 that Bert was met by signal 2 September th 1914 he answered General Kitchener‘s officer Jennings who, true to character, 7 October th call for volunteers. Contrary to promptly put all the survivors on a charge 4 November nd regulations, he kept a quite detailed diary RMS Mauretania for losing the signalling equipment. 2 December of his war and later recorded a tape of On 16th July 1915 Bert records: some of his memories for posterity. I As a footnote to this story the There is a possibility that a Youth Club ―Jennings idiotic management of bridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission must thank his daughter Evelyn Woodley while I was on duty was worthy of Punch, may be starting in Flitch Green. The for allowing me to read the diary and records that a Captain A.J. Jennings of the Felsted Committee members went to a he knows nothing about the work & 6th Battalion the Leinster Regiment, was write a short series of articles about her consequently all blame is on us while he meeting in July to see whether this may be father, Bert. killed in France, whilst on attachment to an opportunity to support each other. goes mad & makes terrible blunders, i.e. st nd the 1 Battalion, aged 26 on 2 February When Bert joined up in August 1914 he calls up by pennant about six ships at a 1916. Without further research we cannot For more information, please contact was sent to Devizes, where he expected to time, & then wonders who to send to first, be sure this was the same man but he does Christine Mabb (01371 821389) or th join the Wiltshire Regiment, but on 8 altogether he shows how absolutely not feature in Bert‘s diary after Gallipoli. Keir Johnston (01371 820072) September 1914 he found himself en route useless he is as signal officer, entirely

22 23 District Councillors‟ Report collection of textiles and shoes on the absent friends and our many happy same day as their green bin collection. memories of them. The British Legion Just place unwanted items in the bag and Hall was decked in bunting and flowers put the bag next to your wheelie bins by and over 70 members enjoyed the 7am on the day their green lidded excellent music presented by the Colne recycling bin is collected. Endeavour Band and the wonderful tea provided by Alice McLaren. For people who live in the more rural An afternoon to remember! parts of the district, Essex Textiles offers a Welcome to the monthly report from your call-and-collect service – just fill the blue August is the month for our Mystery Trip District Councillors, Stephanie Favell and bag and then call 0800 787 9071 to book a and before you know it, we‘ll be back in collection. the Memorial Hall for the start of the David Crome, where we hope to keep you by Rhodia Gypps informed on recent activities within the Autumn Term ...... Single Person Discount Review At the Club meeting on 17th June, District. District Council is currently Chairman Wendy Bartholomeusz thanked Uttlesford District Council have adopted a conducting the second phase of a review Wynne Malpass and presented her with a new Planning Enforcement Strategy of single person Council Tax discounts potted plant as Wynne is standing down http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk//documents/ offered to residents who live alone. You after being an excellent Club Secretary for website/Enforcement/Planning/Planning% may receive a form relating to this. If so, many, many years – thank you Wynne! 20Enforcement%20strategy%20June% please do not ignore it – you must fill it in 202011.pdf and send it back in the prepaid envelope Our speaker was Karen Travis who gave provided or to the address on the bottom us a very informative talk about the Helen UDC has approved the installation of of the letter. If you fail to return your Rollason Charity and her personal journey solar photovoltaic cells on the council‟s signed declaration WE WILL remove through breast cancer and the help and housing stock. The project to install solar your discount and YOU WILL be issued a support she received. A collection was panels on the Council‘s housing stock new bill for your full Council Tax. made for this very worthy cause. with a third party who will fully fund the installation and maintenance of the solar Uttlesford's First Honorary Alderman Special guests were Bernie and Margaret PV panels. The project will produce Eggie Abrahams has become the first Saunders. Bernie, having recently retired green energy, reduce carbon emissions, as Honorary Alderman of Uttlesford District after 17 years as caretaker, was thanked well as reducing electricity costs for Council in recognition of almost 50 years' for all his help and presented with a cake tenants at a minimum cost to the authority tireless public service. baked by Veronica Chopping and a thank you gift. and has the potential to be an income Fly-tipping warning to Uttlesford generator for the council. householders and businesses On 7th June a full coach of members had a

New textile recycling service for Householders and businesses are being very enjoyable day at Frinton. An Uttlesford. Residents can now recycle old urged to make sure they know where their excellent lunch, then plenty of free time to clothes and other textiles at the kerbside waste is going – because they could be explore and take in the sea air before thanks to a new service introduced in the liable if that waste is fly-tipped. meeting up for a delicious cream tea and Uttlesford District Council has issued two perhaps a snooze on the way home! district. UDC has teamed up with a company called Essex Textiles to provide fines in recent weeks after tracing fly- tipped waste back to where it came from. In July we had a tasty lunch at The Swan one of two free services, depending on Hotel in , followed by a stroll where you live. Blue recycling bags and Council Spending - have your say! around the town in warm sunshine. Later an explanatory leaflet are being delivered Have your say on what the council‘s top in the month we enjoyed an excellent to all properties in the district. Residents priorities for the next three years should Garden Party, albeit an indoor one due to living in towns and larger villages will be be at www.uttlesford.gov.uk the uncertain weather forecast. On this able to take advantage of a fortnightly occasion we were particularly celebrating

24 25 Bus Times From Felsted, Little Dunmow & Flitch Green 133 (TGM) Everyday To the Airport 16 (Regal) - Mondays to Saturdays, Finchingfield to Chelmsford Colchester Bus Braintree Bus Little Great Stansted Finchingfield Felsted Little Flitch Felsted Chelmsford Felsted Station Park Dunmow Dunmow Airport Church Dunmow Green Riche Cl. Market 0700 0733 0740 0742 0745 0820 0210 0258 0318 0322 0330 0350 0920 0954 0959 1001 1004 1033 0310 0358 0418 0422 0430 0450 0458 0518 0522 0530 0550 1159 1230 1235 1237 1240 1309 0510 0558 0618 0622 0630 0650 1439 1510 1515 1517 1520 1549 then hourly until From Chelmsford Market and then to Stebbing, Gt Bardfield, Finchingfield and 1510 1558 1618 1622 1630 1650 Wethersfield College 1610 1710 1730 1734 1742 1802 Days Chelmsford Felsted Little Flitch Felsted Market Riche Close Dunmow Green Church Non- 1610 1658 1718 1722 1730 1750 College Days 1033 1105 1110 1112 1116 1710 1758 1818 1822 1830 1850 1309 1341 1346 1348 1352 1810 1858 1918 1922 1930 1950 1549 1622 1627 1629 1633 1910 1958 2018 2022 2030 2050 1757 1827 1832 1834 1838 2010 2058 2118 2122 2130 2150

314 (TGM) on Wednesdays & Saturdays for a couple of hours in Braintree Leaves Gransmore Green 0950 Wednesdays (1001 Saturdays) via Watch House, Bannister, Willows and Bartholomew Greens arriving Braintree 1017 (1028 Saturdays) Back from Braintree at 1245 both days ending up in Dunmow via the Greens and Stebbing (plus on Saturdays)

734 Olmpian Coaches to London, Mondays to Fridays From the Airport 0609 Felsted, 0613 Little Dunmow A120 turning, arrives London Victoria 0755. Stopping at various places Stansted Great Little Braintree Colchester Returns 1720 from Victoria, but only stops at A120 turning at 1902 Airport Dunmow Dunmow Felsted Bus Park Bus Station 0515 0533 0540 0543 0603 0646 Ian Shaw‟s Top Travel Tip 0615 0633 0640 0643 0703 0746 0715 0733 0740 0743 0803 0846 College 0755 On the 16 bus you can still spend 3 hours in Finchingfield by catching the 1110 from 0813 0820 0823 0903 0946 Little Dunmow (1116 Felsted Church) and then back on the 1439. Don‘t miss it or Days Non - 0815 you‘ll be looking for a taxi! 0833 0840 0843 0903 0946 College Days As well as relaxing on the green watching the ducks and taking a walk via the windmill, 0915 0933 0940 0943 1003 1046 you have a choice of 3 tea shops/restaurants, a couple of interesting gift shops and three then hourly until good pubs (two are up the hill, one of which is past the church). The church has a very 2015 2033 2040 2043 2103 2146 good ―What to look for ― Children‘s Guide leaflet. 2215 2233 2240 2243 2303 2346 0015 0033 0040 0043 0103 0146

26 27 And finally…. Violets and Vacuuming WHY IS THERE SO MUCH SUFFERING IN THE WORLD? September Flower Arranging Rota Cleaning Rota Christians are often asked "If there is a God why is there so 4th Alison Moore Tony & Di Baker much suffering in the world?" Read what Nigel Timmins, 11th Jenny Nicholls Sue King & Ruth Jenkinson Christian Aid manager for disaster related work has to say.

18th VACANT Edward & Trish Conder "Often people ask how you can believe in God when you see all this suffering going on. My experience is actually that the 25th HARVEST - Christine Ball Alison Moore & Carol Cheetham closer you are to suffering, the more God is real. Not just to you, but the people involved. 2nd October Susan Vernon Robin & Jill Smylie The more you‘re able to distance yourself from the experience and intellectualise it, the more it becomes problematic. Somehow God is more real in the Harvest Festival Flowers presence of suffering that outside of it. This is when faith becomes more alive and it Harvest Festival is on September 25th but becomes more real. there is a strong possibility that the re- Very rarely have I seen people blame God for what has happened. Interestingly, the ordering of the church will start before then more experience you have with these situations, the more you realise how culpable we and services be held elsewhere. By the time are as humanity. you get this magazine it should be clear what the time scale is and whether or not we For example, in countries that are prone to drought, you will find the poor people on will be decorating Holy Cross this year. higher ground and in countries that are prone to floods, you find the poor people next to I will try to contact all the regular flower Parish Registers the river. arrangers when I know what is happening. Alternatively ring me in mid September. for June & July In the context of disasters the inequality of society brings to the fore our ability to be inhuman one to another and the need to express love between ourselves. Even in natural Christine Middleton 821056 Thanksgivings & Baptisms - Felsted disasters, discrimination plays out time and again.

12th June Charles Philip James In the last six months for my team Haiti has loomed large, as has Pakistan; we‘ve got Ashbury ongoing work in the Philippines and we‘re wrapping up work in Burma after cyclone Giri; we‘re still doing recovery work following cyclone Isla in Bangladesh; we have 19th June David John Mackin fresh flooding in Uttar Pradesh in Northern India and have recently seen heavy floods in 17th July Thomas Charles Sidney Eastern Sri Lanka; we‘ve got disaster reduction work in the rest of the Caribbean and Forder Central America trying to prepare for cyclone season; and then in South America there‘s been major flooding in Colombia, landslides in Rio, and in Peru the Amazon‘s been Funerals - Felsted suffering increasing incidences."

9th June Hazel Winifred Cordial Please continue to support Christian Aid in every 14th July Philip Anthony Willis way you can. Your prayers and financial support are invaluable. Our 2011 house to Caption Competition Entry! 15th July David Garry Woodward house collection and the Ladies Guild tea party raised £1,142.61. Man on tricycle ―Get it started Len and I‘ll 22nd July Margaret Heather Frame race you‖ from David Stone, Lt. Dunmow THANK YOU. Funerals - Little Dunmow Just the one entry so I guess that means you Regards - Sonia Merritt win Dad! 22nd July Stuart Mackenzie

28 29 LOCAL SERVICES DIRECTORY TRADE DIRECTORY

BUSES ELECTRICITY and network ABBEYFIELD HOUSE Felsted. COLCHESTER PROPERTY CARE TGM Stansted (133) 01279 681800 emergencies 0800 7838838 Sheltered Housing. Companionship with www.colchesterpropertycare.co.uk Independence for the elderly. 820897 House renovation & improvements Regal Busways (Village Link 16) GAS 01245 249001 National Grid & Emergencies ACCOUNTANT Call Duncan Heather 01206 212038 David Dixon ACMA. Small business and 07745370740 CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 0800 111999 sole trader specialist 01279 654333 DMC INSTALLATIONS 2 Fountains Lodge, Braintree HOSPITALS ACORN BLINDS digital aerials, sky cabling/dishes, plasma/ 01376 324129 Broomfield including Casualty All types of blinds made to measure. Call lcd fitting, telephone points. The Chestnuts, Suite 8, 4 Stortford Road, 08448 220002 for a no obligation free quotation. www.dmcinstallations.co.uk

Great Dunmow. 0844 4775986 TEL - 01371 851208 www.acornblinds.net 01371 821744 or mobile 07900 917111 MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT COUNCILS Sir Alan Haselhurst AUBREY ART GALLERY ELECTRICIAN Essex County Councillor - Local Office 01799 506349 www.aubreyartgallery.com Oakwood Electrics. Part P approved. Simon Walsh 01371 810451 email: [email protected] Post Office Yard, High Street, Reliable, professional service.

Great Dunmow, CM6 1AL 01371 873133 Contact David Cronk 01371 820069 or Uttlesford District Council 01799 510510 MEMORIAL HALL [email protected] mobile 07771 782567 District Councillors - Lettings - Jayne Bohannan 07926 377343 BEAUTY & Holistic Treatments FELSTED PEST CONTROL David Crome POLICE for our parishes - The Retreat, Dunmow 01371 878989 Wasp Nests: Rodents: Insects Stephanie Favell P.C. Tom Monro 01371 871100 www.theretreatdunmow.co.uk Registered & Insured. (contact details in next edition) P.C.S.O. Angi Greneski BED & BREAKFAST at Argyll House. Phone John King on 07896 288135

Felsted Parish Council Main Telephone Numbers 5 star en-suite accommodation FELSTED PROPERTY Chairman - Graham Harvey Emergencies: 999 Station Road, Felsted. MAINTENANCE 01245 362521 Non Emergency Tel: 0300 333 4444 Paul & Caroline, 01371 821559. Property maintenance and improvements.

Clerk - Peter Watson 01371 873397 POST OFFICE - SELF-EMPLOYED BOOK-KEEPER Free estimates given. Call Clive Perrins Parish Office: United Reformed Church Felsted 01371 820251 VAT Returns, PAYE, Credit Control, 01371 820330 / 07979 054654 Hall, Stebbing Road, CM6 3JD Bank Reconciliation, Filing, etc. FISH DELIVERY Office Tel: 01371 823071 SCHOOLS - Contact Lesley 01371 821347 Paul‘s Fresh Fish delivered to your door Office hours: Mondays 10:00 - 12:30 Felsted School - 01371 822600 BUILDERS - every Thursday or Friday 01472 874386 or and Wednesdays 16:00 - 18:30 Felsted Preparatory School - FELSTED CONSTRUCTION LTD. mobile 07808 877426 email: [email protected] 01371 822610 General builders - call Michael for a free FITNESS & PERSONAL TRAINING, Felsted Primary School - 01371 820215 quotation 01371 820136 or 07976 933871 PILATES & YOGA Flitch Green Parish Council FKS Schools - 01371 820638 CARPET, RUG & UPHOLSTERY Classes run locally. Fully qualified Chairman - Bob Winnington Flitch Green Primary School - CLEANING. D K Cleaning. instructor 01371 821128 Clerk - Helen R Mason 01371 823172 01371 822330 Fully Trained by Prochem. All Essex areas FAMILY FUNERAL DIRECTORS Little Dunmow Parish Council Ford End C of E Primary School - covered. Free Quotes www.dkcleaning.biz Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd. 24 hr Chairman - Jeff Thomas 01371 821401 01245 237209 01376 528569 or 07956 573105 personal service. Pre-payment funeral Clerk - Angela Balcombe 01376 528081 Email: [email protected] CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT plans. Haslers Lane, Gt. Dunmow Website: www.fordendschool.uk.org Tax repayments a speciality. Telephone: 01371 874518 Dunmow Town Council 01371 872406 Helena Romanes School - 01371 872560 Ian Shaw, Mandalay, Chelmsford Road, Whipper-snappers Daycare Nursery and Felsted Parochial Church Council is registered DOCTORS Felsted 01371 820372 under the Data Protection Act 1998, registration Kid's Club 01371 821131 CHIROPODY Dr. Pitt, Dr. Tee, Dr. Graves - number 25317056. The Data Controller is the The Surgery, Braintree Rd. 01371 820410 WATER - Elizabeth Gibson HPC Registered. Treasurer. The P.C.C. cannot accept any Emergency out of office hours Three Valleys. Supply problems and Clinic Appointments: 01371 875511 responsibility for the services provided by our 01371 872121 Home Visits and enquiries: 01371 856434 advertisers; however they will investigate any emergencies 0845 7823333 written complaints. 30 TRADE DIRECTORY LUXURY TOILET HIRE (UK) LTD Continued we ensure your event runs smoothly www.luxurytoilethireltd.co.uk FUNERAL DIRECTORS Tel: 01279 504638 Fax: 01279 506433 G Collins & Sons. 24 hr personal service. N-GRAY-V SIGNAGE Pre-payment funeral plans. Engravers of House Signs & Memorials. 4 The Street, White Notley, Pet & ID Tags, Labels etc. Also Computer 01376 583750 cut vinyl lettering 01371 822889 GARDEN MAINTENANCE PAINTER & DECORATOR Grass cutting, hedge trimming. All types of work undertaken R.L. Harvey. Andrew Down 01371 870233 Reasonable rates, free estimates, discounts GARDEN MAINTENANCE & for O.A.Ps 01376 327237 MAKEOVERS. H'Andy Services. PET CARE - BUZZIES All garden tasks undertaken. Dog Walking, Cat Sitting, Puppy Home Call Andy on 07960 362898 Visits, Pet Grooming. HANDYMAN Odd jobs, building, Telephone: Annie - 07974 544474 electrical and plumbing work. PLUMBING & HEATING Get those annoying problems sorted. APN Plumbing. All aspects of Plumbing, Contact Stan on 07918 64 24 64 Bathrooms, Wet Rooms, Heating. Reliable HAIRDRESSER & honest. Tel: 01245 362164 Rebecca Bragg Hair Mob 07969 992981 Salon in Felsted Village Centre REFLEXOLOGIST Fiona Agar MAR. Tel: 01371 820399 Fully qualified, Member of Association of HOLIDAY COTTAGE TO LET - Reflexologists. Based in the centre of North Norfolk Felsted village. Home visits. For details and brochure contact Tel: 01371 820330 Mob: 07977 546093 Dawn & Steven Wallace 01362 850619 R WHEELER ROOFING SERVICES INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE Slating, Tiling, Flat Roofs, Guttering, ADVICE Residential / Buy to Let / Repairs, Local, Reliable, Free Estimates. Commercial / Overseas Mortgages E-mail: [email protected] Life Insurance, Critical Illness and General Tel: 01371 811308 Mobile: 07951 349837 Insurance. 01371 870091 or 07711 761876 TREE SURGEON e: [email protected] Paul Sutton, qualified tree surgeon. w: www.fionatidswell.co.uk Available for garden maintenance, and J D WALLIS JOINERY landscaping. 10 years experience locally. Jon Wallis. Bespoke Joinery Day rate and reasonable hourly rate. t: 01279 871 872 m: 07725 654 121 Phone 01371 878087 Mob 07767 380124. e: [email protected] TUTORING IN MATHS & SCIENCE w: www.jdwallisjoinery.co.uk Most subjects offered to A level by current LAWN MOWER & GARDEN examiner. Contact Dick Frost, MACHINERY SALES, 01371 820824, 07909 526713, SERVICE & PARTS - [email protected] B.B. Moore, Priory Lodge, (opposite Oakwood Park, Priory Bridge) Felsted Printed by Copybest Essex Ltd 01371 820695 Sabre House, Dunmow Road, Felsted. 01371 856721 www.copybest.co.uk