At Saling Hall

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS We certainly have a bumper edition of the magazine for you this month - all 44 pages of it! On the early pages of the magazine you will see adverts and requests for help for two of our major events over the summer - the Plant Sale on the early May Bank Holiday (May 7th) and our Salings Fete and Vehicle Display on 24th June. We do hope you will support these events with your presence, and if you have not already been ‘roped in’ to help (especially for the Fete & Vehicle Display) do get in contact with Colin Davidson. Now if you get as far as page 16, you will see that Great Saling Parish Council will be holding their Annual Parish Meeting on the 9th May 2018 at 7pm in the Millennium Village Hall. Among other items on the agenda their will be an update from the Neighbourhood Planning Group on progress on the Neigh- bourhood Plan. Meanwhile, there is a dedicated website (thesalings-np.co.uk) and a Facebook page to keep you up to date. The Salings is fortunate in having two of England’s 1,600 Reg- istered Parks and Gardens - Saling Hall and Saling Grove - and we are pleased to report on changes at both. First, there are new owners at Saling Hall, who introduce them- selves on page 12 - please make them welcome when you meet them! And for Saling Grove, there will be an exhibition focusing on Humphrey Repton’s work - who designed the gardens and parkland there - every Sunday over the summer from May to August in the Orangery at Saling Grove, from 2pm to 5pm.

Andrea & Richard (the editors) Please email contributions to the June edition by the 12th of May to: [email protected]

2 CHURCH SERVICES in the Salings

MAY Sunday 6. May 11.00 Morning Prayer Great Saling Sunday 13. May 11.00 Morning Prayer Little Saling Sunday 20. May 11.00 Holy Communion Great Saling Sunday 27. May 9.30 Holy Communion Little Saling JUNE Sunday 3. June 11.00 Morning Prayer Great Saling Sunday 10. June 11.00 Morning Prayer Little Saling Sunday 17. June 11.00 Holy Communion Great Saling Sunday 24. June SALINGS FETE - NO SERVICE!

Additional services are held in the Benefice. Further details: Rev Tim Goodbody 856080; Rev Helen Pelly 810369

Braintree District Council: 01376 552525 Non Emergency Police: 101

3 4 EVENTS IN & AROUND THE SALINGS:  May 12th 8.30am Ladies breakfast @ St Mary’s, Stebbing  May 12th 10.30 - 12.00 VILLAGE Coffee Morning @ Salings Millennium Hall  May 12th 3pm organ recital @ St Katherine, Lt Bardield  May 13th 5th Stebbing Vintage & Classic Tractor Road Run  May 22nd 7.30pm BARDFIELD SALING PARISH MEET- ING - NOTICE OF AGM: The Annual General Meeting of the Bardfield Saling Parish Meeting will be held Tuesday, 22 May, Millennium Village Hall, Everyone is welcome.  May 27th 10am - 4pm Gt Dunmow Soap Box Race  May 28th 10am - 5pm Celebrate English Wine Week @ Bardfield Vineyard CM7 4QD  3rd of June Park Hall Open Garden 11am - 5pm @ Park Hall, Gt Bardfield, CM7 4QF. Lovely 5 acre garden - uno- pen to public for > 25 years. Teas/coffee and cake. In aid of Lt Saling church. £5 adults, children free. Free parking.  Jun 9th/10th Open Gardens & Scarecrow weekend Stebbing REGULAR EVENTS:  Greville Theatre Club - Play Readings: 1st Thursday of each month, anyone interested is very welcome. At The Three Horseshoes, Duton Hill, (01371 870681)  Great Saling Parish Council Meeting: 2nd Wednesday of each month 7.30pm, at the Salings Millennium Hall.

5 6 7 Dear Friends,

They say April showers bring May flowers, so we should be in for a bright and floral month! Do proverbs and sayings like that have an impact on your life? Sometimes they can become superstitions, of which I am not the world’s biggest fan (though I still can’t seem to stop myself from counting magpies). In other ways, however the proverbial wisdom of the past, whether from family, cultural or religious roots, plays an important part in shaping who we are as individ- uals and as a society. Many sayings from history have become out-dated – we had a swarm of bees in the garden one June, but no one offered me a silver spoon for it – and may therefore mean nothing to younger generations. The original meaning of old sayings we still use can get lost because of a change of context; for example, can you remember why we refer to marriage as “tying the knot?” Even when we’re not sure where sayings like that come from we still use them, and that’s mostly OK, but if like me you don’t believe in Tarot cards, it makes no sense to say that something is “on the cards”. The Bible has a rich tradition of ‘wisdom literature’, mostly in the Old Testament. It reads very differently from, say a gospel or a narrative account, but simply by virtue of its poetic form it can often stay with us. The Book of Proverbs (roughly halfway through your Bible, after the Psalms,) is a treasury of couplets of wisdom, giving advice and counsel on relationships, community, family, culture and so much more. What I find remarkable about it, given its ancient origins, is that the wisdom of Scripture seems to remain relevant even in the 21st century. Why not have a look, and Tweet me your favourite Proverb @RockinRev66

With best wishes, Tim

8 Colchester Area Vocations Group invites you to A Crossroads Day “Where’s Your Passion?” A day for those seeking to follow the Path of Christian Disci- pleship, and to find their calling. th On Saturday 12 May 2018. At St Andrew’s Church, St. Andrew’s Close, Alresford, Colchester, Essex. CO7 8BL

http://www.alresfordchurch.net/

From 9.30am until 3pm. There will be worship, testimony, a keynote address, semi- nars, space to reflect, and the opportunity to ask any ques- tion you like about all sorts of ministries. Lunch is provided. Please tell us if you have any dietary re- quirements. To book, please email [email protected] by May 4th. For further information contact

Revd. Tim Goodbody 07708660162

9 SALINGS MILLENNIUM HALL A MODERN HALL WITH LARGE CAR PARK FOR PRIVATE & CORPORATE HIRE PICCOTS LANE, GREAT SALING CM7 5DW

www.essexinfo.net/ thesalingshall

Contact: Mrs. Jo Peake Mon-Sat 09:00 - 19:00 Phone: 01371 850 260; E-mail: [email protected]

THE SALINGS 100 CLUB 100 Club If you would like to join the 100 Winners for April: CLUB, please contact Maya 1st Hilary Hughes Hatcher 810887. 2nd Jim Bacon It costs £2 per month and can be 3rd Nigel May paid by cash/cheque or standing order.

Village Hall Events in May

3RD,10TH,17TH,24TH, ART GROUP 10.30-15.30 9TH,16TH,23RD, 30TH PILATES 11.00-12.00 4th VHMC TAI CHI 19.30-21.30 12th COFFEEMORNING 10.30-12.00 14th STEBBING PTA DANCE 15th CYCLE CLUB EVENT 07.30-14.30 17th EXCEPTIONAL IDEAS EVENT 19.00-22.00 25th FELSTED ART GROUP 13.30-16.30 27th THAPC AGM 17.30-22.00

10 11 All change (again!) at Saling Hall

As the new owners of Saling Hall, we wanted to take the opportunity to introduce ourselves briefly. We are delighted that we have purchased Saling Hall as our new long term family home, moving back to Essex, where we both grew up, from Hampstead in London. As some of you may have seen, we are in the process of a sen- sitive restoration and modernisation of Saling Hall, while looking to continue the thoughtful work of the previous owners in the garden, with the help of Eric and Karen Kirby, our wonderful gardeners.

We are looking forward to fully integrating ourselves into village life once we have properly moved in, but we very much hope to meet many of you in the meantime. You may be pleased to hear that we have agreed with the PCC to continue to allow pedestrian access to the Church for services, private worship and grave-tending, as well as vehicle access for drop off for services for those for whom access is diffi- cult - please continue to park on The Street after drop off. We thought it might also be useful to highlight that there will be new signs erected at both gates, reiterating (as per the current signs) that access is for the Church Only, and also making clear that dog walking is not permitted. We would politely request that people use the Registered Public Footpath running down the other side of the Churchyard behind Hall Farm Green for dog (or indeed any other!) walking. We thank you in advance for your understanding in these matters. The final thing to say is that we hope either this summer or at the latest next summer to begin an annual Open Garden day or two for the village (as you may know, Saling Hall has one of only around 1500 Registered Parks & Gardens - a listed building equivalent for gardens - in the UK). We very much hope that you will be able to join us on those oc- casions to enjoy exploring the garden!

With best wishes

Matt & Jennifer O’Connell

13 14 15 Gt. Saling Parish Council Report May 2018 Planning Applications 18/00479/FUL Erection of first floor rear extension - 8 Woolpits Road, Great Saling, Essex

18/00039/LBC To affix a satellite dish to the rear, north facing eleva- tion of the extension (built Circa 1985) Lower Hyde Cottage, Hyde Lane Great Saling Refused Playing field: The Bollards were purchased by a Grant for £3,500 from ECC Community Initative Fund. Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator: The Parish Council are looking for a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator. Annual Parish Meeting: The Annual Parish Meeting will take place on the 9th May 2018 at 7pm everyone is welcome, this is a meeting where residents can come and talk to the Parish Council. There will be a update from the Neighbourhood Plan Group. The Grove: There will be some tree work being carried out on The Grove. Library Update: Some of you will have taken part in the consultation about mobile library services. Due to the mobile libraries coming to the end of their life, ECC were considering stopping the service and asked if anyone was willing to set up a community library in their area. We have expressed our interest and are now waiting for an in- spection of the village hall to confirm that this would be suitable. We would love to hear your views and opinions. It would be nice if along with lending out books we could make this a community event. Would you be interested in coming along and if so what would you like to see? Please let us know what you think. Bollards outside Hall Farm Green Entrance: The Bollards outside the entrance to Hall Farm Green have been removed due to the safe- ty aspect. The Parish Council are looking to put a planter in its place. A resident has already said they will look after the planter if the Par- ish Council agreed. Channel Sweeping will take place on the 8th June TBC

16 17 18 19 20 Great Saling Parish Council Clerk to the Council: Mrs Cathryn Carlisle Herkstead Green Bungalow Cornish Hall End Braintree Essex CM7 4HH - gtsal- [email protected] Tele 01440 731964 www.essexinfo.net/greatsalingpc

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26 27 1st FINCHINGFIELD SCOUT GROUP There are four sections that meet in the Scout Headquarters, Finchingfield.

Beavers 6-8yrs held on Wednesday evenings 5.45 – 7.00pm Cubs 8-10 1/2 yrs on Tuesday evenings 6.30 – 8.00pm Scouts10 ½ -14yrs on Thursday evenings 7.30 – 9.00pm and Explorer Scouts 14–18yrs on Monday evenings 7.30 – 9.00pm

All sections are available to girls and Boys We are currently recruiting Adult helpers for all sections

To find out more contact Mark Wells - Group Scout Leader Tel: 01371 810447 email: [email protected]

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David Skeet Plumbing & Heating Over 30 years experience All plumbing & Heating work Tel – 01371 810286 Mobile – 07891 943074

30 31 The Salings – Cllr. Mike Banthorpe In my last contribution to The Salings I brought attention to the number of investigations that our District Council had taken against offenders in respect of fly tipping. I now can give an example of a recent case heard at Chelms- ford Magistrates Court, John Draper, age 29 of Colchester Road, Great Totham, appeared before Magistrates in respect of fly-tipping, an offence contravening the Environmental Protection Act 1990. On 27th July 2017, Mr Draper was captured on a member of the public’s dashboard camera, at- tempting to dispose of a large amount of soil in a layby on Witham Road, White Notley. Mr Draper attended the hearing and pleaded guilty to the offence of fly-tipping and failing to produce waste transfer notes at the request of Braintree District Council. Mr Draper was convicted of the offences result- ing in the magistrate’s fine for the offence and ordered him to pay a victim surcharge and costs, which in total came to £934. Please remember that residents are untimely responsible for where their waste is being taken to be disposed of, and must be sure that they know if a contractor is licenced to do so; especially as we are coming into tree cutting and garden waste time. A ‘competitive price’ certainly does not prove to be so good if the above example is how the courts consider the offence. Also appearing in Court a resident of Halstead was prosecuted under the s2 Dogs Act 1871 as amended by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1989, for allowing her Husky type dog to be dangerously out of control. On September 6th 2017, an Officer of Braintree District Council visited an address in Braintree where a dog was reported to have been dangerously out of control. This had resulted in the death of another dog. The owner attended the hearing and admitted she had allowed her dog to be dangerously out of control. The Magistrates put a control order in place and ordered the owner to pay £868 costs.

For those of you who may be interested and did not make representation in respect of Brook Green Land North and South of Flitch Way , and therefore may not be aware that an appeal has been made to the Secretary of State following Braintree District Council’s unanimous refusal of the above application/s. The appeal will be determined on the basis of a public inquiry. The procedure to be followed is set out in the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiry Procedure) (England) Rules 2000, as amended. Although under the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) Regulations 1997, the appeal was to have been decided by an Inspector, the Secretary of State considers that he should determine it himself.

Accordingly, in exercise of his powers under section 79 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Secretary of State hereby directs that he shall determine this appeal instead of an

32 Inspector. This means that instead of writing a decision, the Inspector will prepare a report, which will be forwarded to the Secretary of State. The rea- son that the Secretary of State has issued this direction is that the appeal involves proposals for residential development of over 150 units or on sites of over 5 hectares, which would significantly impact on the Government’s objective to secure a better balance between housing demand and supply and create high quality, sustainable, mixed and inclusive communities. If you wish to make comments, or modify/withdraw your previous representation, you can do so online at www.planninginspectorate.gov.uk. If you do not have access to the internet, you can send your comments to: The Planning Inspectorate, Leanne Palmer, Room 3/O, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6PN You could also email them to [email protected]. All representations must be received by 9 May 2018 and sent directly to the Planning Inspectorate. Any representations submitted after the deadline will not usually be considered and will be returned. The Planning Inspectorate does not acknowledge representations. All representations must quote the appeal reference, APP/Z1510/W/18/3197293.

Hedge cutting and the law I think that everyone who lives in The Salings cares about the wildlife that lives alongside us. It is this wildlife that helps to make where we live that bit more special. However, every year I see people getting their hedge cutters and trimmers out before the end of the bird nesting season. I sometimes wonder how the birds and chicks that are nesting in the bushes, trees and hedges that are being cut and trimmed feel. It is must be terrifying for them and, surely, will mean that, if they survive, those birds are unlikely to return to nest in the same spot the following year. In fact, wildlife organisations It is recommended that cutting hedges and trees is avoided between March and August as this is the main breeding season for nesting birds. Did you know that it is an offence under Section 1 of the Wildlife and Coun- tryside Act of 1981 to 1. intentionally kill, injure or take any wild bird; 2. intentionally damage, destroy or take the nest of any wild bird while it is in use or being built; 3. intentionally destroy an egg of any wild bird; 4. intentionally or recklessly dis- turb certain wild birds or their dependent young while they are nesting (including disturbance of nesting young); I know that our hedges and trees do get a bit scruffy as summer goes on but shouldn’t we do all we can to ensure that they remain places where our wildlife can flourish and live safely? Sue Baugh

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The Church Monuments Society, a registered charity founded in 1979, encourages the study, care and conservation of funerary monuments. Many of our own local churches have elaborate memorials, usually to the rich and famous, erected over the centuries to honour and remember the deceased. I will mention just a few of my own per- sonal favourites. St Mary the Virgin in Arkesden has an elaborate and colourful Eliza- bethan monument to Richard Cutte who died in 1592 and his wife Marye. At Little Easton, the church contains a great variety of interesting memorials including a charming 20th-century bust of the Countess of Warwick and two windows dedicated to the American air crews who flew from Little Easton and lost their lives during WWII. Little Dunmow church has a memorial that is not named but is believed to depict Matilda, the daughter of Robert FitzWalter, one of the Magna Carta barons. Legend has it that she inspired the character of Maid Marian in the stories of Robin Hood. Great Waltham’s Norman church houses a memorial to Sir Anthony Everard and his wife who died early in the 17th century. They are depicted in elaborate costumes with gold braid. The parish church of Great St Mary in Saw- bridgeworth is Grade I listed and the listing narrative states it has “an outstanding collection of memorials of the highest artistic quality”. One such is the painted alabaster tomb of Sir John Leventhorpe and his wife Joan in black mourning dress. If you can’t get to these particular churches, photos of most of the monuments mentioned here will appear in the forthcoming book to be published by the Hundred Parishes Society. In the meantime, I encourage you to explore our many wonderful churches where more fascinating and varied monuments are waiting to be found. Ken McDonald, Secretary

37 38 39 40 41 JANET C. DAVIES Dip.FD,MBIFD BRAINTREE’S LADY FUNERAL DIRECTOR

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CHURCH NOTICEBOARD Ministers: Revd. Tim Goodbody, The Vicarage, Ruffles Place, Stebbing CM6 3TJ, T: 01371 856080, E: [email protected] Revd. Helen Pelly, Purples, Bardfield Saling, T: 01371 810369 E: [email protected] Assistant Curate: Revd Sue Hurley. The Rectory, Park Road, Little Easton, CM6 2JJ, T: 01371859158 E: [email protected] Administrator Pilgrim Parishes: Caroline Wildgoose, T: 01371606110 E: [email protected] ITTLE SALING/BARDFIELD SALING Churchwardens: Mrs Helen Davies, Denbies, Bardfield Saling, Tel: 01371 850735, E-mail: [email protected] Mrs Deborah Reed, Bluegate Hall, Great Bardfield. Tel 01371810985. E-mail : [email protected] PCC Secretary: Mrs Moira Grierson Rickford, Tel. 01371 850503 E-mail: [email protected] GREAT SALING Churchwardens: Mr Robert Bucknell, Onchors Farm, Tel: 07860521548, E-mail: [email protected] Mrs Lydia Roe, E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Mr Julian Dyer, Tel: 07768 124418, E-mail: [email protected] PCC Secretary: Mr Richard Gleed, E-mail: [email protected]

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