THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED by NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL October 2016 - No 483 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge
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THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL October 2016 - No 483 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge Needham Market Fireworks Display and Torchlight Procession at Bloomfields Football Ground Saturday 5th November See Page 17 for more details www.needhammarkettc.co.uk TOWN COUNCIL Needham Market Town Council OFFICE TOWN CLERK: ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK: Town Council Office, Kevin Hunter Kelaine Spurdens Community Centre, School Street, LIST OF TOWN COUNCILLORS: TELEPHONE: Needham Market IP6 8BB BE ANNIS OBE Grinstead House, Grinstead Hill, NM IP6 8EY 01449 720531 Telephone: (07927 007895) 01449 722246. D CAMPBELL ‘Chain House’ 1 High Street, NM, IP6 8AL 01449 720952 An answerphone is in operation when the office R CAMPBELL Deputy Town Mayor/Deputy Chair of Council is unmanned. The Acorns, Hill House Lane, NM, IP6 8EA 01449 720729 The office is open to the TS CARTER Danescroft, Ipswich Road, NM, IP6 8EG 01449 401325 public Mondays and RP DARNELL 27 Pinecroft Way, NM, IP6 8HB 07990 583162 Thursdays 10am to JE LEA MA 109 Jubilee Crescent, NM IP6 8AT 01449 721544 12noon. I MASON 114 Quinton Road, NM IP6 8TH 01449 721162 E.mail: A MORRIS 8 Chainhouse Road, IP6 8EP 01449 720161 clerk@needhammarkettc. MG NORRIS 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 f9.co.uk KMN OAKES, 89 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8ED 07702 339971 Web: S PHILLIPS 46 Crowley Road IP6 8BJ 01449 721710 www.needhammarkettc. D SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 401443 co.uk M SPURLING 36 Drift Court, NM, IP6 8SZ 01449 401443 Town Council meetings X STANSFIELD Town Mayor/Chair of Council are held on the first and Hope Cottage, 7 Stowmarket Road IP6 8DR 07538 058304 third Wednesdays of each month at 7:25 p.m. in the AL WARD MBE 22 Chalkeith Road, NM, IP6 8HA 01449 720422 Green Room at Needham COUNTY COUNCILLOR: Market Community Centre. J TRUELOVE, Bildeston Road, Little Finborough, IP14 2LA 01449 678652 You are all welcome to attend and you will have a DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: chance to air your views. W. MARCHANT, 137 High Street, NM, IP6 8DH 01449 720965 Useful Telephone MG NORRIS, 20 Stowmarket Road, NM, IP6 8DS 01449 720871 Numbers p.23 S. GOSTLING Domestic Painter & Decorator Appliance Interior & Exterior DARRELL I. KEEBLE Repairs Established 1982 HIGH QUALITY WORK BUILDING MAINTENANCE PAINTING & • Pressure Washing of Patios & Brickwork etc. Low Price - Fast Response GUARANTEED • New Guttering & Repairs 25 Years experience at competitive prices DECORATING • Brickwork Re-pointing • Domestic Drainage, Repaired & Cleaned For a personal service Call: INTERIOR & EXTERIOR • Glazing Repairs & Replacement Sealed Units • Fencing & Repairs Alan on 01449 613457 or OTHER SERVICES: DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL • Garden Maintenance 07508 051 518 GLAZING Tel: 01449 767117 • Mobile: 07810 693521 • Answerphone Service PLASTIC RAINWATER SYSTEMS ROOF REPAIRS 20 LUDBROOK CLOSE NEEDHAM MARKET 721994 or 720067 Email: [email protected] 2 Needham Market Newsletter October 16 Introduction Newsletter Copy: All copy for the Newsletter must WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER NEWSLETTER. either be delivered to the Town Council Office, School Street, in There are a couple of by our local Reverends Diane in the Burial Ground at the top hard format i.e. hand written, but forthcoming local events which Williams (St Johns) and Mary of Barretts Lane, where wreaths preferably emailed to: as residents of Needham Market Playford (Christchurch). The High will be laid by the Deputy Lord [email protected] , you are welcome to participate Street will again be temporarily Lieutenant of Suffolk, myself as for the attention of Kelaine. in. closed to traffic whilst the Mayor on behalf of The Town Copy deadline is always the 8th procession makes its way from Council, the Royal British Legion The first of these is on Sunday of the month prior to publication the Church along the High Street and a number of other local and deadline for the November 16th October when the High when the service concludes at organisations. As an individual I Street will be closed to traffic 2016 issue is 8th October please. around 4pm. have attended in previous years for a short period of time and found the Church Service All Advertising queries should be starting just before 3pm when a The second event marks a and subsequent wreath laying referred to Kelaine at the Town procession formed by the Clergy, significant and sombre occasion, ceremony extremely moving, Council office on (01449) 722246 County, District and Town the Annual Remembrance please consider participating. or email as above. Council Councillors, Mayors from Day Service. This year it will neighbouring towns and other be hosted at Christchurch Cllr Xy Stansfield dignitaries will parade along the starting at 10:45am on the Needham Market Town Mayor NEEDHAM High Street to Saint John the 13th November. It not only Chairman of Council Baptist Church for a Civic Service commemorates military MARKET which will be conducted by The personnel who have given their Right Reverend Mike Harrison, lives to defend our way of life To advertise in the LIBRARY Bishop of Dunwich who will and liberty but also the many Newsletter bless the town and its residents. civilians who died in the same please contact the School Street, It is a very rare occasion that conflicts. Following the Church Needham Market Town Council Office a Bishop comes to our town to Service there will be a similar Tel: 01449 720780 participate in the Annual Civic shorter ceremony held at the on 01449 722246 Service which is traditionally led War Memorial which is located Opening Hours: Tue 10am - 3pm Mid Suffolk Citizens Advice Bureau Wed 2pm-5pm & Quality Advice – Locally 5.30pm-7.30pm Mon: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Tues: 9.30am - 3.30pm • Weds: CLOSED • Thurs: 9.30am - 6.30pm • Fri: 9.30am - 12.30pm Thu 10am-1pm & FREE ADVICE on DEBT, BENEFITS, RELATIONSHIP & FAMILY, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, 2pm-5 pm GOODS & SERVICES, LEGAL and much more Fri 2 pm - 5 pm Tel: 01449 676060 or 676280 Sat 10 am - 5 pm or call in at 5 Milton Road South, Stowmarket Sun 11 am - 4 pm Supply and wall-mounting [email protected] of Plasma & LCD TVs www.wavelengthaerials.co.uk Needham Market Newsletter October 16 3 Clubs: Needham In Bloom By now the summer of litter in the containers GIPPING WOMEN’S Please join us for any of our planting in the High Street but the prize goes to the talks or visits if you would like CLUB SEPTEMBER 2016 will have been removed - our walking group will be out person who put their dog’s For information please call the and about and I’m sure we will and the containers will poo in a small bag and left Chairman, Mrs Ann Squirrell be off to a local hostelry for have been filled with the it in one of the tubs on the on 01449 721156 lunch sometime soon. winter and spring display. I corner of Barking Road. We meet at 7.45pm in the We meet at the Community think we all agree that the We spend time watering Needham Market Bowls Club Centre on the second Monday summer display this year House, Crowley Park, Barretts and deadheading and to in the month at 7.30pm. Lane, Needham Market in the was one of the best, and find something like this is Margaret Bond, Tel: (01449) School Terms. it was good that so many particularly disgusting. We 722788 September 27th - A life on the other residents in the High ask that everyone dispose Road with Peter King MID SUFFOLK VIDEO Street provided their own of their dog’s waste in an October 4th - Crop Circles CAMERA CLUB planting as well. We will appropriate manner, and October 11th - EDF Energy; an Our first meeting this year was a now start to tidy up the update on Sizewell C. not festoon hedges and show on member’s holiday films. permanent planting ready October 20th - Harvest Supper Joan Ames started off the show trees. October 25th - NO MEETING with her holiday in the Isle of for the winter. Please come and join us and There will be a quiz evening Wight, giving us a taste of what Needham in Bloom’s at the Community Centre enjoy refreshments and a chat. to see on the Island. Followed mission is to improve the on 11th November in aid of NEEDHAM MARKET W.I. by two films of family weddings appearance of the town for We had a lovely day on our Needham in Bloom funds, which showed the problems the enjoyment of residents river trip on the Deben and with filming family events and and we invite teams to take and visitors. We are proud thoroughly enjoyed lunch at there was much discussion on part. the Maybush Pub. Several how to improve our filming of of our town and we try to members also enjoyed the visit such events. Then Colin Wright encourage others to be Next meeting will be on to the theatre at Aldeburgh and Ann Evans showed their proud also. Unfortunately 22nd October in the Green to see Alan Bennet play. At film about the Lake District, there are some who do Room, Community Centre the time of writing we are still which took everyone on a at 10.00. Feel free to come. looking forward to our harvest tour through the District and not share our values. We supper - an evening of good the history of Beatrix Potter’s have found various pieces PR food and good company when contribution to the area. Our we catch up on all the summer next meeting in October is a happenings.