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Haughley and Wetherden Parish News SEPTEMBER 2019 ~1869 to 2019~ PALMERS BAKERY HAUGHLEY ‘CELEBRATING 150 YEARS OF PALMERS BAKERY’ TRADITIONAL HIGH CLASS FAMILY BAKERS & CONFECTIONERS Bread Van loaded for deliveries 1928 with Harry Rutherford © Palmers (Haughley) Limited FRESH BREAD & CONFECTIONERY BAKED DAILY BY CRAFTSMEN USING LOCAL INGREDIENTS & BAKED IN ANCIENT BRICK OVENS 01449 673286 The Village Green~ Haughley Largest Stockist of Tiptree Jams & Marmalades in East Anglia. Suffolk Honey, Free Range Eggs, Groceries & Local Produce. Freshly Made Sandwiches & Filled Rolls - Hot Drinks & Bacon Rolls Also at Stowmarket, Woolpit, Stanton, Ipswich and Brett’s Bakery Needham Market & Freshfills of Claydon 150 Years of Tradition, Service & Baking 2 NOTE FROM EDITOR: Welcome to the September issue of the Parish News. Children are back to school and the summer holidays seem like a distant memory. Weather wasn’t too bad, quite a mixture. There are lots of events to look forward to this month. We have film nights at the Village Hall and this month it’s “Sleepless In Seattle “and if you think those grey cells an airing, the Royal British Legion have their annual Quiz Night. For those of you who feel energetic there’s the annual Suffolk Historic Churches Bike Ride. If you are considering acquiring a new skill there’s Zumba, country dancing, Salsa and Clog dancing and carpet bowls, to name but a few! But if you just want to chat you might consider a conversation round a fire. Finally, I must mention Kieron Palmer and thank him for such a fantastic fun day he hosted for the Village in June. I know he put a lot of work into organising it and I think everyone will agree what a great success it was! DATES FOR THE DIARY … September Sat 7th Film Night, Village Hall, 7.00pm (see advert) Sun 8th Haughley Hoofers taster sessions & practices, Haughley Village Hall, 7.30pm - 9.30pm (see advert) Tues 10th Bingo, Haughley Pavilion, 7.30pm Sat 14th Suffolk Historic Churches Sponsored Bike Ride (see advert) Sat 14th Royal British Quiz Night, 7.00 pm, Village Hall (see advert) Sun 15th Harvest Festival Service, 11.00am, St Mary’s, Wetherden (see advert) Wed 25th Stowmarket Wildlife Group: Illustrated talk on Buzzards, Stowupland Village Hall, 7.30pm (see advert) Sat 28th Nearly New Sale, The Blackbourne, Elmswell, 11.00am (see advert) October Sat 5th Oct Wetherden History Group “Wetherden 1939”, Wetherden Village Hall, 1.30pm to 5.30pm (see advert) Tues 8th Bingo, Haughley Pavilion, 7.30pm Sat 19th Haughley Quiz Night, Village Hall, 7.00 pm Thurs 31st Halloween in Gallowsfield Woods, 5.00 pm (details later in year) November Sat 2nd Wetherden Fireworks Display (details later in year) Tues 12th Bingo, Haughley Pavilion, 7.30pm December Tues 10th Bingo, Haughley Pavilion, 7.30pm 3 HAUGHLEY HOOFERS NORTH WEST CLOG DANCERS North West clog Morris dances have their origins in the Lancashire and Cheshire textile towns. Performed by the mill workers on high days and holidays, they were originally processional dances, each town having its own dance. The dancers wore clogs, their everyday footwear, carried sticks or textile mill bobbins decorated with ribbons and bells and were often accompanied by a sizeable band. We have had our clogs specially made, but we have several pairs in stock. During the winter we practice our dances in Haughley Village Hall, but May brings the start of the dancing out season when we dance at festivals, shows, fetes and pubs. During the more than 30 years since we started, we have danced at festivals all over England and abroad in Belgium, France and Germany. In August 2018, we joined other groups in Normandy for a week long Morris and traditional dance festival which takes place there every 3 years. As is usual when abroad, the music and dancing was enthusiastically received wherever we went and we ended our dance out season with an appearance at Folk East (Suffolk’s folk festival at Glemham Hall). Since then, we have taken part in both the Haughley Christmas Lights and Haughley Mini Fun Day (when the weather did its best first to freeze and then to boil us!) We have danced at the Apex with East Suffolk Morris Men, Halesworth Day of Dance with other dance sides, Framlingham Country Show, Hundon St George’s Day event, and Folk at the Boat in Ipswich. We have also danced at Ely and St Neot’s Folk Festivals and have braved a High Street sink hole and subsidence in Sheringham at the very popular Lobster Potty Morris Festival (Haughley Hoofers’ annual excuse for a seaside weekend with tea shops!) We have danced with many other sides over the years and it is great to see old friends again on these occasions. We have entertained at Women’s Institutes and our annual fixture is the Target Club in Stowmarket. This year a workshop for the Girl Guides County Camp at Trinity Park was a first for us. Clog dancing is acceptable for the physical or skills section of a Duke of Edinburgh Award and we have recently had our first DoE student who did extremely well, dancing with us in Normandy and at Folk East.. As usual, we have had many more invitations than we could accept. It’s good to be invited though and there’s always next year! We always need more dancers and (acoustic) musicians. It’s good exercise and fun. All you need is a basically good level of fitness. If you play a portable musical instrument bring it along. Our winter practices are on Sunday nights 7.30-9.30pm in Haughley Village Hall, near Stowmarket, from 8th September. Come and have a go (free!) or ring 01449 673518 to find out more. Website: www.haughleyhoofers.org.uk or find us on Facebook. Gill Brett COPY DEADLINE: 5PM WEDNESDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER. To The Editor, Oulton Cottage, The Folly, Haughley, or (preferably) by email, [email protected], Distribution & Delivery: We aim to deliver your copy to your door by the 1st of the month in all weathers. Occasionally we experience circumstances which delay printing and delivery. If you haven’t received your copy by the 2nd of the month, please contact David Bryant on 01449 774657 or email [email protected] Due to the nature of the Parish News we are unable to publish ‘letters to the Editor’ and whilst we take every care in ensuring that all the information supplied by the deadline is included, we take no responsibility for the content of articles and adverts supplied. 4 St Mary’s Church Wetherden Gillian Cleaver cordially invites everyone to a on THURSDAY 26th September from 10:30am to 12:00pm At Wetherden Lodge, Wetherden There will be tea, coffee & biscuits a bring-and-buy table & raffle. Everybody is welcome: the more the merrier. If you would like transport please telephone Linde - 01359 241824 5 PALMER’S BAKERY - FUNDAY Wow!! A huge thank you to the 2500 people of Haughley, Wetherden and surrounding villages as well as our staff - old and new, customers, friends and family who turned out to support us at our Funday on the Village Green of Haughley to Celebrate 150 Years of Palmers Bakery. With temperatures of 32c, a sunny fun and bunting filled day began with the switching on of the Bakehouse’s 150th Commemorative Public Clock and then the ringing of Haughley Church Bells Our afternoon was packed with fun with free rides on Merry Go Rounds, Swing Boats, Helter Skelter and Face-Painting whilst the packed streets were filled with Stalls, Games, Vintage Vehicles , the Stowmarket Concert Band , Haughley Hoofers, Robbie James the Magician , Mr Batty’s Punch & Judy, a Treasure Hunt, Alder Tree Ice Cream, a Dutch Street Organ, Police Cars, Hog Roast, Indian Food, Petting Animals & Crafts and more, all attended by 2500 of the fabulous community in which we live. Our Village Museum was popular with nearly 500 attendees on both days to see artefacts and documents dating back 1000 years including pieces of Haughley Castle , the Burrell Engine & MSLR Plans and of course the Haughley Milewheel and Tishy the Horse. Our “Victorian” girls at the Bakehouse, together with Chase from Paw Patrol, kept every one refreshed with drinks and sticky buns and our exhibition, demonstration and tour of the Bakehouses main ovens, the Ancient Brick Ovens l, was very popular despite the heat. With such a warm evening over 1000 people decamped to the Village Green & Playing Field to enjoy Fish & Chips and Ice Cream till midnight with a spectacular Fireworks Display we organised set to music by Dynamic Fireworks of Colchester. With prayers said in Church ⛪ on Sunday morning for the Palmer Family & Company, in all approximately £10,000 was raised by local organisations and the Church for their own funds. The Funday not only marked the main commemoration of our 150th “jubilee” but also 652 years since a Bakehouse was first mentioned in the market place of “Haghala” in the reign of Edward III “on the feast day of the nativity of St John”. Who would have thought that when William “Doey” Palmer and his wife Emily opened their doors in 1869 that the community would rally round “their little bakehouse” on the village green a century and half later to celebrate. Our official day of 150 Years was the 3rd of August and to mark the day we officially unveiled a commemorative bench on the Village Green and planted a tree in addition to the other events we have held this year. Cont’d/ ………. 6 …../Cont’d Special thanks go to our wonderful and brilliant Staff & Family, Dr Mike Walker, David Fleetwood, Coillin Elmer, Roger Allum, Andrew Walker, Gavin & Will Burrlock, Brin Singleton, Lee Forsdyke, Jon Hines, The Redhead Family, Jonny Ling, Jo Churchill MP & Haughley Parish Council Any photos or film of the event that people have taken and would be willing to share would be greatly appreciated.