THE NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL June 2019 - No 512 and Distributed Throughout Needham Market Free of Charge 275 YEARS OF CRICKET IN NEEDHAM MARKET SEE PAGE 17 www.needhammarkettc.co.uk Needham Market Town Council Newsletter Copy: All copy for the newsletter must TOWN CLERK: DEPUTY TOWN CLERK: TOWN COUNCIL be emailed to [email protected] Kevin Hunter Kelaine Spurdens OFFICE in Microsoft Word format Town Council Office, LIST OF TOWN COUNCILLORS: TELEPHONE: Copy deadline is always the 8th School Street of the month prior to publication BE Annis (01449) 720531 Needham Market and deadline for the July 2019 Suffolk, IP6 8BB Issue is 8th June 2019 please. N Andrews (01449) 721302 C Campbell (01449) 720952 The office is open to the public All Advertising queries should be Mondays and Thursdays: referred to Kelaine at the Town RP Darnell 07790 583162 Council Office on: (01449) 722246 10 am to 12 noon. JE Lea MA (01449) 721544 or email as above. I Mason (01449) 721162 Telephone: (01449) 722246 NEEDHAM MG Norris (01449) 720871 An answerphone is in operation MARKET LIBRARY when the office Is unmanned. P Potter (01449) 723948 School Street, S Phillips (01449) 721710 E.mail: Needham Market (Town Mayor / Chair of Council) [email protected] IP6 8BB Tel: (01449) 720780 D Campbell (01449) 720952 Website: (Deputy Town Mayor / Deputy Chair of Council) Opening Hours www.needhammarkettc.co.uk M Ost Monday Closed Town Council Meetings: D Spurling (01449) 401443 Tuesday 10am – 1pm & These are held on the first and 2pm – 5pm M Spurling (01449) 401443 third Wednesdays of each month Wednesday 2pm – 7pm X Stansfield 07538 058304 at 7:25 p.m. in the Green Room at Needham Market Community Thursday 10am – 1pm & COUNTY COUNCILLOR: Centre. 2pm – 5pm K Oakes 07724 700695 You are all welcome to attend and Friday 2pm – 5pm DISTRICT COUNCILLORS: will have the opportunity to air Saturday 10am – 1pm & your views. 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Stressed? Unhappy? please contact the 07553 673763 07553 673763 I can help. Town Council Office 07553 673763 07553 673763 Float away on a cloud on 01449 722246 Float away on a cloud Call me on: Floatof away relaxation on a cloud 07729 620101 Floatof away relaxation on a cloud of relaxation 2 of relaxation Needham Market Newsletter June 19 Introduction MAYOR’S REPORT I am grateful to my fellow Town Councillors for electing me to Town Mayor and Chairman of the Town Council for the year ahead. I previously had the honour of being Town Mayor in 2014/15 so at least have a head start and I also remember, with pleasure, the friendships I made with representatives from other local communities. I hope more of the same will be forthcoming this time around. I must take this opportunity to thank Town Councillor Dawn Spurling for her past year as Needham Market Town Mayor and Chairman of the Town Council. Dawn took on her role as Town Mayor without first serving as deputy, therefore straight into the role “stone cold”. Nevertheless, Dawn admirably managed to hit the ground running (well at least jogging). Dawn has performed her duties to the best of her abilities and, I might add, often at short notice. Thank you Dawn for your service to Needham Market; I hope I’m able to honour the role in the same manner this year. Onto Town business, the Needham Market Neighbourhood Plan is progressing and slowly taking shape. Thank you, in particular, to those who have participated in recent consultation events. The Town Council is aware there is to be a new Visitor Centre created at Needham Lake. This has been keenly awaited and will, I’m sure, attract more visitors to the Lake and should have a positive knock-on effect on our High Street businesses. The recent Annual Art Show did very well and saw many people coming through the Community Centre doors. The Craft Fair follows in early June and is always well attended. The quality of what local craft people produce never ceases to amaze me. Their work is often outstanding NEEDHAM MARKET and, at the same time, attractively priced. Father’s Day is not too far away if you wish to buy a locally produced COMMUNITY CENTRE handmade one-off gift for that event. We are looking for Darts Players, The former car showroom site in the centre of town has, at long last been demolished and plans have yet to be Pool Players and Crib Players received for a replacement building. I have been assured Thinking of starting or joining a team? that something special is being designed for that location, so ‘watch that space’. Then telephone the Community Centre on Cllr Steve Phillips 07756 575158. 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We are a friendly club and always welcome new members Now windmill news - as I explained last month we are to all our meetings and events. making a windmill as part of the centenary celebrations for the Suffolk East Federation. We had a working party last We are about to start our summer programme as I write week when Hazel, who’s in charge, showed us the windmill this, and we are looking forward to meeting again after she’d made and explained what we had to do. I don’t want the Easter break, especially as we’ll be enjoying the to give too much away but we spent the morning wrestling longer, lighter evenings. We have scheduled the half term with needles and wool - mostly with success after a few committee meeting (when we plan the programme for setbacks - and I think it’s fair to say that we went off to the Autumn term) for mid June, so a few weeks later than the Lion for lunch with an air of satisfaction. Our windmill usual, as we didn’t start back until May. will be on display in the window of Lilac and Lily’s from the beginning of June - many thanks to them for allowing us Our Summer programme of events continues as follows: to use their premises - and I hope you will stop and have a June 4th Running a B&B in Turkey with Jenny Gibbs look at it when you’re in the High Street and also keep an eye open when you’re elsewhere in East Suffolk for other June 11th Half term and committee meeting W.I. Windmills. June 18th Lighthouse, Ipswich with Sandra We meet at the community centre on the second Monday in the month at 7.30pm and would love June 25th Medical Detection Dogs with Norma Howell to welcome you to our meeting.