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April diary Sun 1 6.15 am Sunrise Service Shingle Street Sat 7 10.30-12 Boyton Coffee Morning, Boyton VH Mon/Wed 9/11 10-12.30 EvnU Easter Holiday Club, Hollesley church Wed 11 2 pm WI Shottisham TH Wed 11 Meet Chrisalis the Clown, Punch Trust Thurs 12 7 pm Church Annual Vestry Meeting, VH Thurs 12 7.30 pm Sutton Ladies group, Sutton MH Fri 13 7 for 7.30 Sutton Ladies night out, Sutton MH, 411793 to book Sat 14 2-4 pm Bawdsey Spring Bazaar, Bawdsey VH Sun 15 Children’s Easter Trail, Suffolk Punch Trust Wed 18 7.30 pm Hollesley Gardening Club, Bowls Club Fri 20 7.30 Quiz with Fish & Chip Supper, Sutton MH, 411530 Fri/Sat 20/21 The Legend of Black Shuck, St Bartholomew, Orford Sat 21 2-4 pm Bawdsey market, Bawdsey VH Fri 27 2-4 pm Knit and Natter, The Anchorage, St. Mary’s Woodbridge Choral open day, Andrew Clarke Sat 28 10-5 pm 410449 or Bob Pegnall 01394 386822 for details Regular Events Day Time Activity Where Who 6.30-7.30pm Monday Hollesley VH Sandy 410530 7.40-8.40pm Pilates Tuesday 9.30am Tai Chi Ali 411717 Tuesday 2nd and 4th Hollesley Bay Day Club Alan 420092 Tuesday 2pm Welcome Club Hollesley VH Marian C 411262 9.45-10.45 Wednesday 11.00-12.00 Pilates Hollesley VH Sandy 410530 Weds/Sunday 2-4pm Bowls Club Hollesley Terry 411458 Wednesday 7.00pm Short Mat Bowls Butley VH Marian 411262

Thursday 10.00-11.00 Zumba Hollesley VH 07917145300 Thursday After school EVNU All Saints’ Ruth 412052 Thursday Judo Club Tunstall Julie 410483 Thursday Week 2 7.30pm Hollesley WI Hollesley Gerry 411376 Thursday Week 3 7.30pm Jazz Society Bawdsey VH Tony 410353 Friday 10-30-12.30 Coffee morning Boyton VH Isobel 411409 Friday 11.00am Coffee morning Shepherd and Dog Friday 7.15pm Whist Drive Boyton VH Les 411642 Sunday (last) 8pm Charity Quiz Shepherd & Dog please email [email protected] with updates to this information Page 2 April 2018 www.villagevoices.org.uk 1-20 April 18_vv 21/03/2018 19:36 Page 3

From the Editor John Richardson John Fieldfare in the snow What can I say about the Beast from the East that hasn’t already been said? The Little and Large of the JCB world did a grand job on the drift near Dumb Boy. The front cover (Cheryl Gray) shows Neville from Mortiers Farms clearing snow from Rectory Rd. Letters of thanks to the Editor and fantastic photos show the contrast of experiences during that week, from the children enjoying their snow day off school to that of a very sick man waiting for a path to be cleared so an ambulance could get through. Community spirit lives on. Mind you, even the beautiful Fieldfare above looks a bit glum. Our usual thanks to all contributors, advertisers and Village Voices team. We are looking for a new editor to join the team. If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected] to arrange to have a chat with us.

Editorial copy Advertising Editors: Cheryl, Nick, Diane Gerry Bathe [email protected] [email protected]

Copy on paper to Laurie Forsyth 1 Rectory Road, 11a Parsons Hill Hollesley, IP12 3JS Hollesley IP12 3RB Tel: 01394 411376 If you do not receive your copy of Village Voices, contact Laurie Forsyth on 01394 411727 Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the editorial team. Copy deadline is the 10th of each month. www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 3 April 2018 1-20 April 18_vv 21/03/2018 19:36 Page 4

A lovely life’ – the verdict on farming at Hollesley Bay Colony

The best job in the world - that’s 88-year-old John Bramley’s verdict on nearly two decades working on the farm at Hollesley Bay Colony.

Reminiscing from his home in Orford about his long career in the prison service, John reckons his days spent as Estate Manager at Hollesley were the best. I’ve enjoyed my life, particularly at Hollesley. That’s where everyone wanted to end up. It was the biggest of all the prison farms in the country, at over a thousand acres. It was definitely the acme of prison farms.

John joined the prison service in 1953 and arrived at the Colony – then a Borstal for boys aged between sixteen and eighteen –

after university and agricultural college. Contributed We had cereals at Hollesley when I first John Bramley at home came here as farm foreman in the 50s. We moved from growing cereals into animal husbandry. The prison service used to buy up farms and my job was to get them off the ground so they could be worked by young offenders. After a couple of years in Suffolk, I transferred to prison farms in Devon, Shrewsbury and Yorkshire – we’ve been round a lot - and it was a good few years before I came back to Hollesley as Estate Manager, in 1972. Over the next sixteen years John, with his wife Elizabeth at his side, established the farm as a highly productive and profitable business. There were over a hundred boys working on the farm. We had hundreds of pigs, sixty sheep - the largest flock of Suffolk sheep in the world, cattle galore – over 500 head. We had one herd on the heath, one in the middle of the farm and one on the Oxley Marshes. Each unit had a stockman and he had a team of boys to look after them and do the milking. We also ran a pasteurising plant and so we were able to deliver milk to different prisons. We also supplied other prisons with vegetables ready for the pot because we prepared the crops we grew, like potatoes, and had a packing shed.

The Borstal also boasted several acres of orchards, so the fruit was peeled, turned into pulp and made into jam in their own jam factory. The boys manned both the factory and the vegetable preparation plant. Our ten acres of nurseries included glass houses and polythene tunnels. We grew flowers, tomatoes and cucumbers. One year we tried melons, but the rats got them before we did. We put in ten miles of water mains so we could irrigate the fields.

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Our turnover was over three million pounds, so you see it became a very extensive operation, he told me. We had a staff of 35, including a shopkeeper especially in the rehabilitation of the Borstal boys. John is very modest about his role in fostering the Suffolk Punch breed. We had over forty Suffolk Punches at the peak and had to sell some of them. I would like to think I played a part in keeping the breed going, otherwise we wouldn’t have them now. One boy who was working in the stables got so attached to the horses that he was reluctant to leave when his time came. He said to me, If I can bring my girl-friend here, I’d like to stay!

Contributed John with the Suffolk Punch horses There were so many activities, aside from the farm, such as carpentry, that the boys were asked where they’d like to work. ‘My personal aim was that they should learn the work ethic,’ John explains. ‘Whenever possible, we offered them the jobs where they wanted to go. For example, we’d start milking at 5.30 in the morning and then again at 3.30 in the afternoon. So the boys had to get themselves to the dairy units on time, of their own accord. If they didn’t turn up for work, they were fired.’

He admits the boys got very attached to the animals. They wouldn’t have got up at 5am unless they wanted to. Some of them would come back to the Suffolk Show after they’d left, just to say hello to the horses.

As farm manager I’d set everyone off to work, then I’d go down to the stables, saddle up a pony and ride round the farms on the pony until it was broken in. When it was broken in and schooled it was shipped off to another farm, and I’d get another one. The boys used to wait in the road and laugh when I fell off the horse – which wasn’t very often!

The lifestyle was a healthy one, so did John think they’d produced better citizens as a result? John believes they did. They left not only with the work ethic, but a love of animals as well. Also, those working in the carpentry shop learnt a useful trade.

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The Suffolk Show played an important part in the life of the Colony farm, too. Every year we used to take a party of boys to the show. Their job was to help put up the jumps in the showring and take the flowers we’d grown in the greenhouses to the tents and marquees. We used to show the horses, of course. We also took them to the Royal Show and the Hadleigh Show – we had a lot of fun. Many of our cross-breed horses were sold to America, Australia and Italy. Talking of flowers reminded John of some of his celebrity customers, including Margaret Thatcher. I used to send a foreman to London once a fortnight with a truck loaded with pot plants for Maggie Thatcher’s office when she was Education Secretary. And when Prince Charles wed Diana, the Home Secretary’s secretary contacted us. They were having a party Contributed John Bramley meeting the Queen at Leyhill to celebrate, and he Prison in 1978 wanted to decorate his office. So again, I sent a truck full of pot plants down with the foreman. The police stopped him and demanded, “What are you here for?” So he had to explain he was there to decorate the Home Secretary’s office for a party.

Hollesley Bay Colony was also called upon to supply the horsesand a cart for producer Peter Hall’s exquisite re-creation of rural life in the film Akenfield. Sorting through his photographs, John found one taken with the Queen: I met the Queen four times altogether.The prison

service was celebrating their ntributed 100 years and shecame to open Co the Open Prison at Leyhill. I also A scene from the film Akenfield met her at different horse shows when we took the Suffolks there with the wagon.

Thirty years after retiring, John can look back on his days at the Colony with fondness. It was a lovely life. I worked six days, 65 hours a week, but I was my own boss. Angela Lawrence Page 6 April 2018 www.villagevoices.org.uk 1-20 April 18_vv 21/03/2018 19:36 Page 7

Our Vicar writes Dear Friends, As I write, the annual miracle of the coming of spring is taking place around me in spite of the freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall at the beginning of March. The warmth of the sun is encouraging growth everywhere and lifting our spirits. At the same time, either through our own personal experience or through television and social media, we are brought face to face with pain and loss. The message of Easter is that God takes very seriously our human experience; so seriously that he took it upon himself, suffering the agony and shame of the humiliating death of crucifixion as a common criminal. But God also shows us, in the resurrection of Jesus at Easter, that His love and life are stronger than death and pain, and will ultimately win through. When our hearts are wintry, grieving or in pain Thy touch can call us back to life again…. Love is come again like wheat that springeth green. Easter Day is not just a happy ending to the sad story of Good Friday; the miraculous coming back to life of one person which holds no meaning or hope for anyone else. It is the transformation of human suffering and death into joy and life which offers hope to each and every one of us; the hope which is reflected in the natural world around us. I wish you all a joyful and blessed Easter. Ruth

Local Annual Church Meetings A reminder that everyone is invited to come to the Annual Church Meeting of their local church to elect two churchwardens to serve for the next 12 months. Churchwardens are your representatives and are responsible for making sure services are held in the church and that it is maintained in good order. Annual church meetings are being held as follows:

Sutton – Monday 9 April 6pm in All Saints’ Church, Sutton Bawdsey – Thursday 12 April 7pm in Bawdsey Village Hall

Ramsholt – Friday 13 April 4 pm in the Arms

Boyton – Saturday 14 April 10.30am in Boyton Village Hall (Coffee/tea bacon butties served from 10am)

Alderton – Wednesday 18 April 7pm in St Andrew’s Church, Alderton

Shottisham – Sunday 22 April 9.30am ‘Something to Celebrate’ service of Family Communion in St Margaret’s Church followed by coffee and elections

Hollesley – Wednesday 25 April 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Hollesley

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Weekend Services Other Day Alderton Boyton Hollesley Places Good 9.00 Walk of 1pm Shottisham Friday witness to 6.00 Good Prayer Walk to 30 Mar Bawdsey Friday drama Sutton 2pm Bawdsey 6.15 Sunrise Easter 8.00 Holy 11.00 Holy service 9.30 Shottisham* Sunday Communion Communion (Martello Tower 9.30 1 April (BCP) end) 11.00 Bawdsey* 9.30 Holy 11.00 Ramsholt* Communion 11.00 Sutton* 9.30 Family 9.30 Sutton 8.00 Holy Communion & 11.00 Bawdsey* Sunday Communion Baptism 11.00 Ramsholt (BCP) 8 April 6.00 Reflection 6.00 Shottisham & Song

Sunday 8.00 Holy 9.30 Cafe 11.00 Sutton* Sundae 15 April Communion 3.30 + (BCP) 6.30 Evensong 9.30 Shottisham* Sunday 8.00 Holy 9.30 Holy 11.00 Bawdsey 22 April Communion Communion 11.00 Ramsholt* (BCP) 6.30 Sutton Sunday 29 April 10am Holy Communion & Baptism for all the Deben churches at Shottisham

* Service followed by + A short service of thanksgiving for the ministry Holy Communion of Revd Janice Leaver, followed by refreshments

WeekdayMonday Services 9am Alderton and Shottisham Church – Morning Prayer Wednesday 9.30am Bawdsey Church – Morning Prayer Thursday 9am Boyton and Sutton Church – Morning Prayer Friday 8am Hollesley Church – Morning Prayer 1st Thursday 2.30pm Glebe House, Hollesley – Evensong 3rd Thursday 10.30am Glebe House, Hollesley – Holy Communion

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Church Contacts Team Vicar: Ruth Hatchett 01394 412052 [email protected]

Hollesley Churchwardens: Boyton Churchwarden: Ray & Gill Whiffin 410057 Isobel Lilley 411409

Lay Reader: Alderton Churchwarden Lydia Calvesbert 411779 Barry Vincent 411306

Lay Elders: Joy Andrews 411596 Di Barnard 411079 Judy Foulger 410254 Mel Spurling 420398 Pat Shannon 411214 Gill Whiffin 410057

Hollesley Tower Captain Peter Harper 411355 Hollesley Community Cafe Thank you all very much for your help and support on Saturday 10 March. We were very busy! A very fitting end to our 2017/18 season with £58 raised through the raffle and £407.80 from food sales and donations.

After expenses, the profits of £336.50 were divided amongst our charities as follows:

Armistice 100 (22 buttons) £93.00 Over the Rainbow (18 buttons + £3) £79.00 Salvation Army Foodbank (17 buttons + 50p) £72.50 Hollesley Welcome Club (16 buttons) £67.00 Traidcraft (6 buttons) £25.00

From our three 2018 cafes, we have raised a total of £800 for these charities! Cheques will be distributed as follows:

Over the Rainbow Children’s Charity £221.50 Armistice 100 (payable to Alderton PCC) £209.50 Salvation Army Foodbank £179.50 Hollesley Welcome Club £164.50 Traidcraft £ 25.00

Special thanks to Village Voices for sponsoring Community Cafe and Big Brekkie by paying for the hire of the hall.

Our next event will be the Christian Aid ‘Big Brekkie’ on May 19 in Hollesley Village Hall. This will be organised by Gill Whiffin and Hollesley Community Cafe reopens on Saturday 13 October.

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Snow and Bollywood

On Tuesday 27 February, all of Hollesley Primary School pupils (and class teachers and teaching assistants) took part in a multi-cultural Bollywood dancing workshop. It began with a very exciting and energetic warm up. We then went on to shake our hippies(wiggle our hips) and learn lots of well-known Bollywood dance moves. After that, we put them together to create a routine to

the song Jai Ho. We learnt afew more Bollywood moves - then we Contributed Fun in the snow Bollywood style performed these routines to our parents on the school field in the snow! After we had performed our routine to Jai Ho our Bollywood instructor invited the parents and siblings to come and join in to our dance to ‘Twist’ in the snow! But this exciting occurrence wasn’t all fun and games.

This week’s snowfall devastated the country causing power-outages and left many buildings with no heat or light. This natural disturbance forced our school – and other schools in the U.K. - to temporarily close since the staff and pupils were not able to reach their schools safely.

Although this was unfortunate for many, children across the country could have a break from school and enjoy the snow: building snowmen and sledging!

By Harry K. and Mabel C.

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Traidcraft Thank you very much for raising Raffle £25 for Traidcraft at the Activities for kids breakfast during Fairtrade fortnight. I will put this with the £45 raised from donations and the game played on the day Friday 20 April 6-8pm Donations to Traidcraft Exchange Hollesley Village Hall will be doubled by the Bring your own booze Tickets (Hollesley Post Office) or ring government before 11 April so Lee 07949295052 that will be £140 to help hard Adults £5.00 child under 12: £2.50 working people in poor countries includes food tea coffee and soft drink improve their skills and make plus 1 bingo sheet more money to feed and educate (more available on night) their families 50 tickets must be sold by 6 April or event is cancelled Di Barnard Friends of Hollesley School Peninsula 2018 Poppy Project STOP PRESS

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Hollesley Gardening Club Pruning made easy

Members were treated to a highly amusing and informative lecture on how to prune their garden shrubs, trees and flowering climbers when Matt Tanton Brown came to their meeting on 21 February.

Matt, Plant Centre Manager at Place for Plants in East Bergholt, brought with him an intriguing selection of gnarled, mis-shapen and twisted tree and plant branches as well as evergreens and flowering shrubs, such as clematis and wisteria, to illustrate his talk.

Good, sharp tools are an essential part of any gardener’s tool kit, as are a sturdy pair of gardening gloves. Rubberised ones, in bright colours are best as you need to make sure your fingers are visible at all times so you don’t saw or cut them off! was his advice. Just in case, have a first aid kit and a mobile phone handy. Wearing a one-piece overall is advisable, especially when climbing trees to lop off branches. Don’t wear lots of bits of clothing, like a body-warmer, because if you fall through the tree you could get caught on a branch. The technical side of his talk focused on how to prune plants when they become infested with bugs, where branches cross, or where fungus has taken hold, where a tree needs reshaping, or after fruiting, and fasciation caused by stress when a

Angela Lawrence Matt Tanton Brown plant become too hot, cold, wet or dry. He also advised that on many shrubs, gardeners should cut somewhere between 3-8mm above an outward-pointing bud, in a diagonal cut away from the stem to prevent water running backwards into the bud. Wednesday 18 April at 7.30pm at the Bowls Club - return visit by Darren Brooks and Rob Canham from Notcutts discussing Ponds and Water Gardening.

Wednesday 16 May - members will gather at the club at 7pm for an evening visit to Garnetts Gardens in .

Saturday 19 May between 2-4pm - a sale at Hollesley Community Garden of donations of plants, produce and other garden-related items. New members are very welcome and are assured of some fascinating events over the coming year that will interest those new to gardening as well as more experienced gardeners. Angela Lawrence www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 13 April 2018 1-20 April 18_vv 21/03/2018 19:36 Page 14

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor A heartfelt thank you to all dear friends and neighbours who joined us for Brian’s farewell: so much comfort from so many; beautiful flowers in the churches, wonderful display of cakes and cups of tea, fantastic support for the RNLI and UNICEF UK, totalling £1,130. Susan, Alice, Nell, Laura and all the Foster family

Dear Editor, We were pleased to read about the memorial granite seat near The Beacons - we shall look forward to sitting a while in due course. I am always moaning about lack of benches so this one is more than welcome and we should thank Sarah Craze and those who provided it. Cannot imagine why anyone would object to such a beautiful seat. We hope others express appreciation too.

Horrified to read of off-roaders now joining in across the SSSI. Surely some notice boards need to be erected at appropriate access points to educate visitors regarding the flora, fauna and wildlife. Additionally, pointing out the £20,000 fine - which might concentrate a few minds!

Perhaps Natural could help with this? There is too much to lose in this beautiful area. We all have a duty to care for as well as enjoy it.

Carole and Bob Baker

Dear Editor,

We had a joint Party for Abi and Micky Coming of Age (110 years total) on Sunday, 4 March. A great afternoon at the Village Hall with Shingle Street Folk and Abi’s piano pupils entertaining us. A big thank you to everyone who shared it with us and raised more than £250 for the Air Ambulance!

Micky and Abi

Dear Editor, Your SID readings are in some way a disgrace to the drivers who use these roads although many do obey the law. I wish that certain drivers who come from the Hollesley area every morning and appear to be taking children to Bawdsey School, would obey the 30mph speed signs in Alderton.

Many of us encounter cars travelling at well over the limit and they do not appear to take notice of the junction by the shop but drive at speed towards Bawdsey. This road has several handicapped persons living on it, myself for one. Only two weeks ago, when the street had workmen with the road up, they said that they were concerned at the speed that four particular cars had come through well in excess of 30mph.

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Letters continued Dear Editor,

I am writing as chair of the Shingle Street Settlement company in response to the article written by Sarah Craze concerning the marble bench.

Shingle Street residents have not expressed any collective view about the bench, although in the past we have always resisted requests for memorials to be erected on our shared land. We sympathise with Sarah’s wishes to remember her brother, but if every lover of Shingle Street was able to erect a bench or other memorial, it would not be long before its unique and unspoiled nature would be lost.

Sarah mentions ‘the all-embracing wildness and wonder of Shingle Street’ and that is exactly what we are trying to protect. Many individuals, both visitors to and residents of Shingle Street, have expressed their surprise and disappoint- ment that a bench has been erected in such a previously unspoiled part of the landscape and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Another very important issue is that of legality as the bench was erected without the necessary planning permission. Shingle Street sits in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which means that the area is strictly protected by law and people can be fined up to £20,000 for damaging the ground, and the fragile fauna, flora and rare shallow rooted plants to be found there.

As such, any new structure, whether it is an alteration to a property, a new fence, or indeed a bench, whether on private or shared land, requires planning permission. This legal protection came about because individual actions, however well-meaning, are not always in the general public interest.

We send our best wishes and condolences to Sarah and her family. Yours sincerely Catherine Lindsay-Davies

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The Beast from the East It came from the utter darkness of the Arctic, and rampaged across Russia, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Germany, France, Holland and the UK. Its deadly breath brought death and damage everywhere, and paralysed transport by air, rail and road: astonishingly, the cold reached as far south as the Mediterranean, Madrid and Istanbul. Christened in Europe as the Siberian Bear, and elsewhere as the Snow Cannon, the phenomenal weather event was tagged by our media as The Beast from the East, and it broke all kinds of records for wintry savageness. It seems that although it may be pitch-black in the Arctic region at the moment, the average temperature is many degrees higher than it should be. The result – a distortion of the

north polar jet stream that sent a Contributed Snow drifts vast plume of sub-zero air spiralling southwards. The meteorologists called it a Polar Vortex, and any name that uses the word Polar has got my total attention, as does the name The Beast from the East. By the way, that title was first pinned on the

Russian world heavyweight-boxing champion Nikolai Valuev, who towered

seven feet tall and weighed in at a fearsome 23 stones.

By any yardstick, The Beast was a highly exceptional weather event, although our last heavy snowfall was as recent as 2013. In my perception, it was extraordinary for the UK because of the sub-zero temperatures, the relentless high wind from the east, the sheer volume of snow, and the nature of the snow itself. It was dry, powdery stuff – more like alpine snow than Suffolk. At times, it fell like polystyrene – billions of tiny white spherical balls, instead of larger, wetter flakes made of scintillating ice crystals. The dry, powdery nature of the snow guaranteed that it would blow, and sure enough, that Siberian wind swept the fields and piled up the drifts, as we know all too well. Hopefully no more than an inconvenience to you, it was,however, a catastrophe for wild birds on a continental scale.

Laurie Forsyth

Boyton Coffee Morning Apologies to anyone who ventured out to our last coffee morning, but it had to be cancelled due to the very icy conditions. Our next coffee morning is after Easter now, a pity as there were lots of Easter goodies on sale.

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Dear Editor,

I would like to write to express my gratitude to those involved in clearing the roads following the recent weather. When the snow drifts outside Alderton left us stranded, Tony Street was on hand to help us out. He simply said, We look out for each other around here, and dropped us off at our door. What a brilliant example of a community pulling together in times of adversity!

Kind regards,

Ashley Jones General Manager, PGL Bawdsey Manor Tel: 01394 412376. Mob: 07818 595793. www.pgl.co.uk

Dear Editor, On the morning of the big snow fall, Tina, who works in the Post Office at Hollesley woke up at 3am and after some breakfast and seeing to her dog, set off set off at 4.20am and walked the three miles to Hollesley Shop as she realised it was not safe to ride her bicycle as she normally does. She arrived 40 minutes later to open up and wait for the papers to be delivered. Our thanks to Tina and all who work at the shop for keeping us villagers supplied with papers and other essentials, and as always so cheerful and helpful. Thank you!

Keith Lilley Dear Editor,

Through the medium of this magazine I should like to say a big thank you to some people who helped me out in the recent Arctic conditions. Judi Hallett, Hollesley Parish Council Clerk, Mortier Farms and my Sir Galahad - Neville.

I had been snowbound for almost four days and wondered when I was ever going to get out and about again. The road outside my drive had become a mountain of snow and my drive itself was impassable.

I contacted Judi, via the excellent Hollesley Grapevine service and asked if she knew whether there was any council initiative for clearing snow. She told me Mortiers were in the area doing just that and she would get someone to me. I decided to attempt to walk the dog down the road and within minutes met Neville driving his JCB. He told me to get back in the warm and he would deal with my snow. Within minutes he had cleared my drive as best he could. He then asked for a broom and proceeded to sweep up the remainder of the snow.

This public-spirited action truly demonstrates what a community is all about.

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Jo Harding Cheryl Gray Cheryl

Great igloo boys! Snow day! contributed And more clearing by the boys from Mortiers

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J Andrews Painter, Decorator Interior and Exterior Tiling UPVC windows painted to any colour Call Ovenclean on 07562 122274 T: 01394 450834 M: 07923 690145 for a professional service E: james07923690145 @ gmail.com As well as ovens, we clean Aga cookers, hobs and extractor hoods

MOWproviding 4 YOU Grass Cutting Hedge Cutting

Contact Andrew on 07850 583093 [email protected] www.mow4you.co.uk

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Heritage Garden Hello again from the Garden Team.

As I write this, the ground is almost frozen and a very cold wind is bringing winter temperatures all the way from Siberia, but we are still enjoying all the effort that goes into preparing for the new growing season.

We have started working on each bed systematically. The weeds haven’t been too bad, some of the plants have had to be moved, and the beds that weren’t mulched at the end of last season are now getting their share.

All the plant labels have been cleaned, and then stored, over the winter, and now they are ready to be returned to their appropriate locations before we open to visitors on 23 March.

Propagation started at the back end of last season and is still continuing; it really is very rewarding when the new growth starts to appear. We will use some of those new plants to replace old or tired existing plants and sell the rest

to help finance the garden. We have our Contributed own budget and don’t use any funds The Benjamin Britten bed intended for the horses.

By the way, we are still looking for keen gardeners to help the team with the running of the garden. If you are interested, please contact Miggie on 01394 411792, or email her on [email protected].

The picture is of the Benjamin Britten Bed being cleaned up. Although it looks very bare at the moment, it has penstemon, digitalis, geums, campanula, symphyotrichum, bergenia, and aubretia, to name just a few. It is going to look splendid during the summer months. Bev Webster Woodbridge Library Woodbridge Library will be closed on Sunday 1 April and Monday 2 April. For full April events programme and booking, contact the Library on 01394 446510/email: [email protected].

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Can you see a pothole? Yoga After the snow and freezing weather, with the roads can be damaged. Once damaged more rain/water and frosts can break Goats up the tarmac further. utO door classes with DM YYoo at SSga kylark Ft arm, We are asking all residents to be SydsewaB f. all, no eoruitable xperienc rxperienc ed.equire vigilant and to report any potholes to yundaS morning, all at 11 am the County Council either via your †ƏƐŎ‹-ƒƐŎѴburƑƑŎѴburѶ ;m†ƓƑŎ;m† councillor, Andrew Reid or preferably WWednesdaednesda ey eningv ening by using their online reporting facility: Ƒ ƕ ƒƏ Ŗ Ɛѵ  ƕ ƒƏ   https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-and-  transport/roads-pavements-and-verges /potholes/report-apothole

Your parish council will monitor the potholes and keep the pressure on the County Council Highways department to make sure these are repaired as quickly as possible.

James Mallinder To see all dates and book your space go to Hollesley Parish Council www.dmyoga.co.uk

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Boyton Parish Council

Boyton Annual Parish Meeting

Boyton is holding its Annual Parish Meeting on Wednesday 11 April at 7 pm in the hall. This is an informal, open meeting for everyone in the village to discuss village affairs and for an open question and answer session.

Please do come along to share your ideas. All welcome. Hope to see you there.

Ali Crawford Chair of Boyton Parish Council

IKEA Trip– Thursday 26 April One coach will leave Bawdsey Village Hall at 8.30 am calling at Alderton, Sutton and Melton Railway Station. The second coach will leave Woodbridge near Deben Pool at 8.45 am. £12.00 per person. Booking to Sue 411758 or Jenny 411813

Help for seals My husband Bob took this photo of a seal pup we saw on the banks of the creek at the weekend. The next day we found another seal at the other side of the road. As it seemed to be breathing a little unevenly, we tried to contact Animal Charities and Seal Sanctuaries for advice. The Naze Centre suggested we contact the BDMLR Group (British Divers Marine Life Rescue) who would be able to help. We had not heard of them before so I wanted to share the information in case anyone else should come across a sick or injured seal. They have a local office in Ipswich and will send someone to check it out or collect it if needed - the only charity to offer any real help to us here.

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80 years of Hollesley Bells The bells of All Saints church were cast by John Taylor & Co at Loughborough towards the end of 1937. They were the gift of Sir John and Lady Margaret Jervis-White-Jervis to mark their Golden Wedding on 9 August 1937 and there is a plaque in the church recording this donation. The new peal of 8 bells re- placed 3 old bells, one, a pre-Reformation bell, having been cracked for a long time. The new bells arrived at Hollesley in March 1938 and were blessed at a special service on Friday 11 March, after which they were installed in the newly restored tower. The completed work was dedicated on Saturday 26 March by the Bishop of St Albans, Rt Rev Michael Furse. Sir John and Lady Margaret

EADT Dedication of the bells 1938 were present at the ceremony and a shortened evensong was conducted by the Rector, Rev A E Wicks. A report from the time says the church was packed to overflowing and over 50 ringers came to share in the day’s activities in their traditional manner with Sir John kindly providing refreshments.

The first full peal rung on the bells was on Saturday 30 April 1938 by a band from St Mary-Le-Tower, Ipswich. To mark the anniversary of the dedication and of the first peal, an attempt will be made to ring a full peal on the bells on Saturday 7 April, starting at 9.30am and finishing at approximately 12.30pm.

The 80 year experience of the sound of bells in the village is continued today with the current band of some 10 local ringers. We have a vacancy for two or three more to help us carry ringing at All Saints forward to the centenary of the dedication in 2038. If you would like to join us or are curious about ringing, come along on Saturday 14 April between 10.30 and midday for coffee and cakes; you can see the bells and try your hand at ringing. We have also a few photos and snippets about the bells and ringers. The weekend will finish with a quarter peal on the bells on Sunday 15 April starting at about 5.15pm. Did you or anyone you know learn to ring at All Saints? If so, we should be pleased to hear from you. Please come along to our open morning or contact me, Peter Harper, on 01394 411355 or at [email protected].

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Heath Hounds Bawdsey Dog Walking Tennis Club and Sitting Come and Services Join Us Responsible and friendly dog lover The Bawdsey Multi-Sports Club has 2 Fully insured and DBS checked Courts on Bawdsey's Recreation Ground. One court is multi-purpose and can be with vehicle to transport dogs used for basketball, 5-a-side football, netball and tennis. The other is exclusively Contact Rebecca 07428 630655 for tennis. [email protected] Apply for yearly membership or PAYG membership from this website: clubspark.lta.org.uk/BawdseyRecreationGround For prices contact Rebecca and then sign in and book court time. or visit my website Alternatively, contact the Bookings Officer.

@heath_hounds Bookings Officer Dianne Coleman-Rouse @heathhoundwalks [email protected] www.heathhounds.co.uk RICHMOND HILL BED AND BREAKFAST and RICHMOND HOO HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

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Hollesley Parish Council Hollesley Annual Parish Meeting This will take place on Wednesday 11 April, 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Although this meeting is organised by the Parish Council it is not a Parish Council meeting. It is your meeting, your opportunity to hear of the good work being done by village organisations and the chance to put forward ideas that either the Parish Council or other organisations might take forward.

Light refreshments will follow the meeting. No need to book, just turn up on the evening; we look forward to seeing you. New Bus Shelter

Have you seen our new Bus Shelter on Duck Corner? The Parish Council are delighted with it and hope it will become a nice meeting place for residents and a welcome rest area for those out for a walk or collecting their shopping. We also hope to place the Official Footpaths Map in the shelter. We have received comments that it is not very deep however. This was governed by the location as it was imperative we kept visibility at Duck Corner very clear. Hollesley Litter Pick Great effort from the 3 volunteers who collected this large amount of rubbish during the recent litter pick. Thank you to Colin Beecroft

HPC were very sad to accept the

Contributed resignation of Colin Beecroft at their The latest haul at the litter pick February meeting. Colin has been a Councillor for more years than any other Councillor can remember and has served the residents of the Oak Hill area diligently. If you are interested in becoming a Councillor, please speak to the Clerk who will be happy to let you have more information.

Update on the New Village Sign

Please be assured the new village sign is on the way. A double bereavement for the artist creating the sign has put the delivery date back slightly but it is still on her schedule.

Many thanks to the team who put up the new Hollesley entrance sign along Heath Road on a cold February morning. This replacement is an example of HPC taking a proactive approach to solving minor highways issues and doing so at a fraction of the cost quoted by SCC Highways.

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Hollesley WI For our March meeting, we were transported to the Himalayas by our speaker, Tina Oldfield, who set out on a trek to Everest Base Camp, at 5,300 metres (four times the height of Ben Nevis) to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign, having lost her daughter Krista to the disease. She was accompa- nied by three companions (including her husband Paul and her sister) and two local porters. She showed some spectacular photos of their journey, giving us a real insight into the challenges they faced, from civil unrest, a bomb scare by the Maoists, to the realities of altitude sickness (headaches, swollen ankles, shortness of breath and fatigue) and the sheer grit needed to keep going when the path sometimes took them down several hundred metres before they could gain the next level.

Her descriptions of the accommodation were pretty graphic and we could almost smell the cooking over yak dung and imagine the basic Contributed facilities, with the Tina and party on Mount Everest shower in one place being provided by a bloke standing on a stool with a tin bucket of water!

Their guides were incredible, carrying packs of 70 kilos wearing only plimsolls, and her pictures of the local people, terrain and villages they encountered were fascinating, especially the stunning brightly coloured birds, including a Himalayan monel - a bit like a pheasant but with iridescent rainbow coloured feathers. I would love to know why many of their species are so bright and many of ours are rather drab in comparison? We were disappointed to hear that they had to turn back with only 500 metres to go, due to unseasonable heavy snow but they did it all over again the following year and got all the way!

Now that our Suffolk snows have melted, some us are joining our newly re-formed walking group and are looking forward to some enjoyable treks of our own around our lovely countryside. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to our recent Suffolk East AGM at Trinity Park where we heard various excellent speakers including the hilarious Graham Walton, father of the sextuplets born in Liverpool in 1983 - I can’t believe they’re nearly 35! It was a great day.

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Crossword & Sudoku

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From our Country Kitchen I’ve still got plenty of onions left over from last year, so I decided to make red onion marmalade. It goes very well with cheese, ham and pate.

Red Onion Marmalade (for 3/4 small jars)

2 garlic cloves Sea salt and black pepper 4 tbls olive oil 450 g red onions, finely sliced 4 tbls red wine 4 tbls balsamic vinegar 1 tbls soft brown sugar A few sprigs of thyme

Crush the garlic with some sea salt and heat the olive oil in a heavy based saucepan. Add the onions and garlic, cover and sweat gently, without allowing them to brown for 20 minutes. Stir every now and then. Remove the pan lid, add the red wine, balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, and simmer gently until most of the liquid has evaporated, which will take about 15 - 20 minutes.

Add the thyme leaves, season to taste and cook for a further 5 minutes. Put into warm, sterilised jars and cover. Will keep in the fridge for a few weeks.

Pauline Austerfield

Boyton Village Hall swings You will be glad to know that after considerable bureaucratic delay the village hall has been allocated some grants for the replacement of our worn-out swings. The grants were from our District Councillor, Christine Block, and District Council.

The empty frame Contributed

However we were turned down by the Parish Council and Suffolk Secrets AONB Fund leaving us about £2000 short. We will be searching for other sources of funding in order to restore the swings for the children in our village which were installed back in 1994. We were previously very successful in raising funds for the football post and basketball nets. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Fred Stentiford and Isobel Lilley

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Free Nursery places

“The behaviour and safety available of pupils are outstanding” ‘One of the Peninsula’s hidden gems’ (School parent 2016) We can offer your child free nursery provision from their 3rd birthday until their government funding starts the following term. Then for every hour of government funding that you bring to Bawdsey School with your child, we will give you another hour free. Therefore we could provide 30 hours of free nursery provision, in return for your 15 hours of government funding. Your child is welcome to join us for free lunchtime sessions too.

Also at Bawdsey school… • Before and after school care is available from 8am until 6.15pm. • Come and join our thriving Baby and Toddler group. The children play in the Nursery setting and it allows you to have a cuppa and a chat with other parents, carers and grandparents. Free - every Friday afternoon (term time only.) • Senior’s lunch sessions with the children are the 2nd Thursday of every month during term time- there is a small charge.

We look forward to welcoming you to Bawdsey CEVC Primary school. Phone (01394) 411365 or email [email protected] Mrs Katie Butler, Headteacher Robin Smith Electrician Part P also light plumbing No job too small Home 01394 411879 Mobile 07748 378958

Peninsula Dog Grooming Clean sweep in Hollesley All types of chimneys Stress Free One 2 One Service unblocked , either Bathing, trimming, clipping, nails. nesting or soot and muck Evening and weekend appointments removal with no mess. Local pickup & Collection Lori Sage 01394 411057 07887693278 Free quote or friendly advice www. peninsuladogs.co.uk call Mark 07594479916 or 01394 459466 Professional Domestic Chimney Sweep covered by Public Liability Insurance

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Nature Notes All at sea

Well, the whole nation was entranced by Blue Planet 2, wasn’t it? It was the most popular TV programme in 2017, peaking with 17 million viewers. It beat all the familiar favourites like Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor, The Great British Bake-off and I’m a Celebrity: Get Me out of Here. Of course, Blue Planet had a celebrity of its own presenting it, the wonderful David Attenborough, who is the nearest thing we have to a secular saint in Britain and a gold-plated national treasure.

The great thing about Attenborough as a presenter is that he doesn’t seek centre stage himself, as most other presenters do. In fact, he only appears before the camera once or twice in the whole series. What he does is draw us in with his boyish enthusiasm and curiosity and then show us things. Extra- ordinary things in the case of Blue Planet 2: like the bottle-nose dolphins surfing the waves, the Humboldt squid eating each other when they had run out of lantern fish, the giant trevally leaping out of the water to catch terns flying over, the tusk fish smashing clams on a rock, the female giant wrasse changing gender to thwart male advances, and a high IQ octopus collaborating with a coral grouper to flush out prey from rock crevices. All the sex and vio- lence you could possibly want in an evening’s entertainment, and OK to watch without guilt, since it was just about fish, cetaceans and cephalopods doing what comes naturally.

Or was it? Was it actually about us? It certainly packed a moral punch at the end, when Atten- borough showed us the extent of the damage we are inflicting on marine life. The images couldn’t have been more vivid, or harrowing: a turtle choking on a plastic bag, dead fish in their thousands floating in polluted waters, an albatross hooked on a long line, and the Great Barrier Reef bleaching and dying before our very eyes. It illustrated a larger paradox in our national life. We love watching wildlife on TV. We join conservation bodies like the RSPB (over a million members) and the National Trust (over five million members). We tend our gardens and feed our birds like no other country, and we sing of England’s ‘green and pleasant land’. But there are 40 million fewer birds in Britain than there were in 1970, we’ve lost over 50% of our ancient woodlands and a staggering 99% of our flowering meadows. Yet when did you last hear a politician talking seriously about wildlife conservation? Did the 17 million viewers of Blue Planet ever look beyond their TV screens?

Jeremy Mynott

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Alderton Parish Council Dog Fouling – Clean up after your dog – it’s the law The Parish Council has received reports from numerous parish- ioners regarding the increase in dog ‘poo’ noticed in residential and communal areas of the village. The time of year is coming when children want to play outdoors, please clean up after your dog to keep our village hygienic and safe for all. Cut off by the snow! Thank you to all who worked so hard to open up the roads and set us free. Beautiful to look at but made life difficult for a while… Annual litter pick The Alderton annual Spring litter pick is organised by the Parish Council and it is an event open to all to attend. This year 15 residents, not all of them are pictured, of all ages, met on 11 March to do their bit to help keep our community clean and free of unsightly and dangerous rubbish. The merry band of volunteers cleared the Woodbridge Road around Mill Hoo, The Street

Linda Gilbert and the Ramsholt Road.

Some of the 15 strong team Due to the large quantities of rubbish on the Woodbridge Road, the Hollesley Road has not had its annual clean. 18 large bags of litter were collected, using equipment loaned by Suffolk Coastal Norse and a fly-tipped mattress and a large mirror found on the Woodbridge Road have been reported.

Many thanks to all who took Linda Gilbert part and supported this event, 18 bags of rubbish collected We hope to see more residents next time as many hands make light work.

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Telephone: Alderton 01394 411641 & Orford 01394 450315 www. thepeninsulapractice.co.uk DAY ALDERTON ORFORD HOLLESLEY Monday 8.00am to 2.30pm 8.00am to 6.30pm 1.30pm to 5.30pm Tuesday 8.00am to 6.30pm CLOSED Wednesday 8.00am to 6.30pm 8.00am to 1.00pm Thursday 8.00am to 6.30pm 8.00am to 1.00pm Friday 8.00am to 6.30pm 8.00am to 1.00pm

Welcome to our new GPs As you may be aware Dr Nanayakkara has been with us since August working six sessions. In February this year the surgery employed an additional GP working eight sessions. We would like to welcome Dr Noone. They will both be supporting Dr Crockett and Dr Hobday. If you would like to see more about the new GPs please see our website. Surgery Closures GP Training Closure -Wednesday 25 April 13.00-18.30 Easter Closure –Easter Monday 2 April 2018

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VEHICLE & ENGINEERING SERVICES FULL MACHINE SHOP We service and repair all makes & models of petrol and diesel cars, 4x4’s & light commercials. Logs, coal and salt available Air-conditioning regas Bring your car here for its MOT 01394 410284 Collection by appointment

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