Suffolk Heights Benefice News

SUFFOLK HEIGHTS BENEFICE NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS MAGAZINE FOR CHEDBURGH, CHEVINGTON, DEPDEN, HARGRAVE, HAWKEDON AND REDE

St Edmund, Patron Saint of Pandemics

JUNE 2020

Rector: Rev Dr Simon Hill 01284 850857 [email protected]

Reader: Barbara Hill 01284 850857

Suffolk Heights Benefice News June 2020 Welcome to the June 2020 edition of the SHBN. Thank you to everyone for your contributions. Don’t be shy about sending in photos! Please DO NOT SEND PDFs if it can be avoided. Only Word docs, Publisher files or Jpegs. Thanks

The deadline for the July/August 2020 edition is 5pm Monday 15th June 2020.

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Another lockdown edition so no forthcoming events but some lively articles, a couple of quizzes, another Rede Recipe and some sound financial advice. Also some virus cartoons to lighten the mood and Ian Leggett’s early years memories.

The photo here and that on the front cover are of the statue of St Edmund by Leonard Goff which stands in the Edmund Chapel of St Edmundsbury Cathedral. If you haven’t already, please take the time to have a look at it when it re-opens. This is my favourite representation of Edmund as it actually shows him at the right age at his martyrdom and at least looking like the saxon he was rather than an old bloke with a beard wearing medieval clothes.

The idea of St Edmund being the patron saint of pandemics (a plague saint) took off in Toulouse in the 17th Century after plague swept the city and quickly disappeared after the citizens prayed to Edmund (his relics were thought to have been at the abbey of St Sernin in the city although it seems unlikely).

Arrows are used as metaphors for infectious disease in the Christian tradition and we all know how Edmund met his untimely end. So when you are at your prayers, send a quick one up to Edmund—can’t do any harm. JdL 2

LETTER FROM THE RECTOR

Simon writes We still have no real information as to when our places of worship will re- open. The suggestion is that this may be at the beginning of July but there is considerable uncertainty how this can be done within continuing guidelines on social distancing and given the nature of collective worship. Obviously I hope that we can join together in worship in ways that are practical and socially responsible as soon as possible, but for the moment it remains a case of watch this space. Many a rainbow in our windows is symbolising our continuing support for the NHS staff and Carers in these challenging times. Our clapping each week shows our support also. The work of doctors, nurses and carers is expressed through their hands as they care for the sick and vulnerable. And so, in the tradition of Dürer’s ‘Praying Hands’, I would like to offer you five fingers of prayer as we begin to ease out of lockdown:

• for those infected by the coronavirus around the world, especially in those countries and places where the virus is out of control; • for those who care for them and authorities who are combatting the spread of infection; • for all who at this time are feeling anxious, especially for those with friends and family potentially at risk, and for those who mourn that they will be comforted; • for one another as the economy slowly opens and life resumes; and, • for those whose livelihoods have been adversely affected and who are faced with hardships beyond their control. Thank you and with every blessing

Rectory Mardle The passing of time is one of the strangest phenomena of this pandemic. Confined to home, I had anticipated that time would pass slowly and I would be left scratching around, searching for something to do. And yet the weeks seem to fly by, which is strange. (Usually I know what day of the week it is by the number of days left to prepare my sermon for the forthcoming Sunday. As this is no longer the case for the time being, I have no idea what day of the week it is.) So what have I been doing, besides sending out an occasional circular to those who have asked to be ’kept in touch’? Gardening, and lots of it, as I’m sure many of you have too. If we are out of social distancing in the Autumn, we will open the garden so that you can admire my hand-weeded lawn. I have never been on my knees as much, or shuffling around on my knees, as over these past few weeks. When I have dug up one daisy and espy another pesky one close by, I have to decide between struggling to get up and stagger a step or two before falling to my knees again, or shuffle along the grass on my knees. I would certainly not claim that I was praying whilst on my knees. But I did think, between shuffles, the other day, that it is not the falling down but the getting up again that matters on one’s journey of faith. Shuffling along on one’s knees is so unbecoming. And then there is my stamp collection. The Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue has a prominent place on my desk. I have collected British stamps for over forty years but have never really mounted them. So that’s keeping me quiet. A skill I am slowly acquiring is ‘zooming’, which has become an essential tool of life today. Meetings, when you can only see someone’s head and shoulders are odd. What’s worse is looking at yourself all the time. I spend most of the time trying to re-adjust my Ipad so that others aren’t looking up my nostrils. But, from the various missives received, it’s clear ‘zooming’ is the way forward if you wish to progress, which fortuitously I don’t. What these strange days have emphasised for me though is the important of place. Present times excepted, our lives are frantically busy and one of the real joys of a church is the opportunity to just be still and quiet and be yourself. I would like to think that when this pandemic is behind us we will all live more peaceful and grateful lives. I wonder. For me I don’t see anything replacing the importance of companionship in flesh and blood. I hope we will meet again soon.

Rain Matters Jamie Robertson

The month was dry and although the graph shows a fairly dramatic downpour at the end of the month it was anything but: no more than 10mm on any one day and only four days of desultory rain. In total we had 32.75mm in the month (1.29 inches). The days were warm and sunny. The grass, and most vegetation have been stubbornly slow to grow, but the nights have not been warm.

According to the Met Office it was the sunniest April on record for the UK: all the four UK countries made it in the top five sunniest since records in a series from 1929. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland had their sunniest April, beating the previous record set in 2015 for England and Northern Ireland, and 1942 for Scotland.

April is a hugely variable month for rainfall. Take the years 2011 and 2012. In the first year there was just 2 mm of rain in the month. In 2012 119mm. As is so often the case there seems to be no pattern.

The Good Samaritan Not long ago, although now it seems an age away it was only the 18th of April, we at Lavender Cottage took delivery of a mountain of grass turfs, 150 square metres of the stuff to be precise - and that would really be an end to the story were it not for the intervention of “unforeseen circumstances”. My son and I had prepared carefully. We had rotavated, raked, rolled and raked and rolled again. Until you do it, you do not realise how large an area 150 square metres is, particularly when dotted with the occasional tree, shrub and water feature but, breathless and aching in muscles I didn’t even know I had, we were ready. Delivery day dawned. If you can remember the weather back then, it was beautiful, early summer in spring, warm, with wall to wall sunshine and it was going to be hot. Just the sort of weather you need when laying turf! But we were ready and just awaited a call from the delivery driver to let us know his arrival was imminent. The call came - but to enquire about our exact location. He was certainly somewhere in Queens Lane – and this is where unforeseen circumstances intervened – I mistook his description of his location and he mistook mine of ours. The driver was, when he called, only 100 yards from our drive and heading towards us but he thought he had to turn round and head in the opposite direction. Dear reader, I don’t know how familiar you are with Queens Lane Chedburgh but it is what one might call a quiet country by-way, frequented by walkers and small children on tricycles, certainly not the sort of location one would choose to perform a reversing manoeuvre in a six wheel HGV laden with I don’t know how many tons of turf and bulk bags of top soil but our intrepid driver tried none the less ---- and this is where unforeseen circumstances really did come into their own. If you haven’t yet guessed what happened, I will explain. Queens Lane is well endowed with hand-dug surface water run off ditches and it is into one of these the reversing drive wheels of this very large truck became well and truly stuck. Waiting expectantly, we in Lavender Cottage were of course, blissfully unaware of the drama unfolding just yards from or front door. It was not until, venturing outside to find out what had happened to our delivery, I discovered, not far away, a very red faced, perplexed driver and our very bogged down load. Struggle as we might, our efforts with spade and shovel proved futile against the forces of gravity and friction. We were definitely faced with a considerable immovable object against which our combined efforts were not proving an irresistible force. So it was decided to employ Plan B.

I made a couple of phone calls and within twenty minutes or so, our Good Samaritan came gallop- ing over the hill. Well, in truth, the biggest tractor I have ever seen squeezed itself down Queens Lane, did a deft three point turn in our neighbours’ drive, hooked up a tow chain and within seconds it seemed, our lorry load of turf was outside our drive. I will not name our Good Samari- tan, he knows who he is and he is aware of our extreme gratitude for his help in getting us out of a very difficult situation. When expressing our thanks his reply was “Oh, don’t mention it. You never know, you may be able to get me out of a hole one day” ! I am sure you will be pleased to hear the turf was laid and the rain came just at the right time. Now all I have to do is cut the stuff! Stay safe and well. Alan

To cheer us up a couple more of Alan’s fab cartoons are futher on in the mag

CHEDBURGH All Saints’ Church

Chedburgh

Floodlighting – Light Up Your Celebration

If you would like to support the cost of floodlighting All Saints’ Church, Chedburgh in memory of a loved one or to mark a significant event we ask for a contribution of £15 a week. To book please contact Christine Lofts, 850479, donations will be acknowledged in Suffolk Heights Benefice News.

If you would like to join us you would be most welcome. For further information about talks and future visits, please contact: Avril Lewis (Secretary) 01284 850492

ERSKINE CENTRE CONTACT DETAILS

Pilates Ramona 07878 324745 Zumba Grace 07703 446626 Otago Carol 01787 277734 Choir Jean 01284 850582 Brownies Wendy 01284 850180 Teacups and Coffee Pots Jackie 01284 850000 Other Bookings Jackie 01284 850000 Web address: www.erskinecentre.org.uk

News from the Erskine Centre

Hello all, I wanted to give you an update on the fundraising to replace the Erskine Centre roof.

As you know, the current roof is showing its age and is poorly insulated (and therefore prone to mould) so we are planning to replace it. We estimate that the cost of the project will be £61,000 (or more realistically, with a contingency fund, £70,000). I'm sure you appreciate that's a lot of money, but we are making progress. We currently have a little over £37,000 committed funding from the Parish Council, ACRE, Community Chest and the Bernard Sunley foundation. Clive, our treasurer, has also been able to secure Covid-emergency funding of £10,000 to see us through the current crisis. Even though the world seems to have stood still, I'm continuing to apply for funding and we shall keep you posted along the way. With a little luck we'll close the remaining gap in the months ahead. I'd like to thank you all for your support and donations, every little helps and the hall is nothing without its community.

Dr. Gary P. Dillon Chairman, CCDRCC.

In case you can’t read it:

“Business is bad. I’m thinking of applying for furlough ‘cos I’m out of masks and PPE”

VE DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN CHEDBURGH The sun shone on a beautiful day and the Rev. Simon Hill gave a poignant and relevent tribute at the RAF Memorial. Remembering the 398 airmen who died flying from Chedburgh, and the many thousands who served, together with other armed services. The suffering felt by the population during those six years of war were recalled, and the fear and worry in the present Covid 19 crisis were also mentioned. Following a two minute silence we layed a wreath and the observers were able to look at a WW2 Jeep in attendance. My thanks to Colin Cordy for bringing the Jeep and to Andrew Smith and his son for representing the Armed Forces and, of course, to Rev. Simon Hill for conducting the remembrance. Afterwards there were several village music celebrations, the one I attended was in Majors Close with Dennis Barker singing period songs with many people enjoying, joining in, and some dancing. Numerous flags decorated the village also. Chedburgh did remember VE DAY proudly. Ian Leggett

CHEDBURGH COMMUNITY CHOIR JOINING THE 'ONLINE COMMUNITY' One person's way of getting to grips with technology

What does a choir do when it can't get together in the village hall to sing and rehearse? It becomes a virtual online choir and its members stay at home. Chedburgh Community Choir becomes CCCVirtual and technology takes over. We still rehearse on a Tuesday evening but without leaving our homes, we get music by downloading it and we sing together by seeing and hearing our leader in her own music room. We each have an online player which gives us our music and words so we can practice on our own as well. We keep in touch socially and continue to do what we love doing using ZOOM Many of us belong to other choirs and music groups, which are working in a similar fashion, you will have heard of Gareth Malone who is just one of many conductors gathering singers from a wide area, Rock Choirs singing online, as well as our local music groups and choirs continuing to get together.

We had a concert all ready to go at Easter which of course didn't happen, we didn't sing as a choir on VE day and are unlikely to be singing at the probably non-fete, but all that music along with what we are continuing to accrue will still be there when we are finally released and can put together a new programme for another, as yet unplanned, concert later in the year. SO...... WATCH THIS SPACE, WE'LL BE BACK Two months ago I hadn't even heard of Zoom, I thought it meant rushing about (not doing much of that just lately); now everyone I talk to knows about it, has it, uses it - which brings me back to the beginning, how technology is really coming into its own for a basic computer user with lots of hobbies and missing the family. Whatever you need to find or get help with, it's there. We all use the telephone, probably almost nonstop now, and are talking to family, friends and neighbours all the time, but it's so much better to see our families while we talk to them, especially the grandchildren, and sing happy birthday. We can send a load of information via email, or a quick message, photographs, pictures the kids drew, ask a question and get an almost instant reply by some app or other. The ability to shop online at any time of the day or night means no queueing at supermarkets (if you can get a delivery slot), and keeping up with supplies for hobbies (me) and essential works around the house and garden (him!) There's also brain food with quizzes galore (I didn’t know I didn’t know so much), fitness regimes with lots of instructors on You Tube, (so much easier to actually do it with someone else), dancing and chatting with friends from a local dance group, (we’re on Zoom for that too), finding new recipes to try out (if you can get flour), watching a nephew who's decided to give cookery lessons online (he loves all things Greek). The list of things to do and apps to do them with is probably the most endless list of things ever. I'm discovering there's so much more out there to keep us in touch with the world and each other; all sorts of 'apps' - mind you, I shall probably need a grandchild to show me how to use them; thank goodness I have some of all ages...... oh and you also need a programme to cure viruses, even computers get them it seems. Teresa

A FRUIT NUT AND VEGETABLE STORY Fill in the blank spaces with the name of a fruit, nut or vegetable to complete the story. The number of letters is shown in brackets...... (7) begin by telling you about Darren and Angela, greengrocers of Birkenhead and their adventures last Sunday. They got up bright and early. While Angela got dressed, Darren went for a ...... (3) They had decided to go on a boating trip with Angela's mum, Melanie, and her new man, Arty. Angela's friend Anna was supposed to come too. Anna was a...... (5) She lived in the Wirral, but she was born in Malmo. Anna phoned on her...... (10) at the last minute to say she couldn't come, as a friend had arranged a blind ...... (4) for her and she would also have felt a bit of a ...... (10) going out with two...... (5). This was for the best, as the car had only four seats, so there was not ...... (8) inside. Darren had just landed a ...... (4) position with NATO in Belgium, as his job at the greengrocers paid ...... (7). He had to visit ...... (8) a lot, but also the increase in ...... (6) meant they would be able to afford a new car. “By the way, Darren, how's the ...... (6,4)?” said Arty, (Darren had been learning the language to help with the job). ln reply, Darren blew a large...... (9). They drove to the river and all got into a very small rowing boat. It was a bit of a ...... (6), so Arty sat in the bow, Darren at the stern and the two women in the middle with the oars, Angela on one side and ...... (5) the other. "l feel a right...... (5) here at the back” said Darren. Suddenly the boat started to ...... (4) so they made for the bank before their feet got too wet. They had forgotten to bring a picnic, so headed for a shop, which had a large black and white dog standing outside. "Look at that...... (11)" said Arty to Mel. Darren went into the shop but realised he had no money. He asked if he could pay by card. "No but l'll ...... (6) a cheque, said the shopkeeper. Darren brought a big bag of nuts and some amber ...... (9) a bottle. He just loved Fosters lager, but not in cans. "Why have you ...... (4) so long?" asked Angela The nuts made...... (9), as he ate them too quickly, so they decided to go home.

And that ...... (7) Folks. The End Answers on page 59 12

Looking Back….. Ian Leggett of Chedburgh spent his childhood holidays in Hawkedon and here he gives us a idea of what it like to come down from Birmingham to stay with his family. This is part one with more to follow in future editions.

Coming from Birmingham it was a culture shock visiting Hawkedon in the late 1950's and early 1960's. My only chance to visit was during the school holidays in July so only saw the village at a busy agricultural time when the harvest was being gathered, but it always seemed an idyllic place and a pace of life so much slower than I recall in the Midlands. My Grandparents were the Linnets and lived in a fairly large semi- detached house entering the village. My Uncle (Frank) and Aunt (Dulce) and Cousin (Jacky) lived a few houses away, almost opposite The Queen. They were Master Thatchers and I took great interest in seeing them making braunches from willow and forging hooks from steel, both used to secure the thatch to the roof structure. They would also select straw from the local farms which had to be cut using traditional cutting methods, not the recently introduced combine harvester which broke up the straw. Some of their work also was to thatch the straw bale stacks. There was a period when my uncle tried to persuade me to train as a thatcher but after a few weeks climbing ladders I decided it was not for me. A by-product were corn dollies and nimble fingers were needed to make these. My Aunt was very good at them, making decorative items by plaiting and twisting straw. They often decorated the church with them especially at Harvest Festivals and at the village fete at Hawkedon House. Much of my time would be spent walking the many paths and roadways to Somerton, Stansfield, Boxted, Brockley, Rede and Glemsford, where my other Uncle (Billy) and Aunt (Angela) lived after moving from Boxted where he had a workshop, and where he was in partnership with Aubrey Prewer who lived on Hawkedon Green. When my parents joined me for their two week holiday we would walk to Glemsford to visit. The journey back would be in the back of Uncle Billy's Ford 10HP Van van, sitting on the floor. I mentioned the culture shock. Well, coming to a house with no electric meant no TV and no electric light. We would sit around the table in the evening with oil lamps for light while playing card games, and being very careful not to shake the table in case the lamp flared up. There was a radio powered by an accumulater (a type of battery) which would be recharged / exchanged regularly by a visiting van. Also there was no water laid on. At first we collected water from a tap on the corner of what is now Cresslands Lane, and later it was outside of the school. That was my job, collecting a bucket of water as often as needed.

CHEVINGTON All Saints’ Church

Chevington

Parish Prayers Every week at the Sunday service at All Saints, Chevington we pray for areas of our village and matters of local concern. In these months we are not so much praying for specific areas of the village but for all the village during this period of lock-down, especially those struggling with isolation or loneliness. We pray also for the key workers, the NHS staff, the doctors and nurses, the cleaners and canteen workers, the support staff and everyone

If you would like to support the cost of floodlighting the tower at All Saints' Chevington in memory of a loved one or to mark a significant event we ask for a contribution of £15 a week. To book please contact Simon Williams on 850045.

Tom Spillane and Lorna Balls enjoyed a VE Day Tea Party with their children. The boys, dressed like little evacuees, made VE Day cakes.

CHEVINGTON WI

Although we are not able to hold our monthly meetings our members continue to keep in touch with each other. Our President continues her daily chatty emails which are much appreciated. We now have a buddy system; two members phone each other for a chat and to help if there is a problem.

Some of our members have been sewing scrubs for the hospital and community nurses. One day we will re-start our monthly meetings and outings when it is safe.

If you have a problem and think the WI can help, please contact the Secretary Susan Boor 01284 850536. You do not have to be a WI member.

In case you can’t read it:

“Can I go back to work NOW please”

2020 WHITSUN TEA & PLANT FAYRE

Sadly, and perhaps rather belatedly we have decided to cancel the Whitsun Tea and Plant Fayre on Sunday 31st May for obvious reasons. Cancel is probably the wrong word – postpone is better. We hope we can plan the Fayre for the same day next year. So if you have lovingly sown, planted watered and cared for plants over the last months, put them somewhere comfortable and nurture the ones you can through until next year. In the meantime, many thanks to all the people who showed such enthusiasm for the idea and of course to Simon Hill, Jill Upton, Ann Sadler, Moya Long, Rachel Durrant, Evelyn Payne, Pip Goodwin and Linda Gray for getting the whole thing going. Meanwhile congratulations to all the Benefice’s gardeners - the villages have never looked so beautiful.

CLFCS RADIO

If you happen to be awake at 1 am with the radio tuned to the BBC World Service you will hear a programme called Business Matters. “Business” loosely describes its agenda: it broadcasts on a range of subjects (predictably at the moment pretty much always something to do with COVID-19) from correspondents around the world, and is hosted by three or four regular presenters. One of them is Jamie Robertson, who lives at Chevington Lodge Farm. Since the lockdown he has been broadcasting programmes two days a week from a converted cow shed in his garden. Gone are the weekly commutes to New Broadcasting House off Oxford Circus. Instead he shuffles off across the lawn to sit behind a tangle of wires and microphones by a window looking across the fields towards Hargrave, and interviews chief executives, politicians, economists and correspondents from Sydney to Seattle. By a lucky coincidence fibre broadband found its way to Chevington Lodge Farm about three weeks before the lockdown and the connection so far has proved to be excellent; there’s a bit of BBC electronic wizardry that seamlessly connects the microphone and computer to the London studio; there’s also a kind of sound baffle that looks like half a barrel wrapped round the microphones, and a screen with a thick towel draped over it behind him to keep the echo of the old shed down to a minimum. The New Broadcasting House studios are notorious for their colonies of mice which dance around the floor in the evening and peep up at journalists between the desks. At Chevington Lodge Farm Cowshed Studios (CLFCS Radio?) the problem is more rats – or at least something that sounds like rats – in the roof. It may have been a squirrel. But particularly around twilight whatever it was started, it seemed, major construction work between the rafters, often in the midst of an interview. This might have been bearable if it were not accompanied by a filthy smell. Ned, Jamie’s son, kindly brought him a cup of cocoa one evening and declared that something must have crawled into the studio and died – or had been killed by the rat – and was now rotting under the floorboards.

Other problems arise. At home Jamie has been honing his baking skills and spent one day early in the lockdown trying and failing to download and print sourdough recipes. Exasperated he retired to work at CLFCS, prepared his interviews, wrote scripts and then at 12.58 am, a couple of minutes before broadcast, highlighted the scripts in the running order, pressed PRINT, and watched as the printer coughed out countless copies of “The BEST sourdough recipe you’ll ever need.” Instead of having the words “It’s midnight GMT. This is the BBC World Service” in front of him, he had instead: “Stir the flour into the leaven, making sure…..” Fortunately the right page was still on the screen and with some deft pressing of “CANCEL” order and scripts were restored in time to go on air. So if you are awake at 1 am, and Jamie is on the World Service, spare a thought for the broadcaster, and the rat, and the smell in the barn a few miles away from you - up the road in Chevington.

Jamie Robertson keeping

the known world informed …..from his cow shed in Chevington

Chevington Clubs If you would like information about the clubs which meet regularly in the Village Hall please contact:

Table Tennis: Bill Down 850421 Hobbies Club and Card Making: Jacqualine 850551 Card Making: For dates and times of this club please contact Jacqualine 850551

The Village Hall

Obviously Chevington Village Hall has been closed since the start of the lock-down and will remain closed until the government allows the reopening of public buildings, so all events scheduled to take place there in the foreseeable future have been cancelled.

FOR ALL CHEVINGTON VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT: JACQUALINE ON 850551

**************************************************************** CHEVINGTON PARISH COUNCIL—NEW CONTACT DETAILS

Councillor Contact Details Role

Cllr L Agazarian 01284 850194 Chairman [email protected] Cllr A McCormack 01284 850277 Vice Chairman [email protected] Cllr D Doyle 01284 850734 SALC Rep [email protected] Cllr P Keegan [email protected] Neighbourhood Watch Co- ordinator & CSW Co-ordinator Cllr J Briggs [email protected] Neighbourhood Watch Co- ordinator & CSW Co-ordinator Cllr P Nicholas [email protected] VHMC Rep VACANCY MRS F Betts 01284 810508 Clerk/RFO [email protected] 19

CHEVINGTON PARISH COUNCIL

From the new Chairman:- I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new Chairman of Chevington Parish Council, and to thank Alastair McCormack on behalf of the whole village and his Councillors and Clerk for taking care and improving the village under his watch. Alastair comes from a farming family and has lived here since he was a young boy. There is no- one in the village he doesn’t know, and he knows every field and hedgerow and the seasons they follow. He has worked tirelessly and selflessly, particularly in the last few years when he took on the Chairmanship of the Parish Council. We owe him a very big thank you, and we will carry on his good work in Chevington. The Parish Council would like to extend an enormous thank you to all key workers and volunteers who live in and around Chevington who are working to keep us all safe in these turbulent times, we all owe you a great sense of gratitude. Cllr Agazarian (Chairman, Chevington PC)

DOGS RUNNING FREE

I’ve had reports from several parishioners that a local couple are allowing their two dogs to run off lead across the local countryside. I would like to make everyone aware of the following legal responsibility all dog owners have to live by. Controlling your dog in your own home or on someone else’s property ‘Allowing your dog to be ‘dangerously out of control’ is now against the law on private property, as well as in public. This means owners can be prosecuted if their dog attacks someone in their home, including in their front and back gardens, or in private property such as a pub. A dog doesn’t have to have bitten or physically injured someone for an offence to take place. If a person feels your dog may hurt them, they may still be considered ‘dangerously out of control’. This applies to all dogs of all sizes, breeds and types. Law: Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 amends the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991’ (from:- https://www.bluecross.org.uk)

DEPDEN St Mary the Virgin Church,

Depden

NEWS OR NO NEWS FROM DEPDEN

Well…………………….. the building is closed but the church the people continues. In addition, now (early May – we live in confusing times) one designated person can enter the church building.

The bells were rung at 7PM for VE Day on Friday 8th May. We will ring them on Thursday 8pm for NHS and other key workers.

We seem to be doing a lot of walking at present – glad it is Spring.

Anne Nicolson 01284 850658

Depden Green—A Tree of Remembrance for the 75th Anniversary of VE Day

DEPDEN PARISH COUNCIL

Councillors Chairman: Mark Leadbeater Councillors: Dennis Bibby, Peter Ebbens, Nicky Moncrieff, Andrew Rabett and Andrew Reed Neighbourhood Watch Contact: Angela Barnetson, Area Co-ordinator. Telephone no. 07875 605165 email: [email protected]

School Transport Information regarding school transport for the next school year can be found at www.suffolk.gov.uk SEN Transport Suffolk. Pot Holes Please continue to report potholes on www.suffolk.gov.uk Crimes in Area You can find the crime figures for this area on www.police.uk Planning Application DC/20/0564/HH Farthing, The Green. Extensions to rear and front and new cartlodge. The Parish Councillors did not object to this application. Details on West Suffolk Council website.

Depden Parish Meeting 2020 has been cancelled.

Annual Parish Council Meeting We hope will be held Tuesday 14th July 2020 at 6pm at The Village Hall, Chevington if Government policy allows. Will be confirmed closer to the date. Website Information about the village, including minutes of previous Parish Council meetings, are available at the website www.depden.onesuffolk.net email If you would like more detailed information concerning the Parish Council please phone or email the Parish Clerk at [email protected]

Susan Boor Clerk to Depden Parish Council Tel. 01284 850536

June in the Garden The Cottage Gardener—Sarah Williamson

We inherited a Weigela and Philadelphus both of which are late spring flowering shrubs which can be pruned in June. Blue tits and Goldfinches have enjoyed sitting amongst the branches of both shrubs since they came into leaf back in April and this is the reason why I won’t be taking much off. I’ll thin out the older stems and try to keep a nice shape to both shrubs.

Hollyhocks grow very tall and nearly always need to be staked or tied in. I will try supporting mine with garden canes this month but if we have any strong winds this might not be enough. I’ll have to hope for light winds over summer.

Back in April I sowed some beetroot seeds and I have been picking a few of the lovely small leaves for salads. My beetroot should be ready to harvest now and it’s quite easy to grow in a sunny position. There are so many different types to try but I always stick with ‘Boltardy’. I grow carrots alongside the beetroot and as I harvest the beets it gives the carrots more room to grow. They look good growing together in rows too.

Mint, Chives, Thyme, Tarragon, Bay, Oregano and Rosemary all do well in my garden but I do find growing annual herbs difficult. I enjoy Parsley, Basil and Coriander but struggle to grow it in my garden. I have tried in pots and in the veg beds but to no avail. One day I’ll get the hang of it.

By June my greenhouse will be empty. It’s too small to grow heat loving summer veg such as cucumbers, tomatoes and aubergines so I don’t have to worry about opening and closing it as the temperature rises and falls. I can clean it out and get it ready for autumn/winter use.

A much loved gardening job from late spring through to autumn is deadheading. A sharp pair of secateurs and a bucket wandering around the garden snipping off flowers which have ‘gone over’ is so relaxing. Any such cuttings which are not diseased can go straight into the compost bin ready to feed back into the garden next year.

HARGRAVE St Edmund’s Church,

Hargrave

VE Day 75th Anniversary

As I’m sure you all remember, the 8th May 2020 dawned bright and sunny and the sun shone all day. It was one of those rare warm Spring evenings as well so at 7pm Justin Rabett rang the Hargrave church bells. The crowd who flocked to pay their respects and hear the bells maintained a careful 6’ distance from each other whilst enjoying a glass or two of something cool and refreshing.

This is the new logo for the Hargrave Heritage project, alongside our funding partner, the Heritage Fund. Our project will bring together the ancient and modern history of Hargrave and publish it for free access on a new heritage website and heritage exhibition in St Edmund’s Church. As we build the project over the next year, you will see this image more and more.

Ways you can help

We all have snippets of local history, stories, photos and experiences, often passed by word of mouth, and if not passed on in danger of being lost forever. So please pass them on to us to record for future generations. You may know about: The history of your property Local families, perhaps no longer in the village Events and incidents that occurred locally in the past

Email Peter Reddick at [email protected] or phone 01284/850593

Great Tits of Hargrave

PROVIDING PEACE OF MIND OVER MONEY SHARON MATTHEUS FINANCIAL ADVISER

Hi, I’m Sharon, I’m a financial adviser at Foster Denovo, and my job is to help you discover peace of mind over money. A pretty bold strapline especially as we head towards an inevitable, global economic recession, with little or no idea of recovery time until we find a new ‘normal’. My immediate advice: Don’t panic, and I’ll explain why.

Emotions can be a considerable threat to investors, so it’s important to be aware of your feelings as these insights can help you make good and bad investment decisions.

Coronavirus is very worrying, and the global attempt to mitigate its spread will slow down activity for a while. However, beneath these legitimate concerns lies an economy that continues to function despite the challenges we are facing. Demand is present; workers are still trained; machinery still turning; minerals still in the ground; holidays still to be taken; mouths to feed; and roads still need repairing. Everything that we collectively call ‘The Economy’ hasn’t disappeared, it has simply slowed down, but is ready to come back stronger.

So where does that leave you, your money and your investment? Well, let’s ask ourselves the questions that really matter: What timescale have you put on your investment? What level of risk did you agree? Which part of your plan involved waiting for an opportunity to sell your holdings at a loss?

Remember, if you can sell, it means somebody else wants to buy – don’t let your hard-earned money be somebody else’s bargain. My advice right now would be to hold fast, don’t make any quick or emotional decisions! If your emotions are running high or you just want to make sure that you are making ‘good’ financial decisions give me a call for an informal, no- obligation chat on 07812 996520.

Potential investors should be aware that past performance is not an indication of future performance and the value of investments and the income derived from them may fluctuate and they may not receive back the amount they originally invested.

Foster Denovo Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

HAWKEDON St Mary’s Church,

Hawkedon

WHAT’S ON IN HAWKEDON

The ‘Thursday Clap’ is growing in popularity, and is now supported by the church bells being run. It is a bit of a communal event and is just about all we have at the moment, so do join in. Many thanks to David Taylor and Paul Williamson for their ever improving bell-ringing. VE Day celebrations were all but cancelled, but thanks again to David and Paul for marking the occasion with the church bells.

HAWKEDON VILLAGE HALL 100 CLUB Congratulations to the winner of the May cash draw, Rachel Durrant. Many thanks to all who have bought numbers.

ANSWERS:

HAWKEDON UPDATE

Whilst there is no longer the group order of vegetable boxes being delivered to the village hall, the company Accent Fresh are now delivering these directly to your door. They have to be ordered online, where you will find they also sell other cupboard store foods – all on a ‘you get what you are given’ basis. Visit www.accentfresh.co.uk, or contact one of the primary contacts in the Hawkedon Community Help team if you need help ordering.

‘Billy the Fish’ is coming to Hawkedon every Friday at 6-00am. You will find him in the pub car park, where you will be surprised to find a (socially distanced) queue at that time in the morning. He always has a good selection of high quality fish. If you are unable to make it due to isolation reasons etc. then call one of the primary contacts.

Any significant changes to the above or anything else will be put on the blog – www.hawkedon.blogspot.co.uk

The Community Help team continues to be available should you need any help. If you have lost the details, contact Michael on 789449.

STARING INTO SPACE What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare…. - WH Davies 1911

Now is an opportunity to “stand and stare”, to see the beauty of our environment and how the slower pace has had positive impacts amongst the tragedy and chaos. I think there is a duty to search for the positive. It seems unlikely that in the future people will be working in the same way as they have since the industrial revolution. Artificial intelligence will create huge social change driven by the loss of jobs. An anathema to many, a universal minimum income paid by governments to everyone may become the norm. It is difficult to imagine that happening in today’s world, but it has been talked about for some time, in the most unlikely circles, including the tech entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. Cont..

Will the lockdown will turn out to be an unplanned dry run for the day when many people don’t go to work in the same way as they do now, or perhaps just don’t work so hard? Governments will have to work with business to find positive ways to share the wealth the AI programmes and robots generate. It will be difficult and controversial. Artificial intelligence will change the world as we know it, more than the virus will, but the imaginative policies introduced to cope with the social and economic consequence of this lock down show that Governments are capable of acting out of character. The poem ends… “A poor life this is, if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare” David Freeman *************************************************************************

PAST SPEECH The 1823 book of ‘Suffolk Words and Phrases’ reveals a language now rarely heard. Here are some useful snippets if you happen to go back in time: The letter A can mean a few things: ‘He’ as in “There ‘a go” for "there he goes". ‘Or’ as in Wutha ‘a wool ‘a nap” (whether he will OR not) ‘Our’, ‘at’, ‘if’, ‘and’, ‘on’, ‘in’ or ‘at, ‘have’ and ‘of’. A useful word then! There was a frequent use of the names of plants and animals in expressions. For instance one could be ‘nettled’ which really translates as provoked or angered, as in “a was rude timmy — a nettled me”. Note too the use of "timmy" to mean "to me”. Another word “Wezzen” as in “ No more thanks - I am up to the wezzen a’most a’ready”. This signifies he does not want any more as he is already almost “up to his windpipe”. The dictionary gives us Higgledy-Piggledy, Hugger-Mugger (Shakespeare again), Crinkle-Crankle, Fiddle-Faddle, Hum-Drum, Topsy-Turvy and Shilly- Shally too. The language of Suffolk is preserved in libraries and museums if you wish to hear it, and if you occasionally catch the ghost of its past by overhearing somebody talking in the market or the pub - then that just has to be the bonus, doesn’t it?

All Saints’ REDE

Church, Rede

REFLECTIONS FROM ALL SAINTS’ REDE

I am writing this just after the Government has published its Covid-19 Recovery Strategy and amidst all the debate and discussion as we learn about the first stages of the gradual release of lockdown. When lockdown began on March 23rd we all faced huge uncertainty and varying degrees of anxiety, each one of us doing our very best to adjust to it in our own way, depending on so many variables such as where we live, our stage in life, having a garden or access to open space, living alone, our families, our health and so much more. It was an extremely difficult and unnerving time for so many.

Now we are faced with another wave of uncertainty and anxiety as we try to understand the recovery strategy and are flooded with huge amounts of information about the detail and what it means for us, our families, friends and communities across the UK. The picture is gradually unfolding and, by the time you are reading this, things will again no doubt be very different. The uncertainty continues which makes it a real rollercoaster ride of different emotions and feelings, made even more difficult because, certainly for myself and I expect many others, this awful experience is taking us to unexpected places.

I wrote last month about how fortunate we are living in and around our villages and the wonderful ways our communities continue to provide help and support in so many ways. Of course, some will be finding it harder than others, but it is the feeling that everyone is there for each other and we can reach out for help should we need and with others simply checking on how we are. Social media and technology certainly are playing their part and we all are experiencing and valuing the benefit it brings to us and, most importantly, across the generations. An example close to us is Jackie’s mother, Cicely, who is in a care home near Newmarket where from the beginning of lockdown they introduced iPads and the use of Facetime. There are not many days in the week when a family member does not talk to Cicely and the great benefit is that she feels she has really had a visit from them and, of course, what has been of such value is that this really helps to reduce any feelings of isolation and separation.

Last month I referred to the birds in and around our garden and mentioned one or two of the visitors whom, I am pleased to say, continue to come plus a few others. I have always been interested in birds in the most un-twitcher like way, but as I have walked in the fields around our house over the last weeks I have been more aware of all the birds and doing my best to identify them by sight, and by their calls and songs which is certainly more challenging when they are at a distance or deep in a thicket. Last week I decided to make a list of all I had seen and heard. I had never really considered how many different birds are all around us but, to my surprise and with certainly several question marks, I have tallied up some 45 different species. I had no idea there would be that number, but perhaps you did?

At the start of the year the PCC were discussing a Spring dawn chorus walk followed by breakfast in the village hall which I very much hope we will now do next Spring.

Simon Pratten

USEFUL CONTACTS If you would like any help or support with shopping, collection of prescriptions or anything else please do ask one of us and we will find the best person to help you. Linda Gray: 01284 789317 or email, [email protected] Simon Pratten: 01284 850078 or email, [email protected]

In addition we have discovered Marksman, who deliver excellent veg boxes, fruit boxes and salad boxes plus milk and bread. In normal times they supply restaurants and hotels which market has gone, so enterprisingly have switched to private customers. Contact them at—[email protected]

Willow Tree Farm Shop, Lower Road, Glemsford CO10 7QU, 01787 280341, is excellent and sells a wide range of things.

THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY OF REDE AND BEYOND

During the Covid-19 pandemic Moya Long of Rede and Sue Hollands formerly of Rede have been doing their bit for the NHS!

Scrubs, how difficult can they be I thought, loose baggy garments so beloved by every hospital drama shown on the large and small screen worldwide. So when Moya asked for volunteers that had a sewing machine to join her in her scrubs sewing project I thought why not, I have the time, I have the equip- ment and as I thought the required skills, what I had forgotten was my ad- vancing years and the fact that I hadn’t done any serious sewing for many years. Nevertheless, I put my hand up and signed on the dotted line The challenges came thick and fast, first one was lifting the great heavy roll of fabric onto the dining room table which has now been re-commissioned as my cutting out table, the next was deciphering the pattern; they are fraught with danger, multiple sizing makes the whole process perilous, one wrong snip and you have reduced the extra large to a small in the blinking of an eye. Despite the initial problems we have soldiered on with great support from family and friends and I felt very proud when I completed my first set. Derek has been enormously patient given that the whole house now looks like some Far Eastern sweatshop and it’s island suppers only for the time being. I am now working on my sixth set and whilst hard going at times, I will carry on until this enormous roll of fabric is finished. Sue Hollands We think we must be older than we thought Making these scrubs can be really fraught We’ve made party frocks , coats and ball gowns Why would pyjama scrubs cause all these frowns

The fabric is so hard to find The whole world needs to use its kind Thirty five metres on a roll That really, on the back, takes toll

We modified the pattern, too Complicated details wouldn’t do At last we nailed it, away we go It was so good to feel the flow

So finally six sets apiece We felt so glad that we at least Unable now to offer care, send these scrubs With love to those who bravely dare Moya Long Fantastic Moya and Sue – thank you for sharing your story with us all and fabulous for West Suffolk Hospital. 33

Rede Scribe

Strange Times (part two!)

This unprecedented world crisis continues although the lockdown in Europe and China has now had a big effect and our recovery is, hopefully, a few weeks behind. The effect on everyone has been profound, but among the 31,000 tragic deaths in the UK it seems to me (trying to put my optimist’s hat on) that we maybe are learning a few things: • It seems to have slowed the world down a bit. • We have encroached on too much of nature – destroying habitats and species and then being surprised when coronaviruses and their like leap from the animal kingdom to ours. • Animals kept in appalling conditions are likely to spread illness whether that’s a market in Wuhan or hideous intensive farming anywhere in the world. • All countries need to co-operate because viruses do not respect national boundaries. • People seem to appreciate small things more – such as the ability to go outside to exercise and to see nature. • People seem to appreciate big things more – family, friends, their health and the NHS and the key workers. • Some people are awesomely irrepressible no matter what happens to them – I’m thinking 100-year-old Major Tom, who raised £32 million, and his ilk amongst others.

• It made us appreciate a little more what VE Day must have meant to people ground down by six years of hardship, loss, danger and worry.

Jo Cawston baked a rainbow cake and some cupcakes for the doctors and nurses who are on the front line at West Suffolk Hospital (Sorry it can’t be shown in colour)

What have YOU being doing with your lockdown time? Share it with us at the usual address.

Enjoyed this? If not, send me something to publish instead - want to tell us about your achievements or pay tribute to someone special - send it to me and I will include it in the next newsletter. The address is: [email protected] or drop it through the letter box of Four Ashes by the bus shelter.

REDE RECIPES

This month’s recipe is from Pauline Jones who spent many years in the Middle East.

Pauline writes … In the 1960’s, when I lived in the Middle East I came across a curry paste made by a Mrs Fernandes, although pretty powerful if used sparingly the flavours are amazing. So on my return to the UK years later I was disappointed not to be able to find it until one day whilst browsing in the little health shop in Bury St Edmunds I was thrilled to see the familiar label and discovered its name had changed to “Ferns Curry Paste”.

Pauline’s recipe 1lb chuck steak cut into small pieces 1 large onion diced 1 carrot diced 1 level dessertspoon of Ferns Hot Curry Paste, less if you prefer a milder version 1 dessertspoon flour 1 dessertspoon tomato paste 4 cloves garlic crushed 1 beef stock cube

Method Fry the onion and carrot in oil then add the curry paste and continue frying for a few minutes. In a separate pan gently brown the meat, sprinkle in the flour then add the vegetables and remaining ingredients including the stock cube dissolved in sufficient water to cover. Transfer to a casserole dish, cover and cook at 140C until the meat is tender. 1 ½ to 2 hours

Ferns Curry Paste can be purchased from The Bodhi Tree in Bury St Edmunds.

What a strange and unusual few weeks it has been…… but learning never stops.

Every day brings new challenges and learning opportunities - outdoor adventures, science experiments, letter writing and lots, lots more.

Arts and crafts

Outdoors

Thanking our

key workers

And the best news of all…… A new little baby for one of our families…

We are supporting all our families at the difficult time and hope you can support us too. If you walk past Little Teapots and see our key workers children in the garden please give them a wave or say help and thank you to our staff who as keyworkers are providing care to our families.

Jenny, Linda, Ali, Emily, Tash, Jill, Helen, Lorna and Candy x

COMPUTER/GUITAR SERVICES

CJ Computer Services EST 2003 P S Guitars

Guitar Technician, Chevington REPAIRS TO COMPUTERS, MOBILE PHONES AND TABLETS, SCREENS AND Repairs, Servicing, Upgrades, Electrics, BATTERIES ETC., VIRUS REMOVAL, Fret Dressing, Neck Setting, etc. BROADBAND PROBLEMS, LAPTOP AND Full Professional Set Ups NOTEBOOK SET-UPS, DATA RECOVERY

ON-SITE SERVICE, CUSTOM BUILT PCs. Many promising young players give up because their guitar feels and sounds wrong. Properly set up, even a PC DIPLOMA AND LEVEL 3 MOBILE PHONE AND TABLET TECHNICIAN cheap guitar can play like a professional stage instrument for much less money than you’d think.

TEL. CHRIS 01359 271772 Basic set up with new strings from £30 MOBILE 07717604180 Free consultation and advice WEBSITE. www.cjcomputerservices.biz Ring Paul: 07932 876756

EMAIL. [email protected] Playing guitar doesn’t have to be hard work

38 TAXI SERVICES

EXCELAN CHAUFFEUR SERVICES

Excelan’s reputation has been built on personal service and reliability at affordable prices.

You will be chauffeured in comfort and safety by a ROSPA Advanced Driver.

 Airports, seaports and Eurostar terminals  Business meetings  Weddings, sporting and social events and special occasions

For guide prices and details of cars, visit: www.excelan.co.uk Or contact Peter on: 01284 789 503 Mob: 07816 663 542 E-mail: [email protected]

39 C AR REPAIRS/ELECTRICIAN

CHEVINGTON GARAGE 01284 850920 Motor Engineers

PROPRIETOR: CHRIS WHITEHEAD

AIR CON, BATTERIES, DIAGNOSTICS, EXHAUSTS, REPAIRS, SPECIALIST WELDING, SERVICING, TYRES

All classic and modern cars welcome

Hargrave Road, Chevington, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP29 5QR [email protected] www.chevingtongarage.com

“A friendly local garage offering specialist welding repairs and fabrication. MOT testing and preparation, machining, white metalling, line boring and much more. From Bangers to Bentleys, all cars of all ages welcome. If we can’t get it we’ll make it, if we can’t make it forget it!”

40 CARPENTRY/BUILDERS

41 B UILDERS AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE S W General Building Sam Wreathall - your local builder offering these services  house renovation  plastering  brick work/flint work  old restoration: e.g. chimneys, old brick houses, repointing and replacing  patios  roof repairs  fascias, soffits and guttering  ground works  fencing  decking  external cladding

For more information or enquiries ring 07775090306 or email [email protected]

Mark & Kathy Building & Property

J Rose Maintenance Roofing and Handyman Building, Carpentry, Plastering, All roofing works undertaken Flat roof – pitched roof – Kitchen Fitting, Bathroom corrugated roofing Fitting, Fascia, soffits, gutters repaired and replaced Tiling, Painting & Decorating, Moss clearance and roof treatment Patios and Garden Fencing to keep moss away for 2-3 years We are fully trained and insured Waste carrier’s licence Please Call 01284 850948 07342 651568 01284 277273 Or 07920 447827 [email protected]

42 CARPET CLEANING/PAINTING AND DECORATING

Anderson’s Quality Home Decorating and Property Maintenance Service

Based in Chedburgh, offering professional interior and exterior painting/ decorating and property maintenance

Do your walls and ceilings need a fresh new look?

Why not give Anderson’s a call for a fast, free quotation.

Call Tom on 01284 850830 Or Mob: 07896 669749

Local references available

ADAM THE PAINTER Interior and exterior paintwork No job too big or too small Professional work at a reasonable rate

Local references available For bookings tel: Adam Krysta 07856 542905

43 PLUMBING AND HEATING/HEATING ARROW PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES

 Over 30 years’ experience  Friendly and reliable local service – free no obligation quotes and advice  Fully insured  No call out charge  All aspects of plumbing and heating  Oil boilers, servicing, repair and replacement.  Oftec Registered Technician No. 33100  Plumbing installations e.g. water softeners, outside taps, showers Contact Tony Ince Tel: 01284 852505; Mob: 07761 561584

MARTYN WEBB PLUMBING SERVICES Fully Qualified and Insured Plumber Over 30 years’ Experience No Call Out Fee No Job Too Small Reliable and Friendly Service

PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS COMPLETE BATHROOM REFURBISHMENTS WALL AND FLOOR TILING ALL TYPES OF SHOWERS FITTED

RADIATORS · CYLINDERS · IMMERSION HEATERS · PUMPS · BALL VALVES · SYPHONS · TAPS · SERVICE VALVES · WATER SOFTENERS · SINK UNITS · COLD WATER STORAGE TANKS

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44 PLUMBING AND HEATING

ADRIAN SAYER OIL HEATING ENGINEER

ESTABLISHED 1999 BOILERS AND COMPLETE SYSTEMS SERVICED AND REPAIRED

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45 P LUMBING/DRAINAGE/DOG WALKING

SANICLEAN DRAIN AND PLUMBING SERVICES

R. BRISTLEY Est. 1974 9 Collings Place · Newmarket

· Drains Unblocked Fast · Toilets, Baths and Sinks · Gutterings and Drainpipes · Drain Repairs and CCTV Surveys · High Pressure Water Jetting · Domestic and Industrial · All Work Guaranteed

Telephone: 01638 662439 Mobile: 07970 038404 Email: [email protected] www.rbristley.co.uk

46 PEST CONTROL/CHIMNEY SWEEPS

A. J. SOUTHGATE PEST CONTROL

Adrian Southgate 66 Fourth Avenue Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk CO10 7UA

Tel: 01787 282194 Mob: 07950 274989 Email: [email protected]

R. BRISTLEY Est. 1974 9 Collings Place · Newmarket · All Chimneys Swept · Solid Fuel, Oil and Gas · Cowls, Nets and Pots Fitted · Firebacks Replaced · Carpets Cleaned · Competitive Prices · Very Clean · Family Business · Public Liability Insurance · Wedding Car Hire – Classic White 1972 Citroën DS21 Telephone: 01638 662439 Email: [email protected] www.rbristley.co.uk

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48 LOGS/FORESTRY

I STONYS FORESTRY

Over 35 years working in forestry, estate and roadside maintenance Fully insured

Grass cutting, hedge cutting, shrub and tree planting, fencing, tree work, pesticide and herbicide spraying - PA1 and PA2

All work considered

Phone 07767 476212 01284 850031

49 F ORESTRY/GARDENING

Stevie Turner

Ground Care

For all your gardening needs

Grass & Hedge Cutting Strimming, Weeding Garden Clearance Patio Cleaning Tree Pruning

t: 01284 851033 m: 07710550422 e: [email protected]

50 GARDENING

GROUNDWORK GARDENING JON MASON SERVICES Hawkedon

Grasscutting - Strimming - Weeding

Hedgecutting - Landscaping SMALL LAWNMOWER REPAIRS AND SERVICING General Maintenance oil, spark plugs, starter cords etc.

Matthew 5 Cresslands Lane Hawkedon 07789 503704 Tel: 07909 766687

51 H EALTH AND CARE

CARE AT HOME Occupational Therapy Services

*PERSONAL CARE IN YOUR OWN ‘Overcoming Life’s Obstacles’ HOME Struggling with the things that give *ALL STAFF CRB CHECKED meaning and purpose to your life, or to cope with the things you want, or *SHORT OR LONG TERM CARE ON A need, to do? ONE-TO-ONE BASIS I will work with you to enable you to do tasks such as personal care, *CARE TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL domestic, work, social or leisure NEEDS activities,

whether you have mental or physical CONTACT KARINA FOR FRIENDLY health problems. ADVICE To discuss your needs, please contact TEL: 01284 850301 07955 814461 Deborah Smith Dip COT EMAIL: [email protected] HCPC registered 07768 110 799

52 DOMESTIC SERVICES

HOBBY FLORIST Sue in Chevington

Funerals, Birthdays, Weddings, Thank You, Get Well

Baskets, Wreaths and Table Centres

Fresh and silk displays at reasonable prices

Call or text to discuss your requirements collection + (local) deliveries available

01284 850031 07917 007178

53 BEAUTY/LEISURE/PRE-SCHOOL

MOBILE BEAUTY THERAPIST

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FIRST SESSION FREE

Lots of fun for preschool children and a warm welcome, tea or coffee and a chat for accompanying adults

Contact: 07854 376917

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55 P RE-SCHOOLS/FINANCE

56 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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For a real conversation about your insurance: call 01284 701144, email [email protected] or pop in NFU Mutual, Agriculture House, 93-95 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3AA Agent of The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited.

A Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Story—Answers LETTACE (7) begin by telling you about Darren and Angela, greengrocers of Birkenhead and their adventures last Sunday. They got up bright and early. While Angela got dressed, Darren went for a PEA (3). They had decided to go on a boating trip with Angela’s mum, Melanie, and her new man, Arty. Angela’s friend, Anna, was supposed to come too. Anna was a SWEDE. She lived in the Wirral, but she was born in Malmo. Anna phoned on her BLACKBERRY(10) at the last minute to say she couldn’t come, as a friend had arranged a blind DATE(4) for her and she would also have felt a bit of a GOOSEBERRY(10) going out with two PEARS(5). This was for the best, as the car had only four seats, so there was not MUSHROOM(8) inside. Darren had just landed a PLUM(4) position with NATO in Belgium, as his job at the greengrocers paid PEANUTS(6). He had to visit BRUSSELS (8) a lot, but also the increase in CELERY(6) meant they would be able to afford a new car. “By the way, Darren, how’s the FRENCH BEAN(6,4)?”, Said Arty, (Darren had been learning the language to help with the job). In reply, Darren blew a large RASPBERRY(9). They drove to the river and all got into a very small rowing boat. It was a bit of a SQUASH(5), so Arty sat in the bow, Darren at the stern and the two women in the middle with the oars, Angela on one side and MELON(5) the other. “I feel a right PRUNE/LEMON(5) here at the back”, said Darren. Suddenly the boat started to LEEK(4) so they made for the bank before their feet got too wet. They had forgotten to bring a picnic, so headed for a shop, which had a large black and white dog standing outside. “Look at that CAULIFLOWER(11)”, said Arty to Mel. Darren went into the shop but realised he had no money. He asked if he could pay by card. “No, but I’ll CASHEW(6) a cheque”, said the shopkeeper. Darren brought a big bag of nuts and some amber NECTARINE(9) a bottle. He just loved Fosters larger, but not in cans. “Why have you BEAN(4) so long?” asked Angela. The nuts made ARTICHOKE(9), as he ate them too quickly, so they decided to go home.

And that SHALLOT(7), folks

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