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Newsletter Autumn 2020 Newsletter Autumn 2020 Editorial Tim Cornford In this Issue Editorial Tim Cornford In this Issue In the hope that you have come through the lockdown 2 Society membership, meetings and website update safelyIn the and hope have that started you have to movecome aboutthrough the the town lockdown again, 2 Society membership, meetings and website update welcomesafely and to have the startedextra-length to move Autumn about theissue town and again, to a 4 Planning Matters welcome to the extra-length Autumn issue and to a 4 AlanPlan nVaughaning Matt ers new year in the Society's life. Alan Vaughan new year in the Society's life. 6 Replacement of the Airey Houses Despite the fact that we had to cancel the final 6 Replacement of the Airey Houses Daphne Lloyd speakerDespite themeeting fact andthat thewe hadentire to summercancel the visitsfinal Daphne Lloyd 8 Woodbridge's Green Spaces programme,speaker meeting the Society'sand the work entire has summer continued :visits the 8 WEamonnoodbrid O'Nolange's Gre en Spaces programme, the Society's work has continued: the Planning Group has been monitoring and commenting Eamonn O'Nolan onPlanning planning Group applications has been monitoring as usual. andThe commenting Planning 1 0 Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB on planning applications as usual. The Planning 10 Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB Simon Amstutz Matters article provides an update. Simon Amstutz Matters article provides an update. 1 1 Research on Nature & Health Your committee has planned a slightly truncated year 1 1 RJulesesea rPrettych on Nature & Health ofYour activities, committee starting has planned with a a speakerslightly truncatedmeeting on year 4 Jules Pretty November.of activities, Full starting details with are ona speakerpage 3. meetingThe summer on 4 1 3 The Earth's Three Trillion Trees 1 3 TJameshe Ea Lerth Fanu's Thr ee Trillion Trees November. Full details are on page 3. The summer visits programme will be announced in the Spring James Le Fanu newsletter.visits programme If circumstances will be announced require anyin thechange Spring to 1 5 Deben Community Farm thenewsletter. programme If wecircumstances will advise you require by email any andchange on the to 15 Deben Community Farm Heather Heelis the programme we will advise you by email and on the Heather Heelis website. website. 1 6 Cemetery Grass Cutting 16 Cemetery Grass Cutting East Suffolk Council This issue includes a special focus on green spaces. We East Suffolk Council areThis fortunate issue includes to be surrounded a special focus by so on much green countryside spaces. We 1 7 The Story of a Street: Church Street & Turn Lane are fortunate to be surrounded by so much countryside 17 The Story of a Street: Church Street & Turn Lane Bob Merrett but within the town we have lost many trees, gardens Bob Merrett andbut withinsmaller the green town spaces we have (along lost with many their trees, attendant gardens 2 2 Woodbridge & Great Bealings and smaller green spaces (along with their attendant wildlife) to housing development in the last half 2 2 WNormanoodbrid Porterge & G reat Bealings century.wildlife) Eamonnto housing O'Nolan development talks on pagein the8 about last whathalf Norman Porter thecentury. Town Eamonn Council O'Nolanis doing talksfollowing on page their 8 declarationabout what 2 4 Jetty Lane—a home for Just42 and much more. 2 4 JCarolineetty Lan Rutherforde—a home for Just42 and much more. the Town Council is doing following their declaration of a climate emergency while Prof Jules Pretty gives Caroline Rutherford usof a anclimate important emergency survey while of Prof research Jules Prettyinto giveshow 2 5 What Lies Beneath? importantus an important the natural survey world ofis researchfor our healthinto andhow 25 What Lies Beneath? Kirk Weir welfare.important the natural world is for our health and Kirk Weir welfare. There is much else in this issue. Please introduce your E ditorial Tim Cornford There is much else in this issue. Please introduce your friends and neighbours to the work of the Society. We PErdoidtourcitaiol n CarolTim Cornford Wiseman do,friends after and all, neighbourshave the wellbeing to the work of the of thewhole Society. town Weat Production Carol Wiseman heart.do, after all, have the wellbeing of the whole town at Photography Anthony Mather (except where stated) heart. Photography Anthony Mather (except where stated) R enewing Woodbridge Society Membership Lindsay Dann Historically Woodbridge Society members have used cheques or cash to pay annual subscriptions and fees for excursions. Starting with our next financial year in October 2020 the Society wishes to encourage members to move to paperless payment, which offers savings in postage, stationery and (possibly) in bank charges. This will not be compulsory but already several members have paid the Society this way for their convenience. The Society’s preferred option for receiving annual subscriptions will be familiar to most: BANKER’S STANDING ORDER where the member has control over what is paid and can at any time cancel or amend future payments. Members using internet banking should find the procedure very simple. 1. The Beneficiary is THE WOODBRIDGE SOCIETY. Our account number is 50628568 and our sort code is 30-90-89 2. For subscriptions please make a payment of £8 (individual) or £14 (two people at the same address) as appropriate, larger if you wish, preferably starting on a date convenient for you in October 2020. 3. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU INCLUDE YOUR SURNAME AND INITIAL AS REFERENCE ON THE PAYMENT otherwise the Treasurer will be faced with a mass of indistinguishable payments! 4. Step 3 also applies if in the future you use internet banking to pay for Society visits. 5. Set the payments for ANNUALLY thereafter, until further notice. Members not using internet banking: for you a standing order form is enclosed. Please complete the shaded boxes on the form and give/send it to your bank. Again, IT IS VITAL THAT IN THE “REFERENCE” BOX YOU ENTER YOUR SURNAME AND INITIAL. Please direct any enquiries to the Treasurer on 01394 382459 or the Society mailbox [email protected] Members opting to pay by standing order need not return the personal details form enclosed with this Newsletter unless your details have altered since your last return in Autumn 2019, in which case please use the form or email the Membership Secretary on [email protected]. For members who have previously signed to have their subscription considered as a donation and thereby qualify for Gift Aid, their previous signature holds good. Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation. We welcome the following members who have recently joined the Society. Jackie Bendall; Sue Cox; Tim & Christine Cutler; Angela Fleming-Brown; Anne Gartley; David Goldsmith; Oliver Houchell; Angela Liddle; Wendy Melia; Martin & Lesley Minta; Norman & Virginia Porter; Cordelia Richman & Rockey Singh; Jeremy & Pauline Tambling; Anne Tate; Bram & Penny van der Have. 2 WOODBRIDGE SOCIE TY TALKS 2020/21 The Society has planned the following talks and we hope that, by the Autumn, we will be able to meet as usual: at 7.30pm in the Abbey School Hall. Please note these dates in your diary. These arrangements depend, of course, on the lifting of coronavirus restrictions and on the ability of Woodbridge Preparatory School to make the Assembly Hall available for our use. In the event that arrangements have to be changed, we will notify you by email and on the Society's website. 4 November 2020 'Homestart Suffolk' A talk about the charity that supports families with young children. Wednesday 3 March 2021 Annual General Meeting and 'The Rise and Fall of the Medieval Port of Goseford' Peter Wain Wednesday 7 April 2021 'Thomas Clarkson: key player in the abolition of the slave trade and local hero' David Kelling The programme of summer visits will be published in the Spring 2021 Newsletter Online updates Dan Cornford Second, the Home page now features a What's New section highlighting the latest By the time you are reading this, the content on the website. This enables visitors Woodbridge Society website - to see at a glance the most recent updates www.woodbridgesociety.org.uk - will be a from the Society and to catch up more easily year old. In that time, we have received over on current information, be it a new planning 1,200 visits, while the Society email has application, meeting details or a newsletter publication. made communication with members significantly easier. We have made several recent additions and changes to the website Third, you may already have seen that we to which I would like to draw your attention. now have a Society newsletter archive on the Newsletter page. Digital copies of spring and First, we have added an interactive map to autumn issues from 2010 onwards are the Planning page. This shows the locations available to view or download. We will add to and details of the local planning applications this as further issues are published. We which our Planning Group is currently would like to extend the archive as far back monitoring and responding to. Each pin on as possible so if you still have hard copies of the map represents one planning application older newsletters, please get in touch! and clicking on a pin will display further information below, including a link to the Lastly, we have created an About Us page in application documents on the East Suffolk order to keep all the basic information about Council website. As and when the Planning the Society in one place. Details of the Group responds to an application, this will Society rules and current committee also be available to view.