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The local magazine for Hollesley, Boyton, Alderton, Shingle Street and Capel June 2019 Village Voices Village Voices 1-20 June 2019_vv 17/05/2019 18:49 Page 2
Dates for your June diary Sat 1 10.30 - 12 Boyton Coffee Morning, Boyton VH Fri 7 7.30 pm Quiz with Fish and Chip Supper, Sutton MH 411530 Sat 8 10.30-12 Boyton Fete Meeting, Boyton VH Fri 14 12 noon The Amaryllis Quartet, Town Hall, Orford Sat 15 2 – 4pm Bawdsey Market, Bawdsey VH Sat 15/ Sun 16 10 – 6 Flower Festival, All Saints, Sutton Sun 16 10-12.30 Coffee morning (free cuppa for Dad), Alderton VH Weds 19 7.30 pm Gardening Club, speaker Karen Kenny, Bowls Club Sat 29 12.30-4pm Hollesley Fete, Recreation Ground Boathouse Café Bawdsey, open Thurs-Mon 11-5pm Bawdsey/Felixstowe ferry every day 10-5pm Poppies Café Sandlings, open Mon-Fri 9am-1.30 Transmitter Block, Bawdsey, open Thurs and Sun 11am-4pm Shelby’s, Warren Hill open weekdays 8am-4pm weekends 8.30-3pm Blue Rabbit, Shottisham Caravan Site Sat and Sun 8.30-11.30am
Regular Events Day Time Activity Where Who Monday 2 - 4pm Meet Up Mondays Shepherd & Dog Helen 411232
Monday 6.30/7.40pm Pilates Hollesley VH Sandy 410530 Tuesday 2pm Welcome Club Hollesley VH Marian C 411262 Tuesday Wk 2 & 4 2 - 4pm Peninsula Soc. Club Hollesley VH Alan 420092 Wednesday 2 - 4pm Outdoor Bowls Hollesley VH Terry 411458
Wednesday 9.45&11am Pilates Sandy 410530 Wednesday 10-11.30 Drop-in Weds. Alderton Swan Wednesday 6.30-8.30 Just42 Youth Club Hollesley VH Michael 412052 Thursday After school EVNU All Saints’ Ruth 412052 Thursday Judo Club Tunstall Julie 410483 Thursday Week 2 7.30pm Hollesley WI Hollesley Jenny 412019 glyn.chaplin@bt Thursday 5.45-7.15 (6.45 Karate Hollesley VH every 2nd Thurs) internet.com Friday 9.30-11.00 Yoga Hollesley VH Cathie 01728 747001 Friday 11.00am Coffee morning Shepherd and Dog Friday 7.00pm Whist Drive Hollesley VH Les 411642 Ist Saturday 10.30-12.00 Coffee morning Boyton VH Isobel 411409 Sunday (last) 8pm Charity Quiz Shepherd and Dog Please email [email protected] with updates to this information.
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From the editor Cheryl Gray ‘Summer time and the livin’ is easy ‘ - Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
As Summer is upon us we can all enjoy our local surroundings to the full. A trip to Buttrum’s Mill in Woodbridge is always a joy and we are privileged to have such a beautiful working tower mill in our immediate vicinity.
There are plenty of outdoor activities to attract our attention this month - let’s hope the weather supports them as well as the rest of us!
Hollesley Youth Club, run by Just 42, is appealing for volunteers to help out on a rota system - Wednesday evenings at Hollesley Village Hall from 6-9pm during term time. (p.30) This is a most vital link for our local young people aged between 11-18 years. No previous experience is necessary, just an interest in supporting young people. Please do consider helping this most worthy project. Enjoy the Summer! Cover photo: Buttrum’s Mill, Woodbridge by Cheryl Gray Cheryl Gray Please note that the opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the editorial team. Editorial copy: Cheryl, Advertising Nick, Diane Gerry Bathe [email protected] [email protected] Copy on paper to: 1 Rectory Road, Laurie Forsyth, 11A, Parsons Hill, Hollesley, IP12 3JS Hollesley, IP12 3RB Tel: 01394 411376 Tel: 01394 411727
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Face recognition – Dr Fred Stentiford’s research
Dr Fred Stentiford of Boyton is singularly involved with unpaid pioneering research into face recognition. He did his PhD at Southampton University and first worked for Plessey at Havant, a British-based international electronics, defence and telecommunications company. He then moved to BT at Dollis Hill in London and later transferred to BT, Martlesham. He is a mathematician but believes the tendency to believe maths always represents the truth is holding up scientific research.
He has recently given talks at two conferences, one in China and the other in the USA, in order to share his findings internationally. Due to a great deal of Contributed Dr Fred Stentiford misleading information, everyone mistakenly believes that facial recognition at Passport Control in airports is working – it is not! Fred’s painstaking research hopes to make this possible.
Fred flew to Guangdong in China (not far from Hong Kong) with a colleague named Gary Disley, who looks after Broadband in this part of the world. Gary managed to obtain a grant to cover the cost of the trip (money in research work is hard to come by!) They were both to attend the International Internet Plus Exhibition. Fred was to give a thirty-minute talk entitled: Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition. This included a laptop slideshow on a huge screen in a large conference centre. There were several hundred people attending the talk which went down very well and was readily accepted. There followed lots of interested discussion but no challenges as there is nothing to challenge in such pioneering work. As an indicator, Fred stated that the police had 2,000 criminal images on screen and only 2% of them could be identified. Fred was in China for a week so had a good opportunity to have a wander round and found it quite an adventure. Everyone he met whilst there was very accommodating.
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In January Fred attended the Electronic Imaging Conference in San Francisco and paid his own expenses. He was the last to speak in the session but due to a previous speaker having time-consuming difficulties with his computer, there was regrettably no time for Fred to invite questions from the floor. This meant he was unable to assess the impact of his presentation on the audience. Fred’s paper is published and is on the internet: https://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~fstentif/
Fred finds the research work both interesting and exciting. He gave another talk in London in April at the British Machine Vision Association. Here he presented a big poster with more details of his research work including photographs of faces and face-mapping between the images. Interestingly, the images do not have Contributed
The reference face The candidate image
to be of a high definition: 100 pixels wide is sufficient to be recognised. The candidate image is cross-referenced against the reference face to find commonality. The approach does not use training data because there is no guarantee that this represents unseen data. Similarly, this approach does not use pre-selected features because again there is no guarantee that these are present in unseen data.
Fred is also working on other areas of research connected to facial recognition: speech recognition and marking essays through finding word relationships in documents. We wish him every success in his findings!
Cheryl Gray
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Church letter Dear Friends,
There may still be places available on our mini-pilgrimage to our cathedral in Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 2 June. We will share car transport to Bury St Edmunds in time to arrive at the cathedral for 2pm. We will be guided on a gentle reflective tour of the cathedral and then join the congregation for choral evensong. Afterwards there will be refreshments provided by
the Friends of the Cathedral. Contributed There is no charge. Contact me St Edmundsbury Cathedral 01394 412053 or Judy Foulger [email protected] for further details and/or to book. Do you remember the motto, Live simply that others may simply live? The second intention from my study leave last summer was, Live simply. Our attention has been drawn recently to damage we humans are causing to our planet – plastic pollution, climate change and the decline in bio-diversity. UK attitudes and behaviours are changing. Single-use plastics are now often unacceptable; 16 yearold Greta Thunberg recently spoke to Parliament; Extinction Rebellion’s cause (if not method) was widely supported and for the first time since 1882, the UK went a whole week without generating electricity from coal. We can all play our part – not least by reducing our consumption and-waste rather than necessarily seeking greener alternatives. One of the world-wide Christian church’s marks of mission is to safeguard the integrity of creation. We believe that humankind has been given the responsibility of caring for the world which God created. The churches of this area are committed to doing as much as we can to reflect that belief in the way we live our lives and maintain our church buildings and churchyards. Several local churches are currently applying for Eco-Church accreditation and, at a special service on 30 June at Boyton (10am) we hope to promote this further and present at least one parish with their Eco-Church certificate. Do join us to find out more. Wishing you every blessing,
Rev’d Ruth Hatchett 412052 [email protected]
From the church registers : Baptism 12th May Jac Tomos Williams at All Saints’ Church, Hollesley Funeral 21st May Sarah Ann Mann of Alderton at Seven Hills Crematorium
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St Andrew’s St Andrew’s All Saints’ Other Villages June Alderton Boyton Hollesley
Thurs 30 May 7.30pm Holy Communion for the Wilford Pensinsula Ascension Day at St Gregory’s Church, Rendlesham Sun 2 8.00 Holy 11.00 Holy 9.30 Holy 9.30 Sutton Heath Communion Communion Communion 11.00 Shottisham (BCP) Sun 9 8.00 Holy 9.30 Family 9.30 Sutton Pentecost Communion Communion 11.00 Ramsholt (Whitsun) (BCP) 6.00 Reflection 6.00 Shottisham and Song 6.30 Bawdsey
Saturday 15 12-2pm Messy Church Sun 16 8.00 Holy 9.30 Café 6.30 Sutton Trinity Communion Sundae Songs of Praise Sunday (BCP) 6.30 Evensong
Sun 23 8.00 Holy 9.30 Holy 9.30 Shottisham* Communion Communion 11.00 Bawdsey (BCP) 11.00 Ramsholt* 6.30 Sutton Sunday 30 10.00 Boyton, Holy Communion for all the Deben Churches - celebrating Eco Churches
* service includes Holy Communion
Church Contacts Team Vicar: Ruth Hatchett 01394 412052 [email protected] Hollesley Churchwardens: Boyton Churchwarden: Ray and Gill Whiffin 410057 Isobel Lilley 411409 Alderton Churchwarden: Barry Vincent 411306 Hollesley Tower Captain: Peter Harper 01394 411775 Lay Reader Emeritus: Lydia Calvesbert 01394 411779 Lay Elders: Joy Andrews 01394 411596 Judy Foulger 01394 410254 Di Barnard 01394 411079 Pat Shannon 01394 411214 Mel Spurling 01394 420398 Gill Whiffin 01394 410057
Weekday Services Monday 9.00am Alderton & Shottisham Church - Morning Prayer Wednesday 9.30am Bawdsey Church - Morning Prayer Thursday 9.00am Boyton and Sutton Churches – Morning Prayer Friday 8.00am 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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New discovery in All Saints, Hollesley
The inscribed brass plaque shown above was discovered on one of the church pews during spring-cleaning in April 2019. It reads:
The thirty-one new pews in this Church of All Saints, Hollesley, Suffolk, have been made in the style of the eight medieval pews and the one Victorian pew already in the Church. All these new pews were donated between 1949 and 1966 during the Rectorship of the Rev’d William Herbert Groom, MA, Rector of Hollesley and Boyton with Capel St. Andrew, Lord of the Manor of Hollesley- cum- Sutton, sometime of Peterhouse, Cambridge. All these pews were carved by Harry Dale Brown, working for the firm of Ernest E. Barnes of Ipswich. 5th April 1968.
Cheryl Gray
New Walks’ Book on Sale A revised issue 20 MORE WALKS of the local walks’ AROUND THE DEBEN book:
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is back by popular demand! As featured in Village Voices
Copies will be on sale at all the usual outlets: Browser’s Bookshop, SPT, Bawdsey Café, Alderton Store and Ramsholt Church at:
£4.99 each
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Hollesley Fete Saturday 29 June 12:30 to 4:00pm Just a quick reminder If you want a space for a table top or car boot sale, please book now. Volunteers still needed to help set up the fete (9am), dismantlethe marquee (4pm) and run smash-the-plate stall. Don’t forget books, bric-a -brac, cakes and jams welcomed on the day. See you at the fete Ring Stewart 01394 412169 or 07771 780857
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Hollesley School - the School Farm and Country Fair On Thursday 25 April, Year 3 and 4 went to the School Farm and Country Fair at Trinity Park. We have written this with some of the children who went on the trip: when we arrived we couldn’t wait to get out of the bus because we were so excited and full of energy. First we visited the coastguard stand. Chloe said, I learnt a lot from them including that if the flag is red then it is not safe to go out to sea, if the flag is orange then it is too windy to go out and if the flag is black and white then there are people surfing, so be careful.
After that, we climbed on some cars and inflatable boats and of course we were not expecting that but it was really fun. Then something really exciting happened - the air ambulance started coming down in the middle of the field and we all got to have a look in it! We all know people in our village who have used it in the last couple of years and know how important and special it is. Contributed We saw people dressed up as Vikings Next we went to see the woodcarvers who were working on some projects. Kaison said, They make cricket bats out of willow trees. We saw a partly completed one. They were really cool. An awesome fact we learnt is that 70% of the cricket bats that are used around the world are made in England. We also learnt to tell how old a tree is by looking at the rings and markings on them.
Then we went into a big tent with lots of exciting stalls: honey tasting, birds of prey, Sutton Hoo and The Wild Meat Company. We saw a massive model Viking ship and people dressed up as Vikings. After that we went on a tractor and trailer ride. It was lots of fun seeing everything while we went around.
Next we went to an arena and watched a shepherd with his sheepdog rounding up some sheep into a pen. We were all tired, so were happy when our teacher said it was lunch time! After that we learned about modern farming and how to lay the seeds with the machines and it was really quite interesting. We also learned about fertiliser and livestock.
Finally we went into a big barn and we got to see lots of animals and their babies. We got to hold some baby ducklings and chicks and they were so cute! We also saw: Beagle puppies, lambs, piglets, calves, kids (baby goats not us), Shire horses and alpacas. Before we left we got to try some delicious sausages! After a long day, which really lived up to the excitement and expectations, it was time to go home!
Imogen and Ellie and Year 3 and 4
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Happy 90th Birthday Roy Winchester!
Roy and Valerie Winchester retired to Hollesley many years ago, returning to Valerie’s roots, as she had been at Thomas Mills’ School at Framlingham. They made a beautiful garden together in the middle of the village which Roy still works in, living independently, with a little local help.
He soon became involved in village life, on the Parish Council and also with the Bowls Club where he was secretary for many years. When the prison wanted to dispose of an old wooden visitors’ café, Roy had a big hand in obtaining it for the Bowls Club. With a grant and all local help, from Clive Marshall, Roy Charity and Derek Andrews it was re-erected on a new concrete base where it has provided an excellent facility ever since.
Roy was new to bowls, but soon Helen Lewis Helen Happy Birthday Roy! became proficient, playing until
recently and helping to win matches for many years. He always encourages young players, male and female, and will still help to provide a coaching course.
Roy’s dear wife Valerie died a few years ago, but Roy has so many reminders around him of her wonderful needlework, especially her patchwork quilts.
They have three sons, and granddaughter Chloe has achieved international fame as a show jumper. Her mother Jilly taught her and others for many years at Poplar Park.
Helen Lewis Lewis Helen Roy, with one of Valerie’s magnificent patchwork quilts
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Your letters - do please write to us Dear Editor,
While attending the Community Garden on 30th April with my husband and daughter, my husband decided to check the nest boxes in and around the garden ... and to our amazement he came across a Blue Tit sitting tight on her nest and managed to get a picture of her. It was so lovely to see and know that the boxes do get used.
Victoria Fletcher
Dear Editor,
The Hollesley Bay Day Club has now closed
because HMP Hollesley Bay is Contributed unfortunately no longer able to provide Blue Tit in nesting box accommodation, lunches, etc. The club had been operating for over 30 years and was enjoyed by many local residents during this time. However, a new club, The Peninsula Social Club will be starting from 25 June, meeting at the Hollesley Village Hall between 2.00pm and 4.00pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. Existing club members have been notified but new members will also be very welcome to join us. Anyone interested should contact me.
Alan Martin 01394 420092.
Dear Editor,
We were looking after my son’s dog while he was on holiday and somehow its ID dog tag went missing. We received a phone call from a young man who had found it and he very kindly took the trouble to come to our house to return it. Unfortunately, we forgot to ask his name but we are sincerely grateful to him for his act of kindness. We do hope he reads this letter of thanks!
Rosemary and Len Busby
Dear Editor,
Please could you include the following message for Peter Saxon:
Help with fund-raising for Hollesley Village Hall You contacted me about helping with raising funds at Hollesley Village Hall. I am so sorry but I mislaid your email address. I would be very grateful if you could send it again please to [email protected] Thank you.
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Dear Editor,
I wondered if your readers could help me with a problem I have? For about a month now, a Bengal cat has been paying me a visit. The owners came looking for him and I took their phone number in case I managed to catch him - which I did, phoned them and they collected. I have now done this 4 times! They live in Rendlesham so not local to me. Now here's my problem: this cat has become a real menace, breaking into my house and urinating everywhere, fighting my cats and causing injuries. I have pleaded with the owners to keep this cat locked in, they are using him for breeding purposes. Since talking to some neighbours, I realise this cat is causing a lot of problems in the area: killing one pet rabbit and leaving the owners with a big vets bill, bullying someone’s dog in their own garden and many cat fights.
I have started to gather reports from people but I need more in order to be taken seriously and lodge a complaint. Is it possible for people to contact me with their experiences of this cat, please?
Debbie Whitney (please contact via email:[email protected])
Dear Editor,
Just to note that the email address published in last month’s article from Travel with Milly is no longer in use. If you want to contact her, please use: [email protected] Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience!
Melissa Shanahan
Dear Editor, (to all residents) As your new district councillor at the newly formed East Suffolk council, I want to thank you for your support. My predecessor Christine Block, was an excellent local councillor and I pay tribute to her hard work and achievements on the Peninsula. I hope very much that I am able to continue with her good work.
I will make sure I report to your Parish Council on a timely basis and I hope through the year, I am able to hold at least one surgery. And of course you can contact me any time with your issues. Do say hello to me if you see me around and I look forward to meeting you. Cllr James Mallinder
Dear Editor, Thank you to all those who came to support Hollesley School at their barn dance event on 27th April at the village hall. It was a such a fun night with live music from Shadows in the Shade and lots of people up and dancing. The hall looked fantastic: decorated with home-made bunting, fairy lights and hay bales. The food was delicious and the atmosphere laid back and happy. The added bonus was that we raised £350 for the children at the school; thank you to all those who contributed. A special thanks to an anonymous donor who kindly gave £100! The Friends of Hollesley School www.villagevoices.co.uk Page 17 June 2019 Village Voices 1-20 June 2019_vv 17/05/2019 18:50 Page 18
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Nature Note (changing places) This month’s Nature Note comes from New York. What? Nature in New York, the ultimate concrete jungle? Well, yes, there are jungles within jungles even here. I used to work in NY once and my local birdwatching patch there was Central Park, which is alive with wildlife of all kinds. This was a sentimental return visit. Central Park is over two miles long by half a mile across, so about the same size as my local patch in Shingle Street – and the two have more in common than you might think. It was created in the 1860s by two landscape architects of genius, Olmsted, an American and Vaux, an Englishman, who actually invented the term landscape architect. They introduced lakes, hills, rocks, streams, meadows, gardens and woodlands, all designed to create a green sanctuary within the city. They planned it with human visitors in Contributed American robin mind, but it didn’t take long for the birds to find it as well and for two reasons.
First, NYC is right on the flyway for the thousands of birds migrating between their summer homes in New England and Canada and their winter quarters further south. Every spring, tired migrants gratefully pause to rest and refuel in Central Park, which from the air must seem like an oasis in a concrete desert. Secondly, the Park offers a great range of habitats: lakes and streams for wildfowl and water-birds; woodland for all manner of American thrushes, warblers, tanagers and vireos; thickets for owls and catbirds; mature trees for woodpeckers, flickers and sapsuckers; vantage points for raptors; and even a few paved areas for urban refugees like starlings and house sparrows. Starlings were introduced to America when 40 pairs were released in Central Park in 1890, on the initiative of one Eugene Schieffelin, who had the absurd ambition of introducing to America all the 60 or so birds mentioned in Shakespeare. The starlings and the sparrows flourished, but the nightingale and most others failed (and what he did about the ostrich and the phoenix isn’t recorded…).
You can see 100 different species here in a day in the spring, well over 200 in the course of a year, which compares very well with Shingle St. The other thing I like is the familiarity. I knew just where I would find American robins on the Great Lawn, palm warblers by Willow Rock and buffleheads in the corner of the Reservoir. There was even a rare bird in the Ramble, a yellow-breasted chat, in which the drug-pushers were taking a proprietorial interest (‘It’s over there, second bush on the left, and would you be wanting anything else, Sir?”).
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SLIDES Stalls ONY RIDES SLIP CAR WURLITZER P Jams,Cakes, BO Mortiers’ Farm Veg, OT Crafts, Books, SA ramme Come and see L Prog White Elephant, E e opens the kid goats 12.30 Fet Pickles, Bottles, Dog Show 1.00 - 3.00 sic Jewellery llesley School: mu 3.00 - 3.30 Ho Face nd singing The biggest plant stall Painting dancing a Sma sh The Plat te C e 2.45 Kara oconut shy 4.00 Grand Draw GRAND PRIZE Fire Engine DRAW B 7 Dog Show Classes OU £1 per class UNC CASTLLEE G Y C AME ZONE 1. Golden Oldie Raffles 2. Cutest Puppy Fruit basket 3. Waggiest Tail Wheelbarrow Bat The Rat * Sweet- 4. Best Rescue Dog 5. Prettiest Pouch (female) Model Boat Hoopla*Egg Game* 6. Most Handsome (Male Football*Marble Game 7. Best in Show. Display P r i z e s d o n a t e d b y : 1st prize £200 Spin The Wheel*Lucky Dip W i l k i n s o n R o s e t t e s 2nd prize Amazon Echo Dot Treasure Hunt P e n i n s u l a D o g G r o o m i n g T i m e 4 P a w s 3rd prize MOT T h e P e t V i s i t o r 4th prize Arcadia Clothing voucher S p o r t i v e K P
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The Alderton Show 6 July 2019 2pm – 10.30pm MOWproviding 4 YOU This year Alderton Fete Grass Cutting becomes a show Hedge Cutting Classic Cars and the traditional Side Shows return to be joined Contact Andrew on 07850 583093 by a Produce and Craft [email protected] Exhibition www.mow4you.co.uk Page 22 June 2019 www.villagevoices.org.uk Village Voices June 2019 21-40_vv 17/05/2019 19:22 Page 3
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A sunbed on a tropical beach, a cultural visit to a city, a cruise around the world or a caravan at Yarmouth - none of these for our speaker Andrea Powell, who runs her own travel company, Idela, and whose destination of choice is the distant and bleak Falkland Isles - all in all 770 or so of them. She described the uninhibited wildlife and seabirds and showed us some amazing pictures of her favourites, the jentu penguins. Apparently it is home to of the world’s black browed ⅔ albatrosses as well as many other species. It’s a make-do and mend society with people having to be resourceful as there’s only one container a month with supplies. Schoolchildren use the internet a lot for lessons and major operations are done in Santiago, although there is a fantastic medical facility on the island. 75% of the population is under 55 and there is zero unemployment!
We smiled as she told us about the air travel facilities: a bloke unlocks a shed, puts Andrea Powell up a windsock and switches Jentu penguins on the Falklands on a radio, whilst waving a hankie in the air. You have to weigh yourself and your luggage. Much of the area known as Isolation Point is a no go area as there are still unexploded Impovised Explosive Devices left over from the Falklands War in the 1980s. As Andrea has been back several times, the Falklands are obviously a very special place for her and made for a most interesting talk.
We do like to meet up with other women, and recently several Hollesley members enjoyed a chicken and salad lunch followed by Ufford mess at Ufford church hall along with 60 or so from our group. The speaker talked about the stunning painted ceiling at Huntingfield church (we visited there last year), so do look at their website - it’s well worth a visit.
The Hollesley darts group ventured to Chinny’s social club in Halesworth on 1st May for a pairs contest and although our two teams didn’t bring back the trophy donated by Hollesley some years ago, they and their supporters had a great evening and we’ll keep on practising!
Jane Burn
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Free Nursery places available Free Nursery places available30 hours free weekly childcare for all 3 and 4-year olds at Bawdsey CEVCP School, in our Early Years setting- in addition to these hours there are free lunchtime sessions. Sessions can start from their 3rd birthday and do not need to wait until the following term. We also have spaces for 2-year olds; sessions are 8.45-11.45 and cost £12.
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 allowing 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 - the 2nd Thursday of every month during term time- only £3.47 for a two-course meal Phone (01394) 411365 for more details
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Alderton Parish Council
Alderton Show – Saturday 6 July We would be grateful for any contributions of wine, beer, posh bric-a-brac, books, unwanted jewellery and tombola prizes. Please contact clerk for collection. Remember to send in your entry forms for the Produce and Craft Exhibition to Joanne, 23 Mill Hoo by 1 July: Tel. 411094. Forms still available in the local shops. Find us on Facebook for updates. Table Tennis The new table tennis table is now in use on the recreation ground. Bats and balls are supplied but can also be purchased for a very reasonable price at Alderton Stores. Meet up Wednesdays We are very grateful to The Swan for hosting this event. The oldest resident and the youngest addition to the village both attend (with all ages in between). Don’t be alone – come along for a free cuppa and a chat, you will be made very welcome - 10am – 11.30am Knit and Natter Contributed The new table tennis table now in use An idea has been put forward that a Knit and Natter group could be Contributed Meet up Wednesdays at the Swan formed to meet in The Swan on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. If you are a novice at knitting or crochet and would like advice or an expert who could help others, would you be interested? Please call Judy on 01394 410254.
Joy Andrews, Parish clerk Email: [email protected] Tel: 411596
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From our country kitchen - vegetable rolls ( for 2) I bought a couple of vegetable rolls for lunch recently and thought, they must be easy to make and so they were. I just used vegetables that I had to hand but look forward to adding beans, leeks, courgettes or sweet corn as they come into season. 1/4 pack of puff pastry 50 g mature cheddar cheese 1 dsp olive oil 1 small onion 1 small carrot 2 tblsp swede 2 mushrooms 1 Brussels sprout A handful of frozen peas 1/2 vegetable stock cube 1/2 tsp cumin and fennel seeds Contributed 1 dsp milk Warm the olive oil in a saucepan and add the finely chopped onion. Cook for 5 minutes then add the diced carrot and swede. Slice the mushrooms and Brussels sprout and add to the pan. Stir and continue to cook. Dissolve the stock cube in a small cup of boiling water and add to the vegetables. Add the peas. Turn up the heat and cook, stirring occasionally until the liquid has completely reduced and the vegetables are tender (approx 10 mins). Put aside and allow to cool. Add the grated Cheddar cheese and seeds.
Pre-heat the oven to 200 C /Gas 6. Take the pastry from the fridge, divide into 2, then roll out each piece so it measures 17 x 13 cm.
Spoon half the mixture along the centre of each piece of pastry, lengthwise. Bring the back of the pastry up and push the vegetables in. Brush milk along this top edge, then bring up the front of the pastry and make a tube . Turn the roll over and pinch the edges together. Brush with more milk and slash the top 4 times. Place on a lined baking tray and bake for approx 20 mins until brown and crisp. Serve with a crisp green salad.
Pauline Austerfield Answers to crossword: Subscriptions Do you know someone who would like to receive copies of Village Voices? Subscriptions are available at a cost of £12 for 12 issues including postage within the UK. Rates for overseas are considered individually.
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Boyton Village Hall Coffee Morning.
The May coffee morning raised a very useful £66 for the funds, thank you all for your support.
Our next meeting will be 1 June. As it is the month of mid-summer, we thought we would include some simple games or just come, have a coffee and watch the fun. The usual time: 10.30am at the Village Hall. Cheryl Gray Boyton Village Hall Boyton Village Hall management
Greetings from the Mission at Boyton
Paul implores us: to teach the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ for they are sound, wholesome and true. Boyton Village Hall Moreover, they are the foundation of and for a Godly Coffee Bring and share activity life. n astic -caHa g some el ve you Brin cradle? tried p We at Boyton Mission are the cat’s a pai oi...bri you do r of lon ng hosting a seminar open to all g socks who express an interest in the dynamic truths of the bible. Can you slosh, floss or This will be on: Vossi Bop? Saturday 29 June 10-3pm
Show us your moves and with Charlie Riddleston and his team from Colchester Road we’ll show you ours Baptist Church, Ipswich. Refreshments will be served Bring ide a sma throughout the day. al leng ll tabl th fro ecloth/ the m one shawl other stretc /veil Looking forward to meeting stretch hed ar ed arm m to and greeting you. er rememb Do you and Every blessing to you all. th a top ying wi or just come and relax pla ? string with a coffee Steve Dart Sat 1 June 10.30 Page 30 June 2019 www.villagevoices.org.uk Village Voices June 2019 21-40_vv 17/05/2019 19:22 Page 11
Meet our second youngest reader! When I was recently in the Hollesley shop, I was approached by Olivia the 9 year old sister of Henry Delaney (our youngest reader featured on the cover of the April issue). She said to me: Can I ask you a question about Village Voices because there’s a really hard word in there that I can’t read? I replied, You
can read it to me when we Cheryl Gray Cheryl Olivia at the Church Club next meet up at Church Club. So, as you can see in the above photo, we duly met up and read together. And the word? Distribution (p.15). I do hope you can read all the words in this issue, Olivia - happy reading!
Cheryl Gray Hollesley Youth Club needs your help
Hollesley Youth Club is looking for volunteers to help at the club held in the village hall during term times. The club meets on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 8.30pm and we need more people to join a rota to help at the club.
It is open to young people aged 11-18yrs, about 15 to 20 young people attend each week. The volunteer would need to arrive early (6pm) to help set up the club and be ready to welcome the members. They will support the staff in the safe running of the club - helping run activities, like sports, games and cooking, working alongside young people, getting to know them and helping to set up and pack away. No previous experience is necessary, just an interest in supporting local young people.
Just42, who run the club, will sort out references and also carry out a DBS check for you, they also provide relevant (optional) training opportunities. Just42 are a well established youth work charity based in Woodbridge and run youth and children's clubs in the Woodbridge area. Why not give them a try? The team and volunteers are very friendly, so you'll be supporting local young people and having fun at the same time! Contact Caroline on 01394 380992 or on [email protected] for more information. Thank you.
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Meet Up Mondays has really taken off since we started at the end of January, with up to 30 folk coming in for a complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits from 2 to 4pm. Just as important is the opportunity to relax and chat, especially for anyone on their own who doesn’t see many people during the week.
On the last Monday before Easter 37 of us, from Hollesley, Alderton and Bawdsey enjoyed delicious cakes made by our very own cake chef, Les Andrews. Each one was beautifully decorated with eggs and an Easter rabbit!
We hear that a similar opportunity is provided at the Swan, Alderton, on Wednesday mornings (p.25) and it’s good to
know that our villages are coming d together in this way.
Help in an emergency: Contribute Delicious cakes made by Les Andrews Good Neighbours have obtained some excellent boxes from UK Power Networks to give away to pensioners, anyone with a disability, or families with Peninsula Villages young children. These contain Community Land Trust information of what to do in a power cut, a very useful plug-in torch and other items. We have given away 20 already. Please contact me if you would AGM like one or if you have a neighbour who all members and might like one. non-members welcome Do come along on a Monday if you Tuesday 9th July haven’t been yet. You will be very welcome! 7:00 pm at Hollesley Village Hall First Annual General Meeting of Helen Lewis 411232 your Community Land Trust Come and find out more about your CLT, what has been achieved this year and meet the Trustees
Refreshments provided from 6:30 pm
Building a better future for our villages
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Poplar Care Farm
For the majority of my working life I have worked in education and more recently realised that, for some young people, attending school is extremely challenging and that they need something slightly different. In September 2017 we opened Poplar Care Farm to provide an alternative educational provision for students aged between 9 and 16 years who struggle to attend full time school due to anxiety or other mental health difficulties.
We have a lovely cabin for indoor activities but the majority of our learning is achieved outside in the beautiful countryside around Hollesley. Whilst we do offer accredited qualifications to our students the key aims of our curriculum is to develop successful, confident learners and responsible individuals who have the skills to either return to full time school or into post 16 education. d e
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the opportunity to share some of these with our local community through regular updates in Village Voices .
So far this term we have had some woolly visitors to help us learn more about food and farming and the potential careers that the industry offers and they were very cute! We try to really encourage our students to see that there is a wide range of possibilities when it comes to future careers and that even though school is tricky for them, they can still be employable. We have also completed a natural science project looking at pond life, learning about life cycles, biodiversity and working on those very important observation skills.
Alongside this we have been completing our first aid qualifications, planting vegetable seeds, making jewellery to sell as a fundraiser and working together to make dens and cook on our campfire.
We are always looking for people with skills or expertise who would be happy to come and share this with us, particularly involving woodwork, wildlife or arts and craft. We offer great campfire hot chocolate and cake in return! Next time some of our students will be updating you themselves on their journey whilst at the care farm.
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Photos of the month
Jean Dean
Butley Ferry (PS more volunteers needed!) Ian Barratt Ian
Sandlings at Shingle Street
Jean Dean
Rape field, Boyton
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Hollesley Parish Council The June Parish Council meeting is on the move! The de-facto meeting date for Hollesley Parish Council is traditionally the third Thursday of the month. However, in June we are moving to the fourth Thursday of the month, 27th June. All other details are the same, we meet at Hollesley Village Hall and start at 7.30pm.
As ever, members of the press and public are always welcome and we have a 15 minute slot at the beginning for your questions and comments. However, if you are unable to make the meeting please feel free to put questions to the Council, through the Clerk, at anytime (our contact details are below).
Come and meet us at the Village Fete HPC will be holding a stall at the Hollesley Fete on Saturday 29 June. We are still seeking 2 residents to be co-opted on to the Council so why not come and find out more, ask us questions and discover if you have what it takes to be a Parish Councillor.
Latest SID Readings You will notice the SID (Speed Indicator Device) travels around the village to different locations each month. The latest data from the device shows some good and some very disappointing results.
On the positive side, the percentage of vehicles travelling at over 30 mph has gone down. This was recorded over a 2 month period in 2017 as 38% but it is now 26%. The percentage of vehicles travelling at over 40mph has also gone down from 6.4% to 2%.
However that is not the full story. We really do have a problem with vehicles travelling in from the Alderton direction and being clocked opposite Hollesley House, just as they enter the 30 mph zone.
Over 46% of these vehicles are travelling at over 30 mph, with 1 in 10 doing over 40 mph. Not only is this breaking the law, there are considerable safety issues for other users of the road and nearby residents. This road also contains a number of blind bends.
When entering Hollesley from the Alderton direction we remind all residents and visitors to please follow the clearly stated speed limit and reduce your speed to 30 mph. Are you on the Grapevine? The Hollesley Grapevine is an electronic news distribution service for Hollesley residents. To put your e-mail address forward just e-mail the Parish Clerk (details below)
Judi Hallett, Clerk to Hollesley Parish Council [email protected]
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Rare Visitor in Tangham Forest
Quite a stir was caused when a Red Footed Falcon was blown off course by the recent storms at the end of April and took refuge in Tangham Forest. It is an Eastern European species regularly found in a band from Austria to Siberia. Small populations may also breed in the Baltic States. It migrates in Autumn to southern Africa and then returns to Europe in the Spring – sensibly avoiding the Siberian winter! It is rare for one to be seen in Britain.
Our visitor was obviously exhausted as it spent several days sitting on the landing lights on Woodbridge Base recuperating John Richardson John and providing a talking point for local Red Footed Falcon birdwatchers.
John Richardson
Hollesley Community Garden The Community Garden hosted a Garden Sale on 4th May and we raised £ 110 for the Garden funds. I would like to say a special thank you to the following people for their help and support: Keith and Sue Burton, Andrew Fletcher, Sue Barnes, Pat Cragie, Lou Garnham (cakes) and Laurie Forsyth. Also, many thanks to everyone who came and visited the garden.
It was mentioned on the day that a few villagers still do not know where the Community Garden is. Please feel free to visit any time of day. The garden is located within the Hollesley Allotments, near to the school. Plant donations and weeding time always welcome! Contributed Hollesley Community Garden
Victoria Fletcher
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Suffolk Heritage Garden
With the cold dry weather the clematis have been late flowering but we have rain as I write which should get them going.
Plant Heritage organises an annual plant swap. All the collection holders in the country can offer plants as gifts or put in requests. This year the Heritage Garden has provided three different plants to collections across the country and to our great delight, a rose we have been seeking has surfaced too: Miggie Wyllie Miggie Horseshoe bed Rosa Lime Kiln from the garden of Humphrey Brooke at Claydon is a vigorous climber and will look well on the pergola.
Our search for my replacement has born fruit and John Esling will be joining us in June. John is a historian, teacher, gardener, environmentalist and garden restorer as well as teaching the dark arts of coppicing and hedge-laying. I shall continue for a while in a discreet role, I hope, as a volunteer easing him into the roll of collection holder. Exciting + Different +Fun + Rewarding ! ! ! Our plant sale table is up and running ! ! ! with some potted iris plants available. ! ! Some of the irises will need dividing ! ! ! this year so there should be some ! ! rhizomes for sale by the middle of June. ! ! Enabling Kids to shine ! !
Miggie Wyllie A Christian, Voluntary, Youth and Children’s Charity leading the way in Rural Ministry.
Urgent help needed: Session leaders from 21 and older. Grants available Trustees – no financial commitment, 5 meetings a year. Village Voices wishes to fund Managers – to run the business day to day Administrator local projects that are linked Fundraisers.
to educational advancement Local Charity for local children and youth. or voluntary work Look at Web: EvnU for more info. Please contact 01394 460030 Mob. 07717497383 Please email for more details Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.villagevoices.org.uk Page 37 June 2019 Village Voices June 2019 21-40_vv 17/05/2019 19:22 Page 18
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
GP Closure afternoon The surgery will close on 14 June at 13.00 for training. Please note when a surgery is closed during the day, your call will be automatically transferred to the other site without the need to re-dial. News eCONSULT If you have a problem or concern but are unable to attend the surgery due to other commitments you can access our online eConsult service 24 hours a day and you will receive advice and guidance back within the next working day. Citizens Advice Advice sessions taking place at Alderton Surgery: 7 June, 5 July, 2 August 10.00 – 12.00 Please speak to the reception for an appointment or just drop in on the day and speak to an advisor. GP closure dates: The surgery will closed on Thursday 20 June at 13.00 for training. Please contact NHS 111 when the surgery is closed.
Don’t fear the smear The first time I saw the impact of cervical cancer was day one on the ward as a new student nurse. The staff nurse and I were to blanket bath a lady in an advanced state of the disease. I was 18 and unprepared for the distressing symptoms of this terminal condition. The cancer had spread to the woman’s brain, making her shout, swear or laugh violently. She fought us and clawed at herself. There was a stench from a foul discharge, and she was incontinent. I will never forget it. I doubt whether many women know what cervical cancer can do if left untreated. At that time, there was no cervical smear testing and the disease took its course, undetected. Rather than a boring chore or a brief embarrassment, modern smear testing is a privilege. We are lucky to live in a country where this is offered. Therefore, I would urge every woman to routinely attend their appointment every three years. If pre-cancerous cells are found treatment is swift and effective. Don’t fear the smear.
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