3. Welcome 4-5. St. Andrew’s - Letter from Peter Editor: Sue Kenneally 5. Prayers For The Parishes The Old Cottage, Brickhouse Road, CO6 2HJ 6. Whist Drive; W.I. T: 01787 220402 7. Church Services for December E: [email protected] 8. Church Services for January All copy should be sent to Sue. 9. Church Notices 10-11. Gardening Design: Jonathan White 11. 3.30 Express E: [email protected] 12. The Village Hall Advertising: Terry Hawthorn 15. Carols On The Green 16-17. Our Primary School 6 High Croft, CO6 2HE. T: 01787 223140 19. Festival of Christmas Trees E: [email protected] 21. F.A.C.E.S Christmas Fair All advertising should be sent to Terry. 23. Save our Scout Hut 24-25. Parish Council Notices 26. Walking Groups 29. Your Church Needs You Our monthly magazine (double issues 30-31. Goodbye Reverend Pete in July/Aug and Dec/Jan) is delivered free 33. C.E.D.S; Open House; School Hall of charge to all 400 households in Colne 36-37. Village History Engaine and Countess Cross. 39. Correspondence 42. Foodbank Winter Appeal 1/4 Page 62 x 88mm £10 / £55 pa 46-47. Remembrance Day 1/2 Page 128 x 88mm £17 / £80 pa 49. Youth Club Full Page 128 x 188mm £20 or £110 pa 51. Snr Citizens Lunch Cheques payable to Colne Engaine PCC. The Secrets of the Valley 53. Correspondence Readers, please remember to mention From The Four Colnes Magazine this magazine if you answer any of the 55. Festival Committee advertisements. 57. Poppy Book Club 59. Defibrillator Operators We welcome advertising in our magazine, 61. Earls Colne Library Opening Hours the income from which helps to cover 62. Useful Numbers production costs. This does not imply any Advertisers Index endorsement or approval of the products 63. On the Buses and services mentioned in 65. Village Diary for December the advertising. 67. Village Diary for January
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2 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk ‘Tis the season to be jolly – and celebratory, and full of fun, and soon full of food (though I have started that couch to 5k programme in an effort to stave off some of the Christmas weight gain – I will let you know how I and my lovely friends do on our aim to get fit!) So the celebrations started in Parish Magazine HQ this November, when we received notice that out of 400 parish magazines entered into the 2018 National Parish Magazine Awards (A5 Category), we were awarded 25th place. I was really taken aback, as I had entered back in July and I had only just taken over in the December (another reason we are celebrating – a whole year worth of editing under my belt woohoo!), so the magazine was still a little rough around the edges. Not that I am competitive or anything, but if any of you happen to holiday in any of these places, please nab a copy of their Parish Magazine, so we know what we need to do to win! 1st and Best Magazine Overall - Wriggle Valley Magazine (Dorset) (The BEST name!) 2nd and Best Content - Lodden Reach (Berkshire) 3rd and Best Design - The Magazine, Mylor (Cornwall) 4th and Best Print Quality - Roundabout Lightwater (Surrey) 5th and Best Editor - Causeway, Community Magazine for Thorp Arch & Walton (West Yorkshire) But it isn’t just down to me, without our ever patient designer Jonathan, our hawk eyed proof reader John, Terry the advertising fellow (and so much more!), the host of delivery personnel, our advertisers, all the amazing contributors; the event planners, the school, Scouts, numerous other clubs and organisations organising events and writing copy for the magazine, we wouldn’t have such a great little publication, so a great big thank you to you all contributors, volunteers and readers alike. This bumper issue is full of events for next year, so get your diary handy, from the School’s bingo, to wine tasting at the village hall, there is as always, something for everyone. We saved some space for a review of the Remembrance Service on November 11th, see page 46. The much anticipated Panto is back – this year a home grown play written by Stephen Hector and Darran Lingley on page 33. On Pg 61 you will see lots of exciting activities being held by the Library for our little ones, please if you can, support this commodity of ours, so many in Essex have been earmarked for closure, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk- england-essex-46208316 lets make sure that the Earls Colne Library doesn’t fall into this list. Sue No doubt in December and January we will find ourselves giving and receiving greetings of ‘Happy Christmas’ and ‘Happy new year’. Such greetings are common place to us within our culture and carry within them a desire for hope, health, good cheer, blessing, and prosperity. There are a number of greetings involved in the Christmas story we find in the gospels. One is the greeting the angel Gabriel gives to Mary when visiting to give her the news that she is to be the mother of the promised Messiah. Gabriel greets Mary with the words, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ We may also know this greeting as ‘Hail’ as different Bible translations seek to capture the spirit and meaning of the word. The original Greek word translated ‘hail’ is ‘chario’ and basically it contains a sense of cheerfulness, happiness, gladness, and joy. This same word is used of the feelings the men from the east felt when they saw the star they had been following reappear over the place where Jesus could be found. They greeted the star with the same sense of cheerfulness, happiness, gladness and joy with which Gabriel appeared to Mary (Matt 2:10). We also find this word being abused and misused by Judas (Matt 26:49) when he greets Jesus in the garden when he betrays him to the authorities. In turn Roman soldiers use it as a term of mockery when they dress him up and beat him and spit on him before he is lead out to be crucified (Matt 27:29). You may feel that Christmas is not the time to be thinking about Jesus’ suffering or in keeping with the spirit of the season. In one way that may be the case as the Christmas story, the birth of the long awaited Messiah and Saviour of humankind and creation is definitely news that should be greeted with the kind of greeting Gabriel gives to Mary and the men from the east give to the star. However we do a disservice to the gospel writers if we miss out the shadow of the cross which in the Christmas narrative tempers the hope carried by the new born child in Bethlehem. Matthew wishes us to recognise the place of Jesus’ passion even in the midst of the celebration of his birth when he points to the reason for the birth of Jesus being to save people from their sins (Matt 1:21). He also directs us towards the danger that surrounded Jesus from the beginning as we are left in no doubt as to the intentions of Herod who falsely greeted the men from the east with words of good intent (Matt 2:8). And finally in case we missed these two allusions to danger and suffering, Luke picks up this theme when just a few days after his birth we are told that this tiny helpless baby will cause a great stir in the world, have to suffer and that his mother will know great pain on account of this (Luke 2:34-5). In our modern commercialism and our predominantly post Christian
4 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk culture we find it so much easier to gravitate towards the cuddly, cherub like, baby we have come to see on so many Christmas cards, nativity scenes, and pictures. That’s quite understandable and not something we should be ashamed of or don’t allow ourselves to be uplifted and encouraged by, Christmas is a time of great celebration. But neither should we shy away from the real reason that Jesus’ birth is the be greeted with such joy, which is because he has come to save us from the darkness that lurks within us and hovers around many just as it did him at his birth. It is when we truly allow ourselves to experience the Christmas story in all its light and shade that we will find our joy at celebrating the birth of Jesus deepens. That is because it is only as we recognise our need for a Saviour to deliver from darkness that threatens us within and without that we can fully celebrate and rejoice in the birth of the one who was born to do that. May your Christmas a new year be full of the joy of knowing how wonderful and glorious is the birth of Christ for the whole world. Rev Pete
Would you or a friend like a visit from St Andrew’s Church, Earls Colne a member of our pastoral care team? Just give one of them a ring. Sunday 20th January 2019 Ann Norris: 222015 Fun, friendly, learning and growing Beryl Amy: 223486 together. Service starts 6.30pm. Terry Hawthorn: 223140 All Welcome! The Rev Hugh Mothersole: 222211
Prayers For The Parishes - Thursdays 9am—9.30am Swallow Field, Brook Street, December 6th January 3rd Earls Colne Colne Engaine Brook Street, Park Lane, December 13th January 10th Colne Engaine Earls Colne Swallow Field, Brook Street, December 20th January 17th Earls Colne Colne Engaine Park Lane, December 27th No prayer meeting January 24th Earls Colne Brook Street, January 31st Colne Engaine PEARTREE BED & BREAKFAST Whist Drives resume in the Village Hall on Friday 25th January 2019 Jill & Chris warmly (in the annexe) welcome you to their 17th Century 6.30pm for a prompt start at 7pm cottage in Light hearted game of whist with a coffee Colne Engaine. interval. Everyone is welcome.
2 double bedrooms We are always looking for new faces. plus cosy sitting room All profits to the Courtauld Memorial Hall and private facilities. English or Continental breakfast. Centenary Fund. Countryside views & walks. DO COME AND JOIN US
T: 01787 223348 Ring Frances Simmons on 222872 M: 07919 200646 for more information E: [email protected] Dates for your diaries are:
www.peartreebedandbreakfast.co.uk No Whist in December; 22nd February; 29th March; 26th April (all in main hall) Grace Carey THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER We will be celebrating and having our Childminding Christmas lunch at The Five Bells. Services
THURSDAY 17th JANUARY 2019 We will be having our Social Evening. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7.30pm in Colne Engaine Village Hall. The WI offers opportunities for all women to enjoy friendship, to learn, to widen their horizons and together OFSTED registered childminder influence local, national and international affairs. Fun and learning in a caring and lively home environment New members are always welcome to our (term time only) monthly meeting. Come and see what we get up to. T: 01787 220219 [email protected] President Barbara Marcoolyn Tel: 222334
6 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Date Time Church Service Lead Music Readings Season
10am EC Morning Worship LT BJ Jeremiah 10am CE Morning Worship PS NC 1st of Advent 2nd 33:14-16 Purple 5pm WC Christingle PA IH Luke 21:25-36 5pm EC Advent Carols HM BJ 5th 3.15pm CE 3.30 Express 8am EC Holy Communion PA N/A Philippians 2nd of Advent 9th 10am EC Morning Worship PA BJ 1:3-11 Purple 10am CE Morning Worship TH RO Luke 3:1-6 15th 5pm Carols on The Green, Colne Engaine 10am CE Mattins BCP RP NO Zephaniah rd th 3 of Advent 16 Holy Communion 3:14-end 10am EC PA BJ Purple CW Luke 3:7-18 Carols and 21st 6.30pm CE PA — Readings 10am EC Morning Worship LT BJ Holy Communion 10am CE PA TS All Age th rd Micah 5.2-5a 4 of Advent 23 Carols and SM/ 10.30am WC IH Luke 1.39-45 Purple Readings TW Carols and 5pm EC HM BJ Readings 3pm CE Crib Service PA RO Carol Service and Purple 5pm EC PA BJ 24th tree lighting
Midnight 11.15pm EC PA BJ Isaiah 9.2-7 White Communion Luke 2.1-14
10am EC Holy Communion HM BJ
Isa 9:2-7 25th 10am CE Holy Communion PA TS White Luke 2:1-14 SM/ 10am WC Festival Worship IH TW
30th 10am EC Team Service - Farewell for Peter and Sharon Date Time Church Service Lead Music Readings Season
Plough Sunday joint service NC/ Matthew 11am CE followed by HM Plough Sunday BJ 6.25 - end th ploughman's 6 lunch
Isaiah 60:1-6 Epiphany 5pm EC Epiphany Praise HM BJ Matt 2:1-12 Gold or White
10am EC Morning Worship HS/RW BJ Isaiah 43:1-7 2nd of th 13 10am CE Morning Worship TH RO Luke 3:15-17, Epiphany 21-22 White 10.30 WC Morning Worship SMc/TW IH 20th 10.30am Joint Service with the Baptist Church, Earls Colne to celebrate Week of Prayer 10am EC Morning Worship MH BJ
1 Corinthians 4th of 27th KdeB 12:12-31a Epiphany 10am CE Morning Worship support TS Luke 4:14-21 TH
Saint Andrew’s Churches EC - Church Hill, Earls Colne CO6 2RG. / CE - Church Street, Colne Engaine CO6 2EY. WC - Boley Road, White Colne CO6 2QB. / HA - Parsonage Street, Halstead CO9 2LD. GM - Church Street, Gt. Maplestead, CO9 2RG Services CW = Common Worship / BCP = Book of Common Prayer Leaders TH = Terry Hawthorn SQ = Sharon Quilter Musicians P = Priest TW = Tom Weatherill PS = Paula Short TS = Tim Stone PA = Peter Allen SMc = Sally McFerran Beks=Rebekah Korniej BJ = Bret Johnson KdeB=Kate de Bourcier CH = Catherine Hayes CWT = Christopher RO = Roger Osborne AD = Archdeacon RJ=Rosemary Johnson White Thomson NO = Nick Orbell HM = Hugh Mothersole MH = Margaret Hill NC = Nick Chapman ME = Michael Estcourt RW = Ray Wood IH = Ivy Hicks
RP = Ron Pope HS = Helen Sherfield
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October 16th David Pink Colne Engaine
All are welcome to come and join in the Plough Sunday Service in Colne Engaine Church at 11.00 am on Sunday 6th January 2019. This is an opportunity to acknowledge the work of those who grow our food. The service will be followed by a ploughman's lunch. Margaret
Colne Engaine, Earls Colne and White Colne We’re all ‘seekers’ - no-one has all the answers! If you’d like to join us parishes are cared for by the Team Vicar and Team on our Christian journey as we study Curate. To arrange Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, and discuss God’s Word you’d be other services or use of the Church, please contact: very welcome at our next meeting. Team Vicar: The Reverend Peter Allen 20 Swallow Field, Earls Colne, CO6 2RW No meeting in December 01787 220347 [email protected] Associate Priest: The Reverend Hugh Mothersole All meetings start at 10.00am and Curate Halstead Area Team, 10 Park Lane, finish at 11.30am Earls Colne CO6 2RJ T: 01787 222211 07803 699268 [email protected] Church Wardens: Midweek Communion Mr Desmond Shine, 4 Brickhouse Road CO6 2HL 01787 223378 [email protected]
Mr Terry Hawthorn, 6 High Croft, CO6 2HE Tuesdays 9.30am 01787 223140 [email protected] St Andrew’s Earls Colne PCC Secretary: Mrs Rita Prior Followed by refreshments 21 Church Street, Colne Engaine CO6 2EX All Welcome 01787 223867 [email protected] Mid-Winter in the Garden December is not too late to plant spring flowering bulbs - my preferred way is to have them in terracotta pots that you can put in a sheltered spot by the front or back door, so you see them every day when coming and going. My favourite tulips at the moment are bi-coloured ones, such as Tulip 'Abu Hassan' a delicious scarlet red trimmed in gold, and Tulip 'Princess Irene' - blended colours of copper, grey and apricot. If they are in pots you can move them to an eye-catching spot when they are at their best, then move them off stage when they begin to die down again. Mine have been in pots for many years with minimal attention, so they could be classed as low maintenance. One idea to try is a mixed planter of different bulbs together, I have yet to try this. Crocus and snowdrops, or small iris can be planted quite shallow as the first stage of colour. These could be followed with tulips which are planted beneath the small bulbs. Again, they take minimal care, just make sure the pot gets some rain during the summer, so the bulbs swell ready for next year. Mid-winter is a great time to plant fruit if you have space, for harvest the following year. We are lucky enough to have a great fruit supplier here in Essex - Ken Muir of Weeley, near Clacton: www.kenmuir.co.uk. The nursery is open to the public 6 days a week if you fancy a visit. One that caught my eye is a dwarf black mulberry - Morus 'Mojo Berry' that fruits when the tree is still very young, and doesn't need a big garden to be grown in. It won best new plant the year it was launched at The Chelsea Flower Show. Ken Muir's stocks all sorts of interesting varieties of cherry, nectarine, peach and almonds, plus many more besides. Plants of the Month: Salvia conteflora. This tall salvia just keeps on blooming, right in to December. It reaches 1.5m in height but is not hardy, so needs bringing inside in winter. However, it is well worth the effort. Attractive felty leaves and reddish brown stems give way to bright orange spires from summer - mid winter. Lots of salvias still produce blooms in
10 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk my garden in to winter, there are so many hardy varieties to choose from that I keep adding a new colour to my collection each year! You can't beat a scented flower in the garden, all year round. For this season many of the Daphnes are great for a strong, heady scent. Daphne 'Eternal Fragrance' was released only a few years ago and produces many scented blooms in winter on a compact shrub. If you have space another great plant at this time of year is Salix alba var. vitellina 'Britzensis'. It looks great grown as a pollarded tree to maximise the amount of fresh bark colour. In winter once the temperature drops the bark turns shades of gold, orange and scarlet which lasts until the following when the tree leafs up again. One to look out for. Emma Macdonald Owner of Todd's Botanics mail order plant nursery of Coggeshall. www.toddsbotanics.co.uk.
Rev Pete invites you to hop onboard the 3.30 Express
St. Andrew’s Church, Colne Engaine
The first Wednesday of the month during school term. For those who can’t make Church on Sundays or who would like a short Church service with lively singing and fun learning together
Refreshments available from 3.15pm for a 3.30pm start and finished by 4pm After many delays for various reasons, including woodworm and damp, we are now nearing the end of our converting the upstairs of the Village Hall house to a self-contained one bedroom flat and hope to have a tenant in there in January. By the time you read this we will have had our Christmas shopping event which I hope will have been as successful as last years. This was masterminded and organised by Lucy Orrow and the fund-raising committee to whom we are so grateful. We wish the village a very Happy Christmas and a New Year that involves using our wonderful Village Hall.
Geoff Marcoolyn
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We’ve had a busy time over the last few weeks in school and it promises to get even busier as we approach the Christmas season! It’s a lovely time of year to be in schools and a real privilege to be part of the excitement that builds up for children as they practice Nativity songs and make Christmas cards for their families. This month we have celebrated the 170th birthday of our school. It is over 200 years since the National Society made the promise to build schools for poorer children, so that they could learn to read and write, as well as learning about God and the Church of England. The dream of Joshua Watson and his fellow Founders was to establish a Church of England school in every parish in England and Wales. In the first 50 years, 12,000 schools were built, including Colne Engaine Church of England (Aided) Primary School, which was founded in 1848. To mark this special birthday, we held a celebration day, when we invited the children to come to school dressed as Victorian village children. We planned an exciting day of learning, based on a Victorian theme, complete with Victorian drill exercises in PE, a Victorian classroom and playground games to learn. All the children had the chance to try some Victorian arts and crafts too. The Colne Engaine History society kindly lent us some of their photos from the archives reaching right back to the early twentieth century and it was very special for our children to feel that they are part of a much bigger Colne Engaine School family, stretching back in time. We set up a Timeline Museum on the day, to
16 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk show off artefacts brought in from home that dated from Victorian times to the present. We had some wonderful donations including flat irons, stone hot water bottles and copper pots and pans. Mrs Lambert brought along a huge pair of bloomers, which the children loved! Moving forward in time took us to some WW2 treasures and some beautiful silk gloves from the 50s. We even had a Space Invaders game and a Bee Gees LP! We found some really interesting entries in the 1890-1909 School Log Book, including this one, dated November 30th 1893. I wonder what happened to Miss Clarke! Julie Sarti JMAC INTERIORS Specialist Painters & Decorators Est. 1997
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18 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Festival of Christmas Trees
St Andrew’s Church, Colne Engaine
th Saturday 15 December 10am – 7.30pm Sunday 16th December 11am – 4pm
Come along and vote
for your favourite tree.
£2.50 admission, children free
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I note below a summary of the matters discussed at the October Parish Council meeting Public participation session with respect to items on the agenda. Two residents of Elms Hall Road attended and gave a presentation regarding their request that the Parish Council support and endorse their application to designate Elms Hall Road with “Quiet Lane Status” under the Transport Act 2000. They informed the Members what the status is aimed at and how they saw Elms Hall Road qualified. Discuss request from residents of Elms Hall Road to support ECC Quiet Lanes Scheme. The resident’s presentation was discussed in detail and it was resolved to support the scheme in principal and to encourage residents of other village roads to come forward with their proposals. NOTE: More details of the Quiet lanes Scheme can be seen at: https://www.essexhighways.org/uploads/LHP/MG/11_ECCLHPmembersGuideQUIETLANESa.pdf Planning application 18/01771/ful removal of existing detached garage and erection of ground floor rear/side extension – (amended scheme) – This application regarding the property at 14 Station Road was discussed and it was resolved to support the application. Planning application 18/01764/ful proposed garden machinery/classic car collection storage building at Moors Farmhouse Brickhouse Road CO6 2HH- The application was discussed and it was resolved to advise planning department that the Parish Council had no comments to make. Consider draft proposal produced by Cllr Messenger including all of the schemes discussed so far with regard to use of s106 monies, namely a) improving car park at recreation ground b) additional railed fencing at playground. c) provision of outdoor fitness equipment. d) installing independent metered electricity supply on lower recreation ground. Discussed in detail and it was resolved to support the submission of the business case as the basis of an application for s106 funds. Highways consider any matters that need attention. The street light on Brook Street at the end of Shellcroft has lost its cover which is lying on the ground. To receive Chairman’s briefing, Clerks report & Councillor’s reports. Cllr Everitt mentioned that we need to remind the PCC that they need to request permission to use the recreation ground for the annual fireworks display and in accordance with our Health & Safety policy we need to see their public liability insurance. Cllr Taylor reported that the Woodland Trust did not supply Lime Trees as discussed in the September meeting. 24 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Cllr Orrow reported that the Village Hall will be switching to monthly billing with effect from 1st January. She had been approached by a resident to suggest that perhaps the annual “Last Night of the Proms” could be shown on the recreation ground. The Clerk ran through his report. Future Agenda Items: Discuss outcome of complaint regarding the TPO application at 58 Brook Street Discuss the possibility of showing “Last night of the Proms” on the recreation ground. Review on-going playground budget. Discuss the possibility of producing a Neighbourhood Plan, (December agenda)
The detailed minutes of all meetings can be viewed on the Parish Council website www.colne-engaine.org.uk
Regards to all. Terry (Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer to Colne Engaine Parish Council)
MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL, THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : Members of the Parish Council work hard to CLLR LUCY ORROW—01787 224786 make sure that Colne Engaine remains a beau- [email protected] tiful and tranquil place to live. So if you have PLANNING LIAISON; VILLAGE HALL any comments or suggestions please feel free COMMITTEE LIAISON; YOUTH CLUB to contact them. CLLR TRACEY JOHNS—01787 223372
[email protected] CLLR ALAN BARNARD—01787 224709 FUNDING FOR VILLAGE PROJECTS; [email protected] VILLAGE SCHOOL COUNCIL LIAISON; ALLOTMENTS; TOWNLANDS TRUST; RECREATION GROUND; FESTIVAL COMMITTEE LIAISON; FINANCIAL CONTROL; AND ALSO A CLLR NIGEL WARWICK—01753 494000 SEXTON’S FIELD TRUSTEE [email protected] FINANCIAL CONTROL; PLANNING LIAISON; CLLR PATRICIA TAYLOR—01787 224876 RECREATION GROUND [email protected] CLLR IAN MESSENGER—07799 212266 ESSEX. ASSOC. OF LOCAL COUNCILS; TREE [email protected] WARDEN & FOOTPATHS FUNDING FOR VILLAGE PROJECTS; WEBSITE CLLR TIM EVERITT—01787 223612 & I.T. [email protected] CLERK AND FINANCIAL OFFICER ALLOTMENTS; TREE WARDEN & FOOTPATHS; TERRY ROOTSEY—07946 096331 TOWNLANDS TRUST; ALSO A [email protected] SEXTON’S FIELD TRUSTEE ESSEX. ASSOC. OF LOCAL COUNCILS BETTER CALL BRITTEN Bicycle Repairs and Servicing
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Colnes Footpath Association Colnes Footpath Association Date: Sunday 2nd December Date: Wednesday 26th December Time: 1.30pm (N.B. earlier time) Time: 10.30am (N.B. earlier time) Meet at: Sible Hedingham Co-Op Car park Meet at: Colne Engaine Rec. Grnd Leader: Simon and Wendy Leader: Tony and Margaret (Tel: 01787 223843) Halstead Footpath Walkers Date: Sunday 9th December Time: 9.30am Meet at: Solar Car Park, Halstead Walk: Finchingfield - drive and walk Leader: Andy and Astrid Members & guests participate in these walks entirely at their own risk 26 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk
28 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Parish of St. Andrew’s, Colne Engaine - Your Church needs you….
We are looking for volunteers to join the PCC From April 2019 we are looking for a PCC Secretary, duties will include preparing agenda, taking minutes and distributing minutes in a timely manner for maximum of six meetings a year, including one annual general meeting. Volunteers to assist with fund raising for the Church development project. General volunteers to support the Church’s work in the village. All help greatly appreciated These posts are voluntary, however, any expenses incurred will be refunded. If you are interested in helping in your community then in the first instance please contact Rita Prior – PCC Secretary on 01787 223867
Independent IT Specialist; support for home users and small businesses. PC, Mac, Android and Apple. Home entertainment systems, tablets and televisions Call Richard Jones on 01787 223666 - 07813 746717 [email protected] - www.rjjitservices.co.uk Moving On. I would like to take this opportunity to say good bye to all magazine readers from across The Colnes as Sharon and I come to the end of our time in north Essex at the end of the year to move to Sheffield where I will be taking up the post as priest in mission partnership of four churches in the Attercliffe deanery of Sheffield Diocese. Our time in The Colnes and the people we have met and got to know will remain in our thoughts and be a source of thanksgiving and joy always. It has been my privilege to share the last five years with you all as vicar and friend and to see living faith, thriving community, and good will is alive and well in this corner of God’s world. Long may your love for God, neighbour, and creation continue as such attitudes and approach to life sum up the heart of God for all. Wishing you every blessing for the future, Peter
"I’m very lucky in my job that I get to meet people from a multitude of backgrounds and careers. I’ve spent hours speaking to builders, butchers, business owners, barristers and candlestick makers. I find that the world is smaller and greater because of it. I always tread carefully and hold back opinions until people open themselves up, as is the way of a Publican, but some of the Mike and I are hardest people to drop their guard have been men (and really very sorry to women) of the cloth. hear the sad news that Pete is going. I was not pushed as a youth into any religion - I went to a Best wishes, Jane Church of England school so ended up in a Church of England [Lambert] church and luckily had a fabulous Vicar, who knew how to communicate to youngsters about faith. I never thought I would meet another Vicar like Timothy Thompson. But then a few years ago a young, most-unlike-a-Vicar man appeared before me (not like in a biblical vision, he was being shunted around the parishes on a meet and greet), hand out stretched and smiling from ear to ear. He spoke in warm Northern tones, displaying total empathy with his flock. You can’t help liking Rev Pete, as he became known. As I watched him work at Colne Engaine School he enthralled the children with his stories and beguiling faith. Even my son Oscar came home and gave him the big thumbs up (high praise indeed). I believe his success was down to him having been a
30 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk greengrocer before he received his calling. He had learned that in small, customer-facing businesses I think we are all sorry - Pete you need to create long-lasting relationships. He has been a dynamic vicar. I could listen as well as he preached. He knew input have always been struck by from both sides is vital to making it work. his utter sincerity and deep I will miss Rev Pete as I had found an ally who belief. Cate [Gunn] understood how to care for people needs and a protector of another Village asset that is on the endangered list. I know he has family duties and send strength and love to him and his wife Sharon. I wish them well back up North and hope they don’t forget their Essex friends." Darran Lingley
It’s Farewell to Rev Pete When, in June 2013, the Reverend Captain Peter Allen was introduced to the selection committee for the Three Colnes, his first words were “Hi, I’m the Rev Pete”! Right from the start we knew that this was a man who both WAS different and who would MAKE a difference ……………… and so it has proved. Since his arrival with Sharon, his new wife, in the Autumn of that year he has led our three parishes into new, uncharted waters. We have embraced fundamental changes in the nature of our worship, initiatives in Lent Groups, a House Group and the way that the church interacts with the young – in School particularly. He has developed our mens’ evenings – Men@Work – into a vibrant social group that has real staying power, and the WOW nights for women have followed a similar path and overtaken the men, much to the latter’s chagrin! Pete’s Assemblies at the Primary School have become highlights of the curriculum in their own right, and if you had asked whether a children’s service on Good Friday to explain the Crucifixion was likely to be popular, few would have said “Yes”. With Pete at the helm, it has become a roaring success: he will be a hard act to follow in so many ways. Very sorry to hear he (Rev. As he and Sharon return to his beloved Sheffield, we Pete) is to go. He has been wish them a continuing happy and fruitful life in all a breath of fresh air: that they do together. Thank You, Pete and Sharon, enthusiastic, kind and for the window on faith that you have opened for us: devout. may it never shut here in The Colnes. Yours, George [Courtauld]. Terry Hawthorn 32 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Colne Engaine Dramatic Society proudly presents: ‘The Great Panto Bake Off’ An original script co- written by group members Stephen Hector and Darran Lingley at Colne Engaine Village Hall on Wednesday January 23rd, Thursday 24th, Friday 25th at 8pm. and Saturday 26th at 2.30 and 8pm. Doors open at 7pm all evening performances and 2pm for matinee. Tickets are £9.00 for evening performances and £7.00 for matinee and available from Box Office 01787 274933. See if Scary Berry gets her way or will Smell and Poo rise to the challenge? Watch Fairy Cakes sprinkle her own magic, will Vicky Sponge gain confidence with help from the audience and watch Nigerella flutter her eyelashes at Paul Bollywood. Aided and abetted by a disorganised film crew directed by Randy Doodah.
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Available for evening St Andrew’s Church or weekend lettings Earls Colne If there are any local groups looking for somewhere to meet our school hall is 2pm - 3.30pm available from 4.30pm to 10pm each evening and also at weekends, term time only. Where you will find good company, good conversation, Mon-Fri before 6:00pm £13 per hour / Mon- and a good cuppa. Fri after 6:00pm £15.50 per hour Sat & Sun: £15.50 per hour / Add 5% Tuesday 11th December 2018 surcharge if heating is required. All Welcome For more information please call Sarah Cushney on 01787 222717 Contact: [email protected] 34 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk
From Peter de Feria to Peter Allen Part II The first Rector to follow Arthur Chilton in 1945 was John Sykes. The Rev Sykes died suddenly while watching his son play rugby for England on the television at the Five Bells pub. The daughter of the publican noticed that he looked ‘very quiet’ and called her father over. The daughter, now Benita Barnes, is still living in the village and insists that he hadn’t been drinking: he just liked to sit in the bar and watch the little television that sat on top of the piano. After the death of John Sykes, the old Rectory on Booses Green was sold and a house on The Green became the Rectory. Alan Bennett was the last Rector to live there, and with his departure in 1988 a long history of Rectors of Colne Engaine came to an end. The first priest in charge of all three parishes was Jonathan Jasper; I am sorry to learn as I write this that he has recently died. He had a difficult job to do, bringing the parishes together, and he fulfilled it with a sense of responsibility to the Anglican tradition. The story of the parish, its Church and those who minister in it, however, continues and its story reflects the changes in the Church of England over the past thirty years. There are now fewer clergy in the Church of England and, like many parishes, Colne Engaine became part of a group of parishes, joining with Earls Colne and White Colne. A great change that may not have been foreseen by Arthur Chilton was the ordination of women. We had a first female vicar in 2003 when Viv Brooks was appointed. Any prejudices against women tend to be dispelled as people responded to her as their priest, with the same ‘cura animarum’ [care of souls] that parish priests had been entrusted with since the days of Peter de Feria. From 1629 until 1980, with the exception of Canon Jack from 1953-61, Rectors of Colne Engaine had been former pupils or masters of Christ’s Hospital. The appointment of a vicar of the team is now rotated between the patrons of the three livings, and there is no longer any sense that the vicar must be a certain kind of person – public school and university educated. Instead, the vicar needs to respond to the needs of the 21st century. The emphasis of the Church of England under the present Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is on mission and outreach. People no longer automatically consider themselves to be members of the church and indeed a recent report shows that the numbers of British people who identify as members of the Church of England is at an all time low, at just 14% [September press release from NatCen http:// natcen.ac.uk/news-media/press-releases/2018/september/church-of-england-numbers- at-record-low/]. Peter Allen has responded to these changes, seeking always to meet people where they
36 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk are instead of expecting them to come to church. He has a great sense of responsibility to let everyone know of the spirit, a spirit which clearly moves him deeply. He pointed out to me, in a conversation we had before I knew of his intention to move away, that the Gospel never changes, but needs to be made relevant for each generation. I am grateful to him for taking time to talk with me as I prepare a final chapter for my booklet on Colne Engaine in 1219: a chapter in which I explore the path from Peter de Feria to Peter Allen. We shall miss Peter deeply but maybe not appreciate what we’ve lost until it’s gone! Chilton included in his book a verse about some of the characters of the history of Colne Engaine, presented as waxworks in an exhibition; Chilton calls them all “Old friends in Colne Engaine.” But those who have gone before us in this village are not waxworks; sometimes we feel them as living presences. We must listen to what they have to teach us as we look forward to a future that is, of course, unknowable. Tradition is only of use if it helps to create a better future. T. S. Eliot wrote an essay titled ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ in which he argued that poets must be aware of the tradition within which they work, but that every new poet alters that tradition and makes it new. What he writes about the poet’s work may apply to the priest’s: And he is not likely to know what is to be done unless he lives in what is not merely the present, but the present moment of the past, unless he is conscious, not of what is dead, but of what is already living. Cate Gunn 38 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk The last edition of Colne Engaine Parish Magazine has a whole page devoted to "Villagers halt planning application for 'Horses' field in Brook Street."; "The parish Council meeting was attended by a large number of villagers to protest - - feelings ran high - -- but the Parish Councillors had no reason to reject the application." There were 10 objections, which I quote underlined below, and below each my reply. 1. Out of the village envelope. Only a part of it is. When the village envelope was defined many years ago by both parish and district councils, it included the whole of Brook Farm fields [the 5 acres between the farm buildings and Brook Street]. As I was on the BDC Planning Committee at that time, and owned the area, I thought it unseemly to put the support this part of the envelope and so it was omitted [silly me]. 2. Large dwellings proposed not what the village needs. The proposals are no larger than the average of those in Shellcroft, nevertheless if smaller ones are wanted, some smaller ones I shall offer. 3. Not adequate infrastructure in village. We have researched into this, and it is probable that an extra 7 families will be of benefit to such as the shop, pub, clubs, and social amenities. 4. Lack of parking. Each proposed dwelling has room for the parking of at least 2 vehicles. A reason for the larger-than-average space around each dwelling is to make room for adequate parking. 5. Traffic increase. True, but not much from only 7 households. 6. Adverse effects on wildlife. Very unlikely, gardens attract birds and insects much more than grass; additionally we are planting a thick strip of woodland behind the site. Also, in compensation, this year I have set-aside 44 acres of my farmland for flower sowing to encourage birds and insects. 7. Small frontage development could be okay in area. I have been told that dwellings should be built all along the road frontage [which will be within the village envelope]. I do not wish to do that, it will make the lane look like an urban street. 8. Flooding issues - creation of more impermeable area would increase surface water run-off. The developer is aware of and experienced with potential water run-off and will be efficiently dealing with any possible problem. 9. Construction of dwellings cause significant disturbance. I will leave others to answer this, I quote from letters to the BDC on this subject: " - - having to rent in 3 different parts of the village in the last 3 years I do not believe the addition of another 7 houses would have a major impact on the village." - - "The village is popular but this is why it needs extra houses, those like myself and my family can only rent here as houses are few and far between." 10. Development would overlook Rainbow Way and Oddcroft - impact on privacy. We will be planting trees and screening plants to ensure this does not happen. Also - - Some people have complained to me that the horses will have to go. This is a bit ironic considering I have received several complaints ranging from the horses being 'fierce', 'following us around', 'chasing the dog', 'causing flies in my kitchen', etc; and the fencing being 'dangerous' [not true], 'painful', [true]. Anyhow, the horses will still have about 4 acres of Brook Farm Field to graze on, closer to the farm buildings. Compliments, George Courtauld, Knights Barn, Colne Engaine. 40 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk
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The day started with torrential rain and I know that one of our service organisers, Spike Townsend, was nervous that all his hard work would have to be cancelled but true to the weather reports, the clouds parted and the sun shone. The church was packed, with locals, servicemen, past and present and a guard of honour by the 1163 squadron air cadets. It was so lovely to see so many familiar faces, including Barry Higgins who looked very well. The service and hymns were meaningful, with readings by Michael Estcourt and Desmond Shine, a sermon by Hugh Mothersole and talk by Spike Townsend. The talk really grounded the meaning of the day in our village by talking about the fallen men on the eve and last day of the First World War, as well as bringing to the fore the trauma of war today. We all then processed to our fabulous war memorial, which our villagers worked so hard to fund and erect, to join other villagers for the final acts of remembrance. Wreaths were laid and red roses for everyone of our fallen, with individual labels, kindly written by Alison Jones. Alison, along with Nigel and Charlotte Warwick recited the names of those servicemen and Darcey Jeggo read a self-penned poem, which was so poignant, especially for a young lady of 9 years old. The bugle played and we fell silent to remember. For all the sadness that remembrance brings, I found it a heart warming day that brought our village together again and gave us chance to catch up, meet new faces and make new friends. We are the centre of the universe and with our strong bonds of togetherness, forever will be. Lucy Orrow
46 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk From the Front, Written by Darcey Jeggo World War 1 poem Thick sludge, here, there, everywhere, NO defeat, no retreat, no turning back, We try and shake the fear away, As we fight for freedom, We fight on unstable ground, with unstable feelings, Dirty trenches we call our home, Same yesterday, same tomorrow, Scramble out into the open, And deafening gun shots fill the place, Choking gas appears out of nowhere, We all scramble to get on our gas helmets, just in time, One shrill scream, one man dead, On the outside its death, war, sadness, But inside, I’m dreaming of home 48 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Youth Club is held monthly at the village hall and any children from the village and/or local school can become members from Year 6 and above (for a annual £5 fee). Other children can be signed in by any member as a guest. Each session fee is £2 and some extra money for tuck.
Our next date is our Christmas Event on 11th December at Rollerworld.
Youth Club is in need of a NEW CHAIR/CLUB LEADER. Wendy Jones very admirably stepped into the breach, but is stepping down in December. The role needs someone with a love of community, young people’s happiness and wellbeing, and a free Friday night once a month. If you are interested in taking on the role then please email [email protected] (club secretary). (A DBS will also be needed but can be applied for through our affiliated organisation the EBGC.)
Dressing up box appeal - if you have any daft dressing up accessories then Youth Club would love them please. 50 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Ladies from Crossways Christian Fellowship cook a two course lunch for up to forty people at Earls Colne Village Hall at 12.30 on alternate Tuesdays.
The cost is £3.50. If you would like to come contact Helen on 07900 995532. Our festive lunch takes place on 11th December with Carols and Readings from Geoff Abbott December lunch dates: 11th and 18th January lunch dates: 8th; and 22nd
Dice and Slice – A board game café www.diceandaslice.co.uk Being in Colchester Town, I haven’t visited here yet as it is a little way out of the villages, but my cousin is a frequent visitor and sings its praises, especially that he, his wife and two girls, can spend a fab afternoon eating cake and playing games. Hybrid FX School Have you ever wanted to do prosthetic makeup – make a severed head, create a monster, or age someone prematurely? If so, you would want to check out Hybrid FX school www.hybridfxschool.co.uk provide training and taster courses out of their offices in Earls Colne. Coggeshall Grange Barn Just over the river in Coggeshall is our nearest National Trust property. Saved from demo- lition in the 1970’s by the villagers, this barn is an impressive feat of engineering. I recom- mend going with a picnic on a sunny day or attending one of their themed days to get the most out of your visit. There is a dedication to local woodworker Bryan Saunders, with a display of his tools used throughout his lifetime. If you are feeling energetic, there is a 3 mile(ish) circular walk you can do to Paycockes House in Coggeshall itself. www.nationaltrust.org.uk 52 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk
We just wanted to say a massive thank you to all the houses and people that participated in the Halloween fun on 31st October. Our children had a fantastic night and we as the parents are very grateful for the effort you all put in. It was some of the little ones first time trick or treating so really appreciate the time and effort you all made. Thank you all on behalf of the kids. Amy, Leanne, Nicola & Victoria
December 1918 The Armistice What a wonderful day it was! We can hardly even now realise that the war is really over, When we first heard the news our thoughts went out to our fighting men. We knew that they were safe. No more standing in the trenches, exposed to frost and cold, no more torture in German prison camps, that was the blessed relief that came to many an anxious parent's heart. The freedom of the seas was restored. We cannot forget our Airmen whose marvellous valour has hastened the end. When the clock struck 12 the bell began to toll bringing sad memories, yet we are proud of those who have died that we might live. Relief finds expression, the street soon became gay with flags, the bells pealed, the band played and the day was given over to to heartfelt joy. In the evening a service was held in church and a large congregation assembled to offer their thanksgiving for this great deliverance. The Camps Library Demobilisation must be a matter of months, and until it is carried out our men will have more leisure for reading. Sir Douglas Haig has made an appeal for books and magazines. If they are handed over the counter of the Post Office they will be sent direct to the troops, no address or wrapper required. Colne Engaine This past month has been the most wonderful in the history of our country. The fighting has ceased and Christmas this year will be kept with a bright prospect of “peace on earth”. All praise to the countries who suffered the horrors of invasion and refused to purchase peace at the cost of honour. When peace is finally settled we hope to put up a record in our Parish Church of all the men in this village who gave their lives for their country. Contributed by Neville Bird 54 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Christmas Tree Decorations The village Christmas tree will be arriving early December and will be wrapped in its twinkling lights – but this year we would like to adorn it with decorations handmade by people in the village. Maybe a knitted bauble or a crocheted poinsettia flower? A decoration made out of recycled materials or a piece of Christmas jewellery? Or even a hand or footprint snow- man (laminated to make it last!)
If you would like to add a handmade decoration to the Christmas tree you can either hang it on the branches yourself or contact Pip (07775 943118) and we can arrange to collect and hang them for you.
FESTIVAL 2020 IDEAS and SUGGESTIONS
The festival committee would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for the 2020 Colne Engaine Festival! All ideas are welcome - They can be big ideas or small ones, suggestions on how to improve the festival or what you would like to see more of. Send your ideas to Pip Tel: 07775 943118 Email: [email protected] 56 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk The Poppy Book Club has been running for a number of years and we meet on a Wednesday evening every six weeks. We have a regular number of bookworms and are now at a comfortable capacity. We have just read “The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan. This book was well received by the majority of the book club and felt it warranted a 4 out of 5. This is one of those books that doesn't ask you to think too hard but to sit back and enjoy the ride. It has some sad elements but on the whole it's a story of love and finding yourself. When Anthony dies he leaves everything to his faithful assistant, Laura, including his collection of lost things which he tasks her with finding the owners. Anthony's life was touched by tragedy when his great love died tragically young. Laura takes on the task she has been given and in so doing rediscovers her own life. There are some great characters (Sunshine especially will make you smile), some humour and a little bit of magic. The next book we are going to read is, “The Essex Serpent” by Sarah Perry. We are having our Christmas get together in December so this book will be reviewed at the meeting on the 16th January 2019. So look out for our review in due course. For further information please contact Rita Prior on 01787 223867 EARLS COLNE HERITAGE MUSEUM New-Fangled Ways How Earls Colne moved with the times from 1860 onwards with an accompanying slide show From the arrival of the Colne Valley Railway line in 1860 until the outbreak of the First World War, Earls Colne people saw some rapid changes including: Gas street lighting; A telephone exchange; The first motor cars; A mains water supply; and Improvements to medical services. The title of the exhibition is taken from one of the Essex Ballads by Charles Benham, written at the turn of the century, in which an elderly villager claims that he isn’t old fashioned but he “can’t hold with these new-fangled ways!”
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58 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT A HEART ATTACK
Should you suspect that a person you are with is suffering from a heart attack or they have stopped breathing for whatever reason, Call the Ambulance Service first on 999. When, and only when you have taken this step, you may call any of the trained defibrillator volunteers on this list who will attend with the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and assist you until the Ambulance Service arrive.
LIST OF DEFIBRILLATOR OPERATIVES Name First phone Second phone Darran Lingley 01787 224166 (5 Bells) 07715 991221 (Mob) Richard Jones 07813 746717 (Mob) 01787 223666 (Home) Brian Fleming 07967 949808 (Mob) 01787 224166 (5 Bells) 01787 222080 (Home) Barbara & Geoffery Marcoolyn 01787 222334 07771 950735 Jo Davidson 01787 223163 07815 140568 Suzie & Adrian Gasser 01787 224983 07714 647696 Ginny Jeggo 07792 424061 01787 220358 Paul Knightly 07583 522908 01787 581701 Lucy Orrow 01787 224786 07711 704770 Mary Ashby 01787 222799 07745 474959 Moira Mizon 07947 499126 01787 220497 Gareth Jones 01787 224318 07771 503306 Jane Roach 01787 221390 07739 118116
PLEASE NOTE WE CAN ONLY ATTEND INCIDENTS WITHIN THE PARISH OF COLNE ENGAINE 60 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk EARLS COLNE LIBRARY Opens Tues & Fri, 1pm-5pm. Thurs & Sat, 9am-1pm. 38 High Street, Earls Colne. T: 223565 Church Bed & Breakfast 6 St Andrews Church, Colne Engaine Bicycle Repairs 26 01787 220347 Builders 49 Councils Carpet Cleaning 14 Colne Engaine Parish Council 07946 096331 Braintree District Council 01376 552525 Care in the Home 40 Colchester Borough Council 01206 282222 Child Minding 6 Doctors Chimney Sweep 27 The Elizabeth Courtauld Surgery, Halstead Coal Merchant 14 01787 475944 The Pump House Surgery, Earls Colne Computer Services 29, 47, 50 01787 222022 Courtauld Hall 12 Schools Double Glazing 18, 44 Colne Engaine C of E (Aided) Primary School Drainage 57 01787 222717 Honywood Community Science School, Electrician 56 Coggeshall 01376 561231 Estate / Letting Agent 20, 26 The Ramsey Academy 01787 472481 Fencing 32 Essex Police Financial Services 17 Braintree Police Station 0300 333 4444 Fireplaces 28 Village Amenities Colne Engaine Village Hall 01787 223668 Funeral Directors 38, 41, 54 Colne Engaine Village Shop 01787 220163 Garden Services 20 Earls Colne Post Office 01787 222258 Interior Design 48 Village Groups Interior Design, gifts 64 Colne Engaine Village Archive 01787 222080 Joinery 45 Youth Groups Colne Engaine Youth Club 07984 794004 Painting and Decorating 18 1st Earls Colne Brownies 01787 224175 Physiotherapy 44 1st Earls Colne Girl Guides 01787 220065 Plumbing 22, 43 1st Earls Colne Rainbows 01787 224913 Plumbing/Heating 58
If you are an officer of a club or group in Pub 13, 66 Colne Engaine and would like to place Security 24, 54 information about the group’s activities School Hall 33 and events in the magazine for free, please contact the Editor (p.2). Scouts 68 Solicitors 30, 41, 52 If you would like to advertise your business in the magazine please see the inside front Sports Massage 37, 52 cover for advertising rates. Stay and Play 53 Swimming Pool 51 62 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk Tree Surgeon 27 Colne Engaine to Colchester EVERY MONDAY TO BRAINTREE No. 82A and 82B The service stops in the villages and in Monday to Friday. Halstead and as long as it is safe to do so, From The Green 09:08, 11:18, 13:18 the bus will stop along the route within Arrives Osborne Street 09:58, 12:14, 14:11 the village when hailed. Monday to Saturday. For help boarding or leaving the vehicle, From The Green 09:05 or with shopping bags, just speak to the Arrives Osborne Street 09:58 driver. The service is fully accessible, but please would passengers in wheelchairs
phone ahead on 01376 557896.
FARES, payable on the bus Adult £2 (single or return) 5-16yrs £1 (single or return) Colne Under 5s Free Engaine Concessionary bus passes must be shown to receive free transport. Concessionary bus passes are available from Braintree District Council on 01376 551414.
Timetable 11.10 White Colne, Colne Commercials, Colchester Rd 11.13 White Colne, Village Green Colchester to Colne Engaine 11.14 Earls Colne, Tey Road, Lowefields No. 82 11.20 Earls Colne, Hillie Bunnies Monday to Friday. 11.23 Earls Colne, De Vere Road From Osborne Street 10:05, 12:20, 16:15 11.26 Colne Engaine, The Green 11.31 Halstead, Market Hill Arrives The Green 10:56, 13:10, 17:07 11.32 Halstead, Bridge Street Monday to Saturday. 11.55 Braintree, Sainsburys From Osborne Street 16:15 14.00 Braintree, Sainsburys Arrives The Green 17:07 14.18 Halstead, Bridge Street 14.19 Halstead, Market Hill Please note that the 83 route is now 14.24 Colne Engaine, The Green solely used on the Bures/Colchester run 14 27 Earls Colne, De Vere Road and has no direct contact with the parish. 14.30 Earls Colne, Hillie Bunnies 14.36 Earls Colne, Tey Road, Lowefields 14.37 White Colne, Village Green Full details of all the above timetables, 14.40 White Colne, Colne Commercials, including all stops, are available from Colchester Rd www.travelineeastanglia.org.uk Does not operate on Bank Holidays. Colne Engaine Stay and Play is open every Wednesday 10-12 during the school term. We are a small, friendly baby and toddler group held in the Courtauld Memorial Hall. Every week we set up a different art and craft make and a messy play or sensory activity as well as lots of fun toys and games for babies and toddlers. Everyone Welcome. Messy Play - Squish, Squelch, Splash, Slime, Drop, Smear, Toss, Sprinkle, Spray, ooze! Pip Morton www.facebook.com/colneengainestayandplay [email protected] 07775 943118
64 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk 1 Sat 2 Sun Colnes Footpath Association (p.26) 10am 3 Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 3.30 Express (p.11) 6 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5) 7 Fri F.A.C.E.S Christmas Fair (p.21) 8 Sat 9 Sun 10am 10 Mon 11 Tue Open House (p.33); Youth Club (p.49); Senior Citizens Lunch (p.51) 12 Wed 13 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5); Women’s Institute Christmas Lunch (p.6) 14 Fri 15 Sat Carols On The Green (p.15); Festival of Christmas Trees (p.19) 16 Sun Festival of Christmas Trees (p.19) 10am 17 Mon 18 Tue Senior Citizens Lunch (p.51) 19 Wed 20 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5) 21 Fri 6.30pm 22 Sat 23 Sun 10am
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26 Wed Boxing Day; Colnes Footpath Association (p.26) Christmas 27 Thu Holidays 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon New Year’s Eve 66 / www.colne-engaine.org.uk 1 Tue New Year’s Day 2 Wed 3 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5) Christmas Holidays 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 11am 7 Mon 8 Tue Senior Citizens Lunch (p.51) 9 Wed 10 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5) 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 10am 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed Poppy Book Club (p.57) 17 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5); Women’s Institute (p.6) 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun Café Church (p.5) 21 Mon 22 Tue Senior Citizens Lunch (p.51) 23 Wed C.E.D.S presents 24 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5) The Great 25 Fri Whist Drive (p.6) Panto Bake 26 Sat Off (p.33) 27 Sun 10am 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu Prayers for the Parishes (p.5)
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COLLECTION POINTS: St. ANDREWS CHURCH, COLNE ENGAINE VILLAGE SHOP, COLNE ENGAINE St. ANDREWS CHURCH, EARLS COLNE BAPTIST CHURCH, HALSTEAD ROAD, EARLS COLNE EARLS COLNE PRIMARY SCHOOL, EARLS COLNE PERCIVAL & CO, HIGH STREET, EARLS COLNE VILLAGE HALL, WHITE COLNE FINAL COLLECTION DATE: THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER 2018 DELIVERY FROM: SATURDAY 15th DECEMBER 2018