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1 Great Hallingbury Highlights Spring 2017 Vol. 73 An independent publication giving news on matters affecting Great Hallingbury Ronald Coultrup 1930 - 2017 2 Editorial Councillors Ron and I have always enjoyed producing Parish Council Chairman: Great Hallingbury Highlights and have Mr. Alan Townsend Tel: 465790 7 The Grove, CM22 7TT been enormously gratifi ed when we have email: [email protected] received compliments on the magazine. Parish Council Vice-Chairman: He was very anxious that it should continue Mr. Tom Streeter Tel: 508531 as a magazine for the residents of Great Harps Farm, Bedlars Green, CM22 7TL Hallingbury. email: [email protected] Parish Councillors: I will endeavour to do this but I do need Mr. David Barlow Tel: 657182 your help please. 128, Bedlars Green, CM22 7TL The magazine has always comprised material Mr. Mark Bloomfi eld Tel: 501679 The Old Post Offi ce, Bedlars Green, CM22 7TP written by villagers or giving information of email: bloomfi [email protected] interest or relevance to residents so please Mr. Kaylash Juggurnauth Tel: 758322 continue to send your articles, news, Little Bradley, Church Road CM22 7TZ details of events and letters by post or to email: [email protected] [email protected]. Mr. Andrew Noble Tel: 653039 Lewismead, Tilekiln Green, CM22 7TQ It would be good, too, to have some help email: [email protected] with the production of the magazine which Mr. Alan Pinnock 128A Bedlars Green, CM22 7TL Tel: 659071 might also ensure some continuity for the [email protected] Mobile: 07939 603507 future so if you would like to be involved Mrs. Vicky Wing Tel: 658542 - entering material into the publishing The Jays, Bedlars Green, CM22 7TP programme, hunting illustrations, selling email: [email protected] advertising, whatever you can do - please Clerk to the Parish Council: do contact me. Mrs. Freda Townsend Tel:465790 7 The Grove, CM22 7TT Lastly I have been grateful for all the email: [email protected] messages of support I have received from Website: www.essexinfo.net/great-hallingbury-parish-council so many people at this very diffi cult time Uttlesford District Councillors and thank you all. Mr. Keith Artus Tel: 01279 718064 Christine Coultrup Brook House, Cage End, Hatfi eld Broad Oak, CM22 7HP email: [email protected] Mrs. Lesley Wells Tel: 01279 725910 CONTENTS Barn House, Wrights Green Lane, Little Hallingbury, 2 - Details of Councillors CM22 7RF - Editorial email: [email protected] 3 - Ronald Charles Coultrup Essex County Councillor 5 - Stop Stansted Expansion Mrs. Susan Barker Tel: 01245 231250 6 - Jewish Tie Salesman Little Garnetts, Bishops Green, Barnston, Essex, - Easton Lodge CM6 1NF Fax 01245 231810 7 - New Year’s Eve Party email: [email protected] 9 - Great Hallingbury WI Member of Parliament - News from Essex County Council Sir Alan Haselhurst MP 10 - Hundred Parishes Society House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA 11 - 14 - Nature’s Home. email: [email protected] 15 - Great Hallingbury History Society Member of European Parliament 16-17 - Pantomime Review Mr. Geoffrey Van Orden MEP 18 - MP Surgeries 88 Rectory Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1RF 19 - St Clare Hospice email: [email protected] 01245 345188 20 - Useful Contacts 3 Ronald Charles Village Hall, run by a committee who were Coultrup also the trustees, and Ron was one of these fi rst committee members. Ron 1930 - 2017 always encouraged the fundraising events in Ron told me that, as a young order to maintain and update the facilities at the hall. He particularly loved to man, he developed his attend the Village Hall Quiz Nights! He love for Great Hallingbury held the position of Treasurer and was when he would cycle to the village from keen to fi nd any grants available to help London for the day. He moved here with pay for larger projects at the hall. Christine in 1989, Pantiles becoming his home and offi ce and from where he The History Society was another of Ron’s travelled far and wide on his business passions. He was very inlerested in the books written by Ernie Field on past eras trips. in Great Hallingbury. Ron had been Ron had a love for red wine, nice cigars a member of the History Society since and Bernard Cornwall novels. Ron was a moving to the village and, until recently, prolifi c reader and his library was testimony attended most meetings. Ron even audited to this. the History Society accounts. Ron clearly intended to be involved in In the mid 90’s Ron and the then village affairs and soon after moving here Chairman of the Parish Council, became a member of the Parish Council Norman Mead, agreed on the need to keep in 1991. Ron took a great interest in parishioners informed of what the Parish parish council matters, giving time and Council was doing. At that time there attention to consultations, planning, was no website and Ron took it upon airport and issues that might have any himself, with the blessing of the Parish impact on our village. He held the position Council, to start a magazine, full of parish, of Vice-Chairman for many years before district and county information, to be retiring from the Parish Council at the end delivered free to every household in the of his last full term before the elections village. This progressed into what we know held in May 2015. today as the Great Hallingbury Highlights. The Parish Hall was acquired for the Over the years, as it has gone from strength village from the Church and became the to strength and, edited by Ron, the magazine has won several awards and is still issued free to every house in the village! Until recently Ron had been 21 - Friendship Club - Companion Dog Show pleased to cover the costs of printing. - Hallingbury Flower Show Ron was a big man with a big heart and a 23 - The Police Years great love for his community who always 24 - Essex Book Festival had a word of advice to offer if asked. - Open Garden - Choral Society Concert Dear Ron, it has been a pleasure to know 25 - Promises - Broadband you and you leave a large gap in our - Neighbourhood Watch community. Goodbye dear friend, you are 27-29 - Great Hallingbury Parish Council sorely missed. 29 - Midsummer Masked Ball 30 - Olive Branch Alan Townsend - St Giles’ 100 Club Parish Council Chairman 31 - Brownies’ Christmas Card to the Queen - St. Giles’ Services 32 - Great Hallingbury Annual Parish Meet- ing - Calendar 4 A Family Business Since 1989 We control Rats, Mice, Moles, Squirrels, Wasps, Ants, Cluster Flies, Cockroaches & Bed Bugs. Phone:Phone: 01920 822897 Mobiles:Mobiles: 0777 5673088 0777 5673089 EmailEmail: – [email protected] [email protected] www.crosspestcontrol.co.uk 22 Uplands, Green Lane, Braughing, Ware, Herts. 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SSE record for its passenger throughput by has long argued to the Government that handling 24.3m passengers during the year, night fl ights have a far greater impact on compared to the previous record of 23.8m, local residents around Stansted because of achieved in 2007. The 2016 passenger its rural location where background noise throughput was achieved with 25,300 fewer levels at night are generally very low. The commercial fl ights than in 2007 – 166,200 current 12,000 annual limit on night fl ights compared to 191,500 – refl ecting higher applies only to the 6½ hours from 11.30pm load factors. to 6.00am whereas the normal defi nition of Advice on local homeowner night is the 8 hours from 11.00pm to 7.00am. 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