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Stebbing Directory Stebbing Scene Your Village — Your Magazine Edition No: 130 Summer 2014 Stebbing Scramble on Monday 5th May The annual Stebbing Scramble (see more overleaf) is one of the many events which tell us that the busy summer calendar is building once more. Then on the 11th May came another ‘boys and their toys’ event in the form of a Tractor Road Run in aid of Farleigh Hospice. Thanks to Dick Hughes for the report and photos - also over on page 2. In an attempt to brighten up the magazine we have added a colour centrefold and, to kick off what I hope will be a regular addition, the school have put together some impressions of their Community Month. We hope you will enjoy the modest splash of colour we have been able to add. Your Editor’s life has already been brightened up by the welcome addition to our small team of Karen Howe. She will be taking over from Jackie Kingdom as Deputy Editor and taking on responsibility for our advertising - more of Karen on page 3 (which unaccountably caused her some amusement). Richard Foot Editor 1 Classic Scrambles in Stebbing Dunmow and District Motorcycle Club was formed in 1951. Early events included Trials, Grass Tracks and Scrambles. The Scrambles have always been held at Stebbing, although the track is now on the opposite side of the road to the original. The Pre-65 Motocross Club run their scramble event at Stebbing in conjunction with the Dunmow Club. They specialise in organising classic motorcycle scrambles in the East of England, one competitor being Clint Wright from Stebbing. The cover photograph and the above were both taken at this year’s Stebbing Scramble on Monday 5th May. Thanks to Jay Sayer of the Dunmow Club for information. RF Tractor Road Run On a blustery & wet Sunday morning early in May, residents of The Downs were alerted to a strange noise from the road outside. A long snake, comprising 30 vintage farm tractors were emerging from Stebbing Park's driveway and puffing by in the early stages of a 30 mile sponsored tractor road run organised to raise money for Farleigh Hospice. The event started and finished at Dunmow Farm, courtesy of Mark Lanyon, and covered a mixture of byways & back roads that took them through Stebbing parish, Bardfield Saling, Lindsell & the Eastons - stopping for lunch at The Stag pub. The final amount we have raised looks likely to be in excess of £3,000 for a very worthy cause - and a good time was had by all. Dick Hughes 2 New to the Scene! What a pleasure it has been to move to this delightful village. I had been living just outside Bishops Stortford for 10 years (having grown up in Kent) and amazingly had never heard of Stebbing - not until I found my gorgeous new home, Rose Cottage, a house with a blue plaque no less. It’s hard to believe that the author, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, wrote the infamous 'Blue Lagoon' right here in the same lounge where I enjoy a glass of Chardonnay - or that Henry was supposedly 'best mates' with HG Wells (whose home, co-incidentally, my ex in-laws lived in in Little Easton) and the two of them had partied together right here! The moment I drew up outside for my first house viewing I could see that it was a stunning looking village. What I hadn't bargained for was just how incredibly friendly and welcoming all the local people would be. I was astonished to receive so many 'welcome to your new home' cards from my new neighbours (and even a cake) on my very first day - what an unexpected pleasure. I can't believe that was a whole year ago. I've now settled in, met some lovely new people and found myself volunteering to be a part of the Stebbing Scene team. Jackie Kingdom has done such a wonderful job for so many years, so it is no mean feat to be stepping into her shoes. Just like Jackie, I will be responsible for looking after the advertising in Stebbing Scene. So far that seems to have involved sending lots of invoices... so maybe not the best way to meet new people after all! I have never lived anywhere that had a local magazine like this before and I've been amazed at how useful a little publication it is. I'm impressed that Richard puts quite so much energy and dedication into sourcing and editing articles - and it gives us a fabulous local reference to what's going on locally that we can join in with. Please, if you have anything you'd like to share, get in touch with Richard. We need new contributors; whatever interests you will interest others I'm sure! Stebbing Scene is also great for our local advertisers and we should really do our best to support them. So if you need a gardener, a decorator, have too much soot (or, like me, Jackdaws) in your chimney or just fancy a really great manicure, you know you can find a reputable local Stebbing tradesman advertising in Stebbing Scene. Because we only take advertising from local people our rates are really low - so if you'd like to advertise, just get in touch at [email protected]. Hope to meet yet more of you very soon! Karen 3 STEBBING VILLAGE HALL Stebbing’s first Village Hall was built in 1973 as an extension at the back of the School, with access to the school hall and kitchen. It served the village well for over twenty years. However it was limited by the fact that it could only be used in out of school hours and compromised by the existence of the URC hall in Mill Lane. The latter, now the second village hall, had been used by villagers for many years as the Congregational Sunday School and as a community hall for badminton, dramatics, Brownies, women’s groups and Sunday evening concerts after chapel. This non-conformist hall had been built by villagers in 1876–7 for £660, contributed in varied modest subscriptions, some as little as a penny or halfpenny. In 1994 the URC decided, because the congregation was dwindling, to apply for planning permission for ‘Light Industrial Use’ for the building, before putting it up for sale. This prompted Friday Morning Market to commission a structural survey and stimulated 5 women to organise a pressure group they named CASH (CAmpaign to Save the Hall) to try and retain the facility for village use. At this point the village hall at the school was ending its life. However ‘old Stebbing’ felt that the Mill Lane property belonged to them - had their parents and grandparents not collected the money for it? In truth the property was owned now by the United Reformed Church, who had responsibility for maintenance and upkeep and for the provision of the clergy. The CASH group, enthusiastic and energetic, organised a village petition and overwhelming support was shown by residents amounting to 95% of the populace. The Parish Council meeting for the presentation of the signatures had to be transferred to the Church for adequate accommodation for everyone present. After councillors debated the issue, a village referendum sought residents’ views and, in consequence of its affirmative nature, a loan for £60,000 was obtained. CASH raised another £75,000 from ten grants and well over £22,000 from villagers - from donations, concerts, sponsored bell ringing, an Appeal and so on. VE and VJ celebrations and the 1995 Elizabethan Fayre helped - with a generous grant coming from the latter as well as money from profitable CASH stalls. CASH members with petition Jan 1995 Expenditure on the first restoration was £135,000. The new Village Hall Committee was confronted by a hall riddled with dry rot and rotten timber. Subsequently new chairs, tables, carpets and curtains had to be purchased but, with all complete, Anne McIntosh, the local MEP, opened the building in September 1996 as the plaque over the mantelpiece records. A magnificent bequest in 2001, when the Stebbing Village Hall Fund was named as the residuary beneficiary in the late Daphne Rogowski’s will, enabled a second restoration five years later. A rear extension provided for a much enlarged kitchen, greatly improved toilet facilities and an enhanced Pelham Room, together with new 4 carpets throughout and a resurfacing of the beech floor in the main Hall. From the start the committee balanced the books and we were self supporting. The Village Hall aims to work as a trading entity; the trustees seek to balance ordinary outgoings against income. The latter consists, not only of hiring fees, but of interest on assets and land rental on fields also left to us in the will. The committee sets insurance and large exterior works such as outside maintenance and decoration against capital, rather than trading expenses. As far as users are concerned it is generally necessary to increase fees every 2 years but, because of Re-roofing the Hall in 1995 cost of living pressures, the committee decided to hold the position for another year. It will be necessary for charges to go up in 2015 since costs of general maintenance, fuel and insurance continue to increase. Finally, it is important to remember that the Village Hall is provided for every Stebbing resident. The Parish Council purchased and owns it and the Committee lease and administer it on our behalf. We are all responsible for its safe-keeping and it is ours to enjoy and cherish for leisure, social and educational occasions.
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