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Volume 8 • Issue No. 1 • NOVEMBER 2020 Your free local community magazine: essential local news, services & information delivered through your door every month ™© Inwith Creeting St Mary,Touch Creeting St Peter & Needham Market www.keepingintouchwith.co.uk Self-isolation support for Low income Earners See page 6 Introduction to Meditation See page 19 Image by Emma Graham Fri 23rd – Thurs 29th October Sat 7th - Mon 9th November TWO BY TWO: OVERBOARD (U) TWO BY TWO: OVERBOARD (U) Fri 23rd - Thurs 29th: 1.45 Sat 7th & Sun 8th: 1.00 THE SECRET GARDEN (PG) UNHINGED (15) Fri 23rd - Thurs 29th: 4.00 Sat 7th & Sun 8th: 3.30 Fri 30th Oct – Mon 2nd Nov BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY (12A) TWO BY TWO: OVERBOARD (U) Mon 9th: 7.00 Fri 23rd - Sun 1st: 1.45, Mon 2nd: 4.30 Sat 14th - Mon 16th November THE SECRET GARDEN (PG) CATS & DOGS: PAWS UNITE (U) Fri 23rd - Sun 1st: 4.00, Mon 2nd: 2.15 Sat 14th & Sun 15th: 2.00 UNHINGED (15) PIXIE (15) Mon 2nd: 7.00 Mon 16th: 1.30 & 7.00 Event Cinema HOPE GAP (12A) NT Live presents WAR HORSE Mon 16th: 4.30 Sat 14th & Sun 15th at 4.15, tickets £10.50 Sat 21st - Mon 23rd November Award winning production, recorded live in the West End, Michael Morpurgo's story follows a CATS & DOGS: PAWS UNITE (U) horse as it crosses over to the Western Front Sat 21st & Sun 22nd: 11.45am to witness the horrors of the trenches. PIXIE (15) LITTLE MIX PRESENT; LM5 - THE TOUR FILM Sat 21st - Mon 23rd: 4.30 Sat 21st & Sun 22nd at 2.00, tickets £10.50 LIFE OF LOWESTOFT (PG) The concert film, recorded at the final show of the tour at London’s iconic O2 arena, following the Mon 23rd: 2.30 & 7.00 release of their fifth studio album. POCKET MONEY MOVIES www.regalstowmarket.co.uk Children pay £2.50 with Unfortunately telephone bookings are not possible at this time One accompanying adult going free The Regal is on the Road at the John Peel Centre Church Walk, Stowmarket, IP14 1ET. Returns next month! 2 In Touch online: Published by: A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Mansion House Publishing (UK) Ltd, 20 Wharfedale Road, Ipswich IP1 4JP Writing in the Irish Examiner, Mick Clifford argues that “a lot of people are finding it more difficult to view the pandemic other than through the prism of their own lives”. EDITOR: Sharon Jenkins “Sometimes,” he writes, “that view can’t offer anything beyond inconvenience, annoyance, frustration and even T: 01473 400380 resentment. In such a milieu, the plight of those who are suffering most recedes in the collective consciousness.” Send editorial copy to: [email protected] It’s a sobering argument with potentially horrifying consequences for us all if true, but I don’t agree with Mick’s Readers are invited to submit articles, illustrations and conclusion. Of course I’ve moaned about some of the minor inconveniences I’ve endured (home schooling wasn’t photographs for publication. The publishers reserve the right to amend such submissions and cannot accept exactly fun and I’m desperate to see my parents in Ireland) but I know my life hasn’t been altered in any significant responsibility for any loss. way by the pandemic, while for many it will never be the same again. The ongoing work to support those in ADVERTISING need, whether by groups formed in response to the pandemic or by longstanding organisations which have been T: 01473 400380 supporting the most vulnerable members of our society for many years, is proof positive that we, as a society, E: [email protected] haven’t lost touch with what really matters. However, we must continue to support those groups and organisations DISTRIBUTION who represent the best of us, while also complying with the restrictions to protect others and prevent further Tree Martin: 01473 400380 spread of this so-called silent killer. E: [email protected] Those of us with the means to, must also make a conscious effort to support our local businesses. Research on PRINTING ColourPlan Print: 01473 400379 spending by local authorities shows that for every £1 spent with a small or medium-sized business 63p stayed E: [email protected] in the local economy, compared to 40p with a larger business, but consider too the role our local businesses have played in recent months and the many other benefits they provide; more jobs, more choice, that personal Disclaimer: The views expressed by contributors are not touch we desire now more than ever, customer service second to none, support for local charities, space to meet, necessarily those of the publisher. Every effort is originality, colour, vibrancy, reasons to visit, not to mention the positive impact on the environment and the space taken to ensure that the contents of this magazine are accurate but the publisher cannot assume any we create for new ideas to thrive. responsibility for errors or omissions. While reasonable care is taken when accepting I hate the phrase, but it really is a ‘win-win’ scenario. With Christmas on the way, please consider buying local as advertisements or editorial, the publisher/ much as possible, and when someone asks you what you want for Christmas this year, why not ask for a voucher editor will not accept responsibility for any unsatisfactory transactions and also reserves the for a local business? Your support right now may be critical. right to refuse to include advertising or editorial. They will, however immediately investigate any “Together we can change the world, just one written complaints. random act of kindness at a time.” Ron Hall © Mansion House Publishing (UK) Ltd. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, either wholly or in part, without the prior written permission of the publisher. IN TOUCH NEWS © In Touch with Stowmarket & Stowupland is published by Mansion House Publishing (UK) Ltd This month I promised to tell you more about Colourplan Print. Colourplan is the base upon which Mansion House Group has formed, first expanding to incorporate Musical Marketing (best known for Grapevine), then Mansion House Publishing, followed by Boswell Office Supplies and now Mansion House Media. Colourplan has been a staple presence on the local print industry since the late 80s when brothers Steve and Rob Printed on gloss paper from FSC certified sources Stone set up at Waterworks Street, Ipswich. The business moved to Wharfedale Road in 1992 and hasn’t looked Please recycle. back since. IN TOUCH TITLES • Stowmarket & Stowupland The constant sound of the press in full working mode is one you get used to • Kesgrave & Rushmere St Andrew quickly when you work at MHG. That and the huge stacks of paper that seem • Melton & Woodbridge to disappear almost as quickly as they arrive. Every single one of the 75,000 • Manningtree, Brantham, Lawford & Mistley magazines we deliver each month is printed, finished and packed by Colourplan. • Hadleigh, Chattisham, Hintlesham, Finishing is the process of trimming, folding and collating pages. That’s Ash’s field Holton St Mary, Layham & Raydon of expertise and requires enormous stamina and attention to detail. • Ipswich East, Ravenswood, Broke Hall & Warren Heath Colourplan can print just about anything, from stickers to banners and every • Elmswell, Beyton, Drinkstone, Haughley, size, shape, colour and quantity imaginable. In fact, Colourplan was my first Hessett, Norton, Tostock, Wetherden & Woolpit choice before I joined Mansion House; you don’t often see the managing • Needham Market & The Creetings director hauling boxes of beautifully printed brochures down two flights of stairs, • Shotley, Chelmondiston, Erwarton, Harkstead, but that’s the service you can expect from Colourplan. They look after their Holbrook, Pin Mill, Stutton & Woolverstone customers, move mountains to meet deadlines and never compromise on the • Martlesham quality of the finished product. • Claydon, Barham, Henley & Whitton • East Bergholt, Dedham, Flatford Give them a call (01473 400380) if you need a quote or just want to discuss a job. & Stratford St Mary Steve is always happy to talk ‘print’ and will happily share the knowledge he has • Bramford, Offton, Somersham & Willisham built over the years. Just don’t let him tell you one of his ‘printer’ jokes! • Capel St Mary (Capel Capers) • Copdock, Belstead, Bentley, Tattingstone What did the father printer say to the teenage printer? & Washbrook Don’t use that toner with me. • Gt & Lt Blakenham, Baylham & Nettlestead • Westerfield, Ashbocking, Tuddenham St Martin & Witnesham • Sproughton & Burstall KEEPING IN TOUCH We also publish Spotlight on Felixstowe keepingintouchwith.co.uk / spotlightmagazine.co.uk / vanillamagazine.co.uk Fri 20 November Twitter: @InTouchEast / @vanillamagazine is the advertising and Instagram: @mansionhousepublishing / @vanilla.magazine editorial deadline for Facebook: @mansionhousepublishing / @vanillamagazinesuffolk the December edition www.keepingintouchwith.co.uk/needham 3 NEWS THE MAGNALL ROUND NEEDHAM ACCESS FOR ALL A 21-mile route created by Derek Magnall CAMPAIGN GROUP The Magnall Round is a circular walk Further to the item about the of 21 miles that starts and finishes at welcome news in the October Needham Market Railway Station. It issue of funding for improvements uses public rights of way, paths, tracks at Needham Market station, can I and riverside paths. Passing through add the following remarks? the parishes of Barking, Darmsden, Baylham and Great Blakenham, the The fact that Greater Anglia walk then joins the riverside path of submitted a successful bid for the River Gipping. The walk passes funding at the station is due in no through the rolling countryside of small measure to the efforts of Mid Suffolk, a place which is rarely the Access for All campaign group.