Near Little Finborough Church 1 Battisford Village Hall Management Committee
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November 2016 Near Little Finborough Church 1 Battisford Village Hall Management Committee Anyone who uses the Village Hall on a regular basis will notice that, yet again, during the summer break there have been more changes and improvements to the hall. Stan Winter with help from John Thornton has worked his usual magic and we are now proud owners of a brand new kitchen. Stan had nurtured the old one (which was second hand when he originally fitted it) and the time had come when drawers and door fronts were beyond repair. There have also been improvements to the Committee Room providing the Pre-school with a much more permanent storage arrangement. The next project in the upkeep of the hall is to look at the floor, most of which is the original school floor that undergoes continu- al maintenance to keep it looking good. Also in some places it seems to have a bit more spring than it should have. This will be a major job and will need some serious fund raising to complete. Hopefully you have seen the Christmas Ball advertised with which we are hoping to kick start fundraising for the floor. The event is being held at Ringshall Village Hall (purely because we needed a bit more room for dancing) on the 26th November. Look out for the poster further on in the magazine which contains more details of the event. It would be great to see you there. BATTISFORD VILLAGE HALL LISTINGS Monday – Friday during term time Pre-School morning sessions, lunch clubs and afternoon session. For Pre-School contact (07540 645300) Wednesday: 7.00pm Snooker Club Night To Join the Snooker Club contact Brian Smith 01449 775363 or book a table via Bob Hicks 01449 672765 The Gardening Club usually meets on the first Monday of the month - contact Bill Baldry on 01449 672168. The Indoor Bowls Club play every Wednesday from 7pm.—contact Pamela & Eddie Sturgeon 01449 676978 The Hall is available for hire for £15 per hour Special rates apply for regular bookings - tables are also available for hire on a 24 hour basis. Contact Sally Winter on 01449 674852 for further details LOOK OUT FOR SANTA’S SLEIGH ! BATTISFORD: TUESDAY 13TH DECEMBER COMBS: WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER Starting from the Punchbowl at 6pm Raising money for a good cause 2 Battisford & Beyond As this year’s Stowmarket Carnival is purported to be the last; Graham Card decided that Battisford should enter a ‘village’ float. The Carnival theme was the 1960s and after some debate it was agreed that our entry should commemorate the landing of the first men on the moon in 1969 and that the title should be ‘Battisford & Beyond’ The main feature of the float was this amazing rocket made by Stan Winter. There were spacemen! Earthlings from the sixties Little green men The Earth The Moon and the Stars 3 BARCLIF DIRECTORY Parish Council Chairmen Battisford Preschool Battisford: Chris Knock: 07720387367. Battisford Preschool is an Ofsted registered provision taking children from 2 -5 years. We Combs: Stuart Scarff: 01449 613489 are able to offer free places for 3 and 4 year olds. Lt Finborough: Paul Marriage: 01449 612815 We operate Monday – Friday during term time District Councillor offering morning sessions, lunch clubs and af- David Whybrow :07799068926 ternoon sessions. For more information telephone Jo Rainbird - County Councillor 01449 612289 or 07540 645300. Julia Truelove : 01449 678 652 ( there is funding available for some 2 year olds depend- ent on your circumstances so please enquire for further Doctors surgeries infor- mation) Bildeston Health Centre: 01449 720254 Combs Ford Surgery: 01449 78333 Needham Market Country Practice: 01449 720666 Violet Hill Surgery: 01449776000 Defibrillators Battisford Parish Council would like to thank residents of Combs and Battisford who donated so generously last Christ- mas to "Santa's Little Helpers", and also County Councillor Truelove and Suffolk County Council for their additional fi- nancial support. Together they have provided funding for the purchase of three defibrillators. Battisford's first defibril- lation machine has now been installed in the old telephone box on the Straight Road in Battisford. A further two Defibrillators are planned; one will be located at the east end of the Straight Road and the other at the Cricket Ground in Moats Tye. Battisford Indoor Bowls Club Bowls started again this September after a summer break. We are looking for new members so if you are interested in joining us please call Pamela & Eddie Sturgeon on 01449 676978 or just pop in on a Wednesday evening from 7pm for a chat or a cup of tea. We will be pleased to see you and to show you what the Bowls Club is all about. However it is probably better if you call us first to make sure we are playing. We are hoping to meet up for a friendly match with Needham Market Bowls Club soon. 4 St Mary’ s Church, Battisford News and future events On September 5th we were glad to be present at the service of Licensing & Installation of our new priest, the Reverend Daniel Harrison, which took place in Barking Church. He will minister to the eight parishes of Barking, Battisford, Flowton, Great Bricett, Offton, Ringshall, Somersham and Willisham. On November 6th, Mike, Bishop off Dunwich will be coming to Battisford to lead a Communion Service at our usual time of 11.15am He would like to chat with as many people as possible over coffee afterwards. At 3pm on November 13th there will be a special service in Battisford Church when Revd. Dan will be coming to meet you all. There will be refreshments to follow. On 4th December for Morning Prayer, at 11.15am, we will bring gifts, mainly toiletries, for those at the Light- house Refuge Centre in Ipswich. Our Christmas Fayre will be held in the Punchbowl this year from 9.30—11.30 am. On sale will be cakes, gifts, wreaths, table decorations, plants and much more. On 24th December we will be holding our annual ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Service at 5pm Dates for 2017 diary: On Saturday April 1st (no its not an April Fool!) we will be holding a ‘Giant Book Sale’ in Battisford Community Centre from 10.30am—2.30pm. We have already had many books donated which are being kept in dry storage. We would be most grateful if you have any books to donate. Please contact Caroline Burgoyne on 01449 615442 or Ann Wilson on 01449 678105 who will be pleased to collect them. Alternatively please leave them at the Church which is open during the day. 5 BATTISFORD & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB NOTES Another year is drawing to a close and it has been another successful year for the Gardening Club. We have had a variety of speakers, trips to local gardens and a coach trip up to North Norfolk. Social events (quiz, bbq) have all been enjoyed by members and our community activity continues as we look after the plants at the Punchbowl, where we had a very suc- cessful plant stall at the recent Garage Trail. The spring weather reduced the number of entries at our 9th Annual Show, in conjunction with the Combs Fete back in July, but we still provided a full, varied and colourful display for Fete visitors to enjoy. I would like to thank everyone from the villages who took part in this year’s Show and I hope that you will be able to support us again at next year’s Show. If you just came and had a look this year perhaps there will be something to tempt you to take part next year – I hope so - keep a look out for our Show schedule next spring. Gardening goes a little bit quieter at this time of year but we still have a mix of speakers and social activities planned for November to February. On Monday 7th November we have Alan Shipp, the holder of a National Collection of Hyacinths, coming to give us a talk entitled “Hyacinths, the spring kaleidoscope flower” at Battisford Community Centre 7.30pm, everyone welcome. December 5th is the Club members quiz with George Bethell once again kindly acting as quizmaster. Then in January we have the Club’s New Year meal before a speaker from RHS Hyde Hall in Essex comes to give us at talk at the Community Centre 7.30pm on Monday 6th February. For more details of any of these events please contact Bill Baldry, 12 Tannery Road, Combs on 01449 672168 or check out our website www.battisfordgardeningclub.org.uk. New members and guests are always welcome to any of our meetings. Best wishes for a happy and healthy end to the year and for 2017 from all at the Gardening Club. Wood Farm, Gipping One of the Gardening Club’s summer visits was to Wood Farm, Gipping which opens for charity under the National Gar- dens Scheme. As well as beautiful perennial beds , an amazing old farm house surrounded by a moat there is a magnifi- cent wild flower meadow created and planted by the owners over a number of years. It’s worth a visit—details on the NGS website 6 It might be "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" "Jingle Bells" or "I wish it could be Christmas every day!". But sometimes it's carol like "Silent Night", "Once In Royal David's City" or " Hark The Herald Angels Sing." I wonder what you would have on yo mas Playlist? If you wish to contribute articles or photographs for the next Barclifnews please contact the editor, Anthea How- ard, on 01449675161 or email [email protected] by 10th Feb 2017.