March 2015 Be on Wednesday 4 March in the Offers: Vacancy Vicar and Lecturer Assembly Rooms at 7:30Pm
CLUBS & SOCIETIES DEDHAM PARISH CHURCH DEDHAM www.dedham-parishchurch.org.uk Dedham Horticultural Society The community tennis club is now e-mail: [email protected] PARISH MAGAZINE
The next meeting of the DHS will taking new memberships for 2015, and MINISTERS (01206) March 2015 be on Wednesday 4 March in the offers: Vacancy Vicar and Lecturer Assembly Rooms at 7:30pm. 3 hard courts and a picturesque Paul Southern Assistant Minister clubhouse Mervyn McKinney Assistant Minister The group outing will be on c/o Parish Office, High Street, Dedham CO7 6DE 322 136 SUNDAY SERVICES Tennis for all ages and abilities Wednesday, 4 June 2015. 8.30 a.m. LTA registered including CHURCH OFFICERS Holy Communion BCP Wimbledon ballot Richard Hopkins Churchwarden 322 361 Betty Callaghan writes Quinlan Terry Churchwarden 322 370 1st Sunday in month Match play and club competitions Be Burleigh Deputy Churchwarden 323 205 _____ The 'Good Neighbours' Club Online court booking Suzanne Woods Deputy Churchwarden 01255 870 640 Gabriel Watson Verger 322 425 10.30 a.m. It is with regret that Rhoda Smith Free access to practice balls Andrew Hodson Caretaker & Groundsman 07968 445 572 who for many years has dedicated Coaching programmes Family Service her services to the Club has Family friendly MUSIC 1st Sunday in month Antony Watson Director of Music 322 425 Brilliant club sessions Morning Worship CW retired. We wish her well. Regular social events JUNIOR CHURCH 2nd & 5th Sundays Great value Tim Sarson ReVive@5 322 810 Hayley Everett writes Holy Communion CW Call Membership Secretary, Caroline Dedham Tennis Club FLOWER ARRANGERS Sunday 1st March Weston on Sally Gotelee Co-ordinator 322 652 Dedham Tennis Club has recently Morning Prayer BCP 323726 for more information or Wendy Sarton Weddings 323 037 appointed an additional coach. visit ww.dedhamtennis.org.uk 4th Sundays DEDHAM PARISH MAGAZINE ______Matthew Watson is a level 3 LTA Melanie Hargreaves Editor qualified tennis coach and has much Max Wilkinson 'What's On' Listings 5 p.m. Audrey Mattack writes experience coaching both juniors Martin Hole Advertising Evening Prayer BCP Ladies Fellowship and adults. If you would like more PARISH OFFICE at the Vicarage 322 136 2nd Sunday in month Our next meeting will be held on information about either private Wednesday 25 March at 2.30 p.m. in 2pm—4pm Monday 11:30am—1:30pm Tuesday 5 p.m. lessons or group sessions please the Assembly Rooms, when the subject 9.30am –11.30am Thursday contact Matthew on 07521 604717 Re:Vive @5 of the talk will be 'Alzheimers'. Parish Secretary Claire Arculus 4th Sunday in month or email Asst. Secretary Be Burleigh, Louise Davison Financial Administration Sara Marshall, Katrina Ablett [email protected] JUNIOR CHURCH
DEDHAM C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL www.dedham.essex.sch.uk 10.30 a.m. Jason Skelton Chairman Heather Tetchner Head Teacher 322 242 Family Service 1st Sunday in month If your club, society or group has a Dedham connection, ASSEMBLY ROOMS www.dedham-assemblyrooms.info then you could publish your events here for free. Tracy Woods Clerk to the Trustees 323 921 In groups on other Sundays Get in touch with the Editor (see page 1) DUCHY BARN Carol Mitson Secretary 323 116 DEADLINE FOR Anne Rowledge Bookings 322 394 APRIL EDITION: This magazine can be read in colour at www.dedham-parishchurch.org.uk Printed by IndigoRoss 01787 880 260 11 March 2015 16 1 CHURCH NOTICEBOARD SONGS OF PRAISE
SPECIAL SERVICES OF WORSHIP : ‘He gave us eyes to see them’: Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ Mothering Sunday Service In March, the world around us is moving Sunday 15 March from the cold and harshness of winter to new birth as the earth comes to life again in the season of spring. This is the theme of Palm Sunday ‘Primavera’ by the 15th century Florentine Sunday 29 March artist, Sandro Botticelli. His work in the Sistine Chapel in Rome brought him to the attention of the Medici court, which commissioned this painting in 1482. The Medici dominated the political life of Florence, but Cosimo and his descendants were also great patrons of the arts.
Scholars have never agreed on the exact meaning of ‘Primavera,’ but it is certainly OWER LAG AY THIS ONTH T F D M a celebration of beauty and fertility. We can identify a host of classical figures:
Mercury on the left of the canvas separating the clouds so that Spring may come;
Monday 9 March Commonwealth Day Zephyr, the west wind, on the right, who is pursuing Chloris; Flora, the goddess of abundance robed in a colourful dress and adorned with flowers. In the centre we see Venus, the goddess of beauty, with a blindfolded Cupid above, preparing to From the Registers shoot an arrow at the three Graces, whose arms are joined in a stately dance. The Bb setting is a wooded garden where the trees are filled with oranges, myrtle
surrounds Venus, and wondrous flowers spring up from the earth. FUNERAL At first glance the sensuousness and fruitfulness seem almost profane. But we 29 January 2015 Claire Maureen MORGAN look again and think we see not Venus in the centre, but the Blessed Virgin Mary, 10 February 2015 James START (90) whose own fruitfulness gave birth to the Saviour. The three figures by her side 12 February 2015 Anthony CLIFFORD could be the Christian virtues of beauty, truth and goodness who dance in her 12 February 2015 Eva Doreen KEMP honour, while all around God’s creation blossoms forth to bring joy and new life. It 20 February 2015 Noel John EVERETT is the world of the Song of Solomon, which the early Fathers could only accept as 25 February 2015 Joan Frances HAMMOND an allegory of Christian love, where the individual soul seeks the Saviour. But that book of the Old Testament was written in praise of the love that moves human life, as much as it moves the universe. And that can only be good because God the
creator is good.
Great things can grow from a small decision... The writer invites the beloved to accompany her to the fields and vineyards and find fruits in blossom and plants in bloom: a wilderness transformed by growth and Please Remember goodness. Just so, we enter the garden of this painting. The characters may be DEDHAM PARISH CHURCH classical, some may be Christian, but as we look we see a creative Love that in your Will transforms the winter of death and darkness into light and Spring – the birthday of creation. 2 15 CHILDREN'S PAGE VIEW FROM THE VICARAGE Rev. Paul Southern writes teaching, learning and worship available to the As our church moves whole family— children into a new period in its life, with their parents and I’m glad and privileged to perhaps grandparents? share ministry with Canon Occasionally, Baptisms will Mervyn McKinney, Merv, take place in the family newly retired and living in Dedham. service. Working together, we shall cover most of the services. We’ve already With this in mind, our been dubbed the ‘Ant and Dec’ of Mothering Sunday Service at Dedham church! 10.30am on 15 March will be a We are looking forward to seeing family service, with contributions what The Lord will do as we all pull from the children of Dedham together and offer our gifts and Primary School., which the head talents in His service. teacher is keen to promote. We shall also invite recent baptism Until the appointment of a new families to come along too. Our vicar and lecturer, which could take Christmas services reminded us that some time, Merv and I will be there are many young families in the working under the authority and areas, so please encourage families guidance of the churchwardens who you are part of, or know of, to have the responsibility for the come along. running of the church. Please be patient with them over the next few In all we do, Dedham Church months as they seek the way exists, as always, to share the Good forward in their discussions with News of knowing God through His Diocesan authorities. Son Jesus Christ, and what it is to become, or be a Christian, in the The wardens see little need for context of our daily lives. Our changing the way we do things. We understanding of The Bible is key in would like to try to develop the this. And in our fellowship Family Service and to encourage together, to share each others’ joys families to come (or come back?) by and sorrows, and to love our having a shorter service with neighbours as ourselves.
14 3 NEWSROUND WHAT’S ON: MUSIC & OPERA The Churchwardens write Sally Gotelee writes MUSIC continued Fri 20 Mar: 7.45 pm On 29 January, the PCC met with Thank you to everyone who gave Sat 28 Mar: Swansea City Colchester’s Bishop Roger, lilies last year in memory of a relative 7.30 pm Wood- Opera: Gounod's Archdeacon Annette and our Rural or friend. Anyone who would like to bridge Choral Soci- Faust at the New Wol- Dean, Guy Thorburn, at Dedham give some this year, please send your ety: Mozart’s Requi- sey, Ipswich. School. order to Sally Gotelee, Whalleys, em and Beethoven's Wed 1 Apr: 7.15 Following this, the PCC held a Dedham Road, Stratford CO7 Ninth Symphony; pm Royal Opera meeting in the Vicarage on 3rd 6AL Phone 322652. The lilies will Snape, Aldeburgh. House - live link: February when the Parish Profile in its be £2 each. The same as last year and Sun 29 Mar: 6 pm Rise And Fall Of The City final form was considered and the final date for ordering is Monday, Suffolk Villages Of Mahagonny, unanimously approved. This has now 30th March Festival: David Ow- music by Kurt Weill been sent to the Dedham Ecclesiastical en Norris (piano): and libretto by Swansea Opera 20 Mar Trust (technically the patron of the Christian Aid Week Mozart, Haydn, Bee- Berthold Brecht; living on this occasion). It has also Christian Aid’s annual fundraising thoven, Mendelssohn; Odeon, Colchester. been sent to the Bishop, Archdeacon week (Sunday 10 May– Saturday 16 Lavenham Village Hall. BALLET and Rural Dean, requesting advice on May) is quickly approaching. If you 7.30 pm Nayland Thu 5 to 7 Mar: the next move as the PCC wish to would like to know more about Choir: Songs from the Jazz Age. Russian State Ballet & Orchestra work together with the authorities for fundraising activities, school teaching Wed 1 Apr: 7.30 pm Royal Phil- of Siberia at Regent Theatre, Ipswich: the appointment of a strong leadership resources or any general information, harmonic Orchestra: with Freddy Coppelia, La Fille Mal Gardee and Swan in the form of a new vicar. please contact Melanie Hargreaves at Kempf (piano); Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Lake; on successive nights at 7.30pm. We will do out best to keep you all [email protected]. Dvorak; The Regent, Ipswich. Sun 8 Mar: 3 pm Bolshoi Ballet - informed of any progress. Fri 3 Apr: 7.30 pm Aldeburgh: live link: Romeo and Juliet; firstsite, Additions to Dedham Parish Metamorphosen (Sextet); Aldeburgh Colchester. Noreen Bell, for and on behalf of Dedham Magazine Church. School writes If you have a notice or suggestion for Sat 4 Apr: 11 am Aldeburgh: Sun 22 Mar: 2.30 pm Royal Ballet 14th Annual Dedham Quiz the magazine, please email Melanie at Symphonies of Winds - Stravinsky, - live link: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake; As organisers of the village quiz this [email protected] Strauss, Britten; Aldeburgh Church. 3 Dedham Films Live - Assembly year, we would like to thank everybody pm Aldeburgh Voices: Choral music Rooms and on Tue 17 Mar, 7.15 who supported us on the evening by Claire Arculus writes by Brahms and Mendelssohn; Orford pm at the Odeon, Colchester entering a team, and to the businesses Parish Office Hours Church. 7.30 pm Aldeburgh: Richard and individuals for the kind donations The Parish office hours on page 1 are Strauss's Metamorphosen; Snape, Alde- of a raffle prize for the event. during term time only. If you have an burgh. 8 pm Aldeburgh: Schütz: St LECTURE We are delighted to announce that urgent matter, please contact John Passion & Seven Last Words; Snape. Mon 9 Mar: 7.30 pm Mercury we have been able to support our 322136 and leave a message or email Theatre, Colchester: David Starkey, OPERA/MUSICAL chosen charity, EACH, with a cheque [email protected]. talk on The Tudors and us. Sat 14 Mar: 4.55 pm Metropoli- for £718.21 and make a contribution We will endeavour to get back to you tan Opera New York - live link: of £450.00 to the Senior Citizens’ as soon as possible. ——————— Christmas Meal this year. Rossini's La Donna del Lago; firstsite. For details: see www.eamaa.org
4 13 WHAT’S ON : BALLET & MUSIC NEWSROUND MUSIC Music: Celebration of Schools’ music ; Laura Valentine writes Pastor Eric Blowes for once again Sun 1 Mar: Ipswich Orchestral Snape Maltings. Dedham C of E Primary School leading the sessions for us. Society: Popular Classics; Ipswich Sat 14 Mar: 7.30 pm Colchester Congratulations to the children who Corn Exchange. 4 pm Prometheus: Choral Society: Mass in D Major by represented our school in the inter- Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven; Orford Dvorak; St Botolph's, Colchester. 7.30 school Quiz Club science Church. 7.30 pm Regent Theatre pm Suffolk Sinfonia: Spring concert; competition. Our participation in the Ipswich: Royal Marine Band; The Apex. 7.30 pm Suffolk Sinfonia: championship has now come to an end, Regent, Ipswich. Brahms double concerto (violin and however having won round one, we cello); Apex. are certainly very proud of our Sun 15 Mar: 3 pm Suffolk competitors. Good luck to the Philharmonic Orchestra: children who will shortly be taking part Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams in the inter-school general knowledge Beethoven; The Regent, Ipswich. 7.30 and maths quizzes. pm Witham Choral Society: Music The BBC’s Ten Pieces project aims for Passiontide; Coggeshall Church. Years three to inspire a generation of children to Fri 20 Mar: 8 pm Modern Jazz and four have get creative with classical music. Every Quartet Celebration, Apex. been enjoying child in the school watched the BBC Sat 21 Mar: Tiptree Choral squash lessons Ten Pieces film and since then, each J S Bach: St John Passion on 7 Mar Society: Fauré and Mozart Requiems; this term. A class has been working with one or St Luke's Church Tiptree. 7 pm Royal series of more of the pieces. Stravinsky’s The and St Matthew Passion on 28 Mar Hospital School: School Choirs' lessons over Firebird has caused quite a stir in Thu 5 Mar: 7.30 pm The Apex, Concert. 7.30 pm Aldeburgh Music five weeks reception, year one and year two. Bury: Doric String Quartet. Club: Fauré ‘s Requiem, Haydn's Nelson culminated in a trip to Colchester Reception even managed to use maps Sat 7 Mar: 7 pm Bury Bach Mass; Aldeburgh Church. 7.30 pm Garrison to play on the squash courts to find some golden eggs! Choir: Handel's Messiah. 7 pm Royal Colchester Symphony Orchestra: there. Definitely some potential Hospital School, Holbrook: Charity Weber, Sibelius, Schumann; St athletes for the 2028 Olympic In the year four classroom Concert. 7 pm Studio Music: Soloists Botolph's, Colchester. Games…! meanwhile, some pretty fearsome of Kammerphilharmonie Europa, Sun 22 Mar: 7.30 pm Saffron looking trolls have been created after Brightlingsea. 7.30 pm Eye Bach Hall: Britten Sinfonia, Saffron Walden. Year six have now completed their working with Grieg’s In the Hall of the Choir: St John Passion by JS Bach; Eye Sat 28 Mar: 6 pm Saffron Bible Explorer course. The aim of Mountain King! Church. 7.30 pm University of Essex Walden Choral Society: Bach's St Bible Explorer is to teach children the Choir: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Matthew Passion, Saffron Hall. 7.30 pm storyline of the Bible and particularly Colchester. Phoenix Singers: Carmina Burana by the Old Testament. Using storytelling, Sun 8 Mar: 4 pm Stour Valley Carl Orff; Framlingham Church. 7.30 drama, videos and multimedia, children Arts and Music: pm St Botolph's Music Society: are able to see ‘the big picture’ and Kammerphilharmonie Europa- Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart; violin concertos; choral locate the major geographical Albinoni, Bach, Holst, Borodin, Mozart; work by Stanford and Holst. movements of all of the key characters. East Bergolt Church. Their five week course was rounded Mon 9 –14 Mar: 7 pm Aldeburgh off with a performance to the rest of the school and their parents of what 12 they had learned. A big thank you to 5 PARISH COUNCIL WHAT’S ON : FILM & THEATRE Nicola Baker writes BC’s Planning Committee at the FILM Tom Wells to 14 Mar. Water across road at Royal Square beginning of February. Mon 9 Mar: 7.30 pm Ipswich Thu 12 Mar: 7.30 pm Lakeside: Residents may have noticed the The specific considerations included the Film Society (members): Wadjda Flintlock Theatre' adaption of Gogol's frequent water which spills across the location of the development, the number dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour Saudi Arabia/ satire, The Government Inspector. pavement near the War memorial. This of ‘affordable housing’ units, the potential Germany 2012; Ipswich Film Theatre. Fri 13 Mar: 7.45 pm Lakeside: has the potential to create a dangerous drainage problems and the concerns of Wed 18 Mar: 7.30 pm Dedham Crave to 14 Mar, Colchester. situation when the water freezes. neighbours with regard to overlooking. Films: Mr Turner (12A) 2014 dir. Mike Sun 15 Mar: 7 pm National BT Openreach has agreed to assist The Parish Council had made Leigh; Dedham Assembly Rooms. Theatre, London - live link: Behind with solving this problem by excavating representations on a number of issues, Sun 22 Mar: 7.30 pm Ipswich the beautiful forevers; and on Sat 21 from the manhole, thus allowing ECC including the fact that no developer Film Society: Nebraska dir. March; firstsite; Also from Dedham Highways to connect up to the drains. contribution (‘section 106’ funding) was Alexander Payne USA 2013. Films Live on 29 April. to be made to the village. Cllr. Beeton writes The Planning Officer confirmed that Mon 16 Mar: 7.30 pm Wolsey: Dedham public toilets CBC had been particularly sensitive to THEATRE Lipservice Theatre; The Picture Of Representatives of Dedham Parish the location of the development, both Thu 26 Feb to 14 Doreen Gray to 18 Mar. Council have met with Cllr. Tina Bourne, within the AONB and just outside the Mar: 7.30 pm The Wed 18 Mar: 7.45 pm from Colchester Borough Council to village envelope, and had therefore Mercury, Colchester: Headgate: Platform discuss her decision to cease required a high standard of design in Educating Rita By Willy Musicals & Plays: Arthur maintenance of the public toilet block in keeping with the rural surroundings, with Russell. Pinero's The Second Mrs Dedham from l April 2015. DPC had adequate screening and a sensitive Sun 1 Mar: 7.30 pm Tanqueray to 21 Mar; The objected most strongly to this decision approach to lighting. She also confirmed Royal Marine Band; The Headgate, Colchester. and quickly established the opposition to that full scrutiny had been given to the Regent, Ipswich. Thu 19 Mar: 7.45 pm this decision both from local residents issue of 106 funding on this development, Tue 3 Mar: Sudbury Lakeside: The Red Chair, and our many visitors. and, after allowing for the cross subsidy Dramatic Society: The written and performed by This decision has been reviewed and from the private to the affordable 39 Steps Adaptation, to 7 Sarah Cameron. CBC has agreed to continue its elements of the proposal, there was no Mar; The Quay Theatre, Mon 23 Mar: 7.30 pm maintenance of this facility for 2015/16. room for such provision without Sudbury. The Mercury: The Original Cllr. Bourne has also agreed to raise at prejudicing the viability of the project. Wed 4 Mar: 7 pm Royal Theatre Company and The Theatre cabinet the pressures that Dedham faces The benefit to the village was considered Shakespeare Company - live link: Royal Bury St Edmunds: Three Men In A from tourism, which we welcome, but to be the affordable housing. She also Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing; Boat, Colchester. 7.45 pm Wolsey: which places additional burdens on a indicated that the planners had required a firstsite. Alan Bennett ‘s The History Boys to 28 small Parish Council. number of adjustments to the proposals Thu 5 Mar: 7.30 pm Lakeside Mar. I would like to thank all those who to minimise the aspect of overlooking have supported our campaign and signed existing properties, which included Theatre, Colchester: Pipeline Thu 26 Mar: 7.30 pm The our petition. alteration of window locations and the Theatre: Streaming. 7.45 pm Mercury: The John Godber Company creation of false windows to preserve the Headgate Theatre, Colchester: St & Theatre Royal Wakefield: Bouncers Nicola Baker writes aesthetic integrity of the design. Benedict's College Drama Department: to 28 Mar, Colchester. Hallfields The application was approved. Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful to Mon 30 Mar: 7.30 pm The planning application for the Next meeting: Monday 13 April 2015, 7 Mar. Colchester Theatre Group: Passion, Hallfields development was considered by 7.30pm in the Duchy Barn. Wed 11 Mar: 7.45 pm Easter story based on mediaeval [email protected] Headgate: Jumpers for Goalposts by mystery plays to 5 Apr. 6 11 FILM NOTICEBOARD The Dedham Players present their Spring production of
Humble Boy
By Charlotte Jones
At the Assembly Rooms 15-18 April at 7.45pm
A contemporary comedy about the joys pf bee-keeping
Tickets are £8 and are available at Shakespeare House Gallery, High Street, Dedham or online at www.dedhamplayers.org Call 0333 6663366 for tickets only (booking fee)
Price includes refreshments
DEDHAM C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL
CRAFT AND FARMERS’ MARKET Fresh and homemade produce, Arts and Crafts, and Gifts Plus Year 5 Dedham Primary School Cookery Club preparing, cooking and serving their own recipes
Saturday 7 March in the Assembly Rooms, Dedham 10.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
If you would like to run a stall please contact Sarah Curtis 07867 640 650 Local community groups/organisations and small businesses welcome
10 7 PAST TIMES PAST TIMES Flatford Mill The is an extract from
Conferences and Combination Lectures in the Elizabethan Church Dedham and Bury St. Edmunds 1582—1590
by Patrick Collinson, John Craig and Brett Usher, c. 1908 published by the Church of England Record Society, 2003. artwork by
'Jotter' i.e. Dedham Byelaws in Elizabethan Times Walter
Dedham conformed to the model of the wood-pasture settlement, which Haywood-Young was not effectively manorial, but was looked after by its own inhabitants, whose places in the local pecking order were determined by their wealth and ‘credit’. But this is not to say that the institution of the manor was extinct. The courts leet still attended to many of the matters of common concern which would lat- er become the responsibility of parish councils. The byelaws and customs of Dedham, as codified in the 17th century, and enforceable only in the leet court of Dedham manor, include the following provisions:
No-one was to make hay before Midsummer Day (a fine of £1) Pigs were to be controlled in public places (a fine of 4d) Contamination of the common water carried a fine of £2 c. 1935 Exceeding the allowed number of cows on the commons (fine £1) from a post-card Keeping ferrets for any purpose other than for hunting rabbits on one’s own given to Muni- property (fine half a mark) ment Room It is a good question how these byelaws related to puritanically motivat- archives ed ‘orders’ for the town of Dedham, drawn up and agreed in the days of the by Dedham conference. What can be said is that the court leet and its jurisdiction Richard Brown were not held to be adequate in providing a sufficiently ‘godly’ regime.
A little bit of this and a little bit of that…
There were no large land holdings in Dedham and, unlike some other towns and villages in the region (for example, Terling) no tendency towards SIMILAR PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED FOR THE ARCHIVES larger, concentrated holdings. The land was exploited for purposes of stock- Have you any old photographs taken in Dedham (or recent ones of buildings rearing, dairying, wool production, and the growing of rye and wheat. that have gone?) Can you name some or all of the people in the photograph? Please consider making the photograph available to be copied for the Muniment Room archives (the original will be returned)
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